Supreme Court
Supreme Court Stays Calcutta HC Judgment Declaring Dedicated STF Police Stations And Courts In West Bengal Unconstitutional
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Supreme Court Issues Sweeping Directions to Fast-Track Dowry Cases; Suggests 90 days Charge Framing, Witness Calendars & Digital Dashboards to Curb Trial Delays
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Supreme Court Quashes NGT Order Holding Art of Living Liable for Yamuna Floodplain Damage; Directs Refund of Rs. 5 Crores
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Supreme Court Upholds Customs Custodian Notification on Mumbai Port Trust; Holds Port Trust Liable for Customs Duty on Pilfered Goods
Allahabad High Court
‘Court Can’t Shut Its Eyes to Insulting Language Used Against the Judge’: Allahabad HC Refers IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal’s Conduct For Criminal Contempt
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Allahabad HC Strikes Down Core Provisions of UP Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021; Holds Premises Tenancy Legislation Falls Within Concurrent List
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Hijab In School? Allahabad HC Rejects Class XI Student’s Plea To Wear Hijab With Prescribed Uniform
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UP Advocate Welfare Fund Has ₹330 Crore Corpus, But Aid is Still ₹5 Lakh: Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt to Enhance Compensation
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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to NDPS Accused Allegedly in Possession of 100 kg Ganja Over Defects in Search and Recovery by Police
Bombay High Court
Bombay HC Upholds NSEL’s Rs. 339.57 Crore Recovery Suit Against Guiness Securities; Rejects Defaulter Members’ Plea to Dodge Pre-Institution Mediation
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Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash SEBI ODR Arbitration Proceedings Against ITC; Directs Compliance Within 14 Days
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Bombay High Court Upholds IOCL’s Turnover-Based Tie-Breaker in Rs. 1,198 Crore RVI Tender; Rejects MSME Discrimination Challenge
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Bombay HC Restrains Former Kidzee Franchisee From Using ‘Kidzee’, ‘Kidgee’; Holds Contractual Trademark Dispute Can Be Referred To Arbitration
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Bombay HC Grants Medical Bail to PMLA Accused, Holds Morbid Obesity Can Bring Accused Within ‘Sick or Infirm’ Exception
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‘No Contractual Lien’: Bombay HC Directs Release of 138 Tank Containers Belonging to Russian Owner
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Mumbai Port Authority’s Retrospective Rent Hikes Quashed; Bombay HC Mandates Fair, Reasonable Rates in 145 Petitions
Chhattisgarh High Court
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Chhattisgarh HC Grants Remission to Life Convict Involved in Gang Rape of 15-Year-Old After Noting Satisfactory Conduct During 16 Years Imprisonment
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Chhattisgarh HC Quashes FIR Against Men for Sharing Governor’s Cartoon on Facebook, Subject to Conditions Imposed by State Govt.
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court: Stray Incidents of Cohabitation As Husband & Wife After Separation Do Not Constitute Condonation Of Cruelty
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Individual Partners Cannot Claim Partnership Firm’s Goodwill; Calcutta HC Permanently Restrains Use of ‘Fox & Mandal’ Mark in 130-Year-Old Law Firm’s Passing Off Battle
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Calcutta HC Stays Arrest Warrant Against Mahua Moitra Over ‘Wear A Burqa’ Remark On Women Waiting To Throw Eggs At Her
Delhi High Court
Delhi HC Upholds Blocking of Social Media Accounts Over Videos Alleging Corruption Against Judge, Takes Cognizance of Contempt
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Delhi HC Stays Defamation Case Against Sudarshan TV Anchor Suresh Chavhanke Over ‘Anti-National’ Madrasa Remarks
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Delhi High Court: Liability To Pay Interest Is Not Extinguished Just Because Quantum of Customs Duty Is Settled by Settlement Commission
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Delhi HC Upholds De-Sealing of Institutional Property at Gole Market; Holds Monitoring Committee Lacks Jurisdiction Over Non-Residential Premises
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Decades-Old Denial of Minimum Wages to Part-Time Teachers Violates Articles 14 & 23; Delhi HC Upholds 50% Salary Parity for Part-Time Punjabi Teachers
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January 1 As Per Gregorian Calendar Itself Is A Man-Made Construct; Delhi HC Upholds 1st August Age Cut-Off for UPSC Civil Services Examination
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Delhi High Court Pulls Up Income Tax Department for Withholding Vodafone Idea’s Rs. 53 Crore Refund Over Form 26B Technicality
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Marital Quarrel Led Husband to Allegedly Force-Feed Insecticide to Wife: Delhi HC Sets Aside Attempt-To-Murder Conviction
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Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Accused In 2024 Jangpura Doctor Murder-Cum-Robbery Case
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Delhi HC Refuses Bail to Executive Director of NBFC in Rs. 315 Crore Fund Diversion Case; Flags Absconder Status & Violation of Court Undertaking as Decisive Factors
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Delhi High Court Pauses HUL’s Claim of Disparagement on Vim & Suef Excel; Refers Territorial Jurisdiction Conundrum in IP Suits to Larger Bench
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Case Ran For 25 Years Over Assault, But Delhi HC Now Flags Victim’s Forgotten Child-Labour Ordeal; Orders Compensation
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Delhi HC Holds Waiver of Contractual Timelines Bars Seller’s Claim for Liquidated Damages in Naphtha Sale Dispute
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Delhi HC : Waiver under Section 12(5) of the A&C Act Must Be Express, Written, and Cannot Be Implied from Conduct
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Delhi High Court Pulls Up Arbitrator in IGNOU Construction Dispute, Sets Aside Award for Ignoring Contract Terms and Unseen Evidence
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Delhi HC Quashes Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Pinaki Misra, Says News Report Alone Cannot Establish Alleged Statement
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COVID-19 Restrictions Did Not Permit Premature Termination of Lock-in Lease; Delhi HC Upholds Arbitral Award Against Asian Hotels
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14-Day Show Cause Notice Mandatory Under Integrity Pact; Delhi HC Quashes Debarment of Ceigall India From PWD Re-Tender
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Truck Crashes into Pedestrian Space Meant Exclusively for Walkers; Delhi HC Strikes Down 30% Contributory Negligence Deduction Against Barber Injured on Footpath
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Delhi HC Directs MCD to Build Separator Wall Over Okhla Drain Without Awaiting NOC; Flags Delay in Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrades
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Parties May Mutually Consent to Modify Arbitral Institution Specified in Arbitration Agreement: Delhi HC
District Court
Sukesh Chandrasekhar Convicted for Impersonating Supreme Court Judge to Pressure Judicial Officer For Bail in Corruption Case
Gauhati High Court
Umadevi Case Cannot Be Applied Mechanically; Gauhati HC Directs Consideration of Regularisation of Long-Serving Contractual Assistant Professors
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Gauhati High Court Quashes Release of Smuggled Areca Nuts; Holds Customs Act Prevails Over BNSS for Provisional Release of Seized Goods
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat HC Directs Tax Authorities to Follow Instructions on Use of AI Noting Exclusive Reliance on AI Generated Case Laws by State Tax Officer
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Gujarat HC Quashes FIR Over Alleged Leopard Killing, Holds Complaint Could Be Lodged Only by Authorised Officer Under Wildlife Protection Act
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
J&K&L High Court: Sec 269-B Income Tax Act Has No Application to Cheque Bounce Cases, Non-Reflection of Transaction in ITR Does Not Destroy Sec 139 Presumption
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J&K&L HC Calls for Fresh Status of Encroachments on Public Places by Religious Institutions and Steps for Prevention
Karnataka High Court
“SHO Could Not Have Been a Passive Spectator Twiddling His Thumbs”; Karnataka HC Directs Audit of CCTV Systems in Police Stations Across State
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Issuance of LOC Despite Subsisting Anticipatory Bail Is Unconstitutional; Karnataka HC Awards Compensation for Illegal Arrest in Matrimonial Dispute
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Karnataka HC Issues Statewide Guidelines on Section 164 Statements; Directs IOs to Review Them Before Chargesheets, Furnish Copies to Accused
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Karnataka HC Slams Police Action on Activist Over His Facebook Post Celebrating Kunal Kamra Show Cancellation
Madras High Court
Free Fly Ash for Highway Projects: Madras HC Rejects 10-Year Limit on Thermal Power Plants’ Obligation
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Depositor Can Seek Attachment of Mala Fide Transferee’s Property Under TNPID Act, Without District Revenue Officer Being Party To Such Application: Madras HC
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Madras HC Directs Enquiry into Teachers Recruitment Board Officials Responsible for Disobeying Supreme Court’s Decision While Publishing Selection List
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Madras HC Pulls Up State Human Rights Commission for Treating Bus Ticket Dispute as Human Rights Violation
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Widow’s Remarriage Cannot Defeat Daughter’s Right to Deceased Father’s Coparcenary Interest: Madras HC
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Bail Subject to Rs. 2.5 Lakh Deposit in ‘Digital Arrest’ Cyber Fraud Case
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Madhya Pradesh HC Permits 16-Year-Old Rape Survivor to Terminate 24-week Pregnancy Noting Skeletal Dysplasia in Foetus
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Madhya Pradesh HC Reaffirms Deity as Absolute Owner of Shree Ram Temple; Declares State as Sole Manager Through Revenue Department
Patna High Court
NEET Student Cannot Lose Disability-Quota Admission Over Authorities’ Software Error; Patna HC Orders Admission, Academic Safeguards
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Right To Travel Abroad Is Recognised Facet Under Article 21; Punjab & Haryana HC Strikes Down Haryana’s Blanket Foreign Travel Ban on Government Employees
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Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes ADGP Order for Further Probe in Crypto Case, Holds Magistrate Alone Can Order Further Investigation Under BNSS
Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan HC Upholds GST Levy on Annuity Payments for Road Construction; Rejects Exemption Claim Under Entry 23A
Uttarakhand High Court
FIR Filed In Grief After Daughter’s Death, Father Later Settles With In-Laws; Uttarakhand HC Quashes the Dowry Death Case
Tribunals
‘Politically Motivated’: Karnataka State Bar Council Rejects Allegations Against BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra
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End-Use Irrelevant for Classification; CESTAT Upholds 15% Basic Customs Duty on Laptop LCD/LED Panels Imported as ‘Computer Parts’
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ITAT Directs Exclusion of Aurigene from Curia India’s Transfer Pricing Comparables; Upholds LIBOR Plus 3% Benchmarking on ECB Interest
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NCLAT Dismisses Ex-Employees’ Challenge to Jet Airways Aircraft Sale; Upholds Liquidator’s Power to Continue CIRP-Initiated Sale Process
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Commercial activities of DDA are not sovereign; CESTAT Upholds Massive Service Tax Demand on DDA Over Renting of Nazul Lands and Club Services
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Indiabulls-Led Insolvency Reference: NCLT Approves Dr. Subhash Chandra’s Rs 6.5 Crore Repayment Plan, Excludes Two Unverified Haryana Creditor Groups
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‘Rs 1,000 Per Answer Script’ Cannot Be Charged Under RTI Rules: CIC Directs Assam University to Provide Copy Free
Interviews
‘It Is a Mistake to Promote Entire India as a Preferred Arbitration Jurisdiction’ : Sr. Adv. Sonal Singh
Law School News
Law Centre-II, University of Delhi to Host 10th S.K. Puri Memorial International Moot Court Competition, JUSTIFIED 2026
Law Firm
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises Book Running Lead Managers on USD169 million IPO of Shiprocket
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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Advises BofA Securities on IDFC FIRST Bank’s USD 600 Million Senior Unsecured Notes Issuance
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ANB Legal Announces Merger With Lexentra; Inducts Founder Pranav Khatavkar as Partner to Strengthen Banking & Finance Practice
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Exclusive | Abhisaar Bairagi Relocates to Singapore to Strengthen Khaitan & Co’s International Disputes Practice
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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Advises Union Bank of India on USD 600 Million Senior Unsecured Notes Issuance Through DIFC Branch
Legislation Updates
Centre Establishes Mediation Council of India Under Mediation Act, 2023
Ink & Insight
Friend of the Younger Bar: Justice Sanjay Karol
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The Fire, The Cash And The Report With Proved Charges But No Consequence
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Standpoint: The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2026
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Delhi’s Heatwave: A Silent Epidemic
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Performance Of Regulatory Duties Or Jurisdictional Overreach? Supreme Court Resolves TRAI-TDSAT Turf War
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [17th August – 23rd August, 2026]
The Learned View
Is This All There Is ?
Interview
Saraf & Partners Actively Interested in Boutique Combinations with Strategic Fit: Mohit Saraf
News
Supreme Court Orders 100-Metre No-Construction Zone Along Jojari River; Bars Hazardous Activities Within 500 Metres
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Supreme Court Takes Note of Alleged Private Access to EPFO, ITR Data; Directs Time-Bound Consideration by Government
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on AAP MLA Naresh Balyan’s Bail Plea in MCOCA Case
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‘You Exhibited the Highest Level of Incompetence’: SC Pulls Up Tamil Nadu Law Officer Over Withholding Vital Document
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‘Whenever Intellectual and Knowledgeable Persuasions Come From the Bar, the Third Eye of the Bench Opens’: Justice Joymalya Bagchi
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Supreme Court Directs CBI to File Fresh Status Report on Tenders Allegedly Granted to Relatives of Arunachal Pradesh CM
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice on Saurav Das’s Plea Against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, Law Beat, Pamphlet, Jaipur Dialogues Over Publication of Private Information
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SC Asks Tamil Nadu to Approach CWMA Over Alleged Shortfall in Proportionate Cauvery Water Share
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Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre, Jharkhand Govt on Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into JPSC Exam Irregularities
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Ghatbarra Community Forest Rights; No Restraint on PEKB Coal Mining
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FIR Against Journalist Who Reported Ram Mandir Donation Theft: SC Agrees to Urgently Hear Plea Against FIR
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Green Clauses, Grey Areas: When Sustainability Becomes a Construction Contract Risk
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SC To Hear Plea Seeking Reconstitution of Panel Probing Alleged Police Excesses During CJP Protests
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Supreme Court Stays FIR Against Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay Over Alleged Road-Rage Incident
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Khalid Jahangir Qazi’s Plea Seeking Entry to India Amid OCI Blacklisting for Alleged Involvement in Anti-India Activities
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SC Issues Notice to 20 Rebel TMC MPs on Abhishek Banerjee’s Plea Against Delay in Disqualification
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SC Rejects Tarun Tejpal’s Plea For Exemption From Surrender; Directs Him To Surrender Within 3 Weeks
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Supreme Court Seeks Replies on Status Report On Bankey Bihari Temple Committee Dispute Over Funds, Land And Darshan Management
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GHAC Arbitration Week 2026: Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre is Set to Host a Three-Day Arbitration Week from Sept 4
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Justice Sandeep Mehta Urges CJI To Replace Rajasthan HC Acting Chief Justice Over Alleged Misuse Of Office
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‘Judiciary’s track record in protecting people from an anarchic State has been inconsistent quite often disappointing’: Justice Muralidhar
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FSSAI Issues Notices to Andaz Delhi, JW Marriott Over Serious Food Safety Violations
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“Predictability Is One of the Most Important Reasons Why Commercial Parties Choose Arbitration”: CJI Suryakant
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NLSIU Cancels 2026 Convocation After Graduating Students Fail to Reach Consensus on Public Invite to CJI Surya Kant
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AAWI Amends Rules to Reserve President’s Post for Women Once Every Three Terms
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Delhi Red Fort Blast Case: Special NIA Court Takes Cognisance Of Chargesheets Against 14 Accused
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Justice BV Nagarathna Calls On Bar Councils to Introspect, Urges Lawyers to ‘Take A Stand’
Reels
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