Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Practice Of Prime Minister Offering Chadar At Ajmer Sharif Dargah

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the extension of State-sponsored ceremonial honour and symbolic recognition to Islamic scholar and mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and to the Ajmer Dargah by the Union and its instrumentalities. The petitioner had also sought to bar the Prime Minister from offering chadar at the Ajmer Dargah.A bench comprising Chief Justice of...

Consumer Law Annual Digest 2025 [Part I]

Supreme Court Not 'Consumer' Without Privity Of Contract : Supreme Court Rejects Flat Seller's Consumer Complaint Against Financier Of Buyer Case Title: M/S CITICORP FINANCE (INDIA) LIMITED VERSUS SNEHASIS NANDA Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 332 The Supreme Court on Thursday (March 20) ruled that to qualify as a "consumer" under the Consumer Protection Act, there must be a...

Supreme Court Allows Customs Duty Exemption To Adani Power For Electricity Taken From Gujarat SEZ

The Supreme Court today(January 5) allowed an appeal preferred by Adani Power Limited against the Gujarat High Court's 2019 order, which refused to exempt the company from payment of the customs duty on electrical energy removed from the Special Economic Zone(SEZ) to the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) by its coal-based thermal power plant situated in Mundra Port.The petitioner(Adani Power) is...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 29, 2025 To January 04, 2026

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 501 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 5 NOMINAL INDEX Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam v. Thathadesikar Thiruvamsathar Sabha & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 501 Neelima v. The Additional Chief Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 C. Aryama Sundaram v. The Commissioner Of Income Tax, Chennai, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 Siva.Kalaimani Ambalam v. The...

Call For Papers: NUSRL Law Review Invites Submissions For Its First Edition

The National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi is launching its inaugural law journal—NUSRL Law Review (NLR)—and is now accepting submissions from legal researchers, students, and practitioners.The journal accepts papers on any legal topic, though it particularly encourages work on contemporary issues like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence regulation, climate policy, social justice, healthcare law, business compliance, global trade, criminal justice, digital-age IP rights,...

Consumer Cases Monthly Digest: December 2025

Supreme Court Once Loss Is Caused By Fire, Cause Of Fire Becomes Immaterial, Supreme Court Allows Insurance Claim Cause Title: CEMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA VERSUS ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1215 Reiterating that the cause of fire is immaterial, when the loss is occurred to the insured from the fire, the Supreme Court on...

Member (Law) Vacancy At Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission [Apply Now]

Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission invites application for the post of Member (Law). Name of the Post: Member (Law) No. of Post: 01 (One) Essential Qualification and Experience · The person shall be of ability, integrity and standing who has adequate discerning knowledge of and has shown capacity in dealing with problems relating to engineering, finance, commerce, economics, law or management. · The person should not have any financial or other interest...

Supreme Court Onboards Bhutanese Law Clerks Under MoU With Supreme Court Of Bhutan

The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, today welcomed two law clerks from Bhutan who would be working at the Supreme Court, pursuant to an MoU between the Supreme Court of India and the Supreme Court of Bhutan. While introducing the law clerks, the CJI mentioned that they would be paid at par with the other law clerks of the Supreme Court and would be part of the Court's functioning for...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025- Service Law

Alteration of Selection Criteria - Weightage of Qualifications - Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (Board) - Recruitment of Foresters - Academic Qualification for Forester - Held that the minimum academic qualification for the post of Forester was or equivalent with Science - Stress was primarily on physical attributes and viva voce, not solely academic criteria - The...

Bar Council Elections : Supreme Court Reduces Nomination Fee For Specially Abled Advocates, Asks BCI To Ensure Their Representation

Taking note of the fact that the election process to various State Bar Councils has already commenced, the Supreme Court on Monday refrained from passing directions mandating reservation for specially abled advocates in Bar Councils at this stage. However, the Court directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to initiate steps to amend the relevant provisions to ensure that specially abled...

State Can't Act On Superstitions: Madras High Court On Removal Of Idols From Private House Over Alleged Unnatural Deaths In Locality

The Madras High Court recently remarked that that God or an Idol will never harm any person and the authorities cannot act on superstitions to remove idols from a person's house alleging that it has caused unnatural deaths in the locality. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy ordered that a person can keep any idol in his own premises and worship peacefully by even inviting his friends...

Personal Guarantor's Failure To Submit Repayment Plan Leads To Bankruptcy: NCLT Hyderabad

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Hyderabad has ordered bankruptcy proceedings against P Kameswari, the personal guarantor of Viceroy Hotels Limited. The tribunal said that when a repayment plan is not filed or does not receive creditor approval, the law treats it as a rejection of the repayment plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Viceroy Hotels is a...