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20th August 2026, Prayagraj: Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj (RPNLU) has expanded its academic faculty with the appointment of 12 Assistant Professors, taking the University’s total academic strength to 18 faculty members. Of the 18 faculty members, 14 are from the discipline of Law, while four specialise in Social Sciences, strengthening the University’s

Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI), a Central Government Public Sector Undertaking, has invited applications for 2 vacancies for the post of Officer – Legal on a fixed-term contract basis. Candidates possessing the prescribed law qualification and minimum post-qualification experience may apply. The last date for receipt of applications is 15 September 2026 up to

An accused who challenges his conviction before a higher court ordinarily does so with the expectation that the conviction may be reversed, the sentence reduced, or at the very least, the judgment reconsidered on its merits. But can that very appeal become the occasion for imposing a harsher sentence when neither the State, the victim

The Supreme Court in M/s. Utkarsh Enterprises & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 INSC 881, has reiterated an important principle governing judicial review of public tenders: a bidder who considers an eligibility condition arbitrary or exclusionary must challenge it promptly. Delay in tender matters is not measured merely by the passage of

Introduction The legal practice developed in a manner reflects technology transition. In the mid-1970s, legal research was still done by going to law libraries and paging through hundreds of paper records. By the mid-2000s,legal research had been completely reshaped through a continued series of innovations initially led by companies. The legal market is one of the largest in the world and is valued at approximately $1 trillion worldwide. At the same time, it remains non-digitalised. However the legal profession is

Court Name: Supreme Court of India  Bench: Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe Date of Judgment : 2nd of July 2026 CITATION : 2026 INSC 668 Background of the case  The Appellant, Pooja Ramesh Singh, is a suspended director of Essel Infraprojects Ltd. ‘EIL’, the corporate debtor and corporate guarantor of the original

                                                        It has be conceded with grace and humility that the Apex Court on August 14, 2026 came down heavily launching a most scathing open criticism of the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) now withdrawn order that no law student of NALSAR Hyderabad’s 2026 batch would be allowed to enroll as advocates until further orders

School of Law, SGT University is organising the Ram Behari Gupta Memorial National Civil Drafting Competition 2026, focusing on civil drafting under the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Law students pursuing integrated five-year law programmes or the three-year LL.B. programme are eligible to participate. The last date for registration is 19 September 2026. About the Competition

SNV & Co. (formerly SKV Associates) is inviting applications for the positions of Senior Associate and Associate for its civil and commercial litigation practice in Delhi. Candidates having the prescribed post-qualification experience and relevant drafting, research and litigation skills may apply within a week. About SNV & Co. SNV & Co. (formerly SKV Associates), under

The Supreme Court has strongly condemned the continuing practice of witch-hunting, observing that branding women as witches reflects a deep-rooted social prejudice in which vulnerable women are made scapegoats for misfortunes they did not cause. In Balku Oram v. State of Odisha, 2026 INSC 852, the Court affirmed the conviction and life sentence of a