Author: Anvita Dwivedi
Kochi, 26 February 2026: The Kerala High Court has taken significant interim measures in the legal controversy surrounding the upcoming Hindi film The Kerala Story 2 goes Beyond by temporarily staying its release and raising pointed questions about the Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) decision to grant it a U/A certificate. The film, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and directed by Kamakhya Narayan Singh, was scheduled for a nationwide theatrical release on 27 February 2026. A single-judge bench led by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas on Thursday granted an interim stay on the film’s release and distribution rights, observing prima…
New Delhi, 26 February 2026: The Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, has reconstituted the three-member parliamentary inquiry committee tasked with examining the allegations of corruption and misconduct against Justice Yashwant Varma, currently a judge of the Allahabad High Court. This move comes in light of the upcoming retirement of one of the committee’s original members and ensures continuity in the ongoing probe under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. According to an official notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the inquiry committee will be reshaped with effect from 6 March 2026. Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the Bombay High…
New Delhi, 26 February 2026: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of contentious content in a newly released NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook, leading to an ongoing hearing before a Constitutional bench and swift responses from educational authorities. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, is hearing the matter titled In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade-8 (Part-2) Published by NCERT and Ancillary Issues. The Court’s intervention follows widespread concern over a chapter that discusses “corruption in the judiciary” a reference that…
New Delhi, 25 February 2026: The Supreme Court of India today dismissed a petition seeking to ban or change the title of the upcoming Hindi film Yadav Ji Ki Love Story, holding that the film’s name does not cast the Yadav community in a negative light and therefore does not warrant judicial interference. A bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the writ petition filed by the chief of the Vishwa Yadav Parishad, who contended that the movie’s title offended community sentiments and propagated a derogatory stereotype. The petitioner argued that linking a community name with “Love Story”…
New Delhi, February 25, 2026: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday granted interim relief to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren by staying criminal proceedings initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in a case alleging willful non-compliance with summons issued during a high-profile money-laundering investigation. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi passed an interim order keeping in abeyance the criminal complaint proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, while issuing notice to the ED on Soren’s Special Leave Petition challenging a Jharkhand High Court decision that…
New Delhi, February 25, 2026: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday issued a significant clarification regarding the use of Class 10 (Madhyamik) admit cards in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls being conducted in West Bengal ahead of the state elections. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, accompanied by Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, made it clear that Madhyamik admit cards issued by the West Bengal State Board can be utilised for identity verification during the SIR exercise only if they are accompanied by the corresponding pass certificates. The clarification…
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is catalysing one of the most profound shifts in legal leadership since the emergence of corporate law departments. In a recent conversation at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Anne E. Robinson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer of IBM, provided a powerful new lens on this evolution portraying the modern General Counsel not merely as a legal interpreter but as a strategist, technologist, and business enabler in an AI-driven world. Traditionally, GCs were seen primarily as custodians of compliance, managing contracts, litigation, and regulatory risk. However, Robinson emphasises that this definition is no…
In a significant legal development affecting cross-border matrimonial disputes, the Family Court at Patiala House Courts, Delhi has directed former Indian cricket captain Shikhar Dhawan’s estranged wife Aesha Mukherjee to return approximately ₹5.72 crore that he had been compelled to pay her under a “property settlement” decree issued by an Australian family court. The Delhi court held that the foreign court’s order based on Australian family law concepts is alien to Indian matrimonial jurisprudence and therefore unenforceable on Indian soil. Court Holds Foreign ‘Property Settlement’ Not Recognised in India While adjudicating Dhawan’s civil suit challenging enforcement of the Australian judgment,…
New Delhi, 25 Feb 2026: The Supreme Court of India delivered a trenchant reminder that no religion, caste, region or community including Brahmins can be targeted, denigrated, or vilified through public expression, whether by art, speech, film, literature, or by public office-holders such as ministers. The observations came during hearing of petitions challenging the title and promotional content of a Netflix film alleged to offend sections of society. A Bench comprising of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the matter in Atul Mishra v. Union of India and stressed that the Constitution’s scheme requires a delicate balance between freedom…
New Delhi, 24 Feb 2026: In a significant development in a high-profile anti-terror law case, the Supreme Court of India has declined to disturb the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s order refusing bail to senior lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom, the former president of the Kashmir High Court Bar Association, who is incarcerated in a matter registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA). A bench comprising Justice M. M. Sundresh and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh made it clear that it would not intercede with the merits of the bail rejection. However, recognizing Qayoom’s advanced age and serious…