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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 17 October 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Central government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a suo motu case initiated over the rise of ‘digital arrest scams’ across India.   A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi today expressed that it was aghast...

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SN Thyagarajan  and   Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 15 October 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the proposed ILS Hill Road, part of the Balbharati–Paud Phata link road planned through the Indian Law Society (ILS) campus and Law College Hill in Pune, shall not be constructed without first obtaining environmental clearance (EC). (Sushma Date v....

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 October 2025
Ordering a compensation of Rs6 lakh to be paid in every case where a person has died due to potholes or open manholes, the Bombay High Court (HC) says there can be 'no justification for bad roads' in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. The HC held that civic bodies and the state government are...

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Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu 14 October 2025
In this concluding part, Dr M Sridhar Acharyulu examines how the legislature, executive and judiciary have collectively undermined the spirit of transparency over two decades of the Right to Information Act. He also outlines what must be done to restore citizens’ right to know.   If part one...

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Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu 14 October 2025
In this concluding part, Dr M Sridhar Acharyulu examines how the legislature, executive and judiciary have collectively undermined the spirit of transparency over two decades of the Right to Information Act. He also outlines what must be done to restore citizens’ right to know.   If part one...

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Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu 13 October 2025
This is the first of a two-part article by former central information commissioner Dr Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu, examining how recent changes to India’s data protection framework have dealt a severe blow to transparency and press freedom. Part one explores how amendments under the Digital...

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Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu 13 October 2025
This is the first of a two-part article by former central information commissioner Dr Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu, examining how recent changes to India’s data protection framework have dealt a severe blow to transparency and press freedom. Part one explores how amendments under the Digital...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2025
The directorate of enforcement (ED) has cautioned the public against fraudulent individuals issuing fake summons in the agency’s name to cheat or extort money and has rolled out a digital mechanism to help citizens verify the authenticity of summons issued under the Prevention of Money...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 October 2025
In a landmark order aimed at transforming India’s urban and highway safety landscape, the Supreme Court has issued a comprehensive set of nationwide directions to safeguard pedestrians, enforce lane discipline, regulate dazzling headlights and ensure strict compliance with helmet rules.   A...

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Ummar Jamal (Bar  and   Bench) 07 October 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered all States and Union Territories (UTs) to frame rules within six months on road safety by regulating the movement of non-motorised vehicles (cycles, hand carts and so on) and pedestrians in public spaces, and by monitoring construction and maintenance of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 October 2025
A petition filed by a 19-year-old management student, has led the Bombay High Court to order a deeper probe into alleged irregularities in a road project in Mulund, exposing what could be a misuse of nearly Rs90 lakh in public funds. The student, Ayman Shaikh, who began filing requests for...

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Has the Nagpur office of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed some of its employees who allegedly provided fake caste certificates to get the jobs? Since a requites filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act did not provide the required information, a second appeal has been filed with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2025
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced a revision in the fees charged for Aadhaar-related services, which will come into effect from 1 October 2025. The revision will be implemented in two phases and will cover services such as updating or correcting demographic...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 29 September 2025
The Delhi High Court recently held that “love and affection” is an implied condition in the gift deeds by senior citizens to their family members [Smt Varinder Kaur v Smt Daljit Kaur & Ors].     Hence, not providing maintenance to the senior citizen after the gift deed was executed would mean...

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The central information commission (CIC) recently came down hard on the public information officer (PIO) of the food & supplies department, Delhi, which gave excuses of heavy work load and a fire incident to defend itself from providing information to an RTI (Right to Information) applicant...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 September 2025
The Supreme Court has called on the Union government to consider creating a dedicated online portal under the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) for tracing missing children and investigating related cases. The move, the Court says, is necessary to address the 'serious lack of coordination'...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2025
In a landmark case that has come to light through a Right to Information (RTI) application, the Maharashtra government has imposed a financial penalty on a retired assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Maruti Dattatraya Pawar, sending a clear message that retirement does not grant immunity...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 September 2025
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is also the leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of shielding those 'destroying Indian democracy' by enabling systematic voter deletions and fraudulent...

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Priya Verma (IndiaSpend) 18 September 2025
Despite the 14th and 15th Finance Commissions’ recognition of the need for rural local bodies to become more efficient in revenue collection, panchayats’ own income fell 10.5% between 2017-18 and 2021-22, dropping to just Rs 59 per capita, as per a Ministry of Panchayati Raj’s expert committee

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 18 September 2025
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman recently called for a nationwide ban on loudspeakers used for religious purposes, warning that such practices directly affect public health.   Justice Nariman said that religious expressions in the form of loudspeakers and bell ringing were...

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