Himachal Pradesh High Court Seeks State's Reply In Plea Challenging Regrouping Of District Consumer Commissions

On 22nd December, 2025, the Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation which challenged the State Government's decision to regroup District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions across multiple revenue districts.A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj took cognizance of the grievance that several districts...

NOIDA Not Authorized To Charge Lease Rent Till Possession Handed Over: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

Relying on various judgments of itself and the Delhi High Court, the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that the New Okhla Development Authority (NOIDA) cannot charge lease rent for the property of which possession has not been given to the lessee.In Allure Developers Private Limited Vs. State Of U P. And 3 Others, the Allahabad High Court had held that the petitioner therein be granted...

Non-Bailable Warrants Can't Be Issued Against Person Summoned As Witness Or Suspect During ED Probe: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that non-bailable warrants (NBWs) can't be issued against a person who has only been summoned as a witness or suspect in a money-laundering investigation, unless such person is shown to be accused of non-bailable offence.Justice Amit Sharma thus quashed the NBWs issued by the Enforcement Directorate against UK-based businessman Sachin Dev Duggal in connection...

Call For Applications: The Capital Tank: 1st NLIU–CFMRS Investment Challenge, 2026

The Centre for Financial Markets and Regulatory Systems (CFMRS) at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal has announced, “The Capital Tank: 1st NLIU–CFMRS Investment Challenge, 2026”, scheduled to be held on 4th and 5th April 2026 at the NLIU Bhopal campus. The competition warmly invites students, professionals, academicians, and practitioners from diverse backgrounds, including law, management, finance, and public policy, to participate in this unique investment simulation. Participants...

J&K&L High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking ST Status, PSP Certificates For 1947 PoJK Displaced Persons

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation seeking Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and issuance of PSP certificates to persons displaced from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in 1947.The PIL has been filed by the Jammu Kashmir Action Committee through its President Gurdev Singh and was heard by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli...

IBC Part Z And Cross-border Insolvency In A Fragmented Global Order

Cross-border insolvency was long imagined as a space governed by cooperation and mutual trust, where courts across jurisdictions would recognise each other's proceedings to preserve value and impose some order on corporate failure. The UNCITRAL Model Law, which underpins India's proposed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) Part Z, rests on this assumption, that recognition and coordination ultimately serve everyone's interests. India's move in this direction, following the Insolvency Law...

Digital Shackles: Balancing Economic Productivity With Right To Disconnect

The traditional landscape of professional labour has been fundamentally altered by the pervasive encroachment of digital communication tools, institutionalizing a paradigm of perpetual connectivity. Over recent years, rapid technological developments, characterized by the ubiquity of high-speed internet and portable smart devices, have systematically eroded the physical and temporal boundaries between the workplace and the domestic sphere. This transformation was significantly accelerated in the...

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part I [Citations 1 - 300]

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 300]Alan Benny v Bar Council of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Mrs. Suma Sunilkumar v. The State Medical Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 2Alex C. Joseph v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Manjusha K. v Central Bureau of Investigation and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Sreekumar A. V. v State of Kerala and Another, 2025...

Borrower's Debt Acknowledgment Extends Limitation Against Guarantors Too: NCLAT Reaffirms

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at Delhi has reiterated that acknowledgment of debt by a principal borrower extends the limitation period for initiating insolvency proceedings against its corporate guarantors.Quoting apex court's ruling in Laxmi Pat Surana vs. Union Bank of India, (2021), the tribunal observed,"There is no quarrel with the proposition that the acknowledgement made...

Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 24, 2025

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Prof. G.S. Bajpai, Prof. C. Raj Kumar Conferred 2nd Prof. (Dr.) S.R. Bhansali National Award for Excellence in Law

The Family Trust of Professor Sanwat Raj Uchab Kanwar Bhansali Education and Charitable Trust, Jaipur, has conferred the 2nd Professor (Dr.) S.R. Bhansali National Award for Excellence in Law on G.S. Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor and Senior Professor, National Law University Delhi, jointly with C. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University.Instituted in 2023 in the revered memory of Professor (Dr.) S.R. Bhansali, a distinguished legal scholar, visionary academician, and eminent...

Delhi High Court Upholds AAI Tower Height Restriction For Shristi Infra Project Near Kolkata Airport

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Airports Authority of India's decision to restrict the height of a tower in a commercial project near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata. The court held that courts cannot re-assess with technical decisions taken by specialised aviation authorities A division bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan...