Every democracy, at some point, has to answer the same question: who watches the institutions that watch the elections? India has been circling that question since 2023. On 23 September, the Supreme…
Month: October 2026
The September e-commerce rules do something Indian digital regulation has rarely attempted: they put into law what a platform must disclose about how it decides what to show you, and in what…
The September Air India order showed what the law provides for passengers with disabilities. Most air passenger rights, though, are poorly understood and poorly claimed across the board. The order of 24…
From 1 January 2027, India's e-commerce platforms must show you the real reference price behind every discount, label every paid listing, and stop using your data to sell you their own brands…
On 23 September, two Supreme Court judges sat down to answer the same question and came back with different answers. What they were asked to decide sounds procedural. What actually sits behind…
The Madras High Court said something simple and overdue this month: household work has economic value, and either spouse can be the one doing it. The observation arrived inside a divorce by…
September delivered developments across the full range of what courts handle: constitutional architecture, professional regulation, consumer rights, family law and disability. Several will take years to resolve. A few landed with immediate…
Supreme Court Lets the Fortis Forensic Audit Proceed, With a Caveat On 25 September, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana declined to interfere with…
A husband told the Chhattisgarh High Court that his wife had called him dark and fat, threatened him with false cases, and kept leaving for her parents' home. The court's answer this…
I have been thinking about split verdicts this week, and about what they ask of the institution that produces them. When two judges on a bench hear the same arguments and reach…