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Moneylife Digital Team 03 October 2025
Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of Ladakh-based activist, environmentalist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking his release from detention under the National Security Act (NSA). The habeas corpus petition, filed through advocate Sarvam Ritam Khare on 2 October...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 01 October 2025
The Delhi High Court recently observed that the grounds of ‘economic interests of India’ and ‘larger public interest’ cannot be invoked to issue look out circulars (LOCs) based on conjectures (Puja Chadha v Directorate of Enforcement).    Justice Sachin Datta said that even though the 2021...

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Bar  and   Bench 30 September 2025
Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna recently criticised state bodies for pursuing hopeless cases that waste public money, while supporting the adoption of mediation.   “If a government body goes on initiating another round of litigation where there exists no likelihood of success, our...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2025
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has welcomed the Delhi district court’s order suspending the sweeping gag order that had restrained senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta from reporting on Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL). The Guild described the ruling as a reaffirmation of press freedom and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2025
India has achieved a significant milestone in its energy exploration efforts with the confirmation of natural gas presence in the Andaman Sea, marking the first definitive hydrocarbon discovery in this strategic basin. Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced that Oil India Ltd...

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On 19th September, the US president Donald Trump dropped a new bombshell. He ordered that all new petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of workers outside America would now carry a US$100,000 fee. The measure, which will last for a year unless renewed, is aimed at deterring firms from...

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Ummar Jamal (Bar  and   Bench) 26 September 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed imposed costs of 2 lakh on the Uttarakhand State Election Commission (SEC) for issuing a clarification stating that a candidate’s nomination paper will not be rejected only on the ground that his name appears in the electoral roll of more than one gram...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2025
Ladakh climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk was arrested in Leh on Friday, two days after violent protests over demands for statehood and constitutional safeguards shook the Union Territory (UT), leaving four people dead and nearly 90 others injured.   A police team led by...

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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 26 September 2025
Digital news platform Newslaundry and journalist Ravish Kumar arrived at an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) on Friday to maintain status quo as it exists today with respect to the dispute between them over allegedly defamatory articles about AEL and their removal from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2025
In a significant relief for journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a Delhi district court has lifted an ex parte injunction that had restrained him from reporting on Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL). The gag order, issued on 6th September by a civil court, had barred Mr Thakurta and other journalists...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 September 2025
The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Union government on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Kisan Mahapanchayat which has challenged the government’s policy of allowing duty-free imports of yellow peas, a cheaper substitute for domestically grown pulses.   A bench, led by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 September 2025
While dismissing an appeal of advocate Manoj Kumar Sharma against disciplinary action imposed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), upholding his suspension for three years on charges of professional misconduct, the Supreme Court directed attachment of his properties to ensure recovery of Rs1 lakh...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 24 September 2025
Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Wednesday that the entire Delhi Riots conspiracy case against him was cooked up.   Senior Advocate Trideep Pais appeared for Khalid and stated that there has been “blatant fabrication” of evidence against him and the witnesses have parroted whatever the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 September 2025
The Supreme Court has called on the Union government to consider creating a dedicated online portal under the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) for tracing missing children and investigating related cases. The move, the Court says, is necessary to address the 'serious lack of coordination'...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 September 2025
The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs50,000 on the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) for pursuing a frivolous complaint against an advocate, directing that the amount be paid to the lawyer who was subjected to unnecessary proceedings.   A bench of justice Vikram Nath and justice...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 23 September 2025
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Sunday said that the system of allowing litigants to choose their arbitrators has created serious concerns regarding integrity in arbitration, and that parliament has to step in and address the issue.   Explaining why confidence in arbitration has...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 23 September 2025
The Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rohini Court said on Tuesday that journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital news platform Newslaundry's appeal against a gag order on reporting on Adani will be heard by district judge Sunil Chaudhary, not judge Ashish Aggarwal, who had...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2025
In a landmark case that has come to light through a Right to Information (RTI) application, the Maharashtra government has imposed a financial penalty on a retired assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Maruti Dattatraya Pawar, sending a clear message that retirement does not grant immunity...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 September 2025
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai on Saturday called for the creation of a centralised mechanism to filter government appeals before they reach higher courts, emphasising that such a step would help ease the massive pendency of cases across the judicial system.   Speaking at the...

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Ummar Jamal (Bar  and   Bench) 22 September 2025
The Supreme Court of India on Monday agreed to examine whether requisite measures are being taken to ensure a fair, impartial, and expeditious investigation into the June 12 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad which killed 260 people including 19 on the ground (Safety Matters Foundation v. Union...

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