Supreme Court
SC Cancels Bail of Murder Accused Absconding for Nine Years; Slams Allahabad HC for Ignoring Material Factors
SC Declines Interference, Leaves Forgery Dispute Over Arbitration Agreement to Tribunal
Excessive Judicial Review In CIRP Run Counter To IBC; Supreme Court Cautions Against Spinning Of Commercial Decisions Of CoC Under Guise Of Material Irregularity
SC Seeks Time-Bound Disposal of 2019 Eviction Revision Pending Before Allahabad HC
Contractual Bar On ‘Pre-Award’ Or ‘Pendente Lite Interest’ Does Not, By Implication, Extend To ‘Post-Award Interest’; Supreme Court Grants Partial Relief To L&T
Sureties Not Liable For Excess Sum Permitted To Be Withdrawn From Cash Credit Facility Of Bank By Principal Debtor; SC Explains ‘Discharge’ Under Sec 133 Contract Act
Supreme Court: Benefit Granted by Final Order Cannot Be Overturned by Later Lower Court Order in Different Proceedings on Ph.D. Criteria
SC Sets Aside Removal of Canara Bank Officer Over Breach of Mandatory Procedure; Orders Fresh Inquiry
Allahabad High Court
‘Disregarding Judicial Orders Is Unpardonable’; Allahabad High Court Holds SHO and IO guilty of Contempt
Bombay High Court
Dissent By Few Banks To Remove Red Flag Account Do Not By Itself Impute Criminality; Bombay HC Refuses To Set Criminal Justice System In Hope Of Discovering Offender
Arbitration Clause in Retirement Deed Extends to Connected MOU in Composite Transaction: Bombay HC Appoints Smt. Justice Sadhana Jadhav as Sole Arbitrator
PwD Candidate’s Candidature Cannot Be Rejected Without Considering Reasonable Accommodation: Bombay High Court
Documents Relevant to Pleadings Can Be Produced During Cross-Examination Without Prior Filing: Bombay High Court
Borrower Cannot Bypass SARFAESI Remedy Before DRT By Invoking High Court Jurisdiction: Bombay High Court
Criminal Law Cannot Be Used for ‘Roving Inquiry’; Bombay High Court Quashes CBI FIR in Loan Fraud Case
Bombay HC Quashes FIR and Proceedings against Senior Gynaecologist Accused of Medical Negligence Leading to Death of Woman After Childbirth
Eviction Of Children From Senior Citizens’ Property Can Be Ordered Even Without Maintenance Claim: Bombay High Court
Surname Defence u/s 35 Can Extend to Companies Using Promoter’s Family Name: Bombay HC Sets Aside Trademark Interim Injunction
Temporary Workers Kept For Years Despite Vacancies Constitutes Unfair Labour Practice: Bombay HC Orders Regularisation
Bombay HC: Orders Declaring ‘Assessee In Default’, Beyond 2 Years From End Of F.Y In Which TDS Report For Particular Quarter Is Filed, Are Time-Barred
Establishment of Kolhapur Circuit Bench Doesn’t Oust Jurisdiction of Principal Seat Where Appellate Tribunal is Located: Bombay HC
Non-Signatory Dissenting Society Member Cannot Be Forced Into Arbitration Under Development Agreement: Bombay High Court
‘Astro Dunia’ is Descriptive of Astrology Services: Bombay HC Refuses Interim Injunction Against Tata Play’s “Astro Duniya” Channel
Chhattisgarh High Court
Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam: Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Bail to Saumya Chaurasia in PMLA Case
Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam: Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Bail to Anwar Dhebar After 22 Months’ Custody
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Maternal Grandfather Accused of Sexually Assaulting Married Granddaughter
Delhi High Court
Post-MD Residency Senior Experience Counts Toward Mandatory 3-Year Training for AIIMS Super-Speciality Course: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Orders Release of NEET-PG Candidate’s Original Documents to Enable Joining at AIIMS Rae Bareli
Scope of Examination u/s 11 is “Extremely Limited”; Judicial Scrutiny Confined to Existence of Arbitration Agreement: Delhi HC
‘Presumption Of Innocence Stands Strengthened In Cases Of Acquittal’; Delhi HC Upholds Acquittal in a 2010 Punjabi Bagh Murder Case
Delhi HC Defers Constitution of School Level Fee Regulation Committee till Final Hearing on Fee Regulation by Schools in March
Absconder Cannot Invoke Writ Jurisdiction To Quash COFEPOSA Detention At Pre-Execution Stage: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Restores Bail Granted to Youth Congress Chief Uday Bhanu Chib in India AI Summit Protest Case
Expelled Member Has No Locus to Object; Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging 2012 Merger of MLKSC with IUML
Delhi High Court: Excise Exemption for Security Services to Foreign Embassies Subject to MEA Certificate Verification
Delhi HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Alleged of Rape on False Pretext of Marriage Based on Lack of Rape Allegations in Previous Complaint
‘Profound Sentiment Must Transcend Any Societal or Public Interest’; Delhi HC Quashes Proceedings Against Woman Accused of Attacking Her Guardian
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
J&K & Ladakh High Court Directs Affidavit Disclosing Whether Marriage is First in Petitions Seeking Protection
J&K and Ladakh High Court Flags Photostat Annexures from Court Records; Seeks Strict Directions to Prevent Unauthorised Access
Kerala High Court
Seven Additional Judges Appointed as Permanent Judges of Kerala High Court
Karnataka High Court
Unverified Domestic Helps Pose Security Risks: Karnataka HC While Convicting Four in 2009 Triple Murder
Two Parallel Authorities Cannot Regulate the Same Residential Project: Karnataka High Court Affirms RERA’s Overriding Effect Over the Karnataka Ownership Flats Act, 1972
Karnataka HC: Absence of SEBI/RBI Regulation on Digital Gold Doesn’t Grant Immunity; Refuses to Quash FIR Against ‘JAR’ App
Madras High Court
“Deity Has No Vote but the Constitution Speaks”: Madras High Court Finds Officials Guilty of Wilful Contempt Over Failure to Remove Encroachments on Temple Land
Madras HC Grants Bail to Husband Accused of Murdering Wife as Trial Court Failed to Dispose of Case Within 6 Months
‘Vehicle Fitness Assumes Importance for the Life and Limb of People’; Madras HC Directs NICL to ‘Pay and Recover’ Compensation for Lack of Fitness Certificate
Madras HC Grants Bail in Case of Abetting Suicide of Man who Caught his Wife Cheating with Accused
District Court
UP Court Declares 2007 Sale Deed Void Amid Land Acquisition in Suncity Anantam Case
Verification is Procedural, Not Punitive; Delhi Court Orders Immediate Release of JNU Protest Accused
Madhya Pradesh High Court
MP High Court Restrains Authorities from Damaging Jal Jeevan Mission Pipelines During Optical Fibre Works; Issues Notice in L&T Plea
Madhya Pradesh HC Denies Relief to DET Aspirants who Challenged Results over 20 Out-of-Syllabus Questions
Orissa High Court
Orissa High Court Deprecates Punjab National Bank for Denying Regularisation to Part-Time Sweepers by Terming Their Appointments Illegal
Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court: Son Of Deceased Employee Cannot Be Denied Compassionate Appointment Merely Because Parents Were Divorced
Ink & Insight
[Ink & Insight] A Cry from the Bench: Vacancies, Pendency, and the Rule of Law
By SM Haider Rizvi
[Ink & Insight] India and the Global Robotics Race: Time for a Comprehensive Legislation
By Yash Patel and Madhvendra Kumar Jha
[Ink & Insight] The Professional Journey of Women in the Legal Fraternity: Structural Challenges, Professional Roadblocks, and the Path Forward
By Pavani Sibal
Tribunals
NCLT Ahmedabad Upholds IL&FS Entities’ Status as Financial Creditors; Dismisses Suspended Director’s Plea to Reconstitute CoC
NCLAT: Balance Sheets Reflecting Corporate Guarantee Within 3 Years of DRT Decree Amount to Valid Acknowledgment of Debt
CESTAT, Chennai Grants ₹56.84 Lakh Relief to R. Rajinikanth; Hotel Lease Not Taxable as Renting Service
NCLAT: Legitimate Payments for Managerial Services to Keep Company as Going Concern Not Fraudulent Under Section 66 IBC
RTI Cannot Be Used by Advocate to Seek Information on Behalf of Client: Central Information Commission
NCLAT Delhi: Fixed Deposit of Corporate Debtor Cannot Be Disturbed After Resolution Plan Approval
Ground & Cargo Handling Services Provided At Airport Amounts To ‘Infrastructure Facility’: Delhi ITAT
ITAT Delhi Quashes ₹20 Crore Tax Assessment Against Lalit Kumar Modi
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [23rd Feb – 1st march, 2026]
Arbitration Bulletin, February 2026
Tax Bulletin, February 2026
Criminal Law Bulletin, February 2026
News
“India Is a Strategic Priority for the ICC”: Claudia Salomon at ICC India Conference on International Arbitration
CBI Moves Delhi High Court Against Discharge of All 23 Accused in Delhi Excise Policy Case
IIDW 2026 placed under Punjab & Haryana High Court’s Aegis; Chandigarh International Arbitration Centre to be Launched
AIAC appoints Kunal Vajani to its inaugural Court of Arbitration
Delhi Court Awards ₹1.08 Crore to Travel Agency for Akasa Air’s Cancellation of 640 Festive Season Seats
NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Botched Cataract Surgeries in Gorakhpur; Seeks Report from UP Chief Secretary, SSP
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to Inaugurate Chandigarh International Arbitration Centre During IIDW 2026
Technology Must Democratise Justice, Not Merely Digitise Courts: CJI Surya Kant in Bhutan
Supreme Court Lawyers Welfare Trust Announces 2026 J.S. Verma Fellows
Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari Appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Justice Lisa Gill Transferred From Punjab & Haryana High Court To Andhra Pradesh High Court
IIAM Excellence Awards 2026: Honouring Women Leaders
Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati Murder Case