Faridabad District Consumer Commission Holds Restaurant Liable For Refusing Free Drinking Water, Orders Refund And Compensation

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Faridabad, comprising Amit Arora (President) and Indira Bhadana (Member), has allowed a consumer complaint against a restaurant for failing to provide free drinking water to a customer. In Akash Sharma vs. M/S Garden Grills 2.0, the Commission held that compelling a customer to purchase bottled water amounted to deficiency...

Calcutta High Court Disposes Of TMC Plea After ED Says It Hasn't Seized Anything From I-PAC Office

After the Enforcement Directorate(ED) told the Calcutta High Court that it has not seized anything from the office of the I-PAC and Prateek Jain on January 8, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday disposed of Trinamool Congress's plea seeking preservation of confidential political data which has been allegedly seized by the central agency. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV...

PIL In Kerala High Court Challenges State's 'Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme' Alleging Misuse Of Public Funds

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the State government's proposed 'Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme', alleging that the survey is a politically motivated exercise intended to benefit the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections and amounts to a misuse of public funds and government...

Delay Is Cruelty: Why Indian Divorce Law Must Prioritise Exit Over Endurance

Indian matrimonial law continues to operate on an uneasy assumption: that the preservation of marriage, even when it has collapsed in substance, serves a greater social good. This assumption manifests most visibly in the procedural delays that characterise divorce litigation. Long waiting periods, repeated adjournments, compulsory “cooling-off” phases, and judicial reluctance to dissolve marriages together create a system where parties are often compelled to endure emotional suffering in the...

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Arbitration | Arbitral Award Can't Be Interfered With Just Because Another Interpretation Of Contract Is Possible : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reaffirmed that an arbitral award cannot be set aside under Section 34, nor can it be interfered with in an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, merely because the arbitrator has not adopted an alternative or second possible interpretation of the substantive contract. A Bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal set aside the...

ED Plea In Calcutta High Court Against Mamata Banerjee : Live Updates

The Calcutta HighCourt is heading the plea by the ED alleging interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during raids at the offices of the I-PAC pertaining to a 2020 coal scam.The agency alleges that the CM took away important documents while the raid was ongoing.The Trinamool Congress has also filed a plea stating that the ED took away election-related documents from the...

Rajasthan High Court Orders Reinstatement Of Constables Dismissed Without Regular Enquiry Over Accused's Escape From Custody

Rajasthan High Court directed reinstatement of three constables, dismissed from service without conduct of regular enquiry under State Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, after two accused absconded from their custody charged with looting. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma opined that merely the nature of offence committed by the absconded accused could not be a...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheque Bounce Case Against Director Who Resigned Before Cheques Were Issued, Cites MCA Records

The Karnataka High Court quashed a cheque dishonour complaint lodged against a man who was the Director of an infrastructure company, after referring to records of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and noting that when the cheques were issued to the complainant the petitioner was not a director. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Sujith Sudhakaran, Director of M/S Dreamz...

Trampling Sovereignty: Donroe Doctrine And The Paradoxes Of International Law

The Action In VenezuelaThe recent military actions conducted by the United States to arrest Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on charges of narco-terrorism, apart from exhibiting the shifting dynamics between economic and territorial imperialism, broach certain crucial questions for international law. It is far from obfuscating that harping on any rule-based international order, democratisation, and human rights is one thing, and actually practising them is quite another. Yet, the...

[Advertisement]7th CLS Double Credit Course On “Law, Power And Privilege In Indian Constitutionalism And Beyond”

The Constitutional Law Society, National Law University Odisha is proud to announce the opening of the registrations for the 7th Double Credit Course on the theme of “Law, Power and Privilege in Indian Constitutionalism and Beyond”. The course has been scheduled in an online mode from 1st February 2026 to 22nd February 2026.About the University:National Law University Odisha, Cuttack was established by Act 4 of 2008 by the Odisha State Legislature keeping in mind an enunciated vision of...

MV Act | Minor With Permanent Functional Disability Entitled To Compensation As 'Skilled Workman': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an unemployed minor having 100% permanent functional disability after accident, is entitled to compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as a "skilled workman". While dealing with an appeal for enhancement of compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Justice Sandeep Jain held:“even if, it is assumed that the claimant was only 16 years...