Khaitan shows ‘extraordinary faith’ in 16 new partners, 8 new counsel Bets on tax, corp • Mumbai, Cal see most • 1st to break 150 partners • +72 associates

New Khaitan partners Khaitan & Co has announced a bumper crop of promotions, elevating 16 principal associates to salaried partner level, and 8 to counsel. The promotions take effect with retrospective effect, from 1 April 2020, increasing Khaitan & Co‘s partnership to 153 partners and 20 counsel, with a total of 173 partners, directors and

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Data Breach at Health insurer Religare Health Insurance

July 14, 2020 Data Breach at Health insurer Religare Health Insurance [ by Legal Era News Network ] Cybersecurity firm Cyble Research Unit has reported that Health insurance firm Religare Health Insurance has been hacked thereby compromising user data of over 5 million of its users and employees.  According to Cyble researchers, the hacker had

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Delhi HC Refuses Interim Injunction against Use of Acronym ‘TCV’ for a Typhoid Vaccine: Leaves Acquired Distinctiveness Question Unanswered?

Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Devangini Rai, analysing a recent Delhi High Court order that refused to grant an interim injunction against the use of the acronym ‘TCV’ in relation to a typhoid vaccine. Devangini is a 5th Year student at University School of Law and Legal

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Gendered Stereotypes in Adjudication of Rape Cases in India – An Empirical Analysis of the Language used by the Courts

Last Updated : 1 hour ago This article on ‘Gendered Stereotypes’ aims to discuss how these rape myths and harsh stereotypes seep into our judicial processes and how these notions of gender rest on stereotypes which further enable sexism in the society. This article will analyze different judgements and observations that reek of sexist gendered

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Padmanabhaswamy Temple: SC holds that Shebaitship does not lapse in favour of the State by principle of escheat; Adv. Karthik Jayashankar and his team represent devotees

July 14, 2020 Padmanabhaswamy Temple: SC holds that Shebaitship does not lapse in favour of the State by principle of escheat; Adv. Karthik Jayashankar and his team represent devotees [ by Legal Era News Network ] A Supreme Court Bench, comprising Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Indu Malhotra, set aside the 2011 verdict of the

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