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Bipartisan housing measure poised to become law as Trump withholds signature in protest

President Donald Trump said Friday he will refuse to sign a bipartisan housing bill that cleared Congress by veto-proof margins, escalating a standoff over an unrelated voting measure and testing the limits of a president’s power to block legislation lawmakers have already approved. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would withhold his […] The post Bipartisan housing...

The limits of the Second Amendment

Delhi HC Denies Bail to Athar Khan in Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case; Holds He Cannot Claim Parity with Co-Accused Granted Bail by SC

Holding that Athar Khan's role was prima facie distinguishable from co-accused granted bail by the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court dismissed his second bail appeal in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case under the UAPA. The post Delhi HC Denies Bail to Athar Khan in Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case; Holds He Cannot Claim Parity with Co-Accused Granted Bail by...

The man and the movement: a Q&A with Peter Canellos on his biography of Samuel Alito

High court mysteries

The rarity of Supreme Court do-overs

Plus, what Cecillia Wang said about arguing the birthright citizenship case during SCOTUSblog’s term-in-review event.

Ukraine civilians remain trapped in Russia occupied Kherson region, rights group warns

Civilians in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Kherson region are experiencing a humanitarian crisis and cannot safely evacuate, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday. HRW stated: “Russian and Ukrainian forces should immediately cease using antipersonnel mines … and take all feasible measures to protect civilians from mines … including by issuing effective warnings, sharing information about contaminated […] The post Ukraine civilians...

Rights group says security forces in DRC used excessive force against protesters

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) employed excessive force against demonstrators protesting a proposed constitutional reform that could extend President Félix Tshisekedi’s term. HRW stated that security officials deployed tear gas canisters and used batons against protesters to prevent a sit-in in front […] The post Rights group...

Companies Get More Time for Statutory Filings as MCA Extends CCFS-2026

MCA has extended the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 till 31 August 2026, giving companies additional time to complete pending statutory filings amid ongoing restoration of MCA systems. The post Companies Get More Time for Statutory Filings as MCA Extends CCFS-2026 appeared first on SCC Times.

Mexico president declares intent to file criminal charges over deaths in US immigration custody

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government plans to file criminal complaints in the US against the US Department of Justice (DoJ) regarding the deaths of Mexican citizens that took place while in immigration custody or while being targeted in anti-immigration operations. At least 14 Mexican nationals have died while in the […] The post Mexico president...

Final Judicial Orders Cannot Be Nullified Through Subsequent Ex Parte Decrees: Lahore HC Reaffirms Statutory Protection of Overseas Pakistanis’ Property Rights

“The protection of the rights and interests of Overseas Pakistanis has consistently remained a matter of public importance, considering their valuable contribution to the national economy through remittances and the practical difficulties they face in pursuing litigation while residing abroad. Delay in adjudication of such matters often results in undue hardship and prejudice to their legal rights.” The post Final...

Valid Certificate of Vending Not a Licence to Sell Tobacco Near Schools: Delhi HC Protects Street Vendor’s Livelihood but Directs MCD to Find Alternate Vending Spot

The Court directed the MCD to ensure that the petitioner does not, in any manner, obstruct the ingress to or egress from the school by its students, parents or faculty and sell any tobacco products which could be harmful to the children. The post Valid Certificate of Vending Not a Licence to Sell Tobacco Near Schools: Delhi HC Protects Street...

BCI to Constitute Committees, Establish National Legal Academy Following SC Directions

Following the SC's directions in Ajay Vijh v. Indian Banks Association, the BCI has announced measures relating to disciplinary oversight, continuing legal education, mentoring and institutional reforms. The post BCI to Constitute Committees, Establish National Legal Academy Following SC Directions appeared first on SCC Times.

Multiple Tax Years Cannot be Clubbed in One GST Show-Cause Notice: Calcutta HC Quashes ₹10.97 Crore GST Notice Against SBI Covering Six Financial Years

The Court held that under Section 74, CGST Act, each financial year is a separate unit for tax determination, and limitation periods apply independently. It found that the respondent-GST Authorities acted illegally by issuing a consolidated notice and ignoring documentary evidence provided by State Bank of India (SBI). Consequently, the impugned show-cause notice and order were declared void and without...

Shariat Law Cannot Override Child Marriage Prohibition: Allahabad HC Dismisses FIR Quashment Bid by Family That Attacked Police While Stopping 16-Year-Old’s Marriage

The Court held that the Shariat Law providing for puberty as the competent age under the law, permissible for a girl to marry or be married, violates the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the POCSO Act. The post Shariat Law Cannot Override Child Marriage Prohibition: Allahabad HC Dismisses FIR Quashment Bid by Family That Attacked Police While Stopping 16-Year-Old’s...

CAM dvises TPG on its acquisition of 100% of share capital of Aseem Infrastructure Finance Ltd.

CAM acted as legal counsel to TPG in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Aseem Infrastructure Finance Limited (AIFL). The post CAM dvises TPG on its acquisition of 100% of share capital of Aseem Infrastructure Finance Ltd. appeared first on SCC Times.

Lawyers Who Understand Technology Will Be the Fastest to Grow: In Conversation with Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj

Interviewee: Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj1Interviewed by Kanishka Mittal2 The post Lawyers Who Understand Technology Will Be the Fastest to Grow: In Conversation with Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj appeared first on SCC Times.

President appoints Justice Sudhir Singh as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court

Justice Sudhir Singh will perform the duties of Chief Justice consequent upon the retirement of present Chief Justice, Meenakshi M. Rai. The post President appoints Justice Sudhir Singh as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court appeared first on SCC Times.

Religious properties not beyond State’s eminent domain; Places of Worship Act bars only conversion: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court clarified that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 does not curtail the State’s power to acquire religious properties for a public purpose, including road widening and infrastructure development. The post Religious properties not beyond State’s eminent domain; Places of Worship Act bars only conversion: Allahabad HC appeared first on SCC Times.

Stolen Leads, Fake Booking IDs, ₹66 Lakh Revenue Loss: How a Spreadsheet Led to an Ex-Parte Injunction in Cordelia Cruises’ Data Theft Case

The Court passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the respondents on ground of data theft, protecting complainant’s proprietary customer database upon observing that a prima facie case has been established showing unauthorized data copying, download, and extraction within the strict definition of Section 43(b), Information Technology Act, 2000. The post Stolen Leads, Fake Booking IDs, ₹66 Lakh Revenue Loss: How...

Delhi High Court Designates 85 Senior Advocates

Pursuant to the Full Court's resolution dated 9 July 2026, the Delhi High Court has designated 85 Advocates as Senior Advocates under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961. The post Delhi High Court Designates 85 Senior Advocates appeared first on SCC Times.

From Blacklisting to Reform: Supreme Court’s IBA Caution List Ruling Opens Door to Mandatory Continuing Legal Education and National Legal Academy for Advocates

The Court called for a shift from occasional seminars to continuous professional learning and proposed a full-time National Legal Academy to strengthen advocates’ skills, ethics, technological competence, and long-term development. The post From Blacklisting to Reform: Supreme Court’s IBA Caution List Ruling Opens Door to Mandatory Continuing Legal Education and National Legal Academy for Advocates appeared first on SCC Times.

Call for Papers | Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi invites submissions for Journal of the Campus Law Centre (JCLC)| Vol. XIII: 2026

Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi invites submissions for Journal of the Campus Law Centre (JCLC), Volume XIII (2026), accepting articles, notes, comments, judicial trends, legislative trends, and book reviews on contemporary legal and socio-legal issues. The post Call for Papers | Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi invites submissions for Journal of the...

Whether An Advocate Be Placed on IBA Caution List for Alleged Negligence in Providing Legal Opinion? Supreme Court Answers

The instant dispute arose from Canara Bank’s allegation that the appellant’s legal opinion wrongly certified the entire mortgaged property as belonging to the guarantor, despite prior sale deeds affecting part of it. The Bank treated the alleged omission in title verification as negligence that exposed it to financial risk. The post Whether An Advocate Be Placed on IBA Caution List...

Crossing the Lakshman Rekha: A Judicial Critique of the Referral Court’s Powers in MIOT Hospitals

by Arjun Suresh* and K. Shiva** The post Crossing the Lakshman Rekha: A Judicial Critique of the Referral Court’s Powers in MIOT Hospitals appeared first on SCC Times.

At SCOTUSblog’s term-in-review event, National Legal Director of the ACLU Cecillia Wang speaks about arguing birthright citizenship, the term in general, and what’s next on the organization’s docket

Former Wisconsin judge fined $5,000 after federal conviction of obstructing ICE agents

Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared prison time on Wednesday when she was sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine for purportedly obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the courthouse arrest of an undocumented immigrant. US District Judge Lynn Adelman indicated that prison time was unnecessary and instead ordered the fine, conveying that […] The post Former Wisconsin...

EU General Court upholds Apple’s gatekeeper designation under Digital Markets Act

The General Court of the EU on Wednesday dismissed Apple’s challenge to its designation as a “gatekeeper” under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), handing the European Commission a significant victory in one of the first major judicial tests of the law. In Joined Cases T-1079/23, T-1080/23, and T-214/24, the court rejected Apple’s challenge to the […] The post EU...

Paul Weiss and Clifford Chance in as Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer

Offer trumps earlier rival bid from Slaughter and May- and Milbank-repped Castlelake

In-house legal teams struggle to demonstrate ROI on their AI investments - report

Axiom survey shows majority of corporate legal teams lack formal ROI measurement plan despite AI spending increasing

Luminance unveils customer advisory board

Founding members include former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon

Big Law's Trump Deals May Face More Lawmaker Pressure After Midterms

Big Law's Trump Deals May Face More Lawmaker Pressure After Midterms

Reed Smith Consolidates ALSP, Legal-Ops Team, E-Discovery, Staff Attorneys Under One Umbrella

A&O Shearman, Latham, Lead on Africa's Rare, Billion-Dollar M&A Deals

Most Legal Departments Still Can't Measure AI ROI, Axiom Survey Finds

Law Firm Disrupted: The 'Ask Jeeves' Phase of Gen AI Evolution?

US Appeals Court Lifts Order Blocking Investor Lawsuits Over Infinity Q’s Collapse

Litigators of the Week: A $400M Win for Excluded Serta Lenders in Landmark ‘Creditor-on-Creditor Violence’ Trial

How I Made Partner: 'Build Relationships With Attorneys in Other Practice Areas,' Says Drew Newman of Moore & Van Allen

Supreme Court Upholds Bombay HC Decision Refusing To Reopen Goa Mining E-Auction Over Alleged MSTC Glitch

Supreme Court Upholds Bombay HC Decision Refusing To Reopen Goa Mining E-Auction Over Alleged MSTC Glitch

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Navy Recruitment Rules For Non-Gazetted Group B Officers

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Navy Recruitment Rules For Non-Gazetted Group B Officers

Supreme Court lets off litigant who flung files, abused CJI inside courtroom

Here is why Supreme Court rejected a woman IPS officer’s bid to join training after childbirth despite being fit

Confidential arbitration documents cannot be used in separate proceedings: Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court refuses to stay conviction of ex-Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in bank fraud case

Madras HC halts ECI from notifying by-polls to five Tamil Nadu Assembly seats

‘In aviation, everything happens all at once’: IAG GC Sarah Clements

Sarah Clements, who left the pharma sector for the fast-paced world of aviation, discusses her role managing the legal teams that oversee British Airways, Iberia and other airline brands

Bar protocol aims to break down barriers for reporting judicial bullying

A new protocol clarifies routes for advocates to raise informal concerns about judicial behaviour

US audit oversight organisation PCAOB hires Venable partner as GC

George Kostolampros replaces acting GC Matt Goldin, who resumes deputy GC role

From Rankings to Responses: AI Is Changing How Law Firms Get Found

Asian Games 2026 : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Dressage Team Selection Next Week

Asian Games 2026 : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Dressage Team Selection Next Week

'Double Standards' : Supreme Court Questions States For Opposing Bail Without Ensuring Speedy Trial

'Double Standards' : Supreme Court Questions States For Opposing Bail Without Ensuring Speedy Trial

Unruly Litigant Creates Ruckus In Supreme Court, Throws Papers & Hurls Abuse

Unruly Litigant Creates Ruckus In Supreme Court, Throws Papers & Hurls Abuse

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Donation Theft : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking CBI Probe On July 13

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Donation Theft : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking CBI Probe On July 13

Child sexual abuse must be reported to authorities without waiting for independent verification: Supreme Court

Madras HC halts ECI from notifying bypolls to five Tamil Nadu Assembly seats

Delhi HC declines to restrain judges' committee from tabling report on district courts' pecuniary jurisdiction

Disclosure of nicotine, tar levels on cigarette packs may be counter-productive: Centre to Kerala HC

Allahabad HC declines to hear PIL against police action over display of portraits of Khamenei, other Iranian leaders

Juris Corp inducts four homegrown lawyers into Equity Partnership

Don't be government's weapon: Kerala HC advises IAS officer caught in cashew scam contempt case

Welfare law for disabled persons can't be misused to settle spats between residents of apartment: Karnataka HC

Delhi High Court sentences Rajpal Yadav to 3 months' imprisonment in cheque bounce case

Punjab and Haryana High Court halts fresh allotment of flats in Oberoi Realty's ultra-luxury project in Gurugram

Beyond Commercial Wisdom: The Supreme Court’s Third Phase of Insolvency Law

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal act on Cult.fit ₹950 crore+ proposed IPO

AZB & Partners acts on Paras Hospitals ₹1,800 crore proposed IPO

Professor Indranath Gupta Appointed Dean of School of Law at SRMIST

Tarunima Vijra joins ArbBoutique as Managing Counsel

Supreme Court removes litigant from courtroom after he hurls abuses at judges, flings documents

As Law Firms Make Blackbox Bonuses, Transparency Clashes Grow

As Law Firms Make Blackbox Bonuses, Transparency Clashes Grow

Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal Exits After 6-Year Run Marked by SEC Victory

Misconduct Probe Against 9th Circuit Judge Nelson Gets Transferred to 4th

Law Firms Are Moving Aggressively Into Secondary Markets, but What Are They Chasing?

Why 'Safe' General Counsel Hires Are Leaving So Quickly

Judge Orders Adani to Answer Questions About Dismissal of FCPA Charges

Madras HC declines relief to director Sudha Kongara, refuses to halt release of Idhayam Murali

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co act on Swara Baby Products ₹1,000 crore IPO

Clove Legal, AZB & Partners, Stratage Law act on Adage Automation ₹230 crore fundraise

Punjab & Haryana High Court steps in to fast-track shifting of Gurugram courts to new 'Tower of Justice'

Luthra advises Tata Capital on sanctioning ₹1,200 crore to Zerra DC for data centre in Maharashtra

Delhi HC orders Veer Ji Malai Chaap to take down videos falsely showing Zippy's facility as its own

Karnataka High Court refuses to quash ₹200 crore fraud case against ed-tech app co-founder

Bombay High Court quashes Bank of India’s ‘fraud’ tag on Kishore and Rakesh Biyani

Karur Stampede | Madras High Court Permits TVK Govt To Give Jobs To Victims' Kin, Says Appointments Will Be Subject To Review

Karur Stampede | Madras High Court Permits TVK Govt To Give Jobs To Victims' Kin, Says Appointments Will Be Subject To Review

Delhi Rent Act | Tenancy Transfer Without Landlord's Consent Attracts Eviction : Supreme Court Orders Eviction Of Merged Bank

Delhi Rent Act | Tenancy Transfer Without Landlord's Consent Attracts Eviction : Supreme Court Orders Eviction Of Merged Bank

Supreme Court Revives POCSO Case Against School Headmistress For Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse, Says Doing Own Verification No Excuse

Supreme Court Revives POCSO Case Against School Headmistress For Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse, Says Doing Own Verification No Excuse

2026 Wayanad Landslide: Kerala High Court Directs Immediate Disbursal Of Ex-Gratia, Free Treatment For Injured

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Google's Appeal Against Order Holding It Liable For Trademark Infringement Through Keyword Advertising