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
... Continue Reading.Legal Job Opportunity for Junior Associate at Hirani & Associates
đ˘ Company: Hirani & Associates đ Location: Mumbai đ° 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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đ˘ Company: ASAP Legal and Advocates đ Location: Mumbai đ° 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 âSalad Platterâ
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 â 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 âSalad Platterâ
The Delhi High Court has been seeing what can be termed an almost unending spate of personality rights filings, but thereâs 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 âpersonality rightsâ in India is not a single cause of
... Continue Reading.[Part II] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights âSalad Platterâ
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 Courtâs three questions
... Continue Reading.JOB POST: Legal Officer at Tamil Nadu Forest and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau [Apply by Sep 19]
Tamil Nadu Forest and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (TNFWCCB), Government of Tamil Nadu, has invited online applications for engagement of a Legal Officer (Young Professional-II) on a temporary contractual basis. Law graduates enrolled as Advocates with a State Bar Council and having the prescribed professional experience are eligible to apply. The last date to submit
... Continue Reading.Well-Known Marks: To Declare or Not to Declare?
Image from here. Ordinarily, trademark protection is strongest in relation to the identical or similar goods or services for which a mark is registered. Some marks, however, acquire such a strong reputation that the law protects them even against use or registration for dissimilar goods and services. These are known as âwell-known trademarks,â and there
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