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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 17 February 2026
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday raised concerns about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting court petitions, after it came across cases where lawyers had cited judgments and quotations that either were found to be non-existent or inaccurate.   A bench of Chief...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 16 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central government over the transcripts of videos cited against Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk in his detention order under the National Security Act (NSA).   A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale was hearing the plea moved Wangchuk's wife...

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Bar  and   Bench 16 February 2026
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Monday held that the Goa government cannot avoid responsibility for compensating those affected by the Arpora nightclub fire (High Court on its own motion v. State of Goa & Ors).   A Division Bench of Justices Suman Shyam and Amit Jamsandekar observed that the...

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Bar  and   Bench 14 February 2026
A Madras High Court judge recently recused from hearing a case after allegations emerged that a senior advocate had taken ₹50 lakh from a client on the pretext of bribing him for a favourable order. [N Ganesh Agarwal v. Inspector of Police]   Justice M Nirmal Kumar recused after the Registry...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
More than 5.39 crore cases are pending across the Supreme Court, high courts (HCs) and district courts in the country as of 31 December 2025, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   Responding to an unstarred question, Arjun Ram Meghwal, minister of state...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
The office of the chief justice of India (CJI) received 8,360 complaints against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts over the past 10 years, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   The disclosure was made in response to a starred question...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 11 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the grounds for detaining Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), saying that the Central government was reading “too much” into his statements.   A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale made the observation while...

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Jahnavi Dhana Sri (IndiaSpend) 11 February 2026
Every summer, millions of Indians in informal work lose income they cannot afford to lose. They work slower in extreme heat, take unpaid sick days, or stop work entirely when temperatures become unbearable. They have no paid leave, no air-conditioned workplaces, and no financial...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 11 February 2026
A Gujarat court recently convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by the Adani Group and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000 (Adani Enterprises Limited vs. Ravi Nair).    The Court held that a series of tweets and online articles published...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 February 2026
The national company law appellate tribunal (NCLAT) in New Delhi has affirmed a lower court's decision declining to initiate insolvency proceedings against Cue Learn Private Limited in a payment row linked to an endorsement arrangement with actor Akshay Kumar Bhatia.   A division bench headed...

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Budget 2026 sends out a strong signal that India finally recognises how we are losing the global tourism race, despite extraordinary cultural diversity, wealth of historical monuments and scenic beauty. Not only are we not attracting foreign tourists, Indians themselves are flocking to...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 06 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a significant question impacting press freedom, particularly in the online space - can a person, who was accused of a criminal offence, seek deletion of old news reports about the case from the internet after being discharged in the case?   A...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 06 February 2026
Stand up comic Kunal Kamra and Senior Advocate Haresh Jagtiani have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the validity of Central government’s Sahyog portal - an online platform used to issue content takedown orders to online intermediaries like X, Meta, YouTube etc.   They have also...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 February 2026
Nearly 33 hours after a gas tanker overturned in the Khandala ghat section and brought traffic on  the Mumbai–Pune Expressway to a grinding halt, it finally began to move in the early hours of Thursday. But what unfolded at daybreak was a telling snapshot of official inertia: drivers found...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 04 February 2026
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appeared in person before the Supreme Court and flagged various issues in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.   Wearing a white dress with a black scarf around her neck, Banerjee forcefully...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 February 2026
The Supreme Court orally urged the Union government to reconsider the continued preventive detention of Ladakhi social activist Sonam Wangchuk, citing the passage of time and his deteriorating health, even as the Union government defended its decision under the National Security Act (NSA),...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 04 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State.   The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and VM Pancholi...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 February 2026
Mumbai has enforced a comprehensive set of traffic regulations from 1st February as the Mumbai traffic police stepped up efforts to tackle worsening congestion, rising accident risks and growing pressure on the city’s limited road space. The new rules bring tighter restrictions on the movement...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2026
Finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday placed tourism at the centre of India’s services-led growth strategy, announcing a series of measures in the Union Budget 2026–27 aimed at turning heritage, culture and nature into major employment and revenue generators under the government’s...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2026
The Madras High Court has, for the first time, permitted the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted system to support court proceedings, while clearly limiting its role to prevent any intrusion into judicial decision-making. (Gammon vs Chennai Metro Rail Corporation).   In a common...

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