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1. Bar Council Chief Apologises After Order 'Banning' Students From Becoming Lawyers

Bar Council Chief Apologises After Order 'Banning' Students From Becoming Lawyers The order was issued after students from the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad had opposed a convocation invitatio

2. Wrongfully Discharged Judicial Officer Entitled To Career Benefits: Supreme Court

Wrongfully Discharged Judicial Officer Entitled To Career Benefits: Supreme Court

Wrongfully Discharged Judicial Officer Entitled To Career Benefits: Supreme Court Wrongfully Discharged Judicial Officer Entitled To Career Benefits: Supreme Court Supreme Court protects career progression after wrongful judicial discharge. The Supreme Court has held that a judicial officer who was wrongfully discharged from service cannot be denied career progression, including Selection Scale and Super Time Scale, merely because the requisite Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) were unavailable for the period he was unlawfully kept out of service. A Bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said an employer cannot rely on its own wrongful act, specifically a wrongful discharge or dismissal, to deny an employee the consequential service benefits, including selection scales or promotions, that the employee would have earned had he remained in service. Missing ACRs and career progression The Supreme Court said where the requisite number of ACRs are unavailable because the employer itself wrongfully kept the employee out of service, the employee's eligibility for promotion or higher pay scales must be assessed on the basis of the remaining valid ACRs available on record. The Bench also emphasized that a public servant cannot be prejudiced by the non-communication of ACRs. Uncommunicated ACR entries cannot be used to the detriment of an employee while determining his career advancement or entitlement to higher pay scales. "An employer is precluded from taking advantage of its own wrong of wrongfully dismissing an employee to deny the consequential benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had they remained in service," the Bench said. "When an employee is completely exonerated and found not blameworthy, they are entitled to all benefits including pay and promotion from the date they would have normally received them," it added.

3. Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire And Judicial Sanctity

Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire And Judicial Sanctity Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire

Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire And Judicial Sanctity

Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire And Judicial Sanctity Independence And The Law: How The CJP Campaign Tests The Boundary Between Digital Satire And Judicial Sanctity With the CJP campaign, concerns have been raised over viral memes and commercial exploitation of courtroom proceedings. The intersection of live-streamed justice and digital free speech has triggered a critical constitutional debate over the boundaries of public accountability and judicial sanctity. The Supreme Court's recent formal notice on a PIL targeting the viral 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP) campaign presents a dual challenge: safeguarding the citizen's democratic right to political satire while protecting the institutional integrity of the nation's highest court from systematic, commercialised distortion. On August 11, 2026, notice was issued in a PIL (Raja Choudhary v. Union of India & Ors.) filed before the Supreme Court in which concerns were raised over the commercial exploitation of court footage and the prevalence of fake advocates. The petition specifically raised alarms regarding the "Cockroach Janta Party" campaign using stripped courtroom observations for monetisation and called for a CBI probe into fake legal credentials. This stems from the proceedings held on May 15, 2026 in Sanjay Dubey vs Registrar General, High Court of Delhi & Anr., during which certain metaphorical expressions, including the word “cockroach”, were allegedly used in the course of courtroom exchanges concerning procedural misuse of courts, Senior Advocate designations, and declining professional standards within the legal system. Concerns have been raised over activities allegedly associated with a so-called “Cockroach Janta Party,” claiming that courtroom exchanges are being converted into “digitally marketable content, political symbolism and viral commodities.” As…

4. A Small Act Of Independence: Kerala Bar Holds Firm On Its Right To Hoist The Tricolour

A Small Act Of Independence: Kerala Bar Holds Firm On Its Right To Hoist The Tricolour

A Small Act Of Independence: Kerala Bar Holds Firm On Its Right To Hoist The Tricolour A Small Act Of Independence: Kerala Bar Holds Firm On Its Right To Hoist The Tricolour Kerala HC "Bar vs Bench" Flag-Hoisting Dispute The structural health of an independent judiciary relies heavily on maintaining an equal partnership and mutual respect between the Bar and the Bench. The Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association’s recent decision to protect its 30-year-old Independence Day tradition against administrative requests highlights how organic, grassroots legal conventions preserve internal institutional democracy from being overwritten by top-down directives. The Two Wheels of the Chariot: Defining the Bar-Bench Symmetry Indian jurisprudence has long rejected the idea that the Bar exists in service of the Bench. Advocates and judges are frequently described, in bar council speeches and court pronouncements alike, as two wheels of the same chariot: distinct in function, but equal in standing, and both essential to the administration of justice moving forward at all. The Bench interprets and adjudicates; the Bar argues, represents, and, crucially, keeps the system honest through adversarial scrutiny. A judiciary is only as independent as the community of advocates who appear before it is willing and able to be, and that independence is difficult to sustain if the Bar's institutional identity is gradually folded into the administrative machinery of the court itself. This is where the Independence Day connection becomes clear. Institutional autonomy is not preserved through declarations alone; it survives through the everyday respecting of internal domains.

5. Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court

Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court

Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court

Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court Motor Vehicle Act| Earning Married Children Can Claim Parent's Accident Compensation: Supreme Court Supreme Court recognises compensation rights of earning children. The Supreme Court has held that major married children who are gainfully employed are still legal representatives entitled to claim compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act for the death of a parent. However, the quantum of compensation would depend on the extent of their dependency. A Bench of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and N V Anjaria noted that the expression “legal representative” has not been defined under the Motor Vehicles Act, but signifies a person who in law represents the estate of the deceased. “Legal representatives, including major married children who may be earning, are entitled to maintain a claim petition for compensation upon the death of a parent,” Court said. Court was considering an appeal filed by Sameem Begum against the June 30, 2022 judgment of the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. The high court had enhanced the motor accident compensation payable to the appellants from Rs 8,44,000 to Rs 11,00,672, with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of the order passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Hyderabad, till realisation. Compensation for a parent’s death and extent of dependency The Supreme Court clarified that the extent of dependency would have a bearing on the quantum of compensation. The matter arose from the death of 48-year-old Shaik Janimiya, a pedestrian who succumbed to injuries sustained after being hit by a car driven in a rash and negligent manner on June 23, 2016.

1. Mageba Bridge Products Private Limited vs. Trade Centre (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0867/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Mageba Bridge Products Private Limited and Trade Centre, focusing on whether the suit for recovery of money was barred by limitation and if the

2. Union of India (UOI) vs. Sunil Biyani (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0866/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Bombay High Court could grant protection from arrest to Sunil Biyani after dismissing his pre-arrest bail application. The Union of India appealed agai

3. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School vs. M. Vimala and Ors. (06.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0865/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School and M. Vimala regarding the termination of Vimala's probationary teaching position due to her B. Ed. deg

4. Punjab National Bank vs. Shree Jyoti Education and Management Trust World and Ors. (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0864/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Shree Jyoti Education and Management Trust regarding the settlement of a loan account. The core issue was whethe

5. Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited vs. Rekha and Ors. (12.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0863/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the liability of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) for compensation due to electrocution incidents involving Rekha and others. The court exa

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