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Advocate-Client Privilege Not Absolute Where Advocate's Own Role Is Under Investigation: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
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Advocate-Client Privilege Not Absolute Where Advocate's Own Role Is Under Investigation: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court holds that advocate-client privilege cannot bar a GST investigation into an advocate’s own conduct where prima facie material indicates involvement beyond legal representation.

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RERA Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Land Title, Parties Must Approach Civil Court: Madras HC [Read Order] Judiciary
RERA Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Land Title, Parties Must Approach Civil Court: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court holds that TNRERA is not required to adjudicate disputed questions of land title while considering project registration, leaving the objector to pursue the dispute before the civil court.

LawStreet Journal Signs Cooperation Agreement With Roscongress Foundation At EEF 2026 Business
LawStreet Journal Signs Cooperation Agreement With Roscongress Foundation At EEF 2026

LawStreet Journal has signed a cooperation agreement with the Roscongress Foundation during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok to strengthen India-Russia media, institutional and professional collaboration.

Supreme Court Dismisses Abu Salem’s Plea For Release From Custody [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Supreme Court Dismisses Abu Salem’s Plea For Release From Custody [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court dismisses Abu Salem’s release plea, holding that overlapping custody cannot be double-counted and jail-earned remission cannot be added to the 25-year period arising from India’s sovereign assurance to Portugal.

Arbitration Clause Extends To Personal Guarantee Integrated With Loan Agreement: SC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Arbitration Clause Extends To Personal Guarantee Integrated With Loan Agreement: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court holds that an arbitration clause in a loan agreement can bind a personal guarantor under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration Act when the guarantee is expressly made an integral and inseparable part of the loan agreement.

Taxing Same Income Twice Amounts To ‘Genuine Hardship’ Under Section 119(2)(b): Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court holds that taxing the same income twice constitutes genuine hardship under Section 119(2)(b), allowing Sojitz Asia to file a revised return for AY 2016-17 after six years.

High Court Cannot Treat Article 226 Writ As Article 227 To Deny Appeal: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court set aside an MP HC order, holding that an Article 226 writ cannot be treated as an Article 227 petition merely to deny the appellant an intra-court appeal.

Foreign Driving Licence Alone Cannot Shield Driver From Insurer’s Recovery Claim: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a foreign driving licence without an international permit or Indian authorisation does not permit driving in India, upholding the insurer’s right to recov...

Human Rights Court Can Be Approached Directly Without Prior NHRC Inquiry : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court upheld Rule 6 of the Karnataka Human Rights Courts Rules, holding that a victim can directly approach the Human Rights Court without first obtaining an inquiry or recommendation from...

Company Can Face Mens Rea Prosecution Without Employee Being Arraigned : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court held that criminal proceedings against a company cannot be quashed merely because no natural person has been identified or arraigned, laying down a three-stage framework for attribut...

SC Pulls Up DLF, Haryana Over Road Deviation in Gurugram's Primus Project, Extends CBI Probe [Read Order]

The Supreme Court pulled up DLF and Haryana over deviations in the 24-metre road at Gurugram's DLF Primus project and directed the CBI to expedite its preliminary enquiry.

SC Revives Auction Sale Of Land, Says Title Dispute Cannot Be Decided Summarily

The Supreme Court revived the auction sale of 40.65 acres of land, holding that a genuine title dispute over alleged assigned land cannot be resolved through summary proceedings.

Jharkhand HC Cuts Sentence in 1993 ₹300 Bribe Case, Cites Three Decades of Trial Agony [Read Judgment]

Jharkhand High Court reduces the sentence of a former fund clerk convicted in a ₹300 bribery case dating back to 1993, citing three decades of trial agony and period already undergone.

Husband Cannot Disown Responsibility Towards Wife's Son After Accepting Him Into Family: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

Uttarakhand High Court holds that a husband who knowingly accepts his wife's son from an earlier marriage cannot disown responsibility merely due to lack of biological relationship.

“Once Is Happenstance, Twice Is Coincidence, Three Times Is Enemy Action”: Delhi HC On Trademark Suit Suppression

Delhi High Court vacates trademark injunction against Nugenesys, finding Celagenex suppressed material facts and citing James Bond's “three times is enemy action” observation.


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