The corporation’s role can be disclosed through averments concerning its own conduct, decisions, and dealings without naming the individual who carried them out.” With this significant observation, the Supreme Court inSanofi India Ltd. v. Central Bureau of Investigation clarified that a company’s prosecution cannot be quashed merely because the natural person who acted on its
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Banking in the Grey: Missing Regulations and Inadequate Climate Disclosures by Banks in India
[Sugandha Y. is a practising advocate at the Supreme Court of India. This post is part of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog Symposium on ‘Corporate Law and Climate Change: Indian and Comparative Perspectives’.] Like any other corporation, banks are exposed to climate risks. These include the risk of increasing loan defaults, stranded assets, and diminishing value of collaterals. Banks in
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🏢 Company: ANHAD LAW 📍 Location: New Delhi. 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :Anhad Law is inviting applications for full-time, on-site positions in its Labour and Employment Practice:Principal Associate – 8–10 years PQESenior Associate – 5–7 years PQE Eligibility :(i) Excellent knowledge of labour and employment laws.(ii) Strong research, drafting and
... Continue Reading.SHe-Box: Where Women Can Report Workplace Sexual Harassment
For years, workplace sexual harassment compliance in India largely revolved around one familiar question: Has the organisation constituted an Internal Committee? That question remains important. But it is no longer the whole picture. The Government’s revamped Sexual Harassment electronic Box (SHe-Box) has added a digital layer to the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women
... Continue Reading.Meaning, Nature and Need of Professional Ethics in the Legal Profession
The legal profession occupies a distinctive position in the administration of justice. An advocate is not merely a representative engaged by a client to argue a case; an advocate is also an officer of the court and an integral part of the justice-delivery system. Consequently, the conduct expected of a lawyer is governed not merely
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🏢 Company: Hirani & Associates 📍 Location: Mumbai 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job : Hirani & Associates is looking for a litigator to join our IP and Media & Entertainment practice. The role is built around trademark and copyright disputes, with a meaningful share of non-contentious Media & Entertainment work for lawyers
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🏢 Company: ASAP Legal and Advocates 📍 Location: Mumbai 💰 Stipend/Salary: As Per Industry standard About the Job :ASAP LEGAL is looking for a full-time Lawyer based in Mumbai. The role involves drafting, preparing legal arguments, and representing the firm and its clients before various courts. Eligibility :(i) Minimum 2 years of experience in litigation,
... Continue Reading.[Part III] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
Continuing the discussion on an almost unending spate of personality rights filings (first part and second part), in the third part of the post, Aakanksha turns to fandom, fan merchandise, and fan participation in celebrification – and to some hopes for free speech uses of celebrity personality. Dr. Aakanksha Kumar (She/Her) is an independent researcher
... Continue Reading.[Part I] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
The Delhi High Court has been seeing what can be termed an almost unending spate of personality rights filings, but there’s now a fork in the road that recent orders over the past month are recognising. In this three-part post, Dr. Aakanksha Kumar argues that “personality rights” in India is not a single cause of
... Continue Reading.[Part II] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
In the first part of this three-part post, Aakanksha discussed the standard, overbroad prayers in almost every personality rights suit, and the August 2026 orders that have begun to dismantle them. In this second part, she examines the reasons for the concentration of these suits in the DHC and engages with the Court’s three questions
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