Law, music and cinema not strangers to each other: Supreme Court Justice V Mohana at NUALS seminar
Bar and Benchby Praisy Thomas·12 Sept 2026
Supreme Court Justice V Mohana on Friday drew parallels between law, music and cinema observing that all three involve interpretation and making sense of human experiences within their respective...
Regulating arbitrators like Supreme Court, High Court judges is impossible: Retired Justice AK Sikri
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·12 Sept 2026
It would be impossible to regulate arbitrators in exactly the same manner as Supreme Court and High Court judges, former Supreme Court Justice AK Sikri said during a debate at India ADR Week 2026.
Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: Retrospectivity v. retroactivity and the need for a clear distinction
Bar and Benchby Arvind Datar·12 Sept 2026
What is the difference between a retrospective and a retroactive law? As this important question remains unanswered till date, this article suggests what the proper tests should be.
Karnataka High Court quashes State's ₹482 crore penalty on Adani's ACC Limited for mining in Kalaburagi
Bar and Benchby Hiranya Bhandarkar·12 Sept 2026
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a ₹482.69 crore penalty imposed by the Karnataka Department of Mines and Geology (DMG) against Adani- controlled ACC Limited for mining operations in Kalaburagi...
Vardharma Law promotes Vidula Mehrotra to Partnership, onboards Roshni Khirbath as Partner
Bar and Benchby Soumanasya Sengupta·12 Sept 2026
Vardharma Law, formerly Vardharma Chambers, has announced the promotion of Vidula Mehrotra to Partner and the addition of Roshni Khirbath as Partner, expanding its partnership to three Partners in...
Retired Justice Hima Kohli calls for statutory protection of government officers releasing disputed funds
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·12 Sept 2026
A statutory framework for interim payments in construction disputes can protect government and PSU officials who release contested funds from vigilance, audit and investigative scrutiny, former...
Maratha agitation: Bombay High Court declines to halt Manoj Jarange's march to Mumbai
Bar and Benchby Neha Joshi·12 Sept 2026
The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to issue preemptive orders against Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil's proposed march to Mumbai [Nilesh Ramchandra Dhanukar v.
UP government using Goondas Act as a tool of oppression: Allahabad High Court
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·12 Sept 2026
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the Uttar Pradesh government was continuously using the UP Control of Goondas Act, 1970 as a tool of oppression despite the courts regularly...
Karnataka High Court allows Anjali Devi to continue as Prosecution Director, stays KAT order
Bar and Benchby Siddesh M S·11 Sept 2026
The Karnataka High Court has stayed an order of the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KAT) that had questioned the continuation of Anjali Devi as in-charge Director of Prosecution and...
Can a resolution plan under IBC survive the death of its maker? NCLAT answers
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·11 Sept 2026
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has said that a resolution plan submitted as part of insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) does not automatically...
Karnataka HC asks SEC to go ahead with panchayat polls after State says ward formation, reservation complete
Bar and Benchby Siddesh M S·11 Sept 2026
The Karnataka High Court on Friday recorded that the State government has completed the process of creating wards and reserving seats for members in all 5,864 Gram Panchayats across the State in...
20 years of Prakash Singh: When does non-compliance become contempt?
Bar and Benchby Fahas Abdulla·11 Sept 2026
Two former DGPs – Prakash Singh and NK Singh - along with Common Cause, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India in 1996.
Section 9D and the limits of undoing MADA: Can Parliament fetter the States' Entry 49 power?
Bar and Benchby Kamaldeep Dayal·11 Sept 2026
The latest amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), which received the assent of the President on August 17, has brought about significant changes.
Courts must protect poor to preserve India's socialist goal in Constitution: Delhi High Court
Bar and Benchby Bhavini Srivastava·11 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court recently stressed that courts must ensure the protection of rights of weaker sections of the society to preserve the ‘socialist’ structure of India envisaged in the preamble of...
IC RegFin Legal expands GIFT City presence with larger office at IFSCA HQ building
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·11 Sept 2026
IC RegFin Legal has announced the opening of its larger, state-of-the-art new office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City.
Delhi High Court slams Punjab & Sind Bank for denying reward to manager who foiled robbery in 1998
Bar and Benchby Bhavini Srivastava·11 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court recently directed the Punjab & Sind Bank to pay an amount of ₹50,000, along with an annual interest of 12 percent, to a manager who had foiled a robbery attempt at its...
Teacher hitting girl students on back, waist without sexual intent not offence under POCSO Act: Supreme Court
Bar and Benchby Ritu Yadav·11 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court has recently quashed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) against a school teacher accused of hitting minor girl students on their...
Girl had accused’s name tattooed on her chest: Delhi High Court reduces rape convict’s sentence
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·11 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of rape and kidnapping a 14-year-old girl after noting that she had his name tattooed on her chest and had voluntarily travelled...
No offence of rape on promise of marriage when victim and accused already married to other people: HP High Court
Bar and Benchby Arna Chatterjee·11 Sept 2026
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently held that a promise of marriage may not amount to the offence of deceitful sexual intercourse when both the accused and the victim are already married to...
Karnataka High Court pulls up advocates for not paying process fee years after securing interim order
Bar and Benchby Siddesh M S·11 Sept 2026
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday took strong exception to the practice of not paying the process fees in cases where interim orders had been passed months or even years earlier.
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