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DISCHARGE PLACES ACCUSED ON HIGHER PEDESTAL THAN ACQUITTAL, RULES SUPREME COURT

22-Apr-2026 - NEW DELHI – In a landmark ruling reinforcing the rights of individuals cleared early in criminal proceedings, the Supreme Court of India has held that a person who is discharged fr...
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Arbitration Proceedings Commence With Notice, Not Section 11 Petition: Supreme Court

09-Jan-2026 - New Delhi:The Supreme Court has reiterated that arbitral proceedings commence from the date on which a notice invoking arbitration is received by the respondent, and not from the d...
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Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Supreme Court Reserves Verdict in Bail Pleas of Umar Khalid and Other 5 Accused

10-Dec-2025 - Today (December 10, 2025), the Supreme Court (SC) of India was hearing bail petitions in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, filed by six accused, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Im...
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Supreme Court Refuses to Treat Tree Branch Fall as 'Motor Accident'—Establishes Municipal Liability Framework

13-Jun-2026 - NEW DELHI — In a milestone judgment redefining the boundaries of statutory transit insurance and civic negligence, the Supreme Court of India ruled today that injuries caused by a ...
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Social Media Access Not a Licence to Defame: Bombay HC Directs Salman Khan’s Neighbour to Consider Deleting Posts

13-Jun-2026 - LEGAL NEWS DESK MUMBAI | JUNE 11, 2026 The Bombay High Court on Thursday observed that access to social media platforms does not entitle individuals to publish defamatory cont...
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KERALA HIGH COURT SEEKS STATE'S RESPONSE ON PLEA CHALLENGING DEFECTIVE WAQF BOARD CONSTITUTION

13-Jun-2026 - KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the current composition and functioning of the Kera...
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HEADLINE: SUPREME COURT STAYS ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ORDER CENSURING UP HOME SECRETARY OVER POLICE REFORMS

13-Jun-2026 - NEW DELHI / LUCKNOW — In a major relief for the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy, the Supreme Court of India has stayed the operation of an Allahabad High Court judgment that severely cen...
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Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Protection to Abhishek Banerjee in Forgery Probe

13-Jun-2026 - KOLKATA – In a significant legal development regarding political accountability and investigation procedures, the Calcutta High Court today granted interim protection from coercive...
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Green Competition: Harmonizing Antitrust Law and Environmental Sustainability in India

Published on 13-Jun-2026

AbstractThe intersection of market mechanics and environmental jurisprudence has emerged as one of the most pressing frontiers of modern legal scholarship. As climate change accele...
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The Triumph of Bytes Over Bias: Evaluating Electronic Evidence and Witness Hostility in the Madhu Lynching Precedent

Published on 13-Jun-2026

AbstractThis article evaluates the landmark judgment of the High Court of Kerala in the Madhu lynching case (2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 286). Confronted with systemic witness hostility tha...
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Colonial Accents in a Democratic Courthouse: Criticizing the Mandatory Use of Honorifics in Criminal Procedures

Published on 05-Jun-2026

I. The evolving landscape of post-colonial jurisprudence has consistently emphasized the necessity of purging anachronistic, feudal traditions from democratic legal sys...
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