CJI Surya Kant pushes for Arbitral disclosure regime, calls for greater institutional accountability

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has called for a fundamental recalibration of India’s arbitration ecosystem, urging arbitral institutions and practitioners to develop a credible architecture of self-regulation rather than…

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Divorce cannot end statutory maintenance obligation; Calcutta High Court denies section 125 relief to major daughter

The Calcutta High Court has held that an ex parte divorce decree obtained by a husband does not automatically extinguish his statutory obligation to maintain his former wife, provided she…

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Supreme Court questions FSSAI over clubbing ultra-processed foods with other packaged products under warning label regime

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) over its proposed front-of-pack warning label framework for packaged foods, particularly asking why ultra-processed foods…

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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on plea challenging closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during student protests

The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and other authorities on a plea challenging the closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during student protests in July, alleging that…

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Prima facie illegal: Gauhati High Court questions demolition of 21 houses on private agricultural lands in Assam

The Gauhati High Court has questioned the demolition of dwelling houses belonging to 21 residents of Assam’s Goalpara district on their own agricultural lands, observing that the action of the…

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