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Amishi Arora, Amity University, Noida at the 9th EBC-SCC Online Student Ambassador Conclave 2026

Amishi Arora, Amity University, Noida, reflects on her journey as an EBC-SCC Online Student Ambassador at the 9th EBC-SCC Online Student Ambassador Conclave 2026, highlighting the value of student engagement and participation in the legal community. The post Amishi Arora, Amity University, Noida at the 9th EBC-SCC Online Student Ambassador Conclave 2026 appeared first on SCC Times.

Burundi set to win UN Human Rights Council re-election amid rights violations, HRW says

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a press release on Monday that Burundi is set to win re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, 2026, with no competition. Addressing the effects of the lack of competition on the council’s initiatives to improve human rights conditions worldwide, Louis Charbonneau, UN […] The post Burundi set...

Court grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners’ rights, and what qualifies as “material support” for terrorism

Khaitan & Co. advises JSW Steel and JSW Cement on JSW One Platforms’ proposed ₹30,540.10 Million IPO

Khaitan & Co. acted as Indian legal counsel to the promoter selling shareholders, JSW Steel Limited and JSW Cement Limited, on the proposed initial public offering of JSW One Platforms Limited, comprising a fresh issue of up to ₹13,000 million and an offer for sale of ₹17,540.10 million. The post Khaitan & Co. advises JSW Steel and JSW Cement on...

The 2025-26 Interim Relief Docket Stat Pack

Asia ADR Week 2026: Speakers examine the limits of court intervention in setting aside arbitral awards

Discussions on Day 1 of Asia ADR Week 2026 explored when an arbitral award may be challenged in court, highlighting the distinction between errors in a tribunal’s reasoning and legal grounds for intervention, including jurisdictional issues, public policy and breaches of natural justice. The post Asia ADR Week 2026: Speakers examine the limits of court intervention in setting aside arbitral...

A snapshot of the Supreme Court's 2025-26 interim relief docket – and some surprises on it

Resignation does not end anti-defection proceedings: Madras HC on AIADMK MLAs who resigned and later joined TVK

Madras High Court upheld the acceptance of resignations of 6 AIADMK MLAs who voted against the party whip to support the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s TVK-led government and subsequently joined TVK, holding that their resignations do not extinguish pending disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule. The post Resignation does not end anti-defection proceedings: Madras HC on AIADMK MLAs who...

Orders and arguments ahead

Plus, how the Supreme Court is reshaping religious rights.

Amir Singh Pasrich to take helm as IBA legal practice division vice-chair, in a first for the Indian bar

His election is reported to be a first for any member of the Indian Bar to hold this position. The post Amir Singh Pasrich to take helm as IBA legal practice division vice-chair, in a first for the Indian bar appeared first on SCC Times.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Continues Growth Momentum with Four Partner Hires in General Corporate Practice

The team has deep expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate advisory work and cross-border transactions. Their arrival further strengthens the Firm's ability to advise clients on complex domestic and international transactions across a wide range of sectors. The post Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Continues Growth Momentum with Four Partner Hires in General Corporate Practice appeared first...

Supreme Court directs maternal aunt and uncle to take child to father’s Chennai residence for interim transition

Supreme Court issued transitional directions in a minor child custody dispute, directing the child’s maternal aunt and uncle to accompany her to Chennai and help her adjust to her father’s residence while prioritising her comfort and emotional well-being. The post Supreme Court directs maternal aunt and uncle to take child to father’s Chennai residence for interim transition appeared first on...

Senegal’s anti-LGBT crackdown ahead of Youth Olympic Games poses human rights concerns, HRW says

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday has condemned Senegal’s harsh crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people, warning that mass arrests, forced HIV testing, and punitive laws are violating basic rights and fueling fear and stigma. The group urged the government to bring to a halt these abuses immediately, especially as Senegal prepares […] The post Senegal’s anti-LGBT...

Call for Delegations: 1st Assam University National Moot Court Competition, 2026

27th and 28th November, 2026 | Silchar, Assam | Offline Mode The post Call for Delegations: 1st Assam University National Moot Court Competition, 2026 appeared first on SCC Times.

Tribunals & Commissions Quarterly Roundup 2026 | CCI approves RCB Acquisition; Rapido, CCPA penalties on SpiceJet & Chaayos; Flipkart ESOP Tax Ruling & More

Key orders from the CCI, CCPA, NCLT, NCLAT, ITAT and other tribunals and commissions from July to September 2026.This quarterly roundup covers all major legal news from India's tribunals and commissions in last quarter. The CCI penalised HP India and its resellers for hub-and-spoke cartelisation in GeM tenders, while the CCPA came down on dark patterns at SpiceJet, Chaayos and...

Asia ADR Week 2026 panel stresses clarity, credibility and responsiveness in oral advocacy in International Arbitration

At Asia ADR Week 2026, practitioners discussed how effective oral advocacy in international arbitration depends on presenting a coherent case theory, confronting adverse evidence, responding directly to tribunal questions and prioritising decisive arguments. The post Asia ADR Week 2026 panel stresses clarity, credibility and responsiveness in oral advocacy in International Arbitration appeared first on SCC Times.

NEET-UG category change: Madras High Court refuses General to OBC-NCL switch after results

Madras High Court dismissed a NEET-UG 2026 candidate’s plea to change her category from General to OBC-NCL after the declaration of results, holding that a subsequently issued OBC-NCL certificate could not override the prescribed counselling rules. The post NEET-UG category change: Madras High Court refuses General to OBC-NCL switch after results appeared first on SCC Times.

Federal judge orders immediate stop to Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads

A US District Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Sunday which directs the Trump Administration to immediately stop its series of taxpayer-funded pro-Trump television ads. Judge Jennifer Rochon at the District Court for the Southern District of New York, also barred any future ad purchases by the Trump Administration and anyone working in […] The post Federal judge...

Challenges to the Judiciary? Why India’s Cheque Bounce Backlog Refuses to Budge

by Gaurav Kumar* and Rishabh Kumar Jain** The post Challenges to the Judiciary? Why India’s Cheque Bounce Backlog Refuses to Budge appeared first on SCC Times.

US federal agents execute search warrant at residence of Representative Ilhan Omar

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on Monday searched the Washington, DC-area home of US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. While officials speaking on the condition of anonymity provided initial details to reporters, the Department of Justice (DOJ) subsequently confirmed in a statement to outlets that agents executed a “judicially […] The post US federal...

Livestreamed US execution amounts to public execution and violates absolute prohibition on torture, OHCHR warns

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the US would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition on torture. The statement follows the Pentagon’s confirmation that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist […] The post Livestreamed US...

Clifford Chance to end formal alliance with Singapore's Cavenagh Law after 14 years

UK firm ends relationship with boutique that enabled it to provide local litigation advice in city-state

'A Second Betrayal'?: 10 Lawsuits Accuse Plaintiffs' Firms Behind $600M Norfolk Settlement of Malpractice

Among the firms named in the lawsuits are Grant & Eisenhofer, Morgan & Morgan and Motley Rice, who represented hundreds of residents and businesses impacted by the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Superior Court Reexamines Whether Hearing Officers May Decide Primary Physical Custody in Child Custody Matters

A New Strategic Framework in the AI Era: Mapping Future Business Models of Law

Supreme Court Will Hear Government's Bid to Shield DOGE From Discovery

Fox/Roku Faces Rigorous DOJ Review as Trump Looms Over Deal

Sackler Family Breached Purdue Restructuring Agreements, New York Judge Finds

Dentons Canada Nabs 10-Lawyer Employment and Labour Team from Norton Rose

Delhi SIR: Plea in Supreme Court challenges ECI directive requiring deleted voters to enrol afresh

Gauhati High Court grants bail to accused in Zubeen Garg murder case

Credibility of institutions shaken; street coming to democracy's rescue: Former Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph

Justice Indira Banerjee explains why fewer women are appointed as arbitrators

RMLNLU students protest over hostel conditions, academic calendar, placements

Do not let desire for quick success come in the way of what is right: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan to law students

Bengaluru man moves Karnataka High Court to challenge seizure of his African grey parrot

18th SILF Turf Cricket League commences with 5 weekend matches

Bengaluru court grants ex-CM Siddaramaiah injunction against 42 media outlets over alleged honey-trap videos

Decision to de-notify Jantar Mantar as protest site taken after Supreme Court order: Delhi police to High Court

Central government appoints two judicial officers as additional judges of Madras High Court

Can courts accept written statements beyond 120-day deadline? Delhi High Court larger bench to decide

Plea in Supreme Court seeks contempt action against Congress party for post against CJI

Supreme Court asks Delhi government to seek IB inputs on jail transfer plea by CM Beant Singh assassination convict

Kerala Union Of Working Journalists Move Supreme Court Alleging Police Violence During Delhi ProtestsThe Kerala Union of Working

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), Delhi Unit, has approached the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution, seeking urgent intervention over the alleged unlawful detention, physical assault, manhandling and intimidation of working journalists covering student protests in Delhi...

Give Insurance Cover To Tickets Sold Over Counter Like Online Tickets : Supreme Court Directs Railways

Give Insurance Cover To Tickets Sold Over Counter Like Online Tickets : Supreme Court Directs Railways

'Watchdog Must Bite If Barking Doesn't Work': Justice Kurian Joseph On Supreme Court's Role As Guardian Of Constitution

'Watchdog Must Bite If Barking Doesn't Work': Justice Kurian Joseph On Supreme Court's Role As Guardian Of Constitution

July Student Protests: Complaints Portal Ready For Launch, High-Powered Enquiry Committee Tells Supreme Court

July Student Protests: Complaints Portal Ready For Launch, High-Powered Enquiry Committee Tells Supreme Court

Democracy Poisoned At The Source If Integrity Of Election Commission Cannot Be Trusted: Justice Kurian Joseph

Democracy Poisoned At The Source If Integrity Of Election Commission Cannot Be Trusted: Justice Kurian Joseph

Punjab CM Beant Singh Assassination | Supreme Court Seeks Intelligence Bureau Inputs On Convict's Prison Transfer Plea

Punjab CM Beant Singh Assassination | Supreme Court Seeks Intelligence Bureau Inputs On Convict's Prison Transfer Plea

Income Tax | Fresh Claim Cannot Be Raised Before Revisional Authority Without Timely Revised Return : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a fresh claim before the Revisional authority cannot be filed by the assessee without filing a revised return in...

Section 161 CrPC Statements Cannot Be Relied On At Trial But Can Be Considered At Cognizance Stage : Supreme Court

Kerala High Court Designates Longest-Serving Lawyer And Guinness World Record Holder P.B. Menon As Senior Advocate

Father-In-Law Has 'Pious Obligation' To Maintain Widowed Daughter-In-Law If She Can't Maintain Herself: Delhi High Court

Danish AI legal research start-up Pandektes raises €13.5m in Series A funding round

Financing to accelerate ambitions to build new infrastructure for legal information

IBA urges member states to protect ICC following US sanctions

Sanctions are a ‘dark day for international justice and global rule of law’, IBA officials say

Revisiting global contract templates in Brazil: what luxury brands should know

Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explain how international luxury brands can adjust global contract templates in Brazil to preserve commercial structures and ensure they work as intended locally

Visa and Mastercard face £700m class action over post-Brexit fees

Latest claim against card schemes relates to alleged overcharges on payments made with cards issued in the EEA

Reliable Robotics hires former ServiceNow GC as legal head

Russ Elmer will build out the autonomous aircraft systems developer’s legal function

'50% Ceiling Breached' : Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Law Raising SC/ST Reservation In Education & Govt JobsThe

The Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down the provisions of the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 2022, which had increased reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs)...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union, ECI On ADR's Plea Challenging Lifelong Immunity To CEC, Election Commissioners

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union, ECI On ADR's Plea Challenging Lifelong Immunity To CEC, Election Commissioners

Supreme Court Refuses Plea Alleging Illegal House Entry By UP ATS, Asks Petitioner To Approach HC First

Supreme Court Refuses Plea Alleging Illegal House Entry By UP ATS, Asks Petitioner To Approach HC First

Drug Users Are Victims, Focus Should Be On Breaking Supply Chain Rather Than Punishing Them: Supreme Court

Drug Users Are Victims, Focus Should Be On Breaking Supply Chain Rather Than Punishing Them: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Adjourns Delhi Protest Matter To October 15

Supreme Court Adjourns Delhi Protest Matter To October 15

Supreme Court Dismisses Haren Pandya Murder Convict's Plea After State Refuses Remission

Supreme Court Dismisses Haren Pandya Murder Convict's Plea After State Refuses Remission

Non-Signatories Can Be Joined In Arbitration If Dispute Affects Their Rights: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has held

The Supreme Court has held that a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement may be included in arbitration proceedings when the dispute substantially...

Order VI Rule 17 CPC | Amendment Permissible If Additional Facts & Reliefs Have Direct Nexus With Existing Controversy: Supreme Court

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On PILs To Implement SC Directions To Prevent Protests From Disrupting Traffic, Businesses

'Won't Permit This': Bombay High Court On Alleged Illegal Detentions During Mumbai CEC Protests

How a law student built a tool to track Bombay High Court cases

Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice sets aside anti-ragging sanctions against NLU Jodhpur student

Can't pass blanket orders: Bombay High Court on mass detentions during anti-CEC stir in Mumbai

Karnataka High Court orders land acquisition officer to pay ₹1 lakh for harassing 102-year-old man

Kerala High Court deletes its adverse remarks against advocate over false affidavit attestation

Delhi High Court rejects SpiceJet's plea for extension of time to deposit ₹144 crore

Can ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Veena, others challenge order for FIR in CMRL-Exalogic case? Kerala HC reserves verdict

Emerald Heights International School moves Supreme Court seeking curbs on children's social media use

Supreme Court seeks senior cop's presence after plea alleges sexual harassment of women journalists covering Delhi protests

Compensation is not ‘consideration’ - GST on liquidated damages, penalties and forfeiture

HNLU to establish International Arbitration and Mediation Institute

Karnataka HC refuses to quash case against 4 youths over circulation of obscene video targeting lecturer

Misbehaviour with lawyer discharging duty is contempt of court: Allahabad High Court

Supreme Court dismisses MMTC's appeal against ₹1,950 crore National Spot Exchange settlement

Stratage Law Partners is looking to hire an Associate for Investment Funds in Mumbai

The sovereign supremacy test: Reconciling statutory natural resource privileges with IBC's clean slate doctrine

First come first serve policy to allot grounds for Ramleela unfair: Delhi High Court

Strict NDPS Act bail conditions not a must if recovered drug only marginally above commercial quantity: Delhi High Court

Plea seeks Supreme Court intervention over INDIA bloc leaders entering court's filing counter

Delhi protest cases: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

FTC Pursuit of Alleged Auto Dealer Misconduct Unlikely to Slow Despite Recent Cases

"I wouldn't read last week's events as any kind of waning in the FTC's enforcement priorities," said Brandon Bigelow, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

'The Durable Dozen': Winston Taylor Teaches 12 Skills AI Can’t Replicate

Appellate Trial Support: Accelerating Growth or ‘New Normal’ for Defense Teams?

Supreme Court to Consider Deference to Sentencing 'Commentary'

Supreme Court Hearing Of Delhi Protest Matter [Live Updates]The Supreme Court will hear today petitions challenging police and

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions challenging police and paramilitary actions against Delhi protesters. The petitions allege mass illegal detentions, assault of protesters, and arbitrary shutdown of metro services.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana will...

When Supreme Court Rejected Blanket Ban On Protests At Jantar Mantar In 2018

When Supreme Court Rejected Blanket Ban On Protests At Jantar Mantar In 2018

Journalist Files Contempt Petition Against MHA Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner Alleging Police Assault While Covering Protests

Journalist Files Contempt Petition Against MHA Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner Alleging Police Assault While Covering Protests

Lawyers Association For Constitution Moves Supreme Court Alleging Police Excesses Against Advocates During Delhi Protests

Lawyers Association For Constitution Moves Supreme Court Alleging Police Excesses Against Advocates During Delhi Protests

Will Can't Be Invalidated For Undue Influence Merely Because Beneficiary Son Was Caring For Aged Father: Allahabad High Court

After Bombay High Court Orders Release Of CJP Members, Goa Police Justifies Detention Citing Past Violations, 'Patronising Umar Khalid'

Ex-CM Siddaramaiah sues media organisations over honey-trap allegations