Obtaining passport a constitutional right; Foreign travel necessity proof cannot be demanded to grant NOC for renewal: J&K and Ladakh HC
“A criminal court, while considering an application for a grant of NOC for a passport renewal, should only advert itself to the question as to whether the accused, if allowed to travel abroad, would be available to face the trial and no other factor should influence the decision.”
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AIL Mohali to Host Faculty Development Programme on NEP 2020 | 20-27 December 2025
AIL Mohali, in collaboration with Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Panjab University, is hosting an offline Faculty Development Programme from 20—27 December 2025 on NEP 2020 and interdisciplinary teaching.
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Delhi HC protects well-known trade mark ‘GOLD FLAKE’; restrains use of mark ‘GOLD FLAME’ in sale of cigarettes
“Substituting ‘K’ with ‘M’ to form ‘GOLD FLAME’ from ‘GOLD FLAKE’ does not make the competing Marks dissimilar. A consumer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection or not well-versed in English would be unable to distinguish between the competing products.”
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Call For Papers | Two Days International Seminar On “Data Protection In The Ai Era: Bridging Gaps Between Law, Policy, And Technology” | Law Mantra Trust | Ciipr, Rgnul | 19th & 20th December, 2025
Law Mantra Trust and RGNUL’s CIIPR are hosting a Two Days International Seminar on “Data Protection in the AI Era,” inviting papers on AI governance, privacy, ethics, and technological regulation.
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“DNA test cannot be ordered in routine manner”: Allahabad High Court rejects husband’s plea challenging child’s paternity
In the present case, wherein the wife gave birth to a daughter on 17-12-2012, it was alleged by the husband that she had last visited him on 20-5-2011.
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Call for Papers | UILS Student Law Review Volume III, Issue I | Submit by 31st December
UILS Student Law Review invites submissions for Volume III, Issue I from law students and research scholars on contemporary legal issues, with entries due by 31 December 2025.
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‘Sympathy cannot substitute law’; Punjab & Haryana HC dismisses Constable’s plea who was wrongly appointed under Freedom Fighter quota for 9 years
If the petitioner is permitted to continue only on the sole ground that he has completed nine years’ service, it would legalize his illegal act. It would prompt many other candidates to play such tactics and get a job. It is a matter of chance that his illegality was unearthed.
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Bombay High Court upholds arbitral award granting Rs 5.37 crore to TCS over cancelled recruitment examination
“The UPLA Secretariat terminated the agreement with TCS in 2016, citing anomalies in another examination conducted by TCS for the Railway Recruitment Board.”
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Mandatory services & package rate display; No denial of emergency aid: Kerala HC upholds State Clinical Establishments Act
“The Act does not create new constraints; rather, it operationalises the constitutional duties through a registration-cum-standards regime, a transparency mandate, and enforceable minimum requirements for emergency care and stabilisation.”
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Granted Land under PTCL Act: An Analysis of Jagadish v. State of Karnataka
by Pavithra Thammaiah*, Amruthavarshini** and Esha Sanjyot Shah***
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Advisory Board approval not required for extending detention period in light of SC’s Pesala Nookaraju, (2023) ruling: Jharkhand HC
“The ‘Law and Order’ problems typically affect only individuals or small groups, whereas ‘public order’ disruptions affect the community’s normal functioning.”
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Requirement of the Consent of Non-Signatories in Appointment of the Arbitrator: A Continuing Enigma? Part II
by Kunal Mimani* and Kartikey Bhatt**
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Madras High Court: Naming of public departments falls solely within Government domain; Petition to rechristen Tamil Development Department dismissed
“The present is not a case warranting exercise of writ jurisdiction, as the cause espoused is purely an administrative act for the experts in the field to ponder on and this Court lacks expertise in this regard.”
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Gujarat HC: ICAI’s proposal of 5 years debarment of CA in MMCB Scam case quashed for non-application of mind
“The report is bereft of independent findings on the report of the disciplinary committee by dealing the contentions/submissions raised by the respondent. The Council has done merely a cut-paste job and produced the entire report of the disciplinary committee in its report.”
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UILS, Panjab University organized 1st edition of Sh. Satish Chander Narang Intra-Moot Court Competition, 2025
UILS Panjab University hosted the 1st Sh. Satish Chander Narang Intra-Moot Court Competition 2025, featuring 30 teams and a final round judged by eminent alumni and High Court judges.
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Justice Surya Kant underscores Access to Justice as the Constitutional North Star at 76th Constitution Day address
CJI Surya Kant’s Constitution Day address reaffirmed access to justice as central to India’s constitutional design.
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