Bar, Bench & Firm News P Sathasivam sworn in as Kerala Governor September 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam was on Friday sworn in as Kerala Governor. 65-year-old Sathasivam, whose appointment triggered debate in legal and political circles on the propriety of giving gubernatorial assignment to a former CJI, is the 23rd Governor of the state. He was administered the oath of office by Acting Chief Justice […] Read more » Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam
Bar, Bench & Firm News The former Attorney-General of India G.E. Vahanvati died in Mumbai. September 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The former Attorney-General of India G.E. Vahanvati died in Mumbai on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 65. Mr. Vahanvati was appointed as the 13th AG from June 2009 for a three-year term. Prior to his appointment as the top law officer, he had served as the Solicitor-General of India between June 20, 2004 […] Read more » The former Attorney-General of India G.E. Vahanvati died
Bar, Bench & Firm News With 4 Delhi partnes Amarchand Mangaldas has inaugurated a new office in Gurgaon September 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The very renowned legal firm Amarchand Mangaldas has expanded its one more office in Gurgaon with four Delhi partners namely Amit Kumar, Ranjan Negi, Ravindra Bandhakavi and Saurav Kumar along with several lawyers at all levels (associates and lateral). From the official sources it has been stated that being its eighth office, the new expansion reflects the growing […] Read more »
Bar, Bench & Firm News Sameer Guha, former Trilegal Counsel, joined Mars International September 1, 2014 / September 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sameer Guha, former Trilegal Counsel, has joined Mars International as India Legal Counsel. He left Trilegal in June 2014. He will look the legal affairs of Mars International, one of the leading FMCG companies in the chocolate, pet care and snack food space in India. Sameer has done Law from ILS Law College, Pune and started his […] Read more » Advocate Sameer Guha Counsel Sameer Guha law firm Law Firm Partner Sameer Guha Lawyer Sameer Guha Mars International Sameer Guha Trilegal Trilegal law firm Trilegal Partner
Bar, Bench & Firm News Law Firm ‘Khaitan Legal Associates’ has been started by Sakate Khaitan and three Clasis senior associates. August 30, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Firm ‘Khaitan Legal Associates’ has been started by Sakate Khaitan (a Clasis Law co-founding partner ) and three other Clasis senior associates. Offices will be located both in Mumbai and London. Other co-founding partners in the firm will be Radhika Iyer, Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala and Satyendra Shrivastava with a headcount of 11 fee-earners. Work has been divided among […] Read more » Law Firm 'Khaitan Legal Associates' has been started by Sakate Khaitan
Bar, Bench & Firm News Vedanta GC Ajit Yadav sets up own law firm Lexaya Partners. August 30, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Vedanta GC Ajit Yadav sets up own law firm Lexaya Partners. Ajit Yadav, the has started up the law firm Lexaya Partners four months ago. It is a corporate and business law advisory firm which will focus on corporate law, power, infrastructure, ports, natural resources, indirect tax, IP and litigation. General Counsel Ajit Yadav has experience of working with Fox Mandal ,Patni Computer Systems, PepsiCo India, Ranbaxy Laboratories and […] Read more » ajit yadav Ajit Yadav sets up own law firm Lexaya Partners Lexaya Partners Vedanta Group’s former general counsel
Bar, Bench & Firm News SIAC deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan will join top Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhill August 27, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment SIAC deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan will join top Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhillas international counsel, as Singapore-bound arbitration volumes have boomed upto 300% in recent years. In October 2014 he would be joining Allen’s arbitration team, which had poached a team from rival Rajah & Tann a year ago. 2013 saw a record 259 cases […] Read more » SIAC deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan will join firm Allen & Gledhill SIAC deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan will join top Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhill Vivekananda Neelakantan will join firm Allen & Gledhill
Bar, Bench & Firm News J Sivanandaraaj (Kochhar & Co Chennai litigation head and senior equity-sharing partner) is going independent. August 27, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment J Sivanandaraaj (Kochhar & Co Chennai litigation head and senior equity-sharing partner) is going independent with his team of 15 lawyers. As per him, all the major law firms like Amarchand, AZB [and other big firms] were sending their work to him but because of this arrangement with Kochhar & Co, they had stopped sending […] Read more » J Sivanandaraaj going independent to work Kochhar & Co Chennai litigation head
Bar, Bench & Firm News Khaitan & Co added three new partners August 23, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khaitan & Co (leading Law Firm of India) has inducted three new associate partners Mr. Deepto Roy, Mr. Mohit Abraham and Mr. GT Thomas Phillippe, these three are co-founders of New Delhi based law firm ‘PXV Law Partners’. In the year 2008 Mr. Rohit Das and Mr. Pingal Khan founded a law firm in the name RDA […] Read more » Khaitan & Co law firm law firm Khaitan & Co law firm PXV PXV
Bar, Bench & Firm News Sakya Chaudhuri, Lawyer (from Trilegal law firm) joins HSA Advocates August 10, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Trilegal counsel Sakya Singha Chaudhuri has joined HSA Advocates as partner to head the firm’s regulatory practice. Chaudhuri left Trilegal in the last week of July and joined HSA in August 2014. Chaudhuri, before joining Trilegal, had been an associate at HSA from 2007 to 2009. Chaudhuri has done LL.B. from the University of Calcutta […] Read more » Advocate Sakya Chaudhuri Counsel Sakya Chaudhuri HSA Advocates Lawyer Sakya Chaudhuri Sakya Chaudhuri Trilegal Trilegal law firm
Bar, Bench & Firm News Delhi lawyers to abstain from work Monday February 10, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in Delhi will strike work Monday to protest the shifting of family courts from the Karkardooma courts complex in east Delhi. The co-ordination committee of the district courts Sunday decided that lawyers will abstain from work Monday “in support of the Shahdara Bar Association against the shifting of family courts outside the court premises”, […] Read more » committee general secretary Nitin Ahlawat Delhi lawyers to abstain from work Monday news Shahdara Bar Association todays news todays top news Top news
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News UP lawyers strike to demand HC bench August 24, 2013 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A lawyers action committee Friday announced an agitation to press their demand for a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh even as courts in 22 districts of the state remained shut for the 11 consecutive day. The agitation will be at Jantar Mantar in Delhi Aug 26. “Bar associations in all 22 districts of […] Read more » Ghaziabad Bar Association national news news Rakesh Tyagi Kakra todays news todays top news Top news
