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NCDRC Sets Aside Medical Negligence Finding Against SGPGI, Holds Institute Liable Only For Deficient Documentation
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), New Delhi, comprising Justice A.P. Sahi (President) and Bharatkumar Pandya (Member), has partly allowed an appeal filed by the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow. The Commission set aside the State Commission's findings of medical negligence against the treating doctors, while holding...
Foreign Markings On Gold Biscuits Not Enough To Prove Smuggling: CESTAT Kolkata Sets Aside Confiscation
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the foreign markings available on the gold biscuits are not sufficient to establish the smuggled nature of the gold. R. Muralidhar (Judicial Member) and K. Anpazhakan (Technical Member) opined that the gold recovered from the assessee was neither established to be of foreign origin...
Supreme Court Flags Failure Of New Arbitration Bill In Providing Statutory Appeal Against Arbitral Tribunals' Termination Orders
The Supreme Court criticised the new Arbitration and Conciliation Bill for failing to address the ambiguity regarding the relief against an arbitral tribunal terminating the proceedings, noting that the new Bill made no effort to remedy this gap in the law."It is indeed very sad to note that even after these many years, procedural issues such as the one involved in the case at hand,...
Chhattisgarh High Court Holds Virtual Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony For New Civil Court Buildings At Kartala And Pamgarh
In a significant step toward strengthening judicial infrastructure in Chhattisgarh, the High Court of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday conducted the Virtual Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for the construction of new Civil Court buildings at Kartala in Korba district and Pamgarh in Janjgir–Champa district. The ceremony was held on December 9, 2025, marking an important milestone in the...
Bail Can't Be Cancelled Merely For Non-Apperance In Police Station When Chargesheet Is Filed & Accused Attending Trial : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that bail cannot be revoked merely because an accused failed to report to a police station at periodic intervals, particularly once the investigation has concluded and trial has commenced. The judgment came in an appeal filed by Sheikh Irshad @ Monu, whose bail had been cancelled by the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, on the State's plea. A Bench comprising...
'A Law That Doesn't Know What Law Is': The Conceptual Collapse of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 is not simply a diluted criminal statute- it is a confused one. It does not know whether the child in conflict with law (CICL) is an accused or a beneficiary, a deviant or a victim. It borrows the architecture of adult criminal trials like inquiries, evidence, bail, and remand, yet insists it is not prosecution. It renames punishment as rehabilitation, jails as homes, and accused and guilt, both as conflict. But beneath the changed language, the procedure remains...
Aircel-Maxis Case | Madras High Court Issues Notice To ED In Karti Chidambaram's Plea Against Provisional Attachment Of Properties
The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (December 9) issued notice to the ED in Karti P Chidambaram's plea challenging an order of the Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS, PBPT ACT, dismissing his appeal against a provisional attachment order in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case.The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan issued notice to the...
Non-Signatory Which Isn't A Veritable Party Cannot Invoke Arbitration Clause : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) held that a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement cannot invoke the arbitration clause against a party with whom it shares no legal relationship and where there is no indication of any intention to bind the non-signatory to the main contract. A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan heard the matter, where the...
Madras High Court Orders Fresh Review of TVS Motor's Patent Plea For Scooter Frame Design
The Madras High Court has overturned a decision by the Patent Office that had denied TVS Motor Company a patent for its "vehicle frame assembly" invention. The court said the Patent Office did not properly examine how the design worked or whether it was truly obvious from earlier technologies.In its ruling dated November 28, 2025, Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said the refusal order did...