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Allahabad High Court Orders Independent Probe of Caste-Bias Claims at Law University

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PRAYAGRAJ — The Allahabad High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of caste-based harassment and discriminatory grading at Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, directing the investigators to protect students who give evidence. Justice Vinod Diwakar appointed Small Causes Court Judge Archana Singh and Chief Judicial Magistrate Arun Kumar Yadava to examine claims …

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India’s Supreme Court Rejects Review in Companies Act Private-Complaint Case

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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit a judgment limiting when special courts may take cognizance of Companies Act fraud offenses on the basis of a private complaint. The bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant with Justices K. Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi, dismissed the central government’s review petition but …

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India’s Supreme Court Voids Biased Arbitration and Appoints New Tribunal

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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court set aside an arbitral tribunal and three interim orders after finding that the tribunal had been appointed without the consent of one party and in the face of an express allegation of bias. The dispute in Arth Micro Finance Private Ltd. v. Shivalik Small Finance Bank Ltd. concerned directions …

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India’s Supreme Court Requires Judicial Approval Before Re-Arrest After Illegal Detention

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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that police may not automatically re-arrest a person released because the original arrest violated constitutional safeguards, requiring investigators to obtain a magistrate’s approval and explain the need for renewed custody. A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul Chandurkar said the protections in Article 22 are fundamental …

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Australian Court Upholds Release Deed in Swinburne Employment Disputes

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MELBOURNE — The Federal Court of Australia held Monday that a 2024 deed of release between former law lecturer Benjamen Gussen and Swinburne University of Technology is valid and enforceable, resolving a threshold issue across several employment-related proceedings. Justice Catherine Bennett answered a separate legal question common to four matters. The university had relied on …

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EU Auditors Call Weak Cyber-Incident Sharing the System’s ‘Achilles Heel’

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BRUSSELS — European governments are withholding too much information about cross-border cyberattacks, weakening the institutions built to coordinate the bloc’s defenses, the European Court of Auditors said Monday. The auditors found that cooperation and investment had increased but that member states were still failing to report incidents promptly and consistently. The European Union has allocated …

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Australian Federal Court Allows Court Papers to Be Served by WhatsApp

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MELBOURNE — Australia’s Federal Court ruled Monday that a litigant may serve court papers on a former Victorian magistrate through WhatsApp, finding that repeated successful deliveries made the messaging account reasonably likely to bring the case to his attention. Justice Angus Lenehan authorized substituted service on Richard Pithouse in CLZ26 v State of Victoria, a …

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EU Court Hears Challenges to Nationality-Limited Parliament Hiring

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LUXEMBOURG — The Court of Justice of the European Union opened a two-day hearing Monday in challenges brought by Spain and Italy over European Parliament recruitment competitions reserved for applicants of specified nationalities. The joined cases ask the bloc’s highest court to examine how an EU institution may pursue geographic balance while honoring the principles …

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U.S. Law Schools Pair Tougher AI Rules With More AI Training

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ATHENS, Ga. — American law schools are entering the academic year with sharply different answers to the same question — how should students learn to use artificial intelligence without surrendering the legal reasoning they are there to develop? At least a dozen schools adopted or revised artificial-intelligence policies over the summer. Some have restricted laptops …

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Hong Kong Exchange Proposes Easier Rules for Major Deals and Spin-Offs

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing proposed raising the threshold at which a listed company must seek shareholder approval for a major transaction, part of a wider effort to make the market more flexible for deals and corporate spin-offs. Under a consultation paper released Monday, most acquisitions, disposals and other transactions would require …

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