Sansa Law Desk

The Supreme Court of India has taken suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma dowry death case, registering the matter on its own motion over alleged procedural lapses in the investigation into the unnatural death of a young woman at her matrimonial home. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, is seized of the case. The intervention has drawn public attention to how dowry death is treated under In

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside penalties imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in the Shree Global Tradefin Limited matter, delivering sharp criticism of the regulator for inordinate delay in adjudicating proceedings. The Tribunal held that SEBI's delay of over a decade in completing adjudication proceedings violated principles of natural justice and rendered the penalty order unsustainable. The decision adds to a growing body of

The Reserve Bank of India has notified amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, giving effect to the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, which raised the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in Indian insurance companies from 74 per cent to 100 per cent. The FEMA amendments, notified in March 2026, prescribe the conditions under which 100 per cent FDI is permitted and establish a new regulatory framework for fully foreign-owned insura

The Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing a comprehensive digital platform for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders. The amended rules, which came into effect in April 2026, establish the e-OCI portal as the primary mechanism for OCI registration, renewal, and miscellaneous services. The new framework aims to streamline the OCI process, reduce processing times, and eliminate the requirement for physical visits to Ind

The Supreme Court of India has reiterated the settled legal position that a will does not require registration to be legally valid and enforceable. In a recent judgment delivered in May 2026, the Court set aside a High Court order that had questioned the authenticity of an unregistered will solely on the ground that the testator had not got it registered despite having the opportunity to do so. The Supreme Court held that drawing an adverse inference from non-registration of

The Kerala High Court has raised a critical question regarding the classification of nursing services under essential services legislation, observing that the absence of such a declaration leaves public health infrastructure vulnerable during industrial action. The remarks came during hearings related to a statewide nursing strike that paralysed hospital operations across government and private healthcare facilities in Kerala during May 2026. Background of the Nursing Strike

Google's April 2026 review policy update introduced the most significant changes to its review guidelines in years, banning AI-generated reviews, on-site review kiosks, staff review quotas, and review gating. These platform-level changes coincide with India's own regulatory push against fake and manipulated online reviews, anchored in the Bureau of Indian Standards IS 19000:2022 standard for online consumer reviews, the CCPA's Dark Patterns Guidelines 2023, and the Consumer P

The Delhi High Court on 22nd May 2026 dismissed Dabur India Limited's appeal against an injunction restraining it from selling its cooling oil product Cool King Thanda Tael in packaging found to be deceptively similar to Emami Limited's well-known Navratna Ayurvedic Oil. A Division Bench comprising Justices Kameswara Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora upheld the single judge's finding that Dabur's trade dress constituted passing off and was a deliberate imitation of Emami's d

In two significant developments in May 2026, the Bombay High Court quashed a POCSO case after the accused married the minor prosecutrix who was seven months pregnant, and the Delhi High Court laid down detailed guidelines for when courts may quash POCSO cases involving consensual adolescent relationships. These decisions address one of the most contested questions in Indian criminal law: whether the strict liability framework of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences

The Supreme Court of India on 22nd May 2026 issued a comprehensive set of directions to address systemic failures in tracing missing children and dismantling child trafficking networks operating across states. A bench comprising Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan directed that all missing person complaints involving children must result in immediate FIR registration without any preliminary inquiry, and ordered the establishment of a nationwide integrated digital g

The Supreme Court of India on 22nd May 2026 referred critical questions regarding bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to a larger bench, in a decision arising from the prolonged incarceration of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots case. A Division Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale observed inconsistencies in recent judicial decisions on UAPA bail and held that a larger bench must authoritatively sett

The Calcutta High Court on May 21, 2026, granted interim protection to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in connection with an FIR filed over his alleged remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election campaign. The Court directed the West Bengal Police not to take any coercive action against Banerjee until July 31, 2026, subject to certain conditions including restrictions on travel and cooperation with the investigating offi

The Supreme Court of India in May 2026 upheld the conviction of a husband for strangulating his wife to death in the case of Chetan Dashrath Gade v. The State of Maharashtra, reaffirming the application of Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (corresponding to Section 108 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023). The Court held that once the prosecution establishes that certain incriminating facts were especially within the accused's personal knowledge, the burden sh

The Delhi High Court on May 7, 2026, issued notice to NDTV, NDTV Convergence, and Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) in a civil defamation suit filed by businessman Anil Ambani. Ambani alleged that the Adani Group-owned media entities published 72 targeted reports against him as part of a deliberate smear campaign designed to damage his reputation and business interests. The Court, while issuing notice, declined to grant immediate interim relief restraining NDTV from publishing f

The Supreme Court of India in Punjab State Power Corporation Limited v. Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (2026 INSC 515) held that a power generating station's failure to demonstrate its declared electricity generation capacity attracts strict liability and does not require proof of mens rea or deliberate wrongdoing. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K Vinod Chandran restored a penalty of approximately Rs 162 crore on the power generator, setting aside the Punjab State E