A 10-year-old student from Bengaluru has filed a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the Kannada Language Learning Act, 2015, which requires the language to be taught as a compulsory subject in classes 1-10 in all schools either as a first language or a second language. Keertan Suresh, a Class 4 student at the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, requested the court to
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) with his team, including partner
Bhargava KS, we have reliably learned.
According to our deals league tables, his clients include a number of funds (the ones that we have reported include ones such as Quona Capital and Indegene).
We have reached out to Nagaraj, Tatva and SAM for comment.
Update 14:10: Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas confirmed in a press release that Nagaraj would be joining as an equity partner, with Mumbai-based co-managing partner Akshay Chudasama commenting: “Manav and his team will undoubtedly add great value to the firm with their expertise.”
Update: Nagaraj added that he hoped to “further develop the Bengaluru market”: