2026

We Trusted the Machine Too Quickly

We Trusted the Machine Too Quickly

The interesting part of the AI story this month was not what the technology can do. It was how fast people stopped checking it. Something about this whole AI moment has stayed…

When a Machine Answers Your Complaint

When a Machine Answers Your Complaint

Customer support is increasingly automated. The chatbot is fast, available, and often the reason a genuine grievance never reaches a human at all. Most people have now had the experience of raising…

When the Court Starts Using AI

When the Court Starts Using AI

In June, the Supreme Court proposed the first rules for how artificial intelligence may be used inside India's courts. The rules arrived because something had already gone wrong. A Rule That Followed…

When the Evidence Itself Can Be Faked

When the Evidence Itself Can Be Faked

Digital evidence has helped many women establish what happened. The same technology that records the truth can now also manufacture it. Over recent years, digital records have changed how disputes involving women…

The Private World Is Not So Private Anymore

One thing I’ve noticed recently is how casually all of us treat digital life. We message constantly, share screenshots, store documents online, make payments in seconds, and speak on apps as if…

Key Legal Developments | May 2026

Kerala High Court Rejects Plea by Homeopaths to Practice Law The Kerala High Court held that medical practitioners cannot simultaneously practice another regulated profession without surrendering their existing registration. The court rejected…

What Counts as Legal Evidence Today?

There was a time when legal evidence mostly meant physical documents, signatures, or eyewitnesses. Today, ordinary digital activity is increasingly becoming part of legal disputes. Messages, screenshots, emails, payment records, call logs,…

Private Conduct, Public Consequences

One of the biggest misunderstandings people still have is thinking that informal behaviour stays informal forever. That is no longer true. Messages sent casually, workplace conversations, online comments, forwarded screenshots, or even…

Protection, Privacy and the Changing Nature of Evidence

Protection, Privacy and the Changing Nature of Evidence The nature of legal disputes involving women has changed noticeably over the last few years. Earlier, many complaints depended heavily on witnesses, physical records,…

Nothing Stays Personal for Long

Nothing Stays Personal for Long Most people still think private life stays private unless something serious happens. That thinking is getting outdated very fast. While working on this issue, one thing became…