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Delhi High Court orders takedown of fake sites offering jobs at Zepto; Grants interim injunction in trade mark dispute

The defendants were operating several websites and applications to trick the general public into believing that they were representatives/associates of Zepto and so as to scam them into paying for fake job opportunities with Zepto

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Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur organizing National Book Review Competition

This competition seeks to encourage students, research scholars, academicians, and legal practitioners from the field of law and allied disciplines to engage deeply with significant legal literature.

quashes law allowing Panchayat member term in office

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‘Creates confusion, absurdity and anomaly’; Manipur High Court quashes law allowing Panchayat members to continue in office beyond 5 years

The amendment in Section 22(3) of Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 created dual governing bodies for the same office by extending the tenure of Panchayat members to an indefinite period, when elections cannot be held within time.

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‘TNPPDL Act doesn’t cover private land’; Madras HC quashes charges in Mahatma Gandhi statue damage incident at school

“The Trial Court, shall not act like a post master that receives the final report from the Police and blindly proceed to frame charges on the premise that the final report would be perfect in all respects.”

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‘City should not be brought to a standstill’: Bombay HC directs Maratha reservation protestors to vacate streets

The Court questioned whether these protesters would clean up the streets, vacate them, go back home and let peace and let the tranquility prevail in Mumbai, so that the common man can lead a normal life?

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Court can implead husband’s paramour and seek mobile location of spouse in adultery cases: Delhi High Court

By allowing production of documents directly pertinent to the issues in dispute, the Court ensured the wife’s access to necessary evidence, while avoiding unnecessary intrusion into unrelated financial matters. Such a calibrated approach aligns with the principle of proportionality and prevents the discovery process from becoming a fishing expedition.

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Bombay High Court dismisses Jagruk Nagrik Sanghatana’s PIL alleging health hazards from telecommunication (mobile) towers

The Court further noted that the new statutory framework under Telecommunications Act, 2023 and Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024, now governs the installation, operation and maintenance of telecommunication towers.

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SERVICE LAW ROUNDUP: Landmark Rulings and Legislative Updates from August 2025

Catch up with the important Service Law cases across various High Courts and the Supreme Court as well as the legislative updates.

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‘Stigma of rape should not be on the victim but the perpetrator’; Delhi HC refuses to quash FIR in POCSO case; Imposes Rs 10,000 as costs

“There has to be paradigm shift in societal mindset by attaching stigma to the accused and not to the girl who underwent the horrid suffering by way of rape.”

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‘No longer in times when discrimination can be made between male and female’; Delhi High Court directs woman’s appointment to vacant IAF post

The distinction between male and female has, in the present time, been reduced to nothing more than a chance chromosomal circumstance, and ascribing, to it, any greater relevance would be illogical as well as anachronistic.

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‘Centre should have granted relief, rather than raising objection for delay’: P&H HC dismisses plea challenging war injury pension to 1971 Indo-Pak war soldier

The solider was not aware of the benefit of war injury pension, but the petitioners very well knew that the solider suffered an injury in war and is entitled to such benefit but still did not grant the said benefit and rather expected such solider to revert back, to claim the said benefit.

Habeas Corpus not substitute in custody disputes

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‘Writ of Habeas Corpus not substitute for meticulous determination of custody disputes’: P&H HC refrains from imposing costs on mother

‘The extraordinary jurisdiction of a writ Court should be invoked when the foundational jurisdictional fact of child being in illegal custody is demonstrably established or such exercise of jurisdiction is warranted by welfare of the child.’

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Tribunals and Commissions August 2025| Allegations of attempts from Higher Judiciary member to influence NCLAT members; NHRC Actions; Regulatory Penalties & More

Explore the key legal developments of August 2025, featuring the NHRC’s suo motu interventions, the NCLAT Judicial Member’s recusal amid claims of influence, SEBI’s penalties for insider trading, and the CCPA’s fine on Rapido for misleading ads.

CAM advises on Knowledge Realty REIT funding

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CAM advises Blackstone and Cessna Garden Developers on Knowledge Realty REIT’s Pre- IPO funding round aggregating to INR 1400 Crore

The investment was a key element of the REIT’s pre-IPO capital raise aimed at consolidating real estate assets (commercial office spaces) across India and strengthening its financial position. The REIT was successfully listed on the BSE and the NSE on August 18, 2025.

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DMD Wins inaugural season of M3M LawStrings Pickleball Cup

DMD Advocates emerged as the champions of the inaugural season of the M3M LawStrings Pickleball Cup

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Privatisation, Profits, and the Price of Lives: Unpacking the Ahmedabad Plane Crash of 2025

by Samriddhi Agarwal* and Nazia Rahman**

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Delhi High Court suspends trial Court judge, initiates disciplinary proceedings

Justice Sanjeev Kumar has been placed in suspension following a disciplinary proceeding.

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BITS Law School commences Admissions for 2026

Applications invited for 5-year integrated B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programmes at the BITS Pilani, Mumbai Campus

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The Hindu and ETV Bharat Contempt case dropped: J&K and Ladakh HC cautions media against scandalizing judiciary

“Any news, in respect of Courts and its working, made with a motive of degrading the judicial institution or lowering its prestige in the eyes of general public, eroded the public trust in the Courts and must be viewed as an ill-motivated interference in the administration of justice.”

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Andhra Pradesh HC directs Police to facilitate Viswa Hindu Parishad to carry out Vinayaka (Ganpati) procession on requested route

The Court suggested the Police to install cameras on the route on which the procession had to be carried on in order to keep an eye on trouble mongers.