Closure Of Partnership Activities Till Dissolution Of Firm Cannot Be Granted As Interim Relief U/S 9 Of A&C Act: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua has observed that an interim relief petition under Section 9, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“ACA”) claiming closure of business and manufacturing activities of the partnership business cannot be granted when the principal dispute pertains to the business activities of that partnership. Granting such a...

Compelling Couple To Live Together After 30 Yrs Of Separation Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that when either of spouses have chosen to live "apart for over three decades without even a show of reconciliation or cohabitation, the very essence of marriage stands eroded."The Court opined that, "What remains is only a legal bond without any substance. To compel the parties to reside together after such a prolonged separation would be...

National Law University Odisha Holds 12th Convocation

The 12th Convocation of National Law University Odisha (NLUO) was held on 13th September 2025 in the Amphitheatre at NLUO's own campus. The University conferred degrees to 168 graduates of the five-year integrated BA LLB (Hons) and BBA LLB (Hons). 42 post-graduate students were conferred LLM degrees and 3 scholars were awarded PhD degrees. Additionally, 5 BA Law (Hons) students were also conferred degrees. They became the first graduating batch of this one-of-its-kind academic UG Course...

RGNUL Hosted Criminal Law Conclave On New Legal Regime

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Criminal Law (CASCL), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, organised the Criminal Law Conclave on “An Assessment of the New Criminal Law Regime” on 13th September 2025. The event was conducted in an online mode on the new Criminal laws. The resource persons for discussion and deliberation on the new reforms were Prof. (Dr.) Shruti Bedi, Professor & Director of University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) at Panjab University, Prof. ...

Call For Papers For NALSAR Student Law Review Volume XVI [Submit by 31st October]

The NALSAR Student Law Review invites submissions of original and unpublished manuscripts from students, scholars, and legal practitioners addressing contemporary legal and interdisciplinary topics for its 16th Volume. The deadline for submissions is 31st October 2025. The NALSAR Student Law Review is the bi-annual, double blind, student edited and peer reviewed law review of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. As the flagship publication of the University, NSLR is committed to...

HNLU To Organise 2nd Kautilya Society Essay Writing Competition 2025 [Submit By 5th October]

Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur through its Kautilya Society & Centre for WTO & WIPO Studies, School for Law and Technology (SLT) and in collaboration with DGS Associates law firm is organising the 2nd Kautilya Society, HNLU Essay Writing Competition, 2025. The theme of essay competition is “the Geopolitical Tightrope: India's Trade Policies and Regulations in a Polarised World”. The competition is open to all students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, from...

Lex Omnia Moot Court Competition 2025 At BITS Pilani, Goa In Collaboration With NALSAR

BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, in collaboration with NALSAR University of Law, is organising the Lex Omnia Moot Court Competition 2025 from 31st October to 2nd November 2025. The competition will be held as part of Waves, the annual cultural fest of BITS Pilani Goa. The event is open to undergraduate law students across India. It will consist of a memorial selection round followed by oral rounds for the top 32 teams. Waves is the annual cultural fest of BITS Pilani, Goa, and is...

DNLU Hosts India Juris–DNLU National Moot Court Competition 2025

The Moot Court Committee (MCC) of Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU) hosted the India Juris–DNLU National Moot Court Competition 2025, under the leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor. The competition featured rigorous rounds of memorial evaluations to select the top 20 teams for the oral arguments. Participants demonstrated exceptional legal research, drafting, and advocacy skills, fostering an environment of intellectual engagement and...

NLUO To Host National Workshop On 12 Years Of NFSA And Future Of Food Rights

The Centre for Tribal Studies, National Law University Odisha (NLUO), in collaboration with the Jal Shakti Board, NLUO and the Right to Food Campaign, is organising a Two-Day National Workshop on “12 Years of NFSA: Reflecting on Implementation, Exclusion and the Future of Food Rights” on 20th and 21st September 2025 (Saturday and Sunday). The event will be conducted in hybrid mode, with participants joining both at the NLUO campus in Cuttack and online via digital platforms. The ...

'You're Performing A Public Duty': MP High Court Exhorts Suggestions From IndiGo To Enhance Flight Connectivity To Jabalpur

While hearing a PIL for increasing flights to Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (September 15) granted time to airline IndiGo's parent company to submit suggestions to the state and central governments on enhancement of flight connectivity to various cities in the state to make it commercially or otherwise viable.The bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...

Boat v Boult | Phonetic Similarity May Be Less Significant In Online Sales But Can Cause Confusion: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has upheld an interim order restraining smart wearable brand Exotic Mile from using BOULT trademark and logos, purportedly similar to businessman Aman Gupta's 'Boat'.Though Exotic Mile sought to argue that phonetic similarity has no relevance where products are sold online, a division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul held,“Names reside in the human...

Sale Proceeds Of Minor's Property Share Deposited Under Court Order Excluded From Father's Taxable Income: ITAT

The Chennai Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has stated that sale proceeds of a minor's property share deposited under court order are excluded from father's taxable income. S.S. Viswanethra Ravi (Judicial Member) held that the assessee cannot decide the utilization of his minor daughter's share as it is deposited as per Court's order and it is impossible to club the same...