SAM & Co. advises Trichem Group and its Promoters on 100% Stake Sale to IMCD Group
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. acted as legal counsel to the Trichem Group
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‘Duty of Electricity Board to ensure live wires don’t touch trees’; Gujarat HC upholds Rs. 6.25 Lakhs compensation for death due to electrocution
In the present case, the live wires were hanging and had come near to the ground while touching the trees. Thereafter, due to negligence on the part of the board, the Respondent 2’s son died untimely.
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Every govt. employee, during their life career, must be given sub-cadre, hard or tribal area posting: Himachal Pradesh HC
“The Court noticed in many cases that employees having good political relation and influence were hardly sent to hard/tribal area, and employees, who did not have any say in the corridors of Government, were repeatedly sent to hard/tribal areas, which resulted in heartburn.”
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‘Merely saying ‘I Love You’ does not show sexual intent’; Bombay HC acquits man in POCSO case
“If somebody said that he was in love with another person or expressed his feelings itself would not amount to an “intent” showing some sort of his “sexual intention”. What constituted such “sexuality” or “sexual intent” and what was not, was a question of fact.”
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Call for Articles: WBNUJS, Kolkata conducts National Disability Rights Article Writing Competition | Registration Closes 15th July
The initiative aims to foster discourse on social stigma, digital accessibility, intersectionality, and AI’s role in disability laws, while amplifying underrepresented voices in the legal sphere.
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Bombay HC directs Yes Bank to pay Rs 50,000 compensation for delay in opening bank account over Aadhaar insistence
“The petitioner pointed out the orders made by the Supreme Court in the Aadhaar case and contended that insisting on an Aadhaar Card for opening a Bank account was not legal or proper.”
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Know why Orissa HC awarded Rs 10 lakh compensation for demolition of community centre in Cuttack
“The use of demolition as a tool of enforcement, absent procedural compliance and judicial finality, transforms what should be a lawful act into a coercive one.”
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‘Classic case of misuse of S.498-A IPC’; Bombay HC quashes dowry harassment case, highlights improper police investigation
“The Court observed that the police does not take proper precautions and appropriate investigation when it came to offences under Section 498-A IPC and called their attitude of proceeding with investigation with presumptions/prejudicial mind, ‘dangerous’.”
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Call for Papers: NUJS Journal on Dispute Resolution (JODR) Invites Papers for Volume 4, Issue 2 by 31st August 2025
The Journal seeks to strike a balance between practical and academic contributions on issues that form the forefront of contemporary legal discourse.
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Assignment of music rights in perpetuity includes exploitation in non-physical mediums: Bombay High Court
“Since Defendant 2 has perpetual right to use music and songs; he also has perpetual right to grant licence to others in respect of the said music and songs.”
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Ambarish and Tanavi Mohanty rejoin Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Bolstering Mumbai General Corporate Team
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. (SAM) is pleased to welcome Ambarish and Tanavi Mohanty, who have rejoined the Firm as Partners, in
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Demanding to arrange money to meet legal expense of husband’s bail does not constitute ‘dowry’; Gujarat HC upholds acquittal in dowry death case
It was not the prosecution’s case that any demand for dowry or any valuable security or other property was made by the accused. Rather, it was an admitted case that the only demand was to arrange Rs 50,000 to meet the legal expenses for applying bail of the husband and her father-in-law, who were in judicial custody.
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Bringing Art into Frame: A Case for Including Art Market Participants under the PMLA
by Avik Biswas*, Rithika Reddy** and Prerna Acharya***
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Meghalaya HC directs Single Judge to amicably resolve dispute over stone configuration believed to be ‘Shiva Linga’ in Mawjymbuin cave
The Court noted that since the subject matter pertained to religious property and religious sentiments were involved, therefore requested the Single Judge to resolve the issue through mediation or settlement.
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Know why Bombay HC granted interim injunction to ‘Parachute’ against ‘CocoPlus’ in trade mark dispute
“The defendant’s use of the plaintiff’s trade mark cannot be said to be an honest adoption as though having a registered trade mark, the defendant deviated from the mark and adopted a mark which is deceptively similar to the plaintiff’s registered trade mark.”
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Patna High Court directs State to formulate strategy against child trafficking in orchestra, theatre, and dance groups
“In the garb of running orchestra/dance groups, minor children are subjected to trafficking and exploitation, which is impermissible and if allowed to be continued unchecked, would only lead to frustration of the very policy for protecting the children.”
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LawStrings Pickleball Cup: India’s First-Ever Pickleball Tournament for Law Firms Announced
After the success of the LawStrings Pickleball Premier League, LawStrings Management has officially announced the launch of the LawStrings Pickleball Cup, India’s
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Insufficiently stamped sale deed cannot be admitted or received into evidence: Gujarat HC
The respondents submitted that the sale deed in question had been retained by the Registrar due to insufficiency of stamp and was thus, not in their possession.
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Telangana HC sets aside free allotment of land to International Arbitration & Mediation Centre, Hyderabad
The possession certificate was issued in IAMC’s favour before formulating and communicating the terms of allotment. The Court stated that such hasty decisions do not bode well and often result in exercise of power contrary to the procedure.
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Know why J&K and Ladakh HC held that charge-sheet could not be quashed based on plea of alibi
“This Court in exercise of its powers under Section 528 of the BNSS cannot hold a mini trial to ascertain the veracity of the plea of alibi put up by the petitioners.”
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