🏢 Company: Neev Foundation 📍 Location: Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Delhi 💰 Stipend/Salary: Unpaid About the Internship :Neev Foundation for Legal Aid invites applications for 2 in-person internships in Delhi for 3-year and 5-year law students, involving litigation, legal aid, fieldwork and community engagement. Eligibility :• Students currently enrolled in their 2nd/3rd year (for three-year LLB courses) and
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How to Check Case Status and Download Judgments Online in India: A Practical Guide
Every law student eventually needs to track down a case. It might be a judgment for a moot memorial, the status of a matter you are following during an internship, or an order in a family dispute back home. India’s courts have put an enormous amount of this information online over the last decade, but
... Continue Reading.Can Eyewitness Identification in a Pitch-Dark Night Be Relied Upon for Conviction?
An eyewitness may be sincere yet mistaken, particularly where identification takes place in darkness, from a considerable distance, or under inadequate illumination. In Kartika @ Kirtan @ Kirtan Charan Jena & Anr. Etc. v. State of Odisha, 2026 INSC 1015, the Supreme Court found the eyewitness identification unsafe and held that it could not thereafter
... Continue Reading.Rights of Advocates in India under the Advocates Act, 1961
The legal profession occupies a distinctive position in the administration of justice. An advocate represents the interests of a client, but the advocate’s professional role extends beyond the client-advocate relationship. Advocates are also officers of the court and participants in the justice-delivery system. Consequently, the law confers important professional rights upon advocates while simultaneously subjecting
... Continue Reading.Mere Arya Samaj Certificate Cannot Establish Marriage Under Hindu Marriage Act
A certificate issued by an Arya Samaj Mandir cannot, by itself, establish the existence of a valid Hindu marriage. Where the performance of essential matrimonial ceremonies is disputed, the existence of a certificate cannot substitute proof that the marriage was actually solemnised in accordance with the requirements governing Hindu marriages. The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow
... Continue Reading.Supreme Court Allows Provisional Enrolment of Law Graduates with Distance-Mode Qualifications
The Supreme Court has granted provisional enrolment as advocates to law graduates whose LL.B. degrees were obtained through the regular mode but whose preceding educational qualifications were acquired through open or distance education. While protecting the candidates from being kept out of the legal profession during the pendency of their appeals, the Court has expressly
... Continue Reading.1st CNLU Arbitral Award Writing & Presentation Competition 2027 [Register by Dec 02]
Chanakya Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CCADR), Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna, is inviting registrations for the 1st CNLU Arbitral Award Writing & Presentation Competition, 2027. The competition will be conducted in hybrid mode, with the top 8 teams presenting their awards offline at CNLU on February 13–14, 2027. About CNLU Chanakya National Law
... Continue Reading.3rd Arun Jaitley Memorial National Moot Court Competition 2026 at ITM University, Gwalior [Oct 30–Nov 1; Prizes Worth Rs 1.55 Lakh]: Register by Oct 5
The School of Law, ITM University, Gwalior is inviting registrations for the 3rd Arun Jaitley Memorial National Moot Court Competition 2026, scheduled to be held from October 30 to November 1, 2026. Interested law students may register by October 5, 2026. About ITM University, Gwalior ITM University, Gwalior is established by an Act of the
... Continue Reading.Domestic Violence Laws in India: Rights and Legal Remedies
Domestic violence isn’t always physical, and it isn’t always easy to recognise as a legal matter. Emotional abuse, financial control, and verbal intimidation are just as real, and just as legally actionable, as physical harm. Yet many survivors don’t realise the extent of protection Indian law actually offers, how to access it, or when to
... Continue Reading.5th CNLU International Mediation Competition 2027: Provisional Registrations Open; Register by Oct 31
Chanakya Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CCADR), Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna, is inviting provisional registrations for the 5th CNLU International Mediation Competition, 2027. The competition will be conducted in a hybrid format, with online rounds scheduled for January 2027 and offline rounds at the CNLU campus in February 2027. The last date for
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