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Weekly Bulletin 26th October – 01st November, 2026

Weekly Bulletin 26th October – 01st November, 2026

Weekly Legal Bulletin October November 2026

Supreme Court

Supreme Court : CoC Cannot Withdraw Approved Resolution Plan After Submission to NCLT; Improved Profitability No Ground to Refuse Approval

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Supreme Court : Bleaching and Dyeing of Exempt Handloom and Powerloom Fabrics Does Not Attract Textile Cess Under Textiles Committee Act

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Supreme Court Orders Atibir Industries to Pay CFM ARC Additional ₹125 Crore for Full and Final Settlement

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Supreme Court Mandates Section 126 Assessment Procedure for Restoring Electricity After Theft Disconnection; 50% Deposit Relief Only in Cases of Prima Facie Arbitrary Assessment

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Supreme Court: Uninvoked Corporate Guarantee Can Constitute Financial Debt Under IBC

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Supreme Court: Unpaid Excise Duty On Uncleared Closing Stock Cannot Be Added To Taxable Income If No Deduction Was Claimed By Assessee

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SC Upholds War Injury Pension for Soldier Posted at Kargil During Operation Rakshak

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SC: Participation In Arbitration Without Timely Objection Amounts To Waiver; IBC Moratorium Does Not Prevent Recovery Claims by Corporate Debtor

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Supreme Court Upholds DVC’s Right to Recover Both Depreciation and Sinking Fund Contributions Through Electricity Tariff; Sets Aside APTEL Review Order

Allahabad High Court

Allahabad HC Strikes Down UP Scheme’s Mandatory Injury Report Requirement For Compensation to Child Sexual Assault Victims

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Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging 18% GST on Online Legal Research Tools

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Allahabad High Court Prescribes Uniform Formatting Norms for Pleadings; Directs Use of Times New Roman, 14-Point Font and Double Spacing

Bombay High Court

Can Scrutiny Committee Reject Pre-Independence Caste Record Just Because Name Appears To Have Been Added Later In Different Ink? Bombay HC Answers

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RERA Interest Benefit Extends to Successors-in-Title of Allottees; Bombay High Court Directs Developer to Pay 9% Interest for Delayed Possession

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‘Surprised on Authorities’ Difficulty to Involve Celebrities Over High Charges’; Bombay HC Lauds Anti-Firecracker Awareness Drive, Asks for Slum Outreach

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Bombay High Court Cracks Down on Fake NATURAL Franchise Scam, Grants Urgent Protection to Ice Cream Brand

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Bombay High Court: Redevelopment Agreement Terminated Before Commencement Of CIRP Is Not Protected As Corporate Debtor’s Asset

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Bombay HC Upholds RBI’s Right to Evict Occupants from Amar Building, Says Security Considerations Justify Action Under Public Premises Law

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Bombay HC to Conduct Contempt Proceedings over ‘Wholly Inappropriate’ Behaviour of Litigant After Appointment of Court Receiver to Take Possession of Property

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Stamp Duty Cannot Be Charged Twice on the Same Property Transaction: Bombay HC Quashes Additional Stamp Duty Demand on Later Conveyance Deed

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Limitation for Appeal Against ITAT Order Begins on Receipt of Order, Not Mere Pronouncement; Bombay High Court Condones 88-Day Delay

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GST Department Cannot Recover Disputed Interest During Pendency of Appeal If Entire Tax Is Already Been Paid: Bombay HC Quashes Bank Attachment Notices

Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court Restrains Sabeer Bhatia from Circulating Allegedly Defamatory Adani Video

Chhattisgarh High Court

Maternity Benefits Not Confined to Regular Employees; Chhattisgarh HC Directs Release of Guest Lecturer’s Salary for Maternity Leave Period

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Chhattisgarh HC Sets Aside Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee Orders Reducing Hostel, Mess and Transport Charges of Private Medical Colleges

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Chhattisgarh HC Upholds Execution of Arbitral Award Against Raipur Municipal Corporation, Clarifies That Commercial Court Can Attach Municipal Accounts

Delhi High Court

Adding Descriptive Suffix To Well-Known Brand Does Not Create Safe Harbour; Delhi HC Permanently Restrains ‘ANANTARA’ Use for Jabalpur Real Estate Projects

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Radisson Hotels’ Pending Section 9 Petition Converted Into Section 17 Application Before Arbitral Tribunal by Consent

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Delhi High Court Grants UPL Ex Parte Injunction Against Agro Orbit Hub for Alleged Trademark Infringement of Agrochemical Products

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Delhi HC Applies Reputation-And-Unfair-Advantage Prima Facie Test, Grants Ex Parte Interim Injunction Against ‘GOLDMEDAL PLY AND BOARDS’ For Plywood Goods

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Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against Journalists Rosy, Gajendra Singh In SC/ST Act Case by ACP Vivek Bhagat

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Delhi High Court Upholds Municipal Electricity Tax on NTPC’s Auxiliary Power Consumption, Says Self-Use by Generating Station Is Taxable

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‘No Serious Steps by State Over Shortage of Prosecutors’; Delhi HC Grants Interim Stay on Cost Recovery from Director of Prosecution’s Salary, Refuses Relief to State

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Meta Not Amenable to Writ Jurisdiction Over Disabled Instagram Account; Delhi High Court Directs GAC to Decide Appeal Expeditiously

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‘Being a Practicing Advocate Not an Exceptional Case’; Delhi HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Proclaimed Offender Advocate Accused of Assault and Public Disrobing

District Court

Cinepolis Fails to Get Interim Protection Against Eviction From Noida Multiplex as Haryana Court Dismisses Section 9 Petition

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Delhi Court Grants 4 Weeks Interim Bail to Ritik Bajaj In International Drug Cartel Case To Attend Father’s Surgery

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Sukesh Chandrashekhar To Be Released Forthwith In 2017 PC Act Case As Custody Exceeds Maximum 7-Year Sentence: Delhi Court

Gauhati High Court

Citizenship Cannot Be Proven Through Ancestors’ Voter Lists & and Panchayat Certificates Alone; Gauhati HC Upholds Foreigner Declaration

Gujarat High Court

Gujarat High Court Restores Ban On Non-Veg Eateries Near Somnath Temple Hours After Single Judge Quashes Ban Notification

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

‘Bench Must Refrain from Escalating Heated Exchanges with Bar’; J&K&L HC Quashes Order Imposing Rs. 10,000 Costs on Senior Advocate

Jharkhand High Court

Jharkhand High Court Denies Bail in UAPA Case, Weighs Prolonged Custody Against Trial Progress and Alleged Role in Fatal Explosive AttackAt Lanji Forest Hill

Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court Strikes Down Guidelines Treating Arrested Persons’ Production After 5 PM As Exceptional

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Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction in POCSO Case After DNA Test Confirms Accused as Biological Father of Minor Victim’s Child

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Classification Between Christians & Hindus Based On Rational Legislative Distinction Does Not Offend Art. 14 & 15; Kerala HC Upholds Validity of Sec 69 of Indian Succession Act

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Screening Test Is Only Procedural Tool For Selection And Not An Eligibility Condition; Kerala HC Upholds PSC’s Preliminary Screening Test for Sub-Inspector Recruitment

Karnataka High Court

Forgery Allegations in Property Deal Cannot Be Quashed Just Because Dispute Has Civil Elements; Karnataka HC Declines To Quash FIR Against Power-Of-Attorney Holder

Madras High Court

Madras High Court Upholds Registration of ‘NICE’ Medical Equipment Mark Despite Phonetic Similarity With Dr. Reddy’s ‘NISE’ Trademark

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Madras HC: Purchaser of Corporate Debtor As Going Concern During Liquidation Under IBC Cannot Claim Complete ‘Clean Slate’ Against GST Liabilities

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“Clear Line” Between Criticising a Judgment and Attacking a Judge; Madras HC Bars Public Gatherings or March Targeting Sitting Judges

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Madras High Court Allows Recording of Evidence of Zoho Executives, Vembu’s Relatives for US Divorce Proceedings

Madhya Pradesh High Court

MP HC Rejects Deforestation Plea Against Metro Station Construction; Directs Supervised Phased Felling and Plantation of 2500 Replacement Trees

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses to Interfere in Survey-Based Reassessment; Leaves Constitutional Validity of Section 148 Explanation 2(ii) Open

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FDR Investment of Accident Compensation Can Be Made in Any Nationalised Bank, Not Only Union Bank of India: Madhya Pradesh HC

Patna High Court

Uncorroborated First-Time Dock Identification After Eight Years Has Minimal Probative Value; Patna HC Flags Missing Forensic & Post-Mortem Evidence To Grant Acquittal

Telangana High Court

Civil Court Decree Cannot Curtail Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s Statutory Powers To Test Legality Of Construction In Apartment Parking Area: Telangana HC

Ink & Insight

Losing the Arbitration, Not the Right to Seek Relief: The Supreme Court on Section 9

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From Colonial Control to Digital Authorisation: The Evolution of Indian Telecom Law and the Transformation of Consumer Jurisprudence

Tribunals

Unsecured-Loan Entries & TDS Deductions Cannot Establish Financial Debt If Share Purchase Payment’s Conversion Into Loan Remains Unproved: NCLAT

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Insolvency Proceedings Cannot Serve As Appeal Against HRERA; NCLT Permits Limited Set-Off of Finally Adjudicated Delayed Possession Compensation Against Homebuyer Dues During CIRP

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ITAT Allows Section 10(10B) Exemption on BSNL VRS-2019 Compensation Despite Assessee’s Failure to Claim It in Tax Return

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Hospital Food Supply Taxable as Outdoor Catering Service; CESTAT Sets Aside Extended-Period Demand for Lack of Wilful Suppression

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‘Opting Out is Not Consent’; CCPA Fines Shangri-La Eros Rs. 1 Lakh Over Default Service Charge, Holds Renaming Charge as ‘Voluntary’ Doesn’t Cure Violation

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Section 18 RERA Entitlement Cannot Be Deferred Till Occupancy Certificate; MahaREAT Directs Builder to Pay Monthly Interest to Homebuyers During Pendency of Appeal

Book Review

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul’s Without Fear or Favour: Reflections on Judicial Independence, Collegium and Arbitration Reform

BenchMarks

Justice B. V. Nagarathna: A Career of Constitutional Dissent, & the Road to India’s First Woman CJI

Roundup

Weekly Bulletin 19th – 25th October, 2026

News

Supreme Court Permits Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Accused Ashish Mishra to Visit Lucknow for Diwali

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UP Court Acquits Rahul Gandhi In 2018 Defamation Case Over ‘Murder Accused’ Remark Against Amit Shah

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Supreme Court Allows SCBA’s November 2 Meeting on Election Reforms; Directs Voting Outcome to Be Kept in Sealed Envelope

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‘IBC Has Contributed to India’s Economic Growth; Insolvency Resolution Must Support Productive Use of Capital’: Justice Rajesh Bindal

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‘Social Impact Assessment Shouldn’t Be Brushed Aside, But It Can’t Be a Millstone Around the State’s Neck’: SC Reserves Order in Ayodhya Land Acquisition Matter

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Supreme Court Issues Notice To ECI On Plea Against Maharashtra SIR; Declines To Extend Voter Roll Deadline

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Supreme Court Directs States To Provide Exclusive Bar Rooms, Washrooms For Women Lawyers In All District Courts

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Kerala High Court Stays FIR, Probe Against Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan, & Kins In CMRL-Exalogic Case

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MP High Court Reserves Order On Giribala Singh’s Bail Plea In Twisha Sharma Death Case

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Delhi District Courts Bar Associations Call for Work Abstention on October 27 After Alleged Threat by ACP; Seek Suspension Pending Inquiry

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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Four High Court Judges for Elevation as Chief Justices

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Supreme Court to Hear Plea Challenging ECI’s Decision-Making Process; Commission Defends Internal Deliberations in Counter Affidavit

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Supreme Court Collegium Approves Appointment of 7 Judicial Officers and Advocates as Madhya Pradesh High Court Judges

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Supreme Court Asks Trial Court To Expedite Witness Examination In In Suspended Punjab DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar’s Bail Plea

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Supreme Court Directs ED To Approach High Court Against Order Rejecting Money Laundering Case Against Rathi Steel

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SC Collegium Approves Appointment of Judicial Member Ajay Sharma and Advocate Vaibhav Anant Sugdare as Bombay High Court Judges

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‘Complete Regime Of Pre-Censorship’: Digital News Publishers Plea Challenging Data Protection Law; SC Issues Notice

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Supreme Court Hears Tamil Nadu Private Medical University’s Challenge to State Fee Fixation; University Cites Statutory Autonomy to Set Fees

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Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Dola Sen’s Plea Alleging Form 6 Changes During Bihar SIR

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Supreme Court Upholds Som Distilleries’ Liquor Licence Renewal, Sets Aside Remarks Against MP Advocate General’s Office

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Legislative Framework To Regulate Child Pornography, Intimate and AI-Morphed Images, Videos Under Consideration: Centre in Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Pleas Challenging Six-Stanza ‘Vande Mataram’ Mandate

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Imran Khan’s ‘Leave India’ Notice Put on Hold: Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief till November 2

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Nishikant Dubey’s ₹2 Crore Defamation Suit: Mahua Moitra to Remove ‘Fake Degree’ Post, Subhash Garg to Seek Muting of ‘Blackmailer’ Remark

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‘Keep the Courts Away From this Level of Politics’: SC Asks YSRCP Candidates To Pursue Election Petitions Over Andhra Poll Obstruction Claims

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‘NCRB Data Will Show How Your Policy Has Miserably Failed’: SC Seeks Acid Attack Statistics, Questions Effectiveness of Existing Guidelines

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SC Disposes Plea Seeking Drop-Down Menu For OBC Castes In Digital Census 2027; Allows Representation To Census Authorities

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‘We’ll Not Allow Digital Arrest Accused to Be Released on Bail’: SC Takes Strong View in Cybercrime Case

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SC Agrees to Hear Matter Over Election of Justice Minderjeet Yadav’s 23-Year-Old Daughter To Bar Council Seat Vacated By His Elevation

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ICC India Arbitration Conference 2026 to Be Held in Mumbai on October 31

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‘Circumstances Changed’: CBI Withdraws Plea In SC To Transfer 2021 West Bengal Post-Poll Violence Cases Outside State

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Supreme Court Directs Sanjay Raut to Appear Physically in Contempt Case Over Social Media Remarks Against CJI Surya Kant

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Supreme Court Pulls Up Rajasthan Govt. For Withholding Retirement Benefits Of AYUSH Doctor

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‘Will Non-Response Be A Ground To Forfeit Voting Right Forever?’ SC Flags ‘Structural Incongruity’ In Form 6 Requirement

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IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee to Host Next Gen Legal Summit in New Delhi on November 27

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AI Cannot Be Allowed to Operate Without Accountability: Sr Adv Shashank Garg at ICPS

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Public Visibility And Commercial Interests Must Not Override Professional Ethics of Lawyers: CJI Surya Kant

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Manual Scavenging Deaths: Supreme Court Directs States to Ensure ₹30 Lakh Compensation, Initiate Criminal Prosecution Against Those Responsible

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‘There is Strong Suspicion of Corruption, But it Must Be Proved By Evidence’: SC Disposes Of Chhattisgarh’s Appeal Against Anil Tuteja’s Bail

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‘NCLTs Have Been Completely Hijacked By Ministry of Corporate Affairs’: Supreme Court

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‘We Have A Bureaucratic Judiciary, Very Strict Hierarchy’: Justice Joymalya Bagchi

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The Compliance Clock is Ticking: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Corporate Accountability in India

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‘No Chief Justice Wants to Annoy the Bar’: CJI Surya Kant Recalls Failed Plan To Bring Retired Judges Back To High Courts

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Supreme Court Reserves Order on ED’s Plea For CBI Probe Against Mamata Banerjee Over Alleged Obstruction of I-PAC Raid

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Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Casual Vacancy Election In Punjab & Haryana Bar Council

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Mumbai Court Remands All 11 Accused In Tiger Shroff Firing Case To Police Custody Till November 6

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‘Complaint filed after 14 years is in itself staggering, unheard of’: M. Muthiah Sthapathy Argues in Kapaleeshwarar Temple Peacock Idol Theft Case

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‘Hit The Mobile On The Wall And The Arrest Goes’: CJI Baffled By How People Fall For Digital Arrest Scams

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ICC Interactive Arbitration Session Examines Roles of Counsel, Tribunal and Institution in Expedited Proceedings

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Supreme Court Lawyers Welfare Trust Invites Applications for Two Justice J.S. Verma Fellowships; Deadline November 15

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Supreme Court Cancels MLA Anant Singh’s Bail, Directs Him To Surrender By December 1 In Dularchand Yadav Murder Case

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Supreme Court Directs Expeditious Disposal of Karnataka Bar Council Election Petition

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Supreme Court Asks Election Commission to Examine Allegations of Irregularities in Electoral Forms Submitted in Uttar Pradesh

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Supreme Court Examines Framework for Use of Court Hearing Clips; Prashant Bhushan Opposes Prior Permission for Journalistic Reporting

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Supreme Court Refers Reliance-Centre KG Basin Gas Migration Dispute To Mediation By Former Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai

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Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Probe Into CJP Spokesperson Saurav Das’s Background

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AZB & Partners Co-Founder Bahram Vakil To Succeed Noel Tata As Trent Chairman From November 12

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Started With 4 Judges In A Residential Bungalow, Delhi High Court Completes 60 Years of Judicial Legacy

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IBA to Host Fifth India Litigation and ADR Symposium in New Delhi on November 27–28

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SC Registers Case On Advocate’s Complaint Seeking Contempt Action Against Kerala Congress Over Post Targeting CJI Surya Kant

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Attorney General R. Venkataramani Conferred 2nd Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Memorial ‘Tribute of Honour’ Award

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ICC Secretary General Alexander Fessas Highlights Reforms to ICC Arbitration Rules, Emphasises Emergency Relief and Expedited Procedures

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India Must Strengthen Judiciary, Arbitration Bar and Ethics Framework to Become Preferred Seat of Arbitration: Justice Manish Pitale

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‘If You Have a Good-Quality Award, You Can Have a Regime of No Merits Review’: Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Restoring Confidence in Arbitration

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‘The credibility of Arbitration, Particularly in India, is at Stake’: Justice DK Singh

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