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Practice management

CMS vs research database — what Indian law firms actually need in 2026

Aniruddh Atrey8 May 20267 min read

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A 2026 working comparison of case-management systems (CMS) and legal-research databases — what each covers, where they overlap, and how Indian law firms should configure their tooling for the best return.

Practice management

Digital tools for the Indian junior advocate — a 2026 working setup

A 2026 practitioner's guide to the digital tools junior advocates in Indian courts actually need — case-tracking, research, drafting, billing, calendar, and the workflow patterns that compound across years.

Aniruddh Atrey8 min

Practice management

WhatsApp in legal practice — compliance and best practice in 2026

A 2026 practitioner's guide to using WhatsApp in Indian legal practice — Bar Council Rules, client confidentiality, evidence under the BSA 2023, and practical use of WhatsApp for matter coordination without falling foul of compliance.

Aniruddh Atrey7 min

Criminal practice

BNSS 2023 — transition guide for Indian criminal practice in 2026

A 2026 practitioner's guide to the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 — section-mapping from the CrPC, key procedural changes, transitional provisions, and how working criminal lawyers should handle the cross-over.

Aniruddh Atrey7 min

Compliance

DPDP Act 2023 — implications for Indian legal practice in 2026

A 2026 practitioner's overview of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 — what changes for advocates, how matter records are treated, client-data obligations, and the breach-notification regime.

Aniruddh Atrey5 min

Practice management

Reading the cause list — a 2026 guide for Indian advocates

How to read an Indian court cause list efficiently — what each column means, common abbreviations, the difference between the daily list and the supplementary list, and the failure modes to anticipate.

Aniruddh Atrey6 min

Insolvency

NCLT vs NCLAT — jurisdictional differences in IBC matters in 2026

A practical 2026 guide to the jurisdictional split between the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Appellate NCLAT under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 — original vs appellate, which forum hears what.

Aniruddh Atrey5 min

Tax practice

GST Section 107 appeals — what advocates need to know in 2026

A practical 2026 guide to first-appellate proceedings under Section 107 of the CGST Act 2017 — limitation, fee, pre-deposit, drafting Form APL-01, and post-filing procedure.

Aniruddh Atrey5 min

Tax practice

ITAT appeal under Form 36 — complete 2026 walkthrough

A practical 2026 walkthrough of filing an Income Tax appeal at the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal under Form 36 — eligibility, fee structure, attachments, and post-filing procedure.

Aniruddh Atrey5 min

Criminal practice

Section 482 CrPC / BNSS quashing in 2026 — practical guide for advocates

A 2026 practical guide to High Court quashing petitions under Section 482 CrPC (and Section 528 BNSS) — when it lies, what tests apply, how to draft, and recent appellate trends.

Aniruddh Atrey5 min

Legal AI

How AI legal research is changing Indian litigation in 2026

A grounded look at AI legal research for Indian advocates in 2026 — what works (semantic search, citation networks, judgment summarisation), what doesn't (predictive scoring), and how Indian-jurisdiction-specific corpora differ from global tools.

Aniruddh Atrey6 min

Practice management

How to track Supreme Court case status by case number in 2026

A practical 2026 guide for Indian advocates to track Supreme Court of India case status by diary number or case type — manually via the SC portal, and automatically via auto-fetch tools like CourtNetra.

Aniruddh Atrey6 min

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