Sonali Ahuja, Author at SCC Times

“What are you trying to solve?”: Sarah Walton Provides Blueprint for Law Firms Seeking to Embrace AI at LegalTechTalk 2026

At LegalTechTalk 2026, Weightmans Managing Partner Sarah Walton delivered a direct message to the legal profession: the greatest risk from AI is not that firms use it — it is that they prohibit it without providing secure alternatives, driving lawyers to use publicly available tools like ChatGPT with client data they have no business feeding into them.

What NASA’s greatest disasters teach law firms about innovation: John Saiz’s keynote at LegalTechTalk 2026

LegalTechTalk 2026 opens with Bradley Collins on why transformation is about people, not technology and John Saiz on what NASA’s greatest disasters teach us about building cultures that can actually innovate.

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Events & Collaborations Institutional Events

“You have to apply your brain and heart”: CJI Surya Kant draws the limits of artificial intelligence in mediation at Indian High Commission London

At the Mediation Event organised by the Indian High Commission in London, the panelists reinforced that the future of mediation lies not in replacing human mediators with artificial intelligence, but in creating a collaborative model where technology strengthens human-led dispute resolution while preserving its core values of trust, human perception, and understanding.

CJI Surya Kant Indian High Commission London

Events & Collaborations Institutional Events

“People in India talk of, understand, and prefer mediation”: CJI Surya Kant speaks at Indian High Commission at London

From Lok Adalats to the Mediation Act, CJI Surya Kant mapped India’s mediation journey at the Indian High Commission in London, while Lord Hamblen, Ms. Brimelow KC and Mr. Dixon placed the UK’s mandatory mediation reforms alongside it.

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Case Briefs High Courts

“Parents Who Solemnise Child Marriages Cannot Escape Liability”: MP High Court Tells Husband to Seek Recourse from Them, Enhances Wife’s Maintenance Threefold

Disclaimer: This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to

Legal RoundUp Weekly Roundup

TOP LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK [8-13 June, 2026] | Homemakers are Nation Builders; NEET-UG paper leak; Anjana Om Kashyap v. Khan Sir Defamation Suit; and more

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

Case Briefs High Courts

MP Cough Syrup Deaths Case| MP HC Denies Bail to Paediatric Doctor Who Prescribed Banned Fixed Dose Compound to Children Below 4 Despite Government Circular

The Court noted that the accused prescribed the fixed dose compound to the children below the age of 4 years, which was banned by the Government Circular, due to which many innocent children died.

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 5: Key Supreme Court Cases on Industrial Disputes, Income Tax, Insurance, Wildlife, & Commercial Courts

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 5 on double taxation, insurance contract, pre-institution mediation, and more.

Overlap Between Arbitration and Corruption

Events & Collaborations International London International Disputes Week

Raising red flags, navigating parallel proceedings, underlying illegalities: 39 Essex Chambers & Fieldfisher discuss overlap between arbitration & corruption

The esteemed panel from 39 Essex Chambers and Field Fisher discussed intertwining criminal and commercial disputes, engagement of arbitral tribunals with corruption concerns, measures taken by solicitors, and much more at LIDW 2026.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Communal Harmony Forms the Bedrock of a Democratic Nation”: Allahabad HC Rejects Bail to Main Conspirator in Bareilly Violence Case

The High Court observed that permitting individuals like the accused to incite divisions on religious grounds for political gain threatens to unravel the social fabric of the country and poses a serious risk to national integrity.

Events & Collaborations ICA Conference

ICA 2026 | Reforming the Domestic and Attracting the Foreign: Experts Discuss Investor Confidence, Enforcement Challenges, and AI Regulation at the 4th ICA Conference

The fireside chat at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes” examined the challenges of enforcement, arbitration efficiency, judicial intervention, institutional reforms, AI regulation, third-party funding, and investor confidence.

Events & Collaborations ICA Conference

ICA 2026 | ‘The Best Dispute is the One That Never Arises’: Legal Professionals Discuss Pendency, Commercial Pragmatism, Mediation, & Forensic Investigations at 4th ICA Conference

At a panel discussion at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes”, the speakers agreed that while disputes may be inevitable in business, successful commercial ecosystems were defined not by the absence of disputes, but rather by avoiding them and if they arise, resolving them efficiently, fairly, and with minimal disruption to long-term relationships and commerce.

Events & Collaborations GCAI Conference International

Legal Leaders Chart the Roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047 Through Governance, Innovation, and ADR Reform at GCAI Conference on Indo-UK Partnership

At the 2026 GCAI Conference on India-UK Partnership, the esteemed panellists discussed achieving the Viksit Bharat 2047 goal by making changes in legal institutions, providing access to justice with technology, using mediation in investor-state disputes, navigating AI in Law, and much more.

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 4: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Constitution, Electricity, Legal Metrology & Port Trusts

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 4 Part 4 on reference to arbitration, appointment of district judges, electricity distribution, tariff revision, and more.

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Events & Collaborations ICA Conference

From Comparison to Co-Creation: CJI Surya Kant Proposes Joint Indo-UK Arbitrator Training, Fast-Track Procedures and Arb-Med Framework at 4th ICA Conference

The Chief Justice of India delivered a thought-provoking keynote address at the 4th International Conference of the ICA on Arbitrating Indo-UK Disputes, urging the global arbitration community to return to the foundational purpose of arbitration and ensure that dispute resolution remains accessible, efficient, and responsive to the needs of modern commerce.

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Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

LIDW 2026| ‘The Arbitrator Is Dead, Long Live the AiBitrator’: RPC and Stephenson Harwood Debate Whether AI Should Replace Human Arbitrators

At a formal LIDW 2026 debate hosted by RPC and Stephenson Harwood, counsel argued both sides of a motion to replace human arbitrators with AI while the Tribunal called the whole question a false binary. The debate on AI arbitrators was more candid surprising than most.

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

‘The Last 25 Years Will Be Nothing Compared to the Next 25’: Experts Debate Tradition and Transformation in Dispute Resolution at LIDW 2026

Sir Geoffrey Vos, Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, VK Rajah SC and Dr. Emilia Onyema examined whether digital justice systems, AI and accountability can deliver meaningful access to justice or whether the technology divide will deepen the inequalities they are meant to solve.

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

‘A Journey Rather Than a Plan’: At LIDW 2026, Clare Wardle Reflects on What It Really Takes to Be a General Counsel in a World of Geopolitical Risk and AI Disruption

In a wide-ranging interview at LIDW 2026, the former Coca-Cola Europacific Partners General Counsel reflects on cross-border disputes, AI’s impact on legal practice, access to justice, and why she would choose the same career again. In an interesting segment of LIDW 2026, Mr. Hilton Mervis, Litigation Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, held an engaging conversation with Ms. Clare Wardle, Former General Counsel and Company Secretary, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, on her insights as a general counsel.

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

Deepfakes, Disclosure and the Privilege Gap: Experts Discuss AI, Authenticity, and the Future of Evidence at LIDW 2026

A LIDW 2026 panel of arbitrators, judges and in-house counsel delved into the impact of AI on the legal industry, including manufactured evidence, the need for new rules on privilege and disclosure, and the reduced cost of generating legal documents for claims.

Events & Collaborations London International Disputes Week

Climate Obligations, Supply Chain Uncertainty, & Shifting Regulatory Frameworks: Experts Discuss Energy Arbitrations in a Changing World at LIDW 2026

At LIDW 2026, as part of International Arbitration Day discussions, an expert panel gathered to discuss energy disruptions, rising climate obligations, emerging arbitrations, shifting state priorities, and much more.