Top Legal Developments [25 – 31 May 2026] | SC Issues Judgment Pronouncement Timelines, PM Modi Video Case, Twisha Sharma Case and More
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
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CAM advises AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. and its subsidiaries on sale of their business of providing ‘Engineering Services’
CAM’s mandate included strategic advisory, reviewing and negotiating transaction documents, finalising corporate authorisations, and advising on corporate and securities law aspects of the transaction.
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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advises Eicher Motors on joint venture with Volvo Group for financial services business in India
The transaction marks a strategic expansion of EML’s longstanding partnership with the Volvo Group and reflects EML’s proposed entry into the vehicle financing segment in India.
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Call for Enrolment | NLUJ Announces 1st Cartal Certificate Course on the Evolving Dynamics of International Arbitration, 2026
Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Arbitration Law, National Law University Jodhpur announces its 1st Certificate Course on the Evolving Dynamics of International Arbitration, 2026.
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No GST Notice or Assessment Against Non-Existent Entity Under Section 87, CGST Act; Liabilities to be Borne by Amalgamated Entity: Bombay High Court
The Court held that once a company ceases to exist pursuant to amalgamation, proceedings cannot be continued and an assessment order cannot be passed in its name.
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IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 returns to Astana this June — Register Now
This year’s programme will feature distinguished contributions from Gary Born, one of the world’s leading authorities in international arbitration, and Professor Loukas Mistelis, internationally recognised arbitration scholar and expert on the Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey.
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DoPT Guidelines Permitting Later Submission of Caste Certificate Prevail Over Prescribed Cut-Off Date in Advertisement: Tripura High Court
The Court noted that DoPT guidelines allowed candidates claiming SC/ST/OBC reservation to be considered based on prima facie proof and to furnish the prescribed caste certificate within a reasonable time thereafter.
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas welcomes Hiral Motta as a Partner in its Real Estate Practice
Hiral joined erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. in 2007. She has also worked with K Raheja Corp as Vice President Legal for Commercial vertical. Hiral graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2005.
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Sexually Assaulted at 15, Delivered a Child at 16, Dropped Out of School: Meghalaya HC Upholds POCSO Conviction; Directs Benefits for Survivor and Her Child
Meghalaya High Court upholds the conviction under Sections 6 and 8, POCSO Act for 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fine. The Court directed the DLSA and the DCPO, East Khasi Hills District to ensure that the benefits under POCSO, are made available to the survivor and her child at the earliest.
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President Appoints Four Chief Justices and One Senior Advocate to Supreme Court, Taking Working Strength Closer to New Sanctioned Strength of 38
The President of India has appointed four High Court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V. Mohana as Judges of the Supreme Court of India, implementing the recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on 27 May 2026.
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Call for Blogs | Kautilya’s Take by Kautilya Society, NUSRL Ranchi Invites Submissions
Kautilya Society, NUSRL Ranchi invites submissions for the second edition of Kautilya’s Take, its policy blog dedicated to law, governance and public policy discourse.
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The Missing Right to Seek Arrest in Criminal Investigation
by M. Aswin Rome Pon Saravanan*
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‘Too Soon to Rule Out Criminality’: Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Madhu Kishwar’s Anticipatory Bail Plea in PM Modi Video Case
“Such posts can create disharmony, encourage separatist sentiments and put the unity and integrity at peril.”
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Visa Delays, Expired Deadlines, State Inaction: Rajasthan HC Holds Scholarship Cannot Be Denied to Student Who Never Started His Studies
Holding that the interpretation of Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for Academic Excellence Yojana Guidelines 2025 has to be done in a manner to help the student to pursue his course and not to create hurdles, the Rajasthan High Court directed the State Government to immediately release the scholarship amount.
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Let Justice Breathe: Request Against Gowns in Peak Summer to Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Senior Advocate Brijesh Kumar Shukla has urged the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to relax the prescribed dress code for advocates, citing severe heatwave conditions, health concerns and similar relaxations granted by other High Courts.
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Minor Discrepancy in Demand Notice Cannot Defeat Section 138 NI Act: Jabalpur Sessions Court Reverses Acquittal in Cheque Dishonour Case
“Acquittal in cheque dishonour case was set aside on the grounds that mere clerical discrepancies in the actual amount due and the amount mentioned in the demand notice under Section 138 proviso (b) NI Act do not negate the existence of a legally enforceable liability and mere denial is not enough to rebut the presumption under Section 139.”
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Who Owns Your Digital Assets After a Person Dies? Gandhinagar Court Says Legal Heirs Do; Directs Apple to Hand Over the Data
“The right to privacy, being an inherently personal right, does not survive the death of the individual.”
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Government-backed Stressed Asset Stabilisation Fund trust
The transaction marks the culmination of over two decades of stressed asset resolution by SASF, India’s first bad bank, established to acquire and recover stressed loan assets transferred from IDBI in 2004.
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Supreme Court Says FIR Delay Alone Cannot Be Ground for Bail in Dowry Death Cases
In Mahesh Chand v. State of U.P., the Supreme Court cancelled bail granted in a dowry death case and reiterated that courts
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