October delivered two Supreme Court judgments that will be read closely for years: the AT-1 bond ruling that voided a bank's emergency write-off, and the conversion-reservation ruling that settled a contested question…
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October served a set of reminders that Indian corporate law is getting stricter about the basics: who can start a case, when they must start it, and whether they have actually done…
On 15 October 2026, the Supreme Court upheld a Bombay High Court ruling that the write-off of Rs 8,415 crore in Yes Bank AT-1 bonds was illegal. The decision turns on a…
The Supreme Court confirmed on 15 October that converting to a non-Hindu religion does not automatically carry forward your reservation entitlement. Here is what that means in practice, and what questions remain.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…