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The docket today
- A Constitution Bench opened final arguments on whether metadata is protected personal data.
- An incomplete chargesheet cannot defeat default bail, three judges held in a ruling that binds all trial courts.
- The appellate tribunal approved the first group insolvency plan covering six companies.
- Data protection rules are notified; companies have twelve months to comply in phases.
- Karnataka's gig-worker welfare levy survives a constitutional challenge from platforms.
Top stories
Delhi HCDelhiInfringement of Trademark: Delhi High Court Restrains AI Startup From Using Deceptively Similar Mark
NCLATInsolvencyGroup Insolvency Under IBC: NCLAT Clears First Consolidated Resolution Plan Covering Six Companies
Supreme CourtGSTGST on Online Gaming: Supreme Court Upholds 28% Tax on Full Bet Value as ₹1.1 Lakh Crore in Demands Move to Adjudication
JudiciaryPending Cases in India Have Crossed 5 Crore. Judicial Vacancies, Not Judges' Holidays, Are the Reason
ConsumerOnline Order Refund Not Received? How to File a Consumer Complaint on e-Daakhil and Get Your Money Back
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Data protection
Right to Privacy Under Article 21: Constitution Bench Opens Final Hearing on Whether Call Records and Metadata Are Protected
Five judges will decide if call records, location logs and browsing data enjoy the same protection as the content of communications.
By Nandini Iyer, Supreme Court correspondent
The Supreme Court on the first day of the Constitution Bench hearing. Photograph: The JusticeInside
Default Bail Under Section 187 BNSS: Incomplete Chargesheet Cannot Defeat the Right, Rules Supreme Court
A three-judge bench holds that a chargesheet filed without the forensic report does not stop the statutory clock.
By Nandini Iyer, Supreme Court correspondent
DPDP Compliance Roadmap: What the DPDP Rules 2025 Require From Companies in the Next 12 Months
Consent managers, breach notification within 72 hours and children's data rules take effect in phases.
By Lekha Menon, Data protection correspondent
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Default Bail Under Section 187 BNSS: Incomplete Chargesheet Cannot Defeat the Right, Rules Supreme Court
By Nandini Iyer, Supreme Court correspondent
Section 34 Arbitration Act: Can Courts Modify an Arbitral Award? Supreme Court Refers Question to Five-Judge Bench
By Rohit Deshpande, Supreme Court reporter
Supreme Court on Delhi Pollution: States Get Two Weeks to File Air Quality Compliance Affidavits Before Winter
By Nandini Iyer, Supreme Court correspondent
Ad Hoc Promotion Creates No Right to Regularisation or Seniority, Supreme Court Rules
By Rohit Deshpande, Supreme Court reporter
Infringement of Trademark: Delhi High Court Restrains AI Startup From Using Deceptively Similar Mark
By Aarav Mehta, Legal editor
Redevelopment of Housing Society: Minority Dissent Cannot Stall Majority Decision, Rules Bombay High Court
By Farah Ansari, Bombay High Court correspondent
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Property: Madras High Court Orders HR&CE Temple Land Survey, Bars Alienation
By Sanjay Pillai, Madras High Court correspondent
Gig Workers Welfare Levy Upheld: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Platforms' Challenge to Karnataka Gig Workers Act
By Kiran Bhat, High Courts correspondent, Bengaluru
Supreme CourtHearing · Oct 2026
Arjun Tandon v. Union of India
Right to Privacy Under Article 21: Constitution Bench Opens Final Hearing on Whether Call Records and Metadata Are Protected
Delhi HC17 Oct 2026
Nexora Labs v. Nexara AI Pvt Ltd
Infringement of Trademark: Delhi High Court Restrains AI Startup From Using Deceptively Similar Mark
Supreme Court16 Oct 2026
Ravi Shekhar v. State of Maharashtra
Default Bail Under Section 187 BNSS: Incomplete Chargesheet Cannot Defeat the Right, Rules Supreme Court
NCLAT17 Oct 2026
Re: Trident Infra Group
Group Insolvency Under IBC: NCLAT Clears First Consolidated Resolution Plan Covering Six Companies
Supreme Court27 May 2026
Directorate General of GST Intelligence v. Gameskraft Technologies Pvt Ltd
GST on Online Gaming: Supreme Court Upholds 28% Tax on Full Bet Value as ₹1.1 Lakh Crore in Demands Move to Adjudication
Bombay HC16 Oct 2026
Sagar Darshan CHS v. Municipal Corporation
Redevelopment of Housing Society: Minority Dissent Cannot Stall Majority Decision, Rules Bombay High Court
Term of the day
Default bailThe right to be released when the investigating agency fails to file a chargesheet within the statutory period.
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Quote of the week
“The right to default bail is indefeasible. It cannot be whittled down by a paper filing.”
Supreme Court in Ravi Shekhar v. State of Maharashtra
Predatory Pricing in Competition Law: CCI Fines Quick Commerce Platforms ₹1,200 Crore for Below-Cost Discounting
The order finds deep discounting funded by investors was designed to exclude smaller rivals.
By Varun Khanna, Arbitration and competition correspondent
NCLATInsolvency
Group Insolvency Under IBC: NCLAT Clears First Consolidated Resolution Plan Covering Six Companies
Supreme CourtArbitration
Seat of Arbitration vs Venue: Seat Decides Jurisdiction Even If Hearings Are Held Elsewhere, Supreme Court Reiterates
SATSecurities
Insider Trading Regulations: SAT Quashes SEBI Order, Says Proximity and Timing Alone Do Not Prove UPSI Was Shared
GST on Online Gaming: Supreme Court Upholds 28% Tax on Full Bet Value as ₹1.1 Lakh Crore in Demands Move to Adjudication
A three-judge bench held that the 28% rate applies on the full face value of bets; demands stayed since 2024 now return to the adjudicating authorities.
By Meghna Sharma, Tax editor
Bombay HCDirect tax
Section 148A Reassessment Notices Beyond Three Years Need Section 151 Sanction, Rules Bombay High Court
CESTATCustoms
Customs Valuation Rules 2007: Declared Value Cannot Be Rejected Without Contemporaneous Import Evidence, Says CESTAT
Madras HCGST
Input Tax Credit Under GST Cannot Be Denied for Supplier's Default Alone: Madras High Court on Section 16 CGST Act
Harsh Vardhan
Policy correspondent, New Delhi
Pending Cases in India Have Crossed 5 Crore. Judicial Vacancies, Not Judges' Holidays, Are the Reason
Lekha Menon
Data protection correspondent
The Right to Privacy Case Was Nine Years Ago. Puttaswamy's Promise Is Still Waiting on a Data Protection Law That Works
Harsh Vardhan
Policy correspondent, New Delhi
Bail Is the Rule, Jail the Exception — So Why Are 4 Lakh Undertrials Still in Prison?
Dev Patel
Compliance correspondent
Independent Director in Name Only: Why India's Boards Keep Failing the Test and What SEBI Should Do
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The JusticeInside
Section 89 CPC Was Meant to Divert Cases to Mediation. Courts Treat It as a Box to Tick
New Criminal Laws Two Years On: How BNS, BNSS and BSA Have Changed India's Courtrooms
By Harsh Vardhan, Policy correspondent, New Delhi
Collegium System Deadlock: High Court Judicial Vacancies Hit 30% as 90 Recommendations Wait on the Government
By Harsh Vardhan, Policy correspondent, New Delhi
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Two years of the new criminal codes
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New Criminal Laws Two Years On: How BNS, BNSS and BSA Have Changed India's Courtrooms
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