The Centre for Business and Commercial Laws (CBCL) was established as a “Centre for Excellence” in 2008 to generate awareness and facilitate research in the field of corporate and commercial laws in India. CBCL has produced a rich output of research contributing to the legal discourse in the country in the field of corporate and commercial laws.
In 2017, the CBCL Blog was launched as a one-stop web portal for practitioners and law students to receive the latest news regarding business laws and to provide access to all the events and initiatives by CBCL. For the CBCL Blog, we invite submissions from students and practitioners on issues relevant to the areas of corporate law, securities law, insolvency law, banking law, capital markets, and securities law, competition law and taxation law. CBCL also publishes its annual journal called the NLIU Journal of Business Laws (JBL). The fifth edition of the journal is currently underway. Further, the Corporate Brief is CBCL’s newsletter written by its editors on a monthly basis. It provides a quick overview of significant updates and concepts in the commercial law landscape and ensures that the students and professionals are abreast of such developments.
Started in 2014, CBCL also organises the annual NLIU-Trilegal Summit on Corporate and Commercial Laws to provide a forum where participants can engage in discussions and interactions with industry experts. The summit entails the presentation of select 15 papers chosen by CBCL’s editorial team in collaboration with Trilegal, themed on the contemporary developments in the corporate and commercial landscape.
Further, CBCL conducts various certificate courses with leading law firms in the country such as the NLIU-Khaitan & Co. Certificate Course on Corporate Laws, the NLIU-Saraf and Partners Certificate Course on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws, the NLIU-Indus Law Certificate Course on Capital Markets, as well as the NLIU-AZB & Partners Course on Sustainable Energy Laws. These certificate courses are aimed at providing students with practical experience and a conceptual understanding of different topics under the umbrella of commercial laws.
Mentioned below is the organisation of the Centre, consisting of the Chairperson, Prof. (Dr.) Ghayur Alam, the Core Committee, and the General Body of Editors.
Prof. (Dr.) Ghayur Alam is the senior-most Professor of Law at NLIU. He has been a part of the University since its inception. One of the most distinguished academicians in the field of law in India, Prof. Alam has many publications in the forms of books, articles, and handbooks to his credit. Moreover, he has authored/co-authored many reports for various departments of the govt. He is particularly interested in the fields of Intellectual Property Rights and Business Laws.
Samavi is a fifth year student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU) and is serving as the Convenor, CBCL. Her areas of interest lie in the field of Public International Law, Project Finance and Infrastructure, Environmental law and International Trade law.
Vachas is a fifth year student at NLIU, Bhopal and is currently serving as Co-Convenor, CBCL. His areas of interest include M&A transactions, sports law, and Energy and Infrastructure.
Amitabh is a fifth year student at NLIU, Bhopal and is currently serving as Secretary, CBCL. Amitabh’s interests lie in the areas of Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Securities Law.
Anjali is a penultimate year student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal and is currently serving as the Head of the CBCL Blog. Her areas of interest lie in the field of Public International Law, International Trade Law and Intellectual Property rights.
Mahak is a fourth year student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal and is currently serving as the Head, Journal of Business Laws at CBCL. Her areas of interest lie in the field of corporate and commercial laws, with a special focus on Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Investment Funds.
SENIOR EDITORS
Puhumi Verma
Sohair Wani
Vishal Gupta
Sradha Shantanu
Sakshi Verma
Prachi Choudhary
EDITORS
Aatreya Nandan
Akhila Hebbar
Divyansh Morolia
Gungun Anand
Kunal Dave
Purava Rathi
Pushpendra Dixit
Vidushi Jaiswal
Divyank Dewan
Divyanshi Shukla
Rashi Upadhyay
Ashita Mathur
Ishita Warghat
Shirin Suri
Aditi Srivastava
Rishika Jain
Tejbeer Singh
Amar Prem Prakash
Priya Singh
Animisha Dwivedi
Aviral Singhai
Jyotsna Sood
Priyanshu Danu
Rohit Misra
Rahul Mishra
Yohan T. Matthew
Utkarsh Maheshwari
Minal Gupta
JUNIOR EDITORS
Anisha Gupta
Aprameya Mukund Setlur
Jahanvi Tiwari
Khushi Krishaniya
Tarun Chittupalli
Kislay Parasher
Navya Rastogi
Netra Rathee
Sanat Nandkishore
Rajath Menon