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Juris Prime Law Services Appoints Nitin Bhuwania as Partner to Lead Corporate & Commercial Practice The prominent full-service law firm in India, Juris Prime Law Services has announced the appointment of Nitin Bhuwania as Partner, where he will lead the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Practice. Nitin Bhuwania brings extensive experience across corporate law, transactions, finance,

NCLAT Reserves Verdict on Vedanta’s Challenge to Adani’s JAL Resolution Plan, Examines Limits of CoC’s Commercial Wisdom vs Value Maximisation Introduction The present matter, Vedanta Limited vs Adani Enterprises Limited (JAL Resolution Plan Appeal), is pending before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), where a Bench comprising Chairperson Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Braun

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Wipro Limited on INR 15,000 crore share buyback The leading law firm in India, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Wipro Limited on its recently announced buyback of up to 60,00,00,000 fully paid-up equity shares of face value INR 2 each, aggregating to a total buyback size of INR 15,000 crore. The buyback

Ascertaining Deceptive Similarity in Wordmarks Section 2(1)(h) defines a deceptively similar mark as one which so nearly resembles another as to be likely to deceive or cause confusion The world of trademarks under the Indian Trade Marks Act, 1999 is centred around Section 2(m) which defines a mark to include “a device, brand, heading, label,

Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law advised EUE – European Universities in Egypt on stake acquisition by B Investments The prominent and historic Egyptian law firm, Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law has advised EUE – European Universities in Egypt on the acquisition by B Investments, BPE Partners’ flagship investment vehicle, of a significant minority stake for

Khaitan & Co advised JSW Steel Limited on joint venture with POSCO Group The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co advised JSW Steel Limited in relation to its joint venture with the South Korea-based POSCO Group. The transaction involves the issuance of shares of a wholly owned subsidiary of JSW Steel Limited to

Khaitan & Co represented Hexaware Technologies Limited in CGIT EPF appeal The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co successfully represented Hexaware Technologies Limited before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal No. I, Mumbai (“CGIT”), in a statutory appeal under Section 7I of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (“EPF Act”), challenging

Building on Part I’s critique of the DHC’s doctrinal conflation in the Allu Arjun case, Part II of the post turns to a related concern: the Court’s failure to distinguish between vastly different forms of unauthorised use. In this post, Dr. Aakanksha Kumar explains how collapsing fan practices, commercial merchandise, and AI-driven misuse into a

Recent personality rights orders from the Delhi High Court continue to push the doctrine into uncertain territory, with the latest ruling in favour of Allu Arjun marking a particularly sharp turn. In Part I of the two-part post on the order, Dr. Aakanksha Kumar argues that by characterizing the likeness of the actor as “copyrights

Crisil Promotes Geetika Gupta to Director – Legal Crisil has promoted Geetika Gupta to the position of Director – Legal, marking a significant milestone in her career at the organization. Sharing her excitement, Geetika Gupta said, “Happy to share that I have been promoted to Director – Legal at Crisil. Grateful for the opportunity and