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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - January 2025

Jan 2025

Nov 21, 2025

Supreme Court Says Courts Cannot Fix Timelines for President or Governors on Bill Assent

The Supreme Court held that the Court cannot impose any timelines for decisions of the President and the Governor on granting assent to Bills under the Constitution. The Apex Court pronounced its opinion advisory on whether it can impose timelines on the President and State Governors for acting on Bills passed by State Legislatures.

Nov 19, 2025

NLU Jodhpur Wins 20th LAWASIA Moot Court Competition

A team from National Law University Jodhpur (NLU Jodhpur) won the 20^th LAWASIA Moot Court Competition held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The team comprised Ansh Arora, Paavni Kaur Mago and Bianca Bhardwaj.
They competed against Hanoi Law University in the final rounds. The team also won the Spirit of LAWASIA award.
OP Jindal Global Law School was the other Indian team participating this year.
The moot problem addressed procedural issues of sovereign immunity in arbitration and enforceability of pre-arbitral negotiation steps. It also included concerns of labour law violations, forced labour and questions of fundamental breach and agency under the UNIDROIT Principles.

Nov 10, 2025

Justice Ashok Bhushan Re-appointed NCLAT Chairperson

The Central government re-appointed former Supreme Court Justice Ashok Bhushan as chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
Justice Bhushan joined as chairperson of NCLAT on November 8, 2021, presiding over significant matters involving corporate law, insolvency, and competition statutes. He will now continue until July 2026.

Nov 09, 2025

Bar Council of India Approves Kerala's Proposal to Reserve Seats for Trans Students

The Bar Council of India (BCI) granted interim approval to the Kerala government's proposal to create two supernumerary seats for transgender students in all law colleges across the state. The move is being hailed as a significant step towards inclusivity in legal education.
The approval follows a directive from the Kerala High Court on October 24, which had asked the BCI to consider and approve the government's request.
The Kerala government had submitted its proposal in August seeking permission to introduce additional seats under the transgender category in both three-year and five-year LLB programmes.

Nov 06, 2025

Allahabad High Court Designates 90 Lawyers as Senior Advocates

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday designated 90 lawyers including 5 women as Senior Advocates.
Majority of these advocates practice before Allahabad and Lucknow benches of the High Court.
A few of them practice before the Supreme Court and Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Lucknow.
While the Allahabad bench had 108 Senior Advocates as in May, the number stood at 32 in the Lucknow bench.

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