Kerala consumer court orders Kalyan Silks to pay ₹31,500 for misleading Onam offer
Bar and Benchby Praisy Thomas·1 Sept 2026
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) at Ernakulam recently directed Kalyan Silks to pay ₹31,500 to a customer after finding that its Onam advertisement promising ₹1,500 in...
Sex with minor wife can attract offence under POCSO Act; Muslim personal law no defence: Kerala High Court
Bar and Benchby Praisy Thomas·1 Sept 2026
The Kerala High Court recently refused to quash a case against a man accused of repeatedly raping a 17-year-old girl, holding that the alleged marital relationship between them could not protect...
Puneet Bhatia joins King Stubb & Kasiva as Partner in Corporate practice
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·1 Sept 2026
King Stubb & Kasiva has further strengthened its Corporate, Venture Capital and Private Equity practice with the addition of Puneet Bhatia, who joins the firm as a Partner.
Delhi HC rebuffs Madhya Pradesh's claim that Senior Advocate was not engaged; asks State to pay his fees
Bar and Benchby Prashant Jha·1 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh government to pay ₹78.65 lakh as outstanding professional fees to Senior Advocate and the state’s former Advocate General (AG) Anoop George...
GST has created more problems than solving: Delhi HC in plea against fake GST registrations
Bar and Benchby Bhavini Srivastava·1 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Central and Delhi Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities and the Delhi Police over a petition concerning rampant fraudulent GST registrations using...
Karnataka HC grants relief to man booked for sexual harassment after urinating near railway track
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·1 Sept 2026
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed criminal proceedings filed against a man accused of sexually harassing a woman after she came across him attending nature's call near a railway track.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas promotes 5 lawyers to Partnership
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·1 Sept 2026
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has elevated five lawyers to its Partnership, effective from September 1, 2026.
CJP cancels September 5 protest march after Supreme Court quashes FIRs against protestors in Delhi, other States
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·1 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed several first information reports (FIRs) registered by police in Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Assam in connection with the recent agitation led by...
Will await State's appeal to cancel Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre’s bail in doctors' assault case: Supreme Court
Bar and Benchby Ritu Yadav·1 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally said that it was inclined to cancel the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre in a case concerning an assault on doctors and hospital staff in...
Supreme Court asks Centre to examine introduction of totalisers for EVM vote counting
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·1 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to examine the introduction of totaliser machines for counting votes recorded in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to protect the secrecy of...
Supreme Court closes suo motu case over NCERT chapter on "corruption in judiciary"
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·1 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed its suo motu case over a controversial part in a now-recalled class 8 Social Science textbook released by the National Council of Educational Research and...
Srinagar MP Ruhullah Mehdi's Facebook page blocked after notice from law enforcement agency: Meta to Delhi High Court
Bar and Benchby Prashant Jha·1 Sept 2026
Meta Platforms, the owner of social media intermediaries Facebook and Instagram, told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that Srinagar Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi's Facebook page...
KPSC scam: Bengaluru court remands IAS officer Gyanendra Gangwar, Basavaraj Kannale to CID custody
Bar and Benchby Siddesh M S·1 Sept 2026
A Bengaluru court on Monday remanded Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar and Basavaraj Kannale to 10 days of police custody in connection with their alleged role in...
Delhi High Court seeks WFI's stand on Vinesh Phogat's plea against disciplinary action
Bar and Benchby Prashant Jha·1 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) stand on a plea filed by wrestler Vinesh Phogat challenging the show-cause notices and the disciplinary proceedings...
44% inmates in Punjab jails are drug-dependent: State to Punjab and Haryana High Court
Bar and Benchby Bar & Bench·1 Sept 2026
Over 44 percent of the prisoners lodged in jails across Punjab are dependent on drugs, the State government revealed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday [Court On Its Own Motion v...
RGNUL faculty say dispute with Vice-Chancellor remains unresolved 3 weeks on
Bar and Benchby Satyendra Wankhade·1 Sept 2026
About 3 weeks into their dispute with the administration, faculty members of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala say nothing has changed.
Journalist who reported on Ram Mandir donation theft moves Supreme Court against police request for digital footprint
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·1 Sept 2026
Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who reported about Ram Mandir donation theft in Ayodhya, has moved a plea before the Supreme Court challenging the Ghaziabad Police's move to seek information from X...
CAM lawyer Ishan Gaur joins JSA as Partner in Disputes practice
Bar and Benchby Soumanasya Sengupta·1 Sept 2026
JSA Advocates & Solicitors has announced the addition of Ishan Gaur as Partner in its New Delhi office, further strengthening the firm's disputes practice.
Ex-Khaitan Equity Partner Ankur Sangal launches specialist IP law firm Aerion Legal
Bar and Benchby Soumanasya Sengupta·1 Sept 2026
Former Khaitan & Co Equity Partner Ankur Sangal has launched Aerion Legal, a specialist intellectual property law firm, together with a team of senior IP professionals who have worked closely with...
Citizens equally responsible for keeping city clean: Bombay HC calls for better civic sense
Bar and Benchby Neha Joshi·1 Sept 2026
The Bombay High Court has observed that keeping public spaces clean is a collective constitutional duty and not the sole obligation of municipal authorities [Kannamwar Nagar Co-op.
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