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Notification about member shortage fake, NCLAT issues statement

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) New Delhi on August 9 issued a statement that the notification circulating on Whatsapp regarding member shortage was fake and should be ignored.

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Bombay HC deems that the wrongdoings of Government workers cannot go unpunished

While hearing an appeal by a former MSRTC bus conductor against an order directing for the termination of services of the appellant, the Bombay High Court observed, “The approach in this country of believing that when one works for government no action can ever be taken no matter how persistently one is found to be doing wrong is an approach that needs to now stop as fast as possible."

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The Department of Commerce announces new rules for Work from Home for SEZs

The Department of Commerce has notified the addition of a new rule viz., Rule 43A to the Work from Home in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, on 19 July 2022. The new rule has been appended in response to demands from the industry for a standardized country-wide provision for Work from Home (WFH) across all SEZs.

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Lawyers’ petition to the Supreme court claiming State Emblem installed atop Central Vista unconstitutional

Since its inauguration, the Emblem installed atop the Central Vista has equally caught vary sideways glances as well as uproars of appreciation. While many onlookers find the new roaring lions version of the emblem endearing and symbolic of India’s progressive march towards economic and social development, many others find it distasteful, impudent and insulting to the founding beliefs of the country. Two lawyers of the latter belief have moved to the Supreme Court claiming that the statue in question, is illegal and a gross insult to the National Symbol.

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Anti-Ragging Laws in India

Ragging or bullying is seen as a crime and is a punishable offence under various institutional and state laws India. Section 26(1)(g) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, provides the University Grants Commission (UGC) the authority to establish regulations for the maintenance of standards and the co-ordination of work or facilities in Universities. Firm directives have been provided by the UGC to Indian Institutes to establish strict anti-ragging policies.

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CCPA Guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements and making endorsements relating thereto

15 Companies withdrew ads in the effect of CCPA's new Guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements. The new guidelines are aimed at ensuring that consumers are not being fooled with unsubstantiated claims, exaggerated promises, misinformation, and false claims because, such advertisements violate various rights of consumers like the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be safeguarded against potentially unsafe products and services.

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The Department of Commerce announces new rules for Work from Home for SEZs

The Department of Commerce has notified the addition of a new rule viz., Rule 43A to the Work from Home in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, on 19 July 2022. The new rule has been appended in response to demands from the industry for a standardized country-wide provision for Work from Home (WFH) across all SEZs.

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09/02/2026, 16 hours ago

Section 37 NDPS Act Not a Barrier to Acceptance of Bond for Appearance: Madras High Court Draws a Clear Line Between Bail and Summons

Introduction: In Mukesh Sharma v. State of Tamil Nadu (2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 55), the Madras High Court was called upon to decide an important and often misunderstood aspect of criminal procedure under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The case arose from a large-scale narcotics seizure involving commercial quantity of contraband and raised […]

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09/02/2026, 16 hours ago

Photocopies Cannot Confer Ownership: Supreme Court Reiterates Strict Proof for Power of Attorney and Secondary Evidence

Introduction: The Supreme Court of India, in Tharammel Peethambaran and Another v. T. Ushakrishnan and Another (2026 LiveLaw (SC) 128), delivered a significant ruling clarifying the law on admissibility and proof of secondary evidence under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, particularly in cases involving Power of Attorney (PoA) and alienation of immovable property. The controversy […]

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07/02/2026, 2 days ago

Compromise Is Not a Passport to Liberty: Punjab and Haryana High Court Recalls Anticipatory Bail for Breach of Judicial Undertaking

Introduction: In a strongly worded and jurisprudentially significant decision, the High Court recalled an anticipatory bail order granted in 2022, holding that an accused cannot secure liberty on the strength of a compromise and thereafter resile from solemn undertakings made to the Court with impunity. Justice Sumeet Goel, while allowing an application filed by the […]

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Not Every Irregularity Is Corruption: Jharkhand High Court Upholds Assembly Election, Reiterates High Threshold for Voiding Democratic Mandates
Marriage Is a Matter of Choice, Not Consent of Society: Delhi High Court Reaffirms Autonomy of Consenting Adults
Police Cannot Gag Speech on Whims: Karnataka High Court Reasserts Constitutional Limits on Preventive Restrictions
Can an Inanimate Object Commit Trespass? Karnataka High Court Stays FIR in a Bizarre Drone Prosecution
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07/02/2026, 2 days ago

Free Speech Ends Where Scandalising the Court Begins: Gujarat High Court Draws a Firm Line on Contempt and Abuse of Process

Introduction: The Gujarat High Court, in Vishwas Sudhanshu Bhamburkar v. State of Gujarat and Others, R/Special Criminal Application (Direction) No. 8358 of 2023, was confronted with a case that raised important questions on the limits of litigant conduct, the scope of judicial criticism, and the fine distinction between asserting legal rights and scandalising constitutional courts. […]

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07/02/2026, 2 days ago

When Criminal Law Becomes a Tool of Harassment: Calcutta High Court Steps In to Prevent Abuse of Process

Introduction: In Prabir Mukhopadhyay @ Prabir Mukherjee v. The State of West Bengal & Another, CRR 3775 of 2022, the Calcutta High Court was called upon to examine whether the continuation of criminal proceedings against a senior retired official of the West Bengal Financial Corporation (WBFC) was a genuine exercise of criminal justice or a […]

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07/02/2026, 3 days ago

A System That Failed a Vulnerable Man: Kerala High Court Confronts Lapses After Missing Deportee Is Found Dead

Introduction: The Kerala High Court, while dealing with a habeas corpus petition in Santon Lama v. State of Kerala, WP (Crl.) No. 1421 of 2025, was confronted with a deeply disturbing narrative of institutional neglect, administrative apathy, and systemic failure that ultimately culminated in the death of Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen deported from Kuwait. […]

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Reproductive Autonomy Above All: Supreme Court Holds That No Woman, Least of All a Minor, Can Be Forced to Continue an Unwanted Pregnancy
Arrest After Notice Is the Exception, Not the Rule: Supreme Court Draws a Clear Line Under Section 35 of BNSS
Courts Will Not Re-Evaluate Competitive Exam Questions: Judicial Review Ends Where Academic Expertise Begins: Delhi High Court 
Cheque Dishonour Prosecutions Must Be Proved Through Knowledge, Not Paper Authority Alone: Kerala High Court 
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06/02/2026, 3 days ago

Jharkhand High Court Orders Criminal Probe into Alleged Transfusion of HIV-Infected Blood to Minor Patients, Reaffirms Mandatory Duty to Register FIR

Introduction: In a deeply disturbing case raising serious questions about public health, medical negligence, and the accountability of State institutions, the Jharkhand High Court in Deepika Hembram (through her natural guardian Anita Hembram) & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors., W.P. (Cr) No. 50 of 2026, intervened to ensure initiation of criminal law machinery […]

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06/02/2026, 3 days ago

Cyber Fraud Probes Cannot Be Halted on Mere Apprehension, Calcutta High Court Reaffirms Scope of Further Investigation

Introduction: The Calcutta High Court, in Arup Mondal v. The State of West Bengal & Anr., CRR 493 of 2025, delivered an important ruling clarifying the law on further investigation and the limited scope of inherent jurisdiction at the pre-trial stage, particularly in complex cyber fraud cases involving cryptocurrency investments. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das, while […]

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06/02/2026, 3 days ago

Unconstitutional Law Cannot Wash Away Corruption, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Upholds Criminal Prosecutions Despite Statute Being Void

Introduction: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, in Mushtaq Ahmad Bakshi and Connected Matters, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (JKL), delivered a landmark ruling reaffirming a foundational principle of criminal jurisprudence that corruption does not disappear merely because the statute under which it was facilitated is later declared unconstitutional. The batch of eleven petitions […]

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Supreme Court overrules the Delhi HC judgment: Allows woman to abort her 24-week foetus

Supreme Court overrules the Delhi HC judgment: Allows woman to abort her 24-week foetus

30/07/2022, 4 years ago

The Department of Commerce announces new rules for Work from Home for SEZs

The Department of Commerce announces new rules for Work from Home for SEZs

26/07/2022, 4 years ago

Bombay HC: CJ Dipankar Datta recuses hearing plea against CBI Director addressed to CJI NV Ramana

Bombay HC: CJ Dipankar Datta recuses hearing plea against CBI Director addressed to CJI NV Ramana

30/07/2022, 4 years ago

CCPA Guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements and making endorsements relating thereto

CCPA Guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements and making endorsements relating thereto

30/07/2022, 4 years ago

CCPA guidelines that prohibit the levying of Service Charges on food bills by hotels and restaurants stayed by the Delhi HC

CCPA guidelines that prohibit the levying of Service Charges on food bills by hotels and restaurants stayed by the Delhi HC

26/07/2022, 4 years ago
Technology
The Tussle between Google and Epic Games Continues: Violation of India’s Antitrust Regulations

15/02/2023, 3 years ago

The Tussle between Google and Epic Games Continues: Violation of India’s Antitrust Regulations

“While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carneige The tussle between Epic games and Google started way back in the U.S., wherein the biggest gaming giant on August 2020, approached the […]
Criminal
The Supreme Court issued notice on the plea by women wrestlers alleging sexual harassment

25/04/2023, 3 years ago

The Supreme Court issued notice on the plea by women wrestlers alleging sexual harassment

The Supreme Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the top woman wrestlers of India seeking registration of FIR against a BJP MP as well as the wrestling federation of India’s president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the petitioners stated that the woman wrestlers […]
Property and Real Estate
Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost on Petitioners Objecting Hindu-Muslim Property Sale

14/02/2023, 3 years ago

Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost on Petitioners Objecting Hindu-Muslim Property Sale

“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religion must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”– Dr. B.R Ambedkar  In the case of Farhan Tasaddukhussain Barodawala v. Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal, Allahabad High Court imposed cost of rupees 25,000 on petitioners who were objecting on the fact that how a […]
Employment
Bar on entry of married men and women in JAG: Centre to Delhi High Court 

23/03/2023, 3 years ago

Bar on entry of married men and women in JAG: Centre to Delhi High Court 

Reported By: Ankita Bhardwaj The case of KUSH KALRA v. UOI & ANR has brought forward the interesting notion of barring the entry of married men and women in Judge Advocate General (JAG) claiming it in the benefit of public interest and national security.  A PIL is filed against the policy by Kush Kalra seeking the […]
Consumer Rights
All HC to establish Online RTI Portals Within 3 months: SC

20/03/2023, 3 years ago

All HC to establish Online RTI Portals Within 3 months: SC

“We direct all High Courts to establish online RTI portals within 3 months from today. High Courts can formulate adequate provisions to facilitate the supply of adequate information. Information is to be passed onto the secretary generals of High Courts for administrative directions from the Chief Justices (of High Courts). The same directions are to […]
Human Rights
Clerical Duties Define Workman Status Under Industrial Disputes Act, Rules Calcutta High Court

05/03/2025, 11 months ago

Clerical Duties Define Workman Status Under Industrial Disputes Act, Rules Calcutta High Court

Introduction: The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an industrial tribunal’s ruling that an accountant, Dulal Chatterjee, was a ‘workman’ under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, dismissing a writ petition filed by Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt. Ltd. The case arose when Chatterjee was terminated from employment in July 2013, leading to a legal dispute over whether his […]
Art & Entertainment
Entertainment tax exemption for movie, cannot be claimed as a right: Madras High Court

18/03/2023, 3 years ago

Entertainment tax exemption for movie, cannot be claimed as a right: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court in the case of G Sundararajan v The Secretary held that the exemption from payment of entertainment tax is just a concession by the government and cannot be claimed as a right. The court thus refused relief to the producer and distributor of the 2015 Tamil film, “I” which was claimed […]
Business
“Vouchers” does not fall under the ambit of goods or services, will not attract ITC: AAAR

04/03/2023, 3 years ago

“Vouchers” does not fall under the ambit of goods or services, will not attract ITC: AAAR

The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), in the case of Myntra Designs Private Limited modified the decision of AAR, has observed, “input tax credit (ITC) is not available on the vouchers and subscription packages procured by Myntra from third-party vendors.” They relied on the judgement of the Karnataka High Court in the case […]

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