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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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Moneylife Digital Team 30 January 2026
Expressing strong dissatisfaction over the prolonged delay in appointing the chairperson and members of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), the Supreme Court has warned that continued inaction could prompt judicial intervention, including setting up an ad hoc committee to...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 29 January 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recently notified rules to prevent caste discrimination in educational institutions be kept in abeyance.   University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026...

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Bhavini Srivastava ( Bar  and   Bench) 29 January 2026
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation case filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede against Aryan Khan-directorial Netflix show Ba***ds of Bollywood' [Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede Vs. Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. & Ors].   Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled that the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
Chief justice of India (CJI) justice Surya Kant unveiled a series of key administrative and technological initiatives aimed at digitising court processes, strengthening security and improving operational efficiency across the Supreme Court and High Courts.   Announcing the developments,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2026
Maharashtra deputy chief minister (DCM) Ajit Pawar and four other people aboard, including pilots, have died after the aircraft carrying them crashed near Baramati airport in Pune district on the morning of 28 January 2026. Besides Mr Pawar, there were four people on board, including his...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 27 January 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that development and the protection of the environment have to go hand in hand (Firdos Cambatta vs State of Gujarat).   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a plea by a resident of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2026
Upholding dismissal from service for grave misconduct involving unauthorised audits, impersonation of a superior officer and misuse of an official seal, the Delhi High Court (HC) has dismissed a writ petition filed by SC Vohra, a former senior auditor in the office of the comptroller and...

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Bar  and   Bench 23 January 2026
The Karnataka High Court on Friday lifted the ban imposed by it on bike taxi services in Karnataka.   A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi allowed appeals filed by cab aggregators such as ANI Technologies (which owns OLA cabs), Uber, and Rapido, challenging a

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 January 2026
The national green tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of a young software professional who drowned after his car plunged into a water-filled ditch in Noida, observing that lapses on the part of public authorities had led to the tragic incident. The tribunal noted that the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 January 2026
The Supreme Court has directed all states to frame comprehensive police–media briefing policies within three months, underscoring the need to curb 'trial by media' and protect the fairness of criminal investigations. The order was passed by a bench of justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh...

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