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#TheLawChallenge : A Weekly Quiz For The Legally Curious By LiveLaw & QShala, Attractive Prizes For Winners
Welcome to the LiveLaw and QShala Law Trivia Quiz! We are excited to bring you this collaborative initiative — a law trivia-based quiz that will be held every Friday. The quiz is entirely online, and you can participate by answering questions through the Google Form linked on this page. Ready for the Law Challenge is India's first comprehensive law quiz book for curious minds, published...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Civil Minor Acts
Civil Minor Acts - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Advocates Act, 1961 Advocates Act, 1961 – Section 35 and Section 38 – Professional Misconduct – Withdrawal of Complaint – Sustainability of Disciplinary Action – The Supreme Court set aside the order of the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India (BCI) which had held an advocate guilty of...
Civil Service Exam : CIC Questions UPSC, DoPT Decision To Discontinue Publishing Of Paper-Wise Marks Of Successful Candidates
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has criticized the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) over their “contradictory stances” regarding disclosure of paper-wise marks of successful Civil Services Examination (CSE) candidates, observing that the rationale for discontinuing the practice after CSE 2017 has not been...
NGO Moves Supreme Court Against 'Indiscriminate Culling Of Stray Dogs', Says SC Direction Being Misunderstood
An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking clarification that its recent direction permitting euthanasia of dogs in certain circumstances cannot be construed as a mandate for indiscriminate culling of stray dogs.The application has been filed by NGO Animals Are People Too in the pending proceedings before the Supreme Court, expressing concern that the Court's direction is being misinterpreted...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Over Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case
In a significant development, the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged dowry death of Twisha Sharma, registering a case titled In Re: Alleged Institutional Bias and Procedural Discrepancies in the Unnatural Death of Young Woman at Matrimonial Home.The matter is slated to be heard on Monday by a bench comprising Chief Justice of Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and...
Supreme Court To List Over 7,300 Cases During Partial Court Working Days; Fresh Matters Including Bail Pleas To Be Taken Up
The Supreme Court has notified that more than 7,300 cases will be taken up during the 2026 “Partial Court Working Days,” with fresh matters, including bail cases, to continue being listed during the vacation period itself.As per a notice issued by the Supreme Court Registry on May 21, the Court said 13,565 miscellaneous matters and 10,567 regular hearing matters, including connected...
'Hardcore Naxalite, Can't Be Welcomed With Bouquet' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Maoist's Death In Encounter
On May 22, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed against the Chhattisgarh High Court's refusal to order a re-postmortem and investigation into the death of Katha Ramchandra Reddy, a Maoist commander killed last year in September in an alleged police encounter in Chhattisgarh. A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandran Sharma heard the special leave petition...
Law Doesn't Require Registration Of Will; Non-Registration No Ground To Doubt Will's Genuineness: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that the mere non-registration of a will cannot be treated as a circumstance casting suspicion on its genuineness, emphasizing that Indian law does not mandate registration of wills.A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Vijay Bishnoi made the observation while upholding the validity of a will executed by a man in favour of his sister, rejecting...
Non-Mention Of Accused In Inquest Report Does Not By Itself Suggest Innocence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22) observed that mere omission to name the accused in the inquest proceedings would not be a ground to grant bail, when there exist other corroborative circumstances implying the prima facie involvement of the accused in the crime. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh set aside the Allahabad High Court's order granting bail...
Burden To Prove GPA Transactions Were Loan Security, Not Sale, On Plaintiff; Mere Fraud Allegations Insufficient : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a person claiming that property transactions executed through General Powers of Attorney (GPAs) were merely security arrangements for loans, and not genuine sale transactions, bears the burden of proving that claim with credible evidence, ruling that mere allegations of fraud or fiduciary misuse are insufficient. “Burden of establishing that the transactions...
35-40% Advocates Are Fake : Bar Council Of India Chairperson
In a shocking revelation, the Bar Council of Chairperson said that about 35-40 per cent of advocates have fake degrees, and are practising in the Courts on the basis of fabricated degree certificates. Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, the BCI Chairperson, said that the BCI was aware of this issue and was in the process of taking steps."The Bar Council of India is aware that around 35 to...