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Weekly Bulletin [4th May – 10th May, 2026]

Weekly Bulletin [4th May – 10th May, 2026]

Weekly legal news roundup 2026

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Issues Notice on Applicability of Limitation Act’s Section 5 to Appeals under Section 85(3A) of Finance Act

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Preventive Detention Over Delay in Considering Representation

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Supreme Court: Legal Heirs of Deceased Doctor Can Be Impleaded; Liability Limited to Estate in Medical Negligence Cases

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GNIDA Took No Coercive Steps Despite Defaults & Complaints From Buyers; Supreme Court Lifts Corporate Veil To Restore Resolution Plans Of Alpha And Roma

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SC: Absence of Entry in Members’ Register No Bar to Oppression & Mismanagement Petitions

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Supreme Court Allows Formaldehyde Units To Operate Despite Pending Environmental Clearance

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Supreme Court: Contractual Builder Dispute Pending Before DRT Cannot Trigger CIRP as ‘Financial Debt’ Default

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Mere Inclusion in Select List Does Not Confer Indefeasible Right to Appointment: Supreme Court

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Supreme Court: Blanket Regularisation Of Jharkhand Para-Teachers Engaged Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Is Contrary To Recruitment Rules Framed Under Art 309

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Supreme Court Restores Dismissal of Jharkhand Constable Accused of Securing Dual Police Jobs Under Fake Identity

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SC Pulls up State of Rajasthan over Inaction on Illegal Mining Complaint; Warns Chief Secretary of Personal Appearance

Andhra Pradesh High Court

Andhra Pradesh HC Orders Custody of Advocate Over ‘Indolent’ Conduct, Later Withdraws Direction After Bar Intervention

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Andhra Pradesh High Court: Input Tax Credit Cannot Be Validly Availed Before Underlying Reverse Charge Tax Is Appropriated To Government

Allahabad High Court

Allahabad HC: ‘Hon’ble’ Honorific Must Be Used for Constitutional Functionaries

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Allahabad HC: Section 106 Evidence Act Applies Where Accused Fails to Explain Homicidal Death Inside His House

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Law At Stage Of Charge/Discharge Requires Strong Suspicion Against Accused; Allahabad High Court Remands Matter In Self-Immolation Suicide Case

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Andhra Pradesh HC: NOC Fees Charged by Universities Not Taxable Under GST as ‘Supply of Service’

Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court Permanently Injuncts ‘UltraTech’ Infringement; Orders ₹66.48 Lakh Costs

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Bombay HC: ‘Salt’ in Federal List Does Not Vest Private Salt Lands in Government

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Bombay High Court: Goodwill Of Business Is An Asset Exclusively Belonging To Firm And Not Capable Of Unilateral Transfer By Individual Partner

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Bombay HC Upholds Shift of Adoption Powers to District Magistrate Under JJ Act; Challenge to 2021 Amendment Dismissed

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Section 87 of CGST Act Cannot Be Invoked Against Non-Existent Entities; Bombay High Court Sets Aside Proceedings Against Vodafone Idea

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Bombay HC Quashes FIRs Against HDFC Bank CEO over Lilavati Trust Fraud

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Noise Pollution During Ambedkar Jayanti Violates Article 21: Bombay HC Issues Notice to Organisers, Police

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Excessive Default Sentence in Cheque Bounce Cases Unjust; Bombay HC Caps Imprisonment to Period Already Undergone

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Petition in Bombay High Court Challenges ‘Life Trustees’ at Sir Ratan Tata Trust Under Maharashtra Public Trust Law

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Bombay High Court: Finance Companies Cannot Mask Unilateral Arbitrator Appointments Through Institutional Mechanism; Such ‘Fig-Leaf’ Claims Of Independence Are Illegal

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SARFAESI Machinery Cannot Decide Suit For Specific Performance Of Profit-Sharing Agreement; Bombay High Court Clarifies Scope Of Order VII Rule 11 CPC

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Bombay High Court: No TDS Is Deductible From Compensation Granted Under Arbitral Award Passed Under Sec 3G(5) National Highways Act

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Bombay High Court: Refund Claim Satisfying Statutory Limitation Cannot Be Rejected On Technical Grounds If Statute Itself Creates No Such Embargo

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Bombay HC Declines Urgent Ad-Interim Relief Sought by Reliance Against ‘Carry On Jatta 4’; Allows Reliance to Cure Defects

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Bombay High Court Allows SBI to Recover Rs. 183 crores from Secured Assets as per SARFAESI Act; Sets Aside Order by MPID Special Judge

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Eligible Resident Cannot Be Left Remediless Due To Earlier Defective Biometric Record; Bombay High Court Directs UIDAI For Effective Implementation Of Aadhaar Act

Calcutta High Court

Calcutta HC: Borrower’s Repayment Obligation Is Contractual, Not Dependent on Third-Party Performance

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Calcutta HC Raps Tax Dept for Adjusting Refund Without Notice, Violating Sec 245

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Calcutta High Court: Saregama Lacks Legal Authority to License Musical Works for Vodafone’s Commercial Exploitation

Chhattisgarh High Court

Chhattisgarh HC: Death Penalty Not Justified for Heinous Crime Alone; Must Meet ‘Rarest of Rare’ Standard

Gujarat High Court

Gujarat HC Upholds Bar on Lease Termination During IBC Moratorium; GIDC Eviction Action Set Aside

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Gujarat High Court: Lease Termination and Eviction Under Public Premises Act Barred During Moratorium

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Detainee’s Actions Did Not Disrupt Public Order or Qualify Him as a ‘Cruel Person’; Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Preventive Detention

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Gujarat High Court Quashes Prosecution For Block Assessment Period As Proceedings On Undisclosed Income In Group Companies Are Already Quashed

Gauhati High Court

Authority Stands Divested Of Power To Initiate Proceedings After Statutory Period Expires; Gauhati High Court Clarifies Limitation Under Sec 73(1) Finance Act, 1994

Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court Refuses Blackberry’s Patent On Software-Based Invention That Merely Uses Algorithm To Colour-Code Message Recipients

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Comparable Third-Party Licence Agreement Is No Precondition At Pro Tem Stage; Delhi High Court Directs Xiaomi To Deposit Rs. 272 Crores In SEP Infringement Action

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Spectre Of ED Proceedings Sought To Be Influenced Through Media Use Is Unacceptable; Delhi High Court Deprecates Indian Express For Transgressing Its Limits

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Delhi HC to Appoint 3 Senior Advocates as Amicus for AAP Leaders in CBI Liquor Policy Case

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“SpiceJet is Constantly Disobeying Supreme Court’s Orders”; Delhi HC Refuses to Accept Property in lieu of Arbitral Amount of Rs. 144 crores

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Objection Mechanism Not an Empty Formality; Delhi HC Sets Aside Order Permitting Appearance of Ineligible Candidate in Recruitment Exam of CBSE

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Allegation Of Death By Strangulation Rested Only On Co-Accused’s Disclosure Statement; Delhi High Court Grants Bail After Prolonged Incarceration Of Five Years

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Delhi HC Denies Bail To Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s Wife Leena Paulose In ₹217-Crore Extortion-MCOCA Case; Grants Relief In ED Money Laundering Case

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Mass-Market Penetration Not Required To Establish Reputation Of Luxury Automobiles; Delhi High Court Orders Cancellation Of ALPHARD Mark In Favour Of Toyota

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Delhi High Court: Section 8(2) FERA Inapplicable Without Unauthorised Foreign Exchange Conversion Transaction

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Delhi High Court: Look Out Circulars Curtailing Right To Travel Abroad Under Article 21 Cannot Be Used Routinely For Commercial Defaults Or Bank Debt Recovery

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Delhi High Court Strikes Down SBI Circular Denying PwD Candidates SC/ST Relaxation Benefits In MMGS-II Fitment

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Delhi High Court Permits Inspection of Late Arvind Singh Mewar’s Alleged Will by Forensic Expert

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Delhi High Court Continues Bar on Further Appointments to NAREDCO Governing Council Pending Hearing of Election Dispute

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Delhi High Court Records Shivang Edibles’ Statement On Discontinuing “Double Sher” Mark in Kalash & Double Sher Trademark Dispute

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Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief to Shashi Tharoor Against AI Deepfakes; Orders Takedown of Fake Videos Praising Pakistan

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Contractual Dispute Ending In Arbitral Award Favouring Bidder Is Not Disqualification; Delhi High Court Declines Interference In Tender Issued By NAFED

Jharkhand High Court

Jharkhand High Court Cracks Down on Illegal Mining in Hazaribagh; Issues Sweeping Directions to Curb Illegal Mining

Madras High Court

Madras HC: Section 194G Inapplicable Where No Commission Paid on Lottery Ticket Sales

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Madras High Court: Re-Export of Goods on Redemption Fine Does Not Bar Penalty Under Section 114AA of Customs Act

Madhya Pradesh High Court

“Affidavit Uploaded on Very Last Day after Judgment was Reserved”; Madhya Pradesh HC Expresses Displeasure over Misstatement on Judicial Record

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MP High Court Bar Association Raises Concerns Over Bail Rejections, Criminal Appeals and Listing Difficulties Before Chief Justice

Meghalaya High Court

Meghalaya High Court Quashes ‘Romeo-Juliet’ POCSO Case Citing Consensual Relationship and Marriage

Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes NH Land Acquisition Award Granting 1/6th Compensation for Same Village Land

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45-Year-Old Person Can Validly Execute Will; Exclusion of Natural Heirs Not Suspicious by Itself: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court: Joint Search Authorisation for Residential and Business Premises Valid in Tax Evasion Proceedings

District Court

Nashik Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Woman Accused in Alleged Forced Religious Conversion, Caste Harassment Case

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Delhi Court : Co-Accused Cannot Claim Hearing As Matter Of Right On Plea To Turn Approver

Tribunals

ITAT: No Disallowance for Late PF/ESI Deposit in Intimations Before Checkmate Services Ruling

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No Judicial Review Of CoC’s Commercial Wisdom; NCLAT Dismisses Vedanta’s Appeals Questioning Adani’s Bid For Acquiring Jaiprakash Associates

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No Prior Income Estimation Required Without Business Activity: ITAT Deletes Section 234C Interest Against Capgemini IT Solutions

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NCLAT Directs CCI to Issue Notice to Grasim Over Disclosure of VSF Pricing Policy to Buyers

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Gujarat AAR: Non Inclusion Of Fuel Cost Renders Rental Services Of Electric Buses With Operators Taxable At 18% GST

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ITAT: CSR Spending Disallowed Under Sec 37(1) May Still Qualify for Deduction Under Sec 80G

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NCLT: Parallel Proceedings Under SARFAESI And Before DRT Do Not Bar Initiation Of Insolvency Resolution Against Personal Guarantors

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NCLT: MSMED Act, RBI Resolution Frameworks Cannot Defeat IBC Proceedings; Date of Default Material for Admission

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NCLT Directs Suspended Director to Refund Rental Income Diverted to Personal Account During CIRP

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SAFEMA: Unauthorised Remittance Or Transfer Of Foreign Exchange Is Foundation For Contravention Of Sec 3(A) FEMA

Ink & Insight

The Evidentiary Paradox: When ‘No Claim Certificate’ Becomes a Claim For Justice

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Letters To the Bench: Answered by Justice Pradeep Nandrajog

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Sustainable Nicobar: A Bundle Of Opportunities & Challenges

Book Review

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Book Review | Tom Bingham’s The Rule of Law

Law Firms News

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Advises Mirae Asset Venture Investments on Series D Investment in Snabbit

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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Advised POSCO on its Joint Venture with JSW Steel

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CAM Arbitration Head Shaneen Parikh Steps Down After Three Decades in Practice

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SAM Promotes 89 Lawyers to Principal Associate and Senior Associate Roles for FY 2026-27

Law Schools News

Call for Papers: IDIA Karnataka – Khaitan & Co. 2nd Annual Essay Competition

Roundup

Weekly Bulletin [27th April – 3rd May, 2026]

News

SCL Conference: Navigating Conflicting Expert Reports in Construction Arbitration

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‘Pickleball Has Nothing to Do with Pickles, It Was Named After a Dog’: Justice Hrishikesh Roy

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‘Let State Be Run by Political Executive, Not Court’: SC on Plea for Central Force Deployment Post-Election in WB

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Supreme Court Declines Plea Alleging Lax Aadhaar Verification Allowing Illegal Infiltrators to Obtain Identity

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SC Issues Notice on Pleas Challenging Transgender Amendment Act Over Dilution of Self-Identification Rights

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‘Mentioned 24 Times, Not Listed Once: SC Grants Liberty to MP Pappu Yadav to Seek Early Hearing Before Patna HC

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“Obnoxious, Degrading, Unknown to Law”: SC Slams Bail Conditions Requiring Accused to Clean Police Stations in Odisha

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Supreme Court Issues Notice in Margadarsi Financiers Case Over Continuity of Entity After Ramoji Rao’s Death

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SC Issues Notice on Christian Michel’s Plea Challenging India-UAE Extradition Treaty in AgustaWestland Case

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‘AI Is Powerful but Risky’: Experts Debate Accountability, Disclosure in Construction Arbitration

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‘You’ve Exposed Yourself & Embarrassed the Court’: SC Rebukes Indian Young Lawyers Association

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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 10 Advocates for Elevation to Punjab & Haryana High Court

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India’s First Pre-Law Summer Programme Integrating Advocacy, Critical Thinking, and Dispute Resolution Launched by Jindal Global Law School

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[Sabarimala Reference Day-11] No Religion treats women as Chattel: Sr Adv Darius Khambata Argues for Parsi Woman Marrying Outside Faith

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Union Cabinet Approves Bill to Increase Supreme Court Strength from 34 to 38 Judges (Including CJI)

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AI in Law: Interactive workshop on Rational Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Landscape

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‘We Must Train Lawyers, Arbitrators and Stakeholders’: Sr Adv Ratan Singh at SCL Conference

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Supreme Court Pays Tribute to Shri V.K. Jhanji, Shri A.D.N. Rao, Shri Mukul Gupta & Shri S. Balakrishnan at Full Court Reference

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BCI Writes to CJI Over Andhra HC Incident; Terms Custody Order Against Advocate ‘Deeply Disturbing’

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Tier 1 Law Firm Terminates Partner Booked Under POCSO

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[Sabarimala Reference Day- 12] Denominational Rights Must Not Trample Individual Rights under Article 25: Counsel for Parsi Woman

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‘Appointments Cannot Be Left to Executive Alone’: SC Hears Challenge to Law Excluding CJI from Election Commissioner Selection Committee

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Delhi High Court To Pass an Order In BoAt Founder Aman Gupta’s Personality Rights Case

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SC Appoints Former CJI DY Chandrachud As Mediator In Rani Kapur–Priya Kapur Family Trust Dispute

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[Sabarimala Reference Day-13] Individual is at the Centre of the Constitution, Not Denomination: Sr Adv Raju Ramachandran on Dawoodi Bohra Matter

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SC Questions Why Dawoodi Bohra Excommunication Victims Delayed Challenging 1962 Verdict Upholding Community’s Power to Excommunicate

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[Sabarimala Reference Day-13] Denomination Can’t Control Spiritual Lives in Violation of Fundamental Rights: Sr Adv Sidharth Luthra Argues Against Female Genital Mutilation

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“AI Is a Tool, Not a Substitute for Human Intelligence”: Justice Sanjay Karol

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Delhi High Court to Pass Orders on Shashi Tharoor’s Plea Against AI Deepfakes; Issues Notice

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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Fresh Plea Challenging UGC Regulations of 2012, 2023 and 2026

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SC Expresses Dissatisfaction over Delay in Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Trial; Directs Witness Protection Compliance & Time-bound Trial

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Supreme Court Seeks Original Records in Plea Against MP High Court Order Dismissing Review Over Alleged Affidavit Misstatement

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Bangladeshi National Accused in Alleged Human Trafficking Case Investigated by NIA

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‘Appear for Higher Judicial Services Next Year, All the Best’: CJI Advises Young AOR in Plea Over Alleged DJS Mark Alteration

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‘You Want Us to Provide Red Carpeting to You?’: SC Questions Dubai-Based Chit-Fund Accused Seeking Consolidation of FIRs

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‘Most Unfortunate’: SC on MLA Kunwar Vijay Shah’s Remarks On Operation Sindoor Briefing Officer Col. Sofiya Qureshi

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‘Your Only Agenda Is Arrest Anil Ambani’: Sr Adv Kapil Sibal In Supreme Court During Reliance Bank Fraud Hearing

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‘One exclusive court for every 10-15 pending NIA trials’; SC Directs Establishment Of Exclusive NIA Courts For Speedy UAPA Trials

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Supreme Court Indicates Continuation of Reservation for Women in SCBA Posts; CJI Suggests Wider Consultation

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Plea in Supreme Court Challenges Constitutional Validity of Mizo Marriage and Inheritance Law Amendment Over Alleged Gender Discrimination

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SCAORA Extends Window for Left-Out Members to Clear Subscription Dues Pursuant to SC Order on Inclusion of New AORs in Voter List

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Kroll, IWIRC India to Host Knowledge Session on Global Asset Tracing & Recovery

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Supreme Court Declines Plea for Expedited Hearing of Illegal Construction Case Relating to Noida’s Lotus Panache Project

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CJI Surya Kant to Release Books Authored by SG Tushar Mehta at Bharat Mandapam

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