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1. Class 12 through NIOS or distance education? Telangana Bar Council may not enrol you as an advocate

Class 12 through NIOS or distance education? Telangana Bar Council may not enrol you as an advocate In late 2025, the Bar Council of Telangana (BCT) enrolled 4 law graduates whose applications had bee

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Class 12 through NIOS or distance education? Telangana Bar Council may not enrol you as an advocate In late 2025, the Bar Council of Telangana (BCT) enrolled 4 law graduates whose applications had been pending for months - all of them distance or open university graduates. What set them apart from roughly 80 others in the same position who remain unenrolled is that they went to court. When asked BCT Vice Chairman Sunil Goud why enrolment applications were being withheld, he said, "Those who are going to court will get relief but our hands are tied." In a written response to queries, the BCT Secretary confirmed that applications are being withheld on the basis of orders passed by the Telangana High Court in M Naveen Kumar v. State of Telangana decided by a Division Bench on December 28, 2021. The Secretary also confirmed in writing that around 80 such applications remain pending. The Bar Council of India's Rules of Legal Education, 2008 contain two sub-rules governing eligibility for law courses. Under this pathway, a student needs a graduation degree to be eligible.

2. Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza, committed crimes against humanity: S Muralidhar-led UN Commission

Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza, committed crimes against humanity: S Muralidhar-led UN Commission A United Nations (UN) commission of inquiry has found that Israel deliberately targeted

Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza, committed crimes against humanity: S Muralidhar-led UN Commission

Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza, committed crimes against humanity: S Muralidhar-led UN Commission A United Nations (UN) commission of inquiry has found that Israel deliberately targeted and killed children “to destroy the existence of the Palestinians in Gaza” and committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, has said that it has “reasonable grounds to conclude that these acts form part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the future of the Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children”. The Commission is chaired by Senior Advocate and former Orissa High Court Chief Justice Dr S Muralidhar. “Israel has targeted Palestinian children in Gaza in two distinct ways: directly by shooting at their vital organs using precision weapons such as quadcopters and snipers; and through use of high impact weapons causing widespread and systematic attacks on residential buildings, schools, and displacement camps crowded with children. Israel is also legally responsible for failing to protect Palestinian children from being targeted by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and for allowing, enabling and encouraging ongoing settler violence, which serves to entrench settlements, annex Palestinian land and force Palestinians off their land,” the paper dated June 18 stated. It said that between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2025, at least 20,179 children were killed and 44,143 children were injured as a direct result of the hostilities in Gaza. “At least 5,031 children under five years were killed during this period, of whom 1,029 children were under the age of one, and some 420 were newborns...Additionally, unknown numbers of children are buried in unmarked graves without their deaths being recorded or are…

3. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences on ₹1,500 crore QIP

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences on ₹1,500 crore QIP Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited (KIMS), one of the key healthcare corporate groups in India,

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences on ₹1,500 crore QIP

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences on ₹1,500 crore QIP Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited (KIMS), one of the key healthcare corporate groups in India, has raised ₹1,500 crore (approx. USD 158 million) from a Qualified Institutions Placement. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised KIMS on this QIP. The transaction team comprised of Prashant Gupta (Partner and National Practice Head - Capital Markets), Ruth Chenchiah (Partner), Ritika Khare (Principal Associate), Anoushka PV (Senior Associate), Anaya Jain (Associate) and Kunika Agarwal (Associate). The QIP comprised participation from a diverse set of institutional investors, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as well as leading mutual funds and insurance companies such as HSBC Mutual Fund, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, Axis Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, HDFC Life Insurance and Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance. The proceeds of the QIP are proposed to be utilised towards repayment and/or prepayment of certain outstanding borrowings availed by the KIMS and certain of its subsidiaries. If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on, please fill in the form available here.

4. Justice Prathiba M Singh becomes first Indian judge in global IP Hall of Fame

Justice Prathiba M Singh becomes first Indian judge in global IP Hall of Fame Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court was recently inducted into the International IP Hall of Fame 2026, becomi

Justice Prathiba M Singh becomes first Indian judge in global IP Hall of Fame

Justice Prathiba M Singh becomes first Indian judge in global IP Hall of Fame Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court was recently inducted into the International IP Hall of Fame 2026, becoming the first Indian judge to receive such recognition for their contributions to intellectual property (IP) law. The honour was conferred at the Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) Global 2026 event held in San Diego on June 16. Justice Singh was inducted alongside Italian IP practitioner Roberto Dini and late British-Australian scholar William Cornish, who was recognised posthumously. Justice Singh was recognised for her role in developing IP jurisprudence in India and for contributing to the evolution of the country’s IP framework and helping shape national IP policy. Notably, she currently serves as Chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Advisory Board of Judges. The IP Hall of Fame, instituted by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) in 2006, recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of intellectual property law and practice. Inductees are selected through a global nomination and peer-review process involving members of the IP Hall of Fame Academy, comprising leading judges, academicians and practitioners. In her acceptance speech, Justice Singh described the recognition as a “humbling experience”, noting that several authors she had studied during her legal career - such as J Thomas McCarthy, Melville Nimmer and Paul Goldstein - were among past inductees.

5. Arbitrating fraud: The serious fraud exception and its shrinking boundaries

Arbitrating fraud: The serious fraud exception and its shrinking boundaries When does “fraud” make a dispute non-arbitrable? The effect of allegations of fraud on the question of arbitrability was scr

Arbitrating fraud: The serious fraud exception and its shrinking boundaries

Arbitrating fraud: The serious fraud exception and its shrinking boundaries When does “fraud” make a dispute non-arbitrable? The effect of allegations of fraud on the question of arbitrability was scrutinised by the Supreme Court as early as 1961 in Abdul Kadir Shamshuddin Bubere v. While this question has come to be settled more recently through a series of judgments in Ayyasamy v Paramasivam (2016) and Rashid Raza v. Sadaf Akhtar (2019), read with Avitel Post Studioz Ltd v. HSBC Pi Holding (Mauritius) Ltd (2020), the issue of fraud has been split into two genres – fraud simpliciter and serious fraud. Save for holding that fraud simpliciter does not make a dispute non-arbitrable and that serious fraud could potentially render a dispute unfit for arbitration, case law did not demarcate the specific boundaries of these two variants. In Ayyasamy, the Court’s analysis hinted that “complexity” and “volume” of evidence could be possible parameters to distinguish the two. While not necessarily adopting the complexity and volume-based yardstick, the Court in Rashid Raza distilled the Ayyasamy analysis to propound a test guided by principles of consent to determine arbitrable fraud from fraud that disturbs the ostensible consent to arbitrate.

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