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On 23rd September, the insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) proposed a significant overhaul of insurance distribution—to bring down insurers' expenses, reintroduce product-linked commission caps, make distributor remuneration more transparent and claw back commissions...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2026
The Indian Railways has cancelled certain mail and express trains scheduled to arrive at New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations between 4am and 2pm on Saturday, 10th October, citing anticipated heavy traffic congestion in the national capital amid preparations for a proposed protest....

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A drought does more than wither crops and dry up wells. It can also leave families so short of money that they become easy prey for criminals. That is why Maharashtra's worsening drought needs to be looked at from another angle: the risk that poor, especially the hard-pressed farmers, could be...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 07 October 2026
The State government is duty-bound to ensure that public recruitment examinations are conducted impartially and without malpractices, the Bombay High Court observed on Wednesday while hearing a plea regarding ongoing student agitations in Pune (Amit Supekar & Anr v. State of Maharashtra &...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 October 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that it had not approved any modification to Form-6, the statutory application used by citizens seeking inclusion in electoral rolls, during the election commission of India’s (ECI) special intensive revision (SIR).   The clarification assumes...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 05 October 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Central government, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and others in a petition alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (CEC) took decisions unilaterally without the approval of the other two Election Commissioners.   The...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 05 October 2026
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said that any process which disenfranchises millions of Indian citizens is intrinsically arbitrary and a negation of the constitutional order.   No whataboutery can justify the act of taking away voting rights of citizens, he criticised.   "If...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 01 October 2026
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Thursday expressed concern about the manner in which Election Commission of India's (ECI) automated software system rejects form 8 applications filed by electors to report a change of address (Paresh Salgaonkar & Ors v. State of Goa & Ors.)   Under the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 October 2026
Civic activist Qaneez Sukhrani has moved the Bombay High Court (HC) seeking contempt proceedings against the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), alleging that the civic body has failed to comply with directions issued in April 2025 to ensure safe, unobstructed and pedestrian-friendly footpaths...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 29 September 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested that States and Union Territories should consider linking unpaid traffic challans to electricity bills as a way of recovering outstanding fines (S Rajaseekaran v. Union of India & Ors.).   A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan made...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2026
The election commission of India (ECI) is facing scrutiny over its internal decision-making after two of its three election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, recorded objections at least 14 times over 10 months on matters concerning electoral rolls, voter registration and...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 23 September 2026
The Bombay High Court has issued directives to curb severe noise and air pollution during festive processions across Maharashtra (In Re: Noise and Environmental Pollution).   By way of an order passed on September 22, a division bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale ordered a...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 22 September 2026
The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of severe noise and air pollution caused by loudspeakers, amplifiers and firecrackers during festival celebrations.   A division bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale expressed deep concern over the ground level failure to...

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In late-2010, Andreas Georgiou, a former International Monetary Fund economist, was parachuted into Athens by the European Union (EU) and IMF at the height of the euro-zone crisis to head the Hellenic Statistical Authority (Elstat), Greece’s new statistical agency. His task seemed innocuous:...

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Even as I write this, somewhere in an Indian courtroom, a lawyer is asking a judge to silence a man who doesn't exist. In the US, he is called John Doe; In India, Ashok Kumar— a placeholder for an anonymous person who has not yet been traced and so cannot be named. Unfortunately, John Doe orders...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
As families struggle to transfer the assets of deceased relatives, 73% of those surveyed by LocalCircles said they had to pay bribes at property registration or land transfer offices to complete the process. Only 32% of families surveyed said they were able to easily transfer the deceased...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
The Congress has alleged a ₹10,000 crore tax evasion racket involving 3,260 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) and demanded a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into what it called a major political donation scam.   Senior Congress leader and former member of Parliament...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 10 September 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to vigilantes browbeating and harassing a 14-year-old girl who had taken part in the Cockroach Janta Party protests in Delhi's Jantar Mantar.   A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 September 2026
The Greater Noida executive magistrate who issued a show-cause notice requiring a Gautam Buddha University student to furnish a personal bond of ₹5 lakh in connection with an alleged campaign to mobilise students for a protest has been suspended, says a report from LiveLaw.   Solicitor...

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A fresh right to information (RTI) reply from State Bank of India (SBI) has exposed the enormous scale of the losses the country's largest lender has absorbed while settling bad loans through the national company law tribunal (NCLT) — even as the Bank continues to stonewall demands to name the...

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