4th Ashok Desai Memorial Lecture: CJI Justice Surya Kant To Speak On "Reimagining Justice: The Indian Judiciary 50 Years Hence" [13th April, 6 PM]

The 4th Ashok Desai Memorial Lecture brings together reflections on the Indian judiciary and the making of modern India through the voices of those shaping and studying it.Justice Suryakant, Chief Justice of India, will speak on “Reimagining Justice: The Indian Judiciary 50 Years Hence”. Author and historian Manu S. Pillai will be speaking on “Resisting Injustice: The Raj, the Law, and...

Central Forensic Science Lab To Be Established In Thiruvananthapuram, Centre Tells Kerala High Court

The Central Government on Friday (April 10) informed the Kerala High Court that it has identified a place in Thiruvananthapuram to set up a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CSFL).The Deputy Solicitor General of India (DSGI) submitted before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice C. Jayachandran that she received instructions from the Directorate of Forensic...

2026 LiveLaw (SC) 357 | M/S NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. v. RAVI SETHIA & ORS.

Multi-State Co-Operative Societies Barred From Investing Outside Their 'Same Line Of Business' : Supreme Court https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/investments-of-multi-state-co-operative-societies-must-align-with-societys-own-business-as-per-bye-laws-supreme-court-529969...

Staring At Colleague's Breast May Be Misconduct, Morally Wrong But Not Voyeurism: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

Unwanted staring at a female colleague's breast can be indecent conduct of the man or morally wrong but it cannot amount to the offence of voyeurism punishable under Section 354-C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as it mandates watching or recording a woman indulging into a private act and in a private place, the Bombay High Court held recently while quashing a FIR against a...

Multi-State Co-Operative Societies Barred From Investing Outside Their 'Same Line Of Business' : Supreme Court

The Court upheld the rejection of resolution plan submitted by a mult-state cooperative society.

Land Acquisition Act | Non-Publication Of S.4(1) Notice In Gazette & Newspapers With Local Circulation Vitiates Acquisition: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that failure to publish the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1990, in newspapers having effective circulation in the locality of affected persons, coupled with absence of publication in the Government Gazette, vitiates the acquisition proceedings.The Court was hearing an intra-court appeal filed by the...

Bombay High Court Orders HDFC Bank To Remit ₹38.04 Lakhs To Businessman Who Lost Amount In Cyber Fraud

The Bombay High Court recently while ordering the HDFC Bank to remit a total of Rs 38.04 lakhs to a Pune-based businessman, who lost the amount in a cyber fraud, noted that no liability could be fastened on the customer as the amounts were illegally transacted through SIM swapping/cloning mode. A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande refused to accept...

NCDRC Allows Coercive Action Against Ansal For Non-Compliance, Says Corporate Veil May Be Lifted In Appropriate Cases

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), comprising Dr. Inder Jit Singh (Presiding Member) and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain (Member), held that M/s Ansal Hi-Tech Township Ltd. (AHTTL) had failed to comply with the refund orders passed in favour of homebuyers, and that such non-compliance warranted strict enforcement. The Commission further observed that where the...

Karnataka High Court To Quash Reckless Driving FIR Against Lamborghini Driver Subject To Undertaking Community Service

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (April 10) orally indicated that it will close criminal proceedings against the driver of a Lamborghini car booked for reckless driving, subject to him performing community service. The court was hearing a plea for quashing the FIR registered against the petitioner for reckless driving and retrofitted silencers.At the outset, as the petitioner's counsel...

2026 LiveLaw (SC) 356 | MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED (MSEDCL) & ORS. v R Z MALPANI

General Reference To Tender Document Containing Arbitration Clause Will Not Amount To Its Incorporation In Contract : Supreme Court...

General Reference To Tender Document Containing Arbitration Clause Will Not Amount To Its Incorporation In Contract : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a general reference in a Letter of Intent to an arbitration clause contained in a tender document cannot form a valid arbitration clause to seek an appointment of an arbitrator.A Bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside a Bombay High Court order that had appointed an arbitrator in a construction dispute. The High Court...

Much Ado About Rs.80/-

The move by Punjab Government to impose Rs.80 for downloading a FIR from its Sanjh Portal met with such a resistance that it had to be withdrawn no sooner than it was implemented. It was quite surprising that a small amount of Rs.80/- could have invited such an outrage from the social activists, Politicians and Advocates. State government tried to reason out by telling that this charge would...