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By Inderjit Badhwar Trade agreements rarely capture the public imagination. They are dense, technical documentstariff schedules, rules of origin, regulatory annexes. Yet, every so often, a trade deal transcends its legal language and becomes a marker of geopolitical change. The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement signed in January 2026 is one such moment. This agreement [] The post Why the India-EU Trade Pact Matters Now appeared first on India Legal .

The misuse of judicial time spent in deciding on matrimonial disputes has become a matter of serious concern in the judicial system with litigants using courts as an excuse to settle personal grudges or mere harassment by an aggrieved spouse The post The New Battleground appeared first on India Legal .

The Bombay High Court has held that ex-gratia compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) could not be denied merely because the hospital where a frontline health worker was deployed had not been formally requisitioned or notified as a dedicated Covid-19 treatment centre. The Division Bench of Justice RG Avachat and Justice Ajit [] The post Bombay High Court grants PMGKP ex-gratia to frontline health worker deployed at non-Covid-19 hospital appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has imposed exemplary costs of Rs 5 lakh on the Union Government for prolonged and wilful non-compliance with judicial directions in relation to the appointment of a former Indian Revenue Service officer as Member (Accountant) of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), holding that the case reflected institutional delay bordering on mala [] The post Supreme Court imposes Rs 5 lakh costs on Centre for prolonged defiance in ITAT appointment appeared first on India Legal .

A rare public disagreement within the Supreme Court exposes deepening faultlines in Indias judicial appointment processand revives old questions about independence, transparency, and executive pressure The post When Judges Dissent, Institutions Tremble appeared first on India Legal .

After two decades of hesitation, India and the European Union seal a landmark free trade dealreshaping supply chains, recalibrating global power, and redefining Indias place in a fractured trading order The post A New Trade Axis Takes Shape appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Friday prohibited the administration of stem cell therapy (SCT) as a routine clinical intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), noting that it lacked empirical validation and was not recognised within the framework of accepted medical practice. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that the therapy may [] The post Supreme Court prohibits clinical use of stem cell therapy for Autism appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted the multifaceted role of men in menstrual hygiene, noting that menstrual health was a societal concern, which required the active participation of all genders. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that treating menstruation as solely a womens issue perpetuated stigma and undermined the constitutional [] The post Supreme Court urges active participation from all genders on menstrual health appeared first on India Legal .

A Delhi court sought the response of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Delhi Police on a revision petition challenging the dismissal of a criminal complaint alleging hate speech in connection with a political rally held in Karnataka during the 2023 Assembly elections. Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue Court passed the order while [] The post Delhi court issues notice to Mallikarjun Kharge in hate speech case appeared first on India Legal .

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition filed by Congress leader Karti Chidambaram questioning the legality of the order framing charges against him in the alleged Chinese visa scam. The single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain, however, declined to stay the ongoing trial proceedings at [] The post Chinese visa scam: Delhi High Court issues notice to CBI on Karti Chidambaram plea appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with the conditions imposed by the Madras High Court while upholding the interim bail granted to YouTuber and journalist Shankar alias Savukku Shankar in a criminal case involving allegations of assault and extortion levelled by a film producer. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish [] The post Supreme Court refuses to modify bail conditions imposed on Savukku Shankar by Madras High Court appeared first on India Legal .

A Delhi court has formally framed criminal charges against businessman Sushil Ansal in a prosecution arising from alleged misdeclaration and suppression of material facts under the Passports Act, 1967. The matter has now been set down for recording of prosecution evidence. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mridul Gupta of Patiala House Courts recently framed charges against Ansal [] The post Delhi court frames charges against Sushil Ansal in passport fraud case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed counselling to proceed for 49 postgraduate medical seats at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, even as a dispute over the institutes affiliation remains unresolved. The top court clarified that its decision is an interim arrangement aimed at protecting the interests of students and preventing loss of valuable [] The post Supreme Court permits counselling for 49 PG seats at Hamdard Medical Institute amid affiliation row appeared first on India

The Supreme Court has put a temporary halt on the implementation of the University Grants Commissions (UGC) Equity Regulations aimed at addressing caste-based discrimination in higher educational institutions. The stay, till March 19, comes amid concerns that the regulations may require further legal scrutiny to ensure they align with constitutional principles and existing statutory frameworks. [] The post Supreme Court stays UGC equity regulations on caste discrimination in colleges, universiti

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a writ petition seeking constitutional recognition of a fundamental right to minimum wages for domestic workers, holding that the subject squarely falls within the domain of legislative and executive policy-making by the States. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed [] The post Supreme Court refuses plea seeking minimum wages for domestic workers appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Thursday rolled out a comprehensive set of administrative reforms anchored in the deployment of artificial intelligence and digital integration, aimed at enhancing institutional efficiency and addressing the chronic problem of case pendency across judicial tiers. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant indicated during the proceedings that the judiciary was progressively embracing [] The post Supreme Court launches AI-integrated platforms to reduce case backlog appeared first on I

A Special MP/MLA court in Lucknow has dismissed a criminal complaint filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary seeking directions for registration of a first information report (FIR) against Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over allegations relating to his Indian citizenship. Special Judge Alok Verma on [] The post Dual citizenship row: Lucknow court rejects BJP functionary plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi appeared first on India Legal .

A special court in Bengaluru on Wednesday accepted the closure report submitted by the Karnataka Lokayukta Police in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathi, her brother Mallikarjuna Swamy, and landowner J Devaraj. The order was passed by the Special Judge for cases involving Members [] The post MUDA land allotment case: Bengaluru Court accepts Lokayukta closure report on CM Siddaramaiah appeared first on India

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a final period of four weeks to file its rejoinder to the response submitted by jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in his appeal challenging the death sentence awarded to him by the trial court. The Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and [] The post Delhi High Court grants NIA final 4 weeks to file rejoinder in Yasin Malik plea against death sentence appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed grave concern over what it viewed as a novel misuse of the constitutional framework governing minority rights and affirmative action, after an individual from an upper-caste Hindu background sought admission benefits by claiming minority status following conversion to Buddhism. The issue arose in a petition filed by Nikhil Kumar [] The post Supreme Court pulls up petitioner for strategic conversion to claim minority benefits appeared first on India Legal

A writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, was on Tuesday mentioned before the Supreme Court, seeking urgent listing on the grounds that certain provisions allegedly institutionalise differential treatment among students based on caste identity. The matter was orally mentioned before a [] The post Plea filed in Supreme Court challenges validity of UGC Regulations 2026, seeks

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till July 31, 2026, the tenure of the court-appointed committee constituted in the backdrop of gender-based violence during the sectarian strife in Manipur. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant observed that since no formal extension of the committees mandate had been recorded after July 2025, its continuation required regularisation. [] The post Manipur violence: Supreme Court extends tenure of Justice Gita Mittal Committee till July 31 appeared first on Ind

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a writ petition questioning the legality and constitutionality of the practice of preferential or VIP darshan at the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, holding that the issue fell beyond the domain of judicial adjudication and squarely within the administrative discretion of the competent authorities managing the religious [] The post Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging VIP darshan policy at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain appeared first on

A writ petition has been instituted before the Supreme Court assailing the constitutional validity of Regulation 3(c) of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, contending that the impugned provision adopts an impermissibly exclusionary conception of caste-based discrimination. Regulation 3(c), as notified, restricts the definition of caste-based discrimination to [] The post Petition filed in Supreme Court challenges validity of

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with an order of the Kerala High Court that permitted the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to proceed with an investigation into allegations of abuse of dominant position in the Kerala television broadcasting market by Jiostar Private Limited. The challenge before the Apex Court arose from a [] The post Supreme Court rejects Jiostar plea challenging CCI probe into abuse of dominance in Kerala TV broadcasting market appeared first on India Le

Amid the continuing legal and political controversy surrounding the Thiruparankundram Deepam dispute, Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court has, for the first time, publicly alluded to the impeachment notice moved against him by Members of Parliament belonging to the I.N.D.I.A. bloc. The remarks were made during a public function in Chennai, marking a [] The post Thiruparankundram Deepam controversy: Justice GR Swaminathan breaks silence over impeachment notice appeared first on Indi

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has recently ruled that a woman in a live-in relationship ought to be granted the status of wife for the purpose of legal protection. While well-intended, this ruling may have widespread negative repercussions The post Modernity, and Living in Sin appeared first on India Legal .

A ready-to-eat upma, an unbilled Rs 300, and a smiling waiter expose the limits of reform on Indias most hyped trainwhere optics race ahead of accountability, and symbolism trumps substance The post On Vande Bharat, the Uniform ChangedCorruption Didnt appeared first on India Legal .

From planting saplings to cleaning libraries, Indian courts are testing the boundaries of reformative justiceraising fresh questions about discretion, proportionality and due process The post Reform or Overreach? appeared first on India Legal .

The disappearance of this rare species, a tiny, star-speckled amphibian endemic to the Western Ghats, serves as a powerful reminder that artificial light can threaten even the most elusive forms of wildlife The post The Invisible Impact of Photo-tourism and the Urgent Need to Regulate Light Pollution: A Curious Case study of Galaxy Frogs appeared first on India Legal .

The apex court reasserts that the right to education is a constitutional guaranteenot a digital hurdle that punishes poverty The post A Missed Checkbox Cannot Cancel a Childs Future appeared first on India Legal .

How an investigative report forced the Supreme Court to confront entrenched caste discrimination in Indias prisonsand why change remains elusive The post Caste Behind Bars appeared first on India Legal .

By Inderjit Badhwar This weeks cover story confronts a reality many policymakers would rather avoid: Iran is no longer merely unstableit is approaching a point of irreversible political rupture. What we are witnessing is not a transient wave of unrest, nor a familiar cycle of protest and repression. It is the unravelling of a social [] The post When A Nation Fractures, The World Shifts appeared first on India Legal .

What began as an economic revolt is fast turning into a revolutionary rupturereshaping West Asia, global power equations, and Indias strategic calculus The post Iran At The Brink appeared first on India Legal .

The Madras High Court has set aside a directive issued by the Tamil Nadu Education Department mandating the collection of sensitive personal and socio-cultural data from students enrolled in government-run model schools, holding the exercise to be constitutionally impermissible and violative of informational privacy. The Division Bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan [] The post Madras High Court strikes down Tamil Nadu directive on student profiling appeared first on India

The Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) over their failure to tackle the rising air pollution levels in Mumbai and its surrounding areas, indicating that coercive directions, including suspension of salaries of the respective Municipal Commissioners, may follow if compliance remains [] The post Mumbai air pollution: Bombay High Court warns of coercive action, hints salary freeze f

The Karnataka High Court on Friday restored the legality of bike taxi operations in the state, observing that motorcycles deployed for bike taxi services squarely fell within the definition of transport vehicle under Section 2(47) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, when used for carriage of passengers for hire or reward. The Division Bench of [] The post Karnataka High Court lifts bike taxi ban, holds motorcycles qualify as transport vehicles under MVA appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking directions for daily lighting of a traditional lamp at the Thirupparankundram Hill in Tamil Nadu and for handing over the site to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). A Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi sought [] The post Supreme Court issues notice on plea seeking daily lamp lighting and ASI control of Thirupparankundram hill appeared first on India Legal .

Vikas Bharat Gogawale, the son of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Bharat Gogawale, surrendered to the police in connection with a rioting case from Mahad in Raigad district, following sharp observations made by the Bombay High Court on the delay in his arrest. The matter relates to violence that erupted on December 2 during the Mahad Municipal [] The post Ministers son surrenders after Bombay High Court questions police inaction in rioting case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over an administrative lapse by its Registry after petitions challenging the same impugned order were listed before different benches of the Court. The issue arose during the hearing of a petition stemming from an Allahabad High Court order. A Bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Atul S. Chandurkar [] The post Supreme Court raps Registry for listing petitions from same order before different benches appeared first on India Legal .

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, who were arrested in connection with the Bhima KoregaonElgar Parishad case, noting the prolonged period of incarceration they have already undergone. The order was passed by a division bench while hearing bail applications filed by the two accused, who were charged under [] The post Bombay High Court grants bail to Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor in Bhima Koregaon Case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has rejected a petition that sought to restrain the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from using the name Indian cricket team, holding that the plea was devoid of merit and amounted to a misuse of judicial time. The matter was heard by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India [] The post Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking to bar use of Indian Cricket Team name appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lay down guidelines for crowd management at political rallies and large public congregations across the country, holding that such matters predominantly fell within the executive and administrative domain and were best addressed by subject-matter experts and law enforcement authorities rather than through judicial mandates. The Bench of Chief [] The post Supreme Court refuses to set guidelines for crowd management at rallies appeared first on India Legal

A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two complaint cases instituted by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), alleging wilful non-compliance with summons issued during the agencys investigation into the Delhi Excise Policy matter. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal of the Rouse Avenue Courts refused to proceed against Kejriwal [] The post Delhi Excise Policy case: Court acquits Arvind Kejriwal in cases pertaining to skipping ED summons ap

The Supreme Court on Thursday framed an interim administrative framework to ensure the peaceful observance of Basant Panchami rituals by the Hindu community and the conduct of Friday Juma Namaz by the Muslim community at the disputed Bhoj ShalaKamal Maula complex in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, amid a continuing contest over the religious character of [] The post Bhoj Shala-Kamal Maula dispute: Supreme Court orders segregated spaces for Basant Panchami puja, Juma namaz appeared first on India

The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to formulate clear policies regulating media briefings by police authorities, taking guidance from the Media Manual prepared by the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). A Bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh observed that the absence of uniform norms governing police interaction [] The post Supreme Court asks States to frame police, media-briefing policies with PUCL manual as guide appeared first on Ind