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Today's Top Stories

National Herald case: Delhi High Court seeks response from Sonia, Rahul Gandhi on ED's challenge to dismissal of complaint

Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of forest land encroachment in Uttarakhand, orders immediate halt on constructions

Plea before Supreme Court against PM Narendra Modi's chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Supreme paradox: Inconsistency in the highest court

Coal scam petitioner and Nirbhaya convict lawyer ML Sharma no more

TN government pays ‘scandalously high’ fees to some law officers and senior counsel: Madras High Court

Khaitan & Co acts on IFC investing $50 million in GFCL EV Products

News

Bombay High Court asks whether site for upcoming new HC building features in poor air quality report

Delhi High Court directs takedown of obscene content and merchandise misusing R Madhavan's name, photos

Private member Bill in Parliament proposes criminalisation of malicious deepfakes made sans consent

National Herald case: Delhi High Court seeks response from Sonia, Rahul Gandhi on ED's challenge to dismissal of complaint

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announce merger

Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of forest land encroachment in Uttarakhand, orders immediate halt on constructions

Roop Loomba appointed Legal Head – India and South Asia at AkzoNobel Powder Coatings India

Transparency vs. misuse: Bombay High Court live-streaming loses steam

Plea before Supreme Court against PM Narendra Modi's chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Coal scam petitioner and Nirbhaya convict lawyer ML Sharma no more

TN government pays ‘scandalously high’ fees to some law officers and senior counsel: Madras High Court

Yatin Oza elected President of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association

British citizenship claim: Allahabad High Court transfers complaint against Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli to Lucknow

Swadeshi jurisprudence invites global ideas but rejects slavish adherence: Justice KV Viswanathan

"This is not done": Delhi High Court stays CBI summons to lawyer, directs IO to appear before Court

Time-bound investigation must be ordered only in cases of undue delay: Supreme Court

Allahabad High Court upholds dismissal of bus conductor who pocketed ₹285 from 30 ticketless passengers

Conference at Supreme Court in February 2026 to examine representation of women in judiciary

CCPA fines Vision IAS ₹11 lakh for misleading UPSC result ads

Mumbai POCSO court convicts special school principal, teacher for sexual assault of disabled students

Dealstreet

SAM advises Attentive.ai on $30.5 million Series B fundraise

JSA, ELP act on TravelPlus ₹250 crore+ IPO filing

SAM, Khaitan, CAM, Trilegal act on NephroPlus ~₹871 crore IPO

ELP advises Max Healthcare Institute on ₹200 crore acquisition of Yerawada Properties

CAM, S&R, SAM, Sidley Austin act on ICICI Prudential AMC ₹10,602 crore IPO

Goyel & Goyal, Lex Consult act on Sisir Radar Series A fundraise

Khaitan & Co acts on IFC investing $50 million in GFCL EV Products

Saraf, CasePro, Trilegal act on Megaport Limited acquiring Extreme IX platform

JSA, CMS INDUSLAW act on Davaindia ₹350 crore QIP

ELP advises Somerset Indus Capital Partners on investment in NU Hospitals

SAM advises KCC Buildcon on sale of annuity road assets to Build India Infrastructure Fund

Avijit Deb Partners advises Luxmi Group on development of The Oberoi resort at Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling

Anagram Partners advises India-Japan Fund on ₹500 crore investment in EKA Mobility

Khaitan, CAM guide Saregama India's ₹325 crore investment in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's studio

Khaitan advises ICICI Securities on ₹500 crore NCD issuance

SAM, Trilegal act on Tata Steel's ₹636 crore stake acquisition in Thriveni Pellets

Columns

Supreme paradox: Inconsistency in the highest court

The Obiter Truth: The post-mortem

Fragile balance of powers: Judicial overreach and the larger institutional anxiety

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: PILs and the spider’s web

The fine line between protection and power: Karnataka’s new Hate Speech Bill and the constitutional dilemma

What Parliament’s UAPA data really tells us

The Arbitration Practitioner’s Series by MKBAC: Inordinate Delay in Passing of the Award - Need for Legislative Intervention

The shield of discretion safeguarding judicial independence from the political maelstrom

Courting Controversy: Distasteful gets disregarded

Commercial Mediation – How do you Bill?

Rohingyas and the Law: Understanding Rights, Limits and the CJI’s Remarks

Ghosts in the machine: Dating apps and the DPDP Act

Tryst with the Constitution: Sidestepping Article 145 - Constitutional Questions deserve Constitution Benches

The pilot-basis trap: Free speech on a trial run?

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: Constitutional Law – Forgotten Contribution of the High Courts

Interviews

We value our dialogue with the Indian judiciary: SICC President Justice Philip Jeyaretnam

Nishant Parikh and Sridhar Gorthi on 25 years of Trilegal: Growth, entrepreneurial partners and international plans

Interview: Justice BR Gavai on Governor’s verdict, Delhi crackers, Justice Sreedharan transfer, dissents and Collegium

Judge need not always rule against government to prove his independence: CJI BR Gavai

Indian courts must stick to being pro-arbitration: Lord Peter Goldsmith KC

Navigating Commercial Disputes with Payal Chawla: Episode 8 - Lord Peter Goldsmith KC

NLUs must stop 'show business'; prioritise students' mental health: Dr Pallab Das

Peer review of summons issued to lawyers unworkable; Supreme Court issued adequate guidelines: Arvind Datar

Supreme Court missed opportunity to protect lawyers and send out strong message to agencies: Gopal Sankaranarayanan

BCI Rule requiring information on clients will deter those who want to arbitrate in India: Barbara Mills KC

We could have done a lot to prepare for legal market liberalisation, but we're not there: Wipro GC Tejal Patil

From Professor to UK Supreme Court Justice: Lord Andrew Burrows

The Viewpoint

Three decades after digitisation, legal technology faces its real test

Section 138B and the adjudication dilemma: A safeguard misconstrued?

Striking at the root: The evolving legal landscape of anti-arbitration injunctions in India