10+ hour, 4+ min ago (298+ words) Most juniors "edit" old templates and call it "contract drafting." But in real matters, one wrong clause can cost a client crores!" Contract drafting"is the most important skill in the legal industry. The legal industry faces a lot of time-sensitive"contracts"that need to be drafted. Whether you want to work as a litigating lawyer, corporate lawyer, in-house counsel, or in any other field of law, you should be able to clearly draft and negotiate your agreements. Join"Bettering Results (BR) Contract"Drafting & Negotiation Course 23rd batch and learn step by step from India's leading lawyers. Batch starts on December 6, 2025 with classes only on weekends." Avail Offer now. Enrollments are closing shortly. Join today! Learn directly from the best" Mentors include top contract drafting experts from Khaitan & Co., Desai & Diwanji, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Fox Mandal & Associates and more. Hands-on practical…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago (655+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up several States and the Union government for failing to comply with its 2020 judgement mandating installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations [In Re: Lack of functional CCTVs in Police Stations]. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said that custodial deaths were a "blot on the system" and the Union government seemed to be taking the Supreme Court "too lightly" that even a compliance affidavit was not filed as per its earlier orders. The Court was hearing a suo motu case taken up earlier this year after a newspaper report revealed 11 custodial deaths in Rajasthan in eight months, despite the Court's directions in Paramvir Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh requiring functional CCTV cameras with night vision across all police stations in the country. Justice Mehta opened the hearing by referring to…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago (484+ words) The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of "1 lakh on JioMart (Reliance Retail Limited) for listing and selling walkie-talkies without mandatory statutory disclosures. A coram of Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare and Commissioner Anupam Mishra held that the platform engaged in misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The proceedings were initiated suo motu after the regulator found that walkie-talkies were being sold on JioMart without disclosing whether the devices required licensing or complied with wireless spectrum norms. The CCPA noted that the use of walkie-talkies in India is regulated under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933, with frequency permissions administered by the Wireless Planning & Coordination (WPC) Wing of the Ministry of Communications. Devices outside the 446.0446.2 MHz band require licences and mandatory Equipment Type Approval (ETA). However, JioMart's product listings did not disclose the operating…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago (515+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday took a dim view of a Christian Army officer's refusal to participate in religious rituals at his regiment's temple and gurdwara [Samuel Kamalesan v. Union of India]. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi asked whether the refusal did not amount to hurting the religious feelings of the soldiers subordinate to him. "If this is the attitude of an Army officer, then what to say!," CJI Kant remarked as it upheld the dismissal of Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan. The Army stated that despite assurances from commanding officers and consultations with Christian clergy suggesting no conflict, he refused to change his stand. He was thus terminated in 2021. According to the Army, the officer's refusal undermined unit cohesion and troop morale. In May this year, the Delhi High Court had upheld his…...

21+ hour, 16+ min ago (212+ words) Indian born British academic, novelist and poet Nitasha Kaul has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Central government's decision to blacklist her from entering India and cancelling her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status. Kaul's writ petition is listed for hearing on November 25 before Justice Sachin Datta. Kaul is a professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster. Kaul, who has Kashmiri Pandit roots, studied economics at SRCC (Delhi University) and completed a joint PhD in Economics and Philosophy in the UK.She has written extensively on Kashmir, nationalism, and Hindutva. After the revocation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Kaul testified before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs about human rights in Kashmir. According to news reports, in February 2024, Kaul arrived at Bengaluru airport to attend a "Constitution and National Unity" conference, invited by the Karnataka…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago (372+ words) The Delhi High Court has held that a wife's acts of cruelty towards her husband cannot be condoned by taking into account her pregnancy. The Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Renu Bhatnagar said that the occurrence of a pregnancy or temporary reconciliation cannot erase antecedent acts of cruelty. "The occurrence of pregnancy or temporary reconciliation cannot erase antecedent acts of cruelty, particularly when the record demonstrates that the Respondent's abusive conduct, threats, and denial of cohabitation persisted thereafter. Cruelty must be judged from the entirety of the circumstances and not from isolated episodes of reconciliation," the Court stated." The Court made the observations while overturning a family court's decision and granting a divorce to a husband. It was stated that the couple had gotten married in the year 2016. The husband filed for divorce in 2021 on the grounds…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago (64+ words) The Supreme Court recently issued directions requiring Advocates-on-Record (AoRs) to make sure that photographs in the paper-books (petitions and other document ... State of Goa & Ors]..The directive was part of an interim order passed in a property dispute The Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant (now Chief Justice of India), SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order on November 21...