HNLU graduate tops merit list for Indian Army's JAG entry scheme
Bar and Benchby Satyendra Wankhade·27 Aug 2026
Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) graduate Sameer Rajput has topped the Services Selection Board (SSB) merit list for the 124th course of the Indian Army's Judge Advocate General (JAG)...
India's paper leak law has a deadline, not a plan
Bar and Benchby Vishal Vaibhav Singh·27 Aug 2026
India's answer to the paper leak crisis now comes with a stopwatch. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026, which received presidential assent on July 31, 2026...
RecTracker: NLU Odisha Batch of 2026 secures 64 placements
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·27 Aug 2026
National Law University Odisha (NLUO) has secured 64 placements so far for its batch of 2026 comprising 120 students.
Government can't choose politically convenient time for elections: Bombay High Court
Bar and Benchby Neha Joshi·27 Aug 2026
Governments can't choose politically convenient time for elections, the Bombay High Court at Goa recently said while issued a strict timeline to complete delayed municipal elections across 11...
Use of children in campaign won't invalidate election: CM Vijay to Madras High Court
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·27 Aug 2026
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has told the Madras High Court that use of children in his election campaign cannot, by itself, constitute a ground to invalidate his victory from the...
West Bengal SIR: Only 2% of 38 lakh appeals against exclusion decided so far; 91% of those names restored to voter rolls
Bar and Benchby Arna Chatterjee·27 Aug 2026
As of August 7, only 2% of the 38 lakh appeals filed by voters excluded from the electoral rolls prepared after West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have been decided by appellate...
NLSIU cancels convocation for 2026 graduating batch
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·27 Aug 2026
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru has cancelled its convocation for the graduating batch of 2026.
Indian courts remain crucial for urgent relief despite rise of emergency arbitration: JSA Partner Dheeraj Nair
Bar and Benchby Pallavi Saluja·27 Aug 2026
Lawyers faced with an urgent threat to assets in India will still turn to courts despite the availability of emergency arbitration, JSA Partner Dheeraj Nair said on Thursday.
Husband and wife living in same house but different rooms not cruelty by itself: Karnataka HC
Bar and Benchby Siddesh M S·27 Aug 2026
The Karnataka High Court recently held that merely occupying separate rooms in the same premises does not, by itself, constitute matrimonial cruelty.
NCLT ruling reduces Subhash Chandra’s liability from over ₹22K crore to ₹6.25 crore in insolvency case
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·27 Aug 2026
Various creditors stand to recover only about 0.028% of their origin claims from Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra under a repayment plan backed by a majority of the National Company Law Tribunal...
RecTracker: Top Indian law firms are hiring more women than men from the Batch of 2026
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·27 Aug 2026
As recruitment season across law schools for the Batch of 2026 draws to a close, we take a look at how Indian law firms have hired so far this year.
Supreme Court seeks Delhi Police response to bail plea by Delhi riots accused Athar Khan
Bar and Benchby Ritu Yadav·27 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi police to respond to the bail plea filed by Athar Khan, an accused in the 2020 Delhi Riots conspiracy case.
Delhi High Court quashes criminal defamation case against Senior Advocate Pinaki Misra
Bar and Benchby Prashant Jha·27 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court has quashed a criminal defamation complaint against Senior Advocate and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Member of Parliament Pinaki Misra for allegedy calling a lawyer a “crook”...
Gujarat High Court flags use of AI-generated case laws in tax orders, warns tax officers of contempt
Bar and Benchby S N Thyagarajan·27 Aug 2026
The Gujarat High Court has directed State tax authorities to strictly follow instructions governing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) while passing adjudication and appellate orders [Faiz...
IIAC’s limited visibility reflects trust deficit in institutional arbitration: Ex-Supreme Court Justice Nageswara Rao
Bar and Benchby Pallavi Saluja·27 Aug 2026
The limited visibility of the India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) reflects a larger trust deficit in institutional arbitration in India, former Supreme Court Justice L Nageswara Rao said...
Frame charges in 90 days, no adjournments: Supreme Court issues 10 directions to speed up dowry, cruelty trials
Bar and Benchby Ritwik Choudhury·27 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court recently directed courts and governments to take several measures to speed up trials in dowry-related cases and improve enforcement of laws dealing with dowry deaths and cruelty...
CJI Surya Kant says Collegium examining allegations by Justice Sandeep Mehta against Rajasthan acting CJ
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·26 Aug 2026
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Wednesday said that he has taken note of concerns raised by Supreme Court Justice Sandeep Mehta regarding Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice SP...
Breaking: CJI Surya Kant says Collegium examining Justice Mehta’s concerns; Allegations against judge cannot be treated as findings
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·26 Aug 2026
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has said that he has taken note of concerns raised by Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta regarding Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice SP...
Bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam illegal, attempt to mislead court: Delhi Police to Delhi HC
Bar and Benchby Prashant Jha·26 Aug 2026
The Delhi Police has opposed the fresh bail petitions filed by activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam before the Delhi High Court in the larger conspiracy case connected to the Delhi riots of...
Basmati and the wrong instrument problem: Why trademark law keeps failing India
Bar and Benchby Parul Shukla·26 Aug 2026
When the Australian Federal Court rejected the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's (APEDA’s) appeal on August 12, 2026, it did not make any ruling regarding the...
Your filters hide everything on this page. Adjust them in preferences.