Anubha Chaturvedi, Author at SCC Times

Top Legal Developments [12-18 Oct 2026]: AIBE-XXII syllabus, IBC appeal limitation, same arbitrator in 4,155 cases, and other Key verdicts and Policy Updates

A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.

Criminal Law September 2026 Roundup: Re-arrest, False Promise of Marriage, POCSO, DV Act, Delhi-NCR Safety Audit, and more

The September 2026 Criminal Law Roundup highlights important decisions of the Supreme Court and High Courts on crime against women and children, illegal arrest or detention, bail under NDPS Act, false promise of marriage, punishment under POCSO, cruelty under 498-A, victim’s testimony under rape cases, abetment of suicide and quashment of proceedings under domestic violence Act.

Legislation Updates Notifications

Supreme Court’s new sequencing of matters in cause list: fresh and early-hearing matters in Part A, after-notice in Part B

SCBA informs the revised arrangement of Cause List, to be published in 2 parts, ending the practice of assigning a sequence to matters at 10:30 a.m.

Legislation Updates Notifications

Supreme Court Bar Association announces new medical facility near D- Block for Bar Members

The proposed facilities are expected to become operational within 15 days after the Dussehra holidays, subject to completion of arrangements.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati HC Directs Bandhan Bank to Defreeze the Petitioner’s Bank Account; Orders to Hold Suspicious Amount Under Lien

The Court held that freezing of a person’s bank account and restricting them from making any transactions impacts the person’s right to earn livelihood and to carry out business transactions, which falls within right to life guaranteed under the Constitution.

Sole Arbitrator Justice T S Sivagnanam Kennel Club India

Case Briefs High Courts

Inside the Kennel Club of India Case: Madras HC on Section 21 Notice, Limitation and Appointment of Sole Arbitrator

The Court held that the application filed for appointment of sole arbitrator under Section 11(6), Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is maintainable as the requirement of notice under Section 21 becomes unnecessary where the petitioner had already disclosed all details in a prior civil suit and the respondent had responded by filing a Section 8 application acknowledging that the dispute must be resolved via arbitration.

Rajasthan bar council pending enrollment application

Case Briefs High Courts

What happens to advocate enrolment when Bar Council elections stall it? Rajasthan HC explains

The Court held that the pending applications for enrolment as an advocate, with Rajasthan Bar Council, due to Bar elections, affects the right of livelihood of the applicants and thus, directed to dispose of all the pending applications.

bank account freeze cyber fraud investigation

Case Briefs High Courts

Can your entire bank account be frozen over a ₹100 fraud alert? Here’s what the Rajasthan High Court Guidelines say

The Court issued guidelines stating conditions to be followed by the banks and investigating officers with respect to freezing, lien, hold, or seizure of bank accounts in cyber financial crime investigations, directing the respondents to review the restraints imposed on bank accounts in the light of given directions.

Case Briefs High Courts

A clear acquittal, not a technical one: Rajasthan HC holds non-disclosure of acquittal not fatal to appointment

The Court held that the rejection of candidature of the petitioner on the sole ground of non-disclosure of prior criminal proceedings where petitioner was acquitted, was contrary to law propounded in Avtar Singh case, as no criminal proceedings were pending against the petitioner and he was acquitted prior to the commencement of the recruitment process.

mobile screen separate commodity size relevant Rule 6(1)(f)

Case Briefs High Courts

How a Phone is actually priced or purchased: AP HC on why Screen Size isn’t “Relevant” for Legal Metrology Disclosure

Ruling in Samsung’s favour, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that a phone’s screen cannot be treated as a separate commodity requiring its own size declaration under the Legal Metrology Rules.

Pioneer Newspaper Arbitration Sole Arbitrator Justice Sujoy Paul

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh HC appoints Justice Sujoy Paul as Sole Arbitrator in Pioneer Newspaper Arbitration dispute

The Court held that the application filed for appointment of presiding arbitrator under Section 11(6), Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is maintainable as the place of arbitration referred in Clause 9 MoU becomes the juridical seat of arbitration under Section 20, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Family and personal law July roundup 2026

Legal RoundUp Topic-wise Roundup

From Preferential Rights Under Hindu Succession Law to Notarised Divorces: Everything That Happened in Family and Personal Law in July 2026

The July Roundup of Family and Personal Law contains important rulings and judgements from the Courts all over, on succession rights, marriage, divorce, inheritance rights under Oraon customary law and more.