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2025: Year in review for AIFs in India One of the most significant developments has been the introduction of Co-Investment Vehicle (CIV) framework in September 2025, which fundamentally reshaped how AIFs can facilitate co-investment. The year 2025 has been remarkable for India’s alternative investment funds (AIF). While the year may not have started with many

DSK Legal team represents Aditya Dhar, B62 studios and others in Criminal Defamation Proceedings Before J&K High Court The leading law firm in India, DSK Legal, successfully represented the appellants in a significant matter before the Hon’ble High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar. The case pertains to criminal defamation proceedings initiated

DSK Legal advised CMA CGM on Strategic Partnership with Stonepeak Partners The leading law firm in India, DSK Legal assisted and advised CMA CGM S.A., the world’s third-largest container shipping group, on the Indian law aspects of its strategic partnership with Stonepeak Partners LP, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets.

Into the second week of February with formal comments from our bloggers on the DPIIT’s proposed “One Nation One License One Payment” framework for GenAI and Copyright. A post on an industrial drama written in 1847 bursting the myth of the free-market society and another post on the recent concept note by the DPIIT proposing

Jabalpur, 7 February 2026 — Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur, in collaboration with Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (Mahakaushal Prant), successfully organised a high-level panel discussion on the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 at the BRBRAITT Campus, Ridge Road, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur. The event brought together eminent academicians, policymakers, and education leaders to deliberate

In a landmark Judgment in the case titled Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (MA NO.2034 OF 2022, that strengthens protections for personal liberty, the Supreme Court of India has tightened the framework governing police arrests under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.The Court has held that if police seek to arrest

INTRODUCTIONIn Pramod Kumar Navratna v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors., 2026 INSC 124, decided on 5 February 2026, the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, delivered a crucial Judgment drawing a firm constitutional and criminal law boundary between genuine sexual offences and consensual relationships that subsequently turn acrimonious.The Court

INTRODUCTIONIn State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Jai Hind Pvt. Ltd., 2026 INSC 132, the Supreme Court of India, speaking through Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh, delivered a constitutionally significant ruling restraining executive authorities from reopening long-concluded quasi-judicial decisions in the absence of express statutory authority.The Judgment categorically holds that the power of review is

IntroductionIn Mohtashem Billah Malik v. Sana Aftab, (SLP (C) No. 28934 of 2025), the Supreme Court of India dealt with a cross-border custody dispute involving two minor sons of the parties. The Judgment was delivered on 4 February 2026 by the Two Judge Bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti, in an appeal challenging

In the practice of law, regardless of jurisdiction, we observe a common pattern in vehicular disputes: what begins as a minor traffic infraction often escalates into significant criminal and civil liability. Whether navigating the interstate highways or the arterial roads, the legal principles governing human conduct remain remarkably consistent.Road rage is not merely a lapse