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Teaching Engagements

Comprehensive Course on Inheritance Laws in India

LiveLaw Academy, 23 March to 16 June 2026

A 29-session online course held in biweekly evening sessions, open to law students, lawyers, mediators, civil court judges, judicial aspirants, UPSC aspirants, and members of the public. The course covered the foundations of inheritance and succession law, including Hindu succession and the classification of heirs under Muslim law. It also examined the use of trusts as tools for estate planning. A further module addressed the constitutional and gender-justice debates around inheritance, including the possible reintroduction of inheritance taxation in India. Participants who completed the course received a certificate from LiveLaw Academy.

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Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Foundations

LiveLaw Academy, from 8 August 2025

A 15-session online course, held twice weekly, drawing on his work as Revising Author of Modi’s A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology (28th edition, 2025). The course covered how medical evidence and forensic analysis are tested and used in court, beginning with the role of medical testimony and what constitutes medical evidence. It was designed for legal professionals, judicial officers, police personnel, and forensic experts. The course is now also available as a set of recorded lectures through LiveLaw Academy.

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Comparative Succession Laws

NALSAR University of Law

A week-long credit course taught to NALSAR students on testamentary and intestate succession, comparing the subject across different legal systems. The course coincided with a guest lecture he delivered at NALSAR’s invitation on his years as a Judge.

About the Visit

Judicial Training

National Judicial Academy, Bhopal

Justice K. Kannan serves as regular visiting faculty at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal, the institution established by the Supreme Court of India to provide judicial education to judges from across the country.

Planned Courses

Dates to be announced

Code of Civil Procedure and Civil Practice

Drawing on his practice on the civil side in original and appellate jurisdictions, Justice K. Kannan has planned a course on the Code of Civil Procedure and civil practice.

Medicine and Law

Justice K. Kannan is also planning a course on the intersections of law with medicine and clinical practice, drawing on his book Medicine and Law: Exploring Areas of Intersection.
Details of both courses will be announced once they are scheduled.