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Practical writing for Indian legal professionals — landmark rulings explained, provisions decoded and better ways to run your research.

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NEW CRIMINAL CODES

From IPC to BNS: a practitioner's map of the new criminal codes

Where every familiar provision went — a section-by-section correspondence between the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act and the Sanhitas that replaced them, with the transition questions courts are already answering.

Dr. Kavita Deshpande4 Jul 2026 · 12 min read

Case Analysis

Rangappa v. Sri Mohan, fifteen years on: what Section 139 still demands

The presumption of a legally enforceable debt looks simple — until a probable defence appears. How courts have applied the preponderance standard since 2010.

Adv. Rajat Malhotra · 2 Jul 2026 · 9 min

How-To Guides

A cheque-dishonour brief in one afternoon: a research workflow

From the complaint to the presumption battle — a step-by-step CourtKutchehry workflow for building a Section 138 matter, with saved-search templates.

Adv. Ananya Iyer · 27 Jun 2026 · 7 min

Legal Updates

Anticipatory bail without an expiry date: Sushila Aggarwal in practice

Five years of High Court decisions applying the Constitution Bench ruling — where time-bound protection survives and where it does not.

Adv. Farhan Qureshi · 20 Jun 2026 · 10 min

Case Analysis

Article 21 as the Constitution's living clause: three eras of interpretation

From Gopalan to Maneka Gandhi to Puttaswamy — how one sentence became the widest door in Indian constitutional law.

Dr. Kavita Deshpande · 13 Jun 2026 · 14 min

How-To Guides

Asking better questions: getting more from AI legal research

Prompting is drafting. How to frame issue-first questions, narrow by court and period, and verify every authority the assistant surfaces.

Adv. Meera Krishnan · 6 Jun 2026 · 6 min

Legal Updates

Electronic evidence under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam: what changed

Section 63 certification, hash-value requirements and the fate of the old 65B jurisprudence under the new evidence code.

Adv. Harpreet Singh Gill · 30 May 2026 · 11 min

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