Supreme Court Clarifies That Women's Representation Rule Applies To All Bar Associations In Gujarat

The Supreme Court has clarified that its earlier order directing mandatory representation for women in Bar Associations will apply uniformly to all Bar Associations across Gujarat, regardless of their nomenclature.In an order passed on 8 December 2025, a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stated that the direction issued on 9 May 2025, requiring assured representation for...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 10, 2025

TAXSubway Franchisee Hiked Base Prices To Neutralise ITC Loss, Amounted To Profiteering; 18% Interest Can't Apply Retrospectively: GSTATSupplying AI-Powered IT Infra Services, Content To USA Corp By Indian Counterpart Is 'Export' Not 'Intermediary' : Gujarat High Court"₹41664 Crores ITC Fraud Via Non-Existing Entities, Fake Invoices": Centre Flags Rising GST Evasion In Rajya...

Contempt Power Not A Personal Armour For Judges Or Sword To Silence Criticism : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has underscored that the power to punish for contempt is not a tool to silence critics or shield judges from scrutiny, declaring that contempt jurisdiction must never become a personal armour for the judiciary. Emphasising that the authority to punish necessarily carries the power to forgive, the Court said mercy must remain central to the judicial conscience when a...

Supreme Court Directs States & UTs To Ensure Deployment Of Para Legal Volunteers & Support Persons Under POCSO Act

The Supreme Court recently directed all States and Union Territories to take steps to deploy Para Legal Volunteers at police stations and to appoint support persons under Section 39 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.A bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice K.V. Viswanathan passed the order in a petition filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan raising issues related...

CJI Surya Kant Reconstitutes Supreme Court's Artificial Intelligence Committee; Justice PS Narasimha To Lead

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has reconstituted the Supreme Court's “Artificial Intelligence Committee”, assigning it the task of guiding the adoption, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence tools across the Supreme Court and the subordinate judiciary.The reconstituted committee will be chaired by Justice P. S. Narasimha, Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Its...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 10, 2025

Links to today's reports : Will It Be Beyond ECI's Jurisdiction To Inquire Into Citizenship In Doubtful Cases? Supreme Court Asks In SIR PleasSupreme Court Sets Aside Bombay HC's Contempt Sentence Imposed On Person Over 'Dog Mafia' Comment Against JudgesSupreme Court Asks Orissa High Court To Decide Cases Which Stayed Recovery Of Illegal Mining Dues By March 31, 2026No Civil Remedies Against...

Telangana Phone-Tapping Case | Ex-Intelligence Chief Withholding iCloud Accounts Despite Order: State Tells Supreme Court

The State of Telangana today told the Supreme Court that former intelligence chief T Prabhakar Rao, accused of phone tapping of politicians and high court judges during the term of the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi-led Government in Telangana, was still not cooperating with the investigation.“He has done paper cooperation. Either the devices are not opening or they have been wiped out. So...

Persistent Technical Glitches : UP State Waqf Tribunal Grants 6-Month Extension To Register Waqf Properties On UMEED Portal

In a respite to the administration of thousands of Waqf properties across Uttar Pradesh, the UP State Waqf Tribunal has granted a six-month extension for registration on the UMEED Central Portal on the petition filed by the UP Sunni Waqf Board. The deadline for the online registration has now been extended till June 5 2026. The order, pronounced today, takes note of the...

Human Rights Day: NALSA Conducts Inspection Visit At Tihar Jail, Reviews Legal Aid And Inmate Welfare

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, under the stewardship of Justice Vikram Nath, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Executive Chairman, NALSA, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) conducted an official visit to Tihar Jail, Delhi, to assess the functioning of legal aid services and ongoing welfare initiatives for inmates.The delegation, led by the Sh. Sanjiv Pandey, Member...

'Only Because You Are A Senior Bureaucrat, Supreme Court Should Be Open For You? : SC Asks Ex-IAS Officer

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that just because somebody is a top bureaucrat, they cannot directly approach the Supreme Court bypassing the High Court.The bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and NK Singh was hearing a petition filed by former IAS officer Anil Tuteja against arrests by CBI, ED in cases related to various alleged scams in Chhattisgarh.The batch of cases filed...

Supreme Court Asks Union To Consider Framing National Policy On Common Utility Ducts For Telecom, Etc. In Highways

The Supreme Court recently called on the Union of India to explore the desirability of framing a National Policy on common utility ducts for all public utilities, such as telecom services, along highways and other roadways.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the matter and gave 4 weeks' time to the government to consider the desirability of framing such a policy.The...

SAT Upholds SEBI Order Against Linde India, Says All Related Party Deals Must Be Aggregated For Materiality

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has upheld a July 2024 SEBI order directing Industrial gas supplier company Linde India Ltd to aggregate all related-party transactions (RPTs) with a single related party in a financial year to determine materiality and to undergo a valuation of business allocated under a joint venture agreement. A coram of Presiding Officer Justice PS Dinesh Kumar...