Sansa Law Desk

The Supreme Court of India has issued a strong warning to bar associations across the country: comply with the mandate of 30 percent women representation among office bearers and executive committee members, or face suspension and fresh elections. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order in April 2026 while hearing a batch of special leave petitions concerning the chronic underrepresentation of women

Industrialist Anil Ambani has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against New Delhi Television (NDTV), seeking damages exceeding Rs 2 crore over what he describes as a sustained campaign of defamatory reporting. The suit, filed in May 2026, alleges that NDTV, now owned by AMG Media Network (a unit of the Adani Group), has published approximately 72 targeted articles linking Ambani personally to CBI and ED proceedings involving Reliance Group entities, despite

The Supreme Court of India has reiterated a critical principle in specific performance litigation: when a court grants a decree of specific performance directing the plaintiff to deposit the balance sale consideration within a stipulated timeframe, the failure to deposit that amount within the specified period renders the decree inexecutable. The ruling reinforces the well-settled position that time-bound conditions in specific performance decrees are not mere procedural form

The Bombay High Court in 2026 dismissed a petition challenging the discharge of Amit Shah, now Union Home Minister, from the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The petitioner sought to challenge the CBI special court's 2014 order that had discharged Shah from the case, arguing that the discharge was improper and that sufficient evidence existed to frame charges. The High Court upheld the discharge order, finding no grounds to interfere with the trial court's assessment o

The Karnataka High Court passed an interim order permitting transwomen to continue their hormone replacement therapy while a constitutional challenge to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act remains pending. The order reflects the Court's recognition that abruptly discontinuing medically supervised hormone therapy poses serious health risks and that the right to healthcare and bodily autonomy cannot be suspended merely because the underlying legislation

The Supreme Court of India has clarified an important procedural aspect of criminal trials: an accused person can exhibit documents that form part of the chargesheet without being required to formally prove the signature or authorship of those documents under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (now Section 293 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023). This ruling addresses a practical difficulty that accused persons frequently encounter when seeking t

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a recent decision quashed insolvency proceedings initiated against Embassy Property Developments Private Limited in its capacity as a corporate guarantor. The case raised important questions about the conditions under which insolvency proceedings can be triggered against corporate guarantors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), and whether creditors can bypass the principal borrower to directly pursue the

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent judgment reaffirmed the constitutional right of minority educational institutions to appoint their own principals without interference from state authorities. The Court held that this right flows directly from Article 30(1) of the Constitution, which guarantees all minorities, whether based on religion or language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. The judgment is significant because it pu

The Delhi High Court in 2026 passed an order protecting the personality rights of Aman Gupta, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of boAt, the popular consumer electronics brand. The Court restrained unnamed entities from using Gupta's name, image, likeness, or voice without authorisation, particularly in connection with fraudulent endorsements, misleading advertisements, and AI-generated deepfake content. The order adds to a growing body of Indian jurisprudence recognisin

The Supreme Court of India in 2026 took a proactive step towards evaluating how effectively the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) is being implemented across the country. In an initiative titled Project Ability Empowerment, the Court directed National Law Universities (NLUs) to conduct comprehensive assessments of RPwD Act compliance in their respective states. This marks a significant judicial effort to move beyond enacting disability rights legislatio

In a significant development that raises fundamental questions about the integrity of judicial reasoning, the Delhi High Court in February 2026 flagged the possible use of artificial intelligence in drafting a trial court judgment. The case, RFA(COMM) 284/2026, arose from a commercial dispute between SNS Airways Private Limited (operating as Akasa Air) and a travel company. The appellate bench, while hearing the appeal, noted serious discrepancies in the impugned judgment tha

The Bombay High Court on May 7, 2026 dismissed the appeals filed by the family members of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, upholding the acquittal of all 22 accused in the 2005 alleged fake encounter case. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad found that the prosecution had failed to establish the essential elements of its case, including the alleged abduction, illegal detention, and staged encounter killing. The ruling brings to a close one of t

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that an accused person who has already been granted regular bail in a case cannot seek anticipatory bail merely because a graver offence has been added to the FIR at a later stage. The Court observed that such an accused is deemed to be in "constructive custody of law" by virtue of the regular bail already granted and therefore cannot invoke the remedy of anticipatory bail, which is available only to a person who apprehends arrest. T

The Government of India has announced a three-year, 100 per cent fee waiver for all sports-related intellectual property registrations, effective from March 2026. This initiative covers trademark registrations, patent filings, design registrations, and copyright registrations related to the sports sector. The waiver is intended to encourage innovation and brand development in Indian sports, reduce the cost burden on athletes, sports startups, equipment manufacturers, and spor

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued an advisory prohibiting hotels and restaurants from adding extra charges such as "LPG charges," "gas surcharge," or "fuel cost recovery" to customer bills. The CCPA has stated that such practices constitute unfair trade practices under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. This advisory follows a growing trend of hospitality establishments adding undisclosed surcharges to bills beyond the menu prices, catching consumers