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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2026
A month after the Baramati air crash that claimed the life of Maharashtra's deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar, his son Jay Pawar has broken his silence with a deeply personal and sharply worded social media post, demanding the immediate arrest of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 February 2026
In an unusually candid courtroom reflection, chief justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday observed that the Supreme Court has, at times, passed 'sweeping orders' without fully appreciating ground realities, pointing to the 2014 Lalita Kumari judgment on mandatory registration of first...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 February 2026
The Delhi High Court (HC) on Friday allowed the Union government’s plea challenging the central administrative tribunal (CAT) order that had quashed disciplinary proceedings against Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede.   A division bench comprising justice Anil Kshetarpal and...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 27 February 2026
A Delhi court on Friday acquitted all 23 accused in the Delhi Excise Policy case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.    In a detailed judgement running into nearly 600 pages,...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 27 February 2026
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday asked the Central government to suggest names of environmental and forest experts who can be part of the committee to re-examine the contentious definition of the Aravalli Hills.   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 February 2026
Chief justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Thursday announced that he would order a deep administrative probe into the functioning of the Supreme Court registry after discovering that a petition dismissed by a three-judge bench was subsequently listed before another bench.   The chief justice...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 26 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the tribunals in the country have become a liability for the judiciary and are a headache even for the government.   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi called for fresh measures to address...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly objected to portions of a new class-8 social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) that referred to 'corruption in the judiciary'. Chief justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced that the Court...

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KBS SIDHU 25 February 2026
For two decades, land acquired for national highways often followed a special, fast-track statutory procedure under the National Highways Act, 1956 (the “NH Act”). That procedure was intended to expedite strategic infrastructure. Yet it also produced a persistent grievance: landowners under the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2026
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has cancelled the proposed visit of its Director (Consumer Fixed Access), Vivek Banzal, to Prayagraj scheduled for 25 and 26 February 2026, following public circulation of an internal office order that outlined extensive arrangements for the two-day...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 20 February 2026
The Delhi High Court on Thursday started hearing arguments on a batch of petitions challenging several provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).    A total of four petitions have come to the High Court. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appeared for one of the petitioners -...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 20 February 2026
In an extraordinary development, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered deployment of judicial officers, including the retired judges, for smooth conduct of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.   The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 19 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the practice of States announcing freebies and subsidies before elections, noting that the ultimate burden to bear expenses for the same falls on taxpayers (Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation v. Union of India & Anr.)   A Bench of Chief Justice...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 February 2026
Galgotias University has vacated its stall at the India AI Impact Summit after a controversy erupted over a Chinese-made robotic dog being presented as a campus innovation, with Union information technology (IT) minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirming that action had been taken over 'wrongdoing'...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 17 February 2026
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday raised concerns about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting court petitions, after it came across cases where lawyers had cited judgments and quotations that either were found to be non-existent or inaccurate.   A bench of Chief...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 16 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central government over the transcripts of videos cited against Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk in his detention order under the National Security Act (NSA).   A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale was hearing the plea moved Wangchuk's wife...

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Bar  and   Bench 16 February 2026
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Monday held that the Goa government cannot avoid responsibility for compensating those affected by the Arpora nightclub fire (High Court on its own motion v. State of Goa & Ors).   A Division Bench of Justices Suman Shyam and Amit Jamsandekar observed that the...

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Bar  and   Bench 14 February 2026
A Madras High Court judge recently recused from hearing a case after allegations emerged that a senior advocate had taken ₹50 lakh from a client on the pretext of bribing him for a favourable order. [N Ganesh Agarwal v. Inspector of Police]   Justice M Nirmal Kumar recused after the Registry...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
More than 5.39 crore cases are pending across the Supreme Court, high courts (HCs) and district courts in the country as of 31 December 2025, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   Responding to an unstarred question, Arjun Ram Meghwal, minister of state...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
The office of the chief justice of India (CJI) received 8,360 complaints against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts over the past 10 years, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   The disclosure was made in response to a starred question...

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