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Ensuring judicial safety is the prime duty of State: Madhya Pradesh HC seeks detailed plan of official District Judges housing following threats faced by Judge for passing an order

Noting that many Judges lacked official accommodations, the Court stated that the first security measure was to ensure proper housing facilities for District Judges, as living in residential areas exposes them to the public at large.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad HC slams NHAI for arbitrary contract termination of Tata for highway construction, directs joint review of project site and expeditious project completion

The Court remarked that it was one of those cases where the authority instead of carrying out its own obligations, kept on tightening the screw upon the contractor to finish the work within the extended timeline.

Eurasia Arbitration Week Events & Collaborations International

From cross-border M&A to procedural efficiency, ADR education to Silk Road, Investment Arbitration to ADR trends: Key Takeaways from IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

The IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 platformed a wide range of panel discussions, speeches, special discussions, and much more wherein esteemed legal professionals provided their remarkable insights. This article includes key takeaways from the conference.

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Case Briefs High Courts

Termination of pregnancy cases are urgent. Why is time being wasted in taking permissions from Courts?: MP HC allows 10-week pregnant minor rape victim’s plea

The Court remarked that it was repeatedly coming across such matters where, instead of proceeding with the termination of pregnancy, the authorities were shifting their burden to one another, leading to matters travelling up to the Courts seeking permission to carry out the procedure.

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2026 SCC Vol. 5 Part 4 : Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Consumer Protection, Education Law, IBC, and more

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 5 Part 4 on quasi-judicial authorities, delay in delivery of possession, contract labour, cooperative societies and more.

Case Briefs High Courts

Shariat Law Cannot Override Child Marriage Prohibition: Allahabad HC Dismisses FIR Quashment Bid by Family That Attacked Police While Stopping 16-Year-Old’s Marriage

The Court held that the Shariat Law providing for puberty as the competent age under the law, permissible for a girl to marry or be married, violates the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the POCSO Act.

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Practical ADR education, Moot Competitions and building the next generation of lawyers: Experts discuss experiential learning at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

In a student-oriented panel discussion at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026, the panel title “The Role of Practical Programs in the Development of ADR Education” examined how experiential legal education, moot competitions, ADR clinics, and institutional collaborations are reshaping arbitration practice.

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Transforming ADR Education: Academics discuss experiential learning, AI, and clinical legal education for next generation of lawyers at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

In a student-oriented panel discussion at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026, academics explored the future of ADR education, emphasizing the role of experiential learning, legal clinics, AI, behavioural science, and institutional collaboration in preparing globally competitive lawyers.

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Fear, paper, people and power: Experts debate procedural efficiency in arbitration at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

Blending legal principles with practical experience, empirical studies and humour, the debate titled “Procedural Efficiency in Arbitration: Myth, Mantra or Menace?” underscored the constant balancing exercise between due process, document production, witnesses, and state treatment versus efficiency, economy, and the search for justice.

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TOP LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK [29 June-5 July 2026] | Nirav Modi’s personal guarantee; AI-Generated cases; Raghav Chadha’s Defamation Suit; and more

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

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2026 SCC Vol. 5 Part 3: Key Supreme Court Cases on Arbitration, Medical Law, CGST, Education Law, and more and more

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 5 Part 3 on arbitral awards, teachers, fire insurance, GST attachment, and more.

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Evolving Investment Arbitration Landscape: Experts discuss BIT reforms, State practice, and emergence of Investment Mediation at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

The session explored both the remarkable institutional developments taking place across Central Asia and the broader global movement towards modernising investment treaties through balanced treaty drafting, stronger procedural safeguards, and greater emphasis on dispute prevention.

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Ushering new era of Kazakhstan’s legal system: Justice Margarita Odintsova and Justice Aigul Kydyrbayeva deliver notable addresses at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026

From what does the new Constitution represent to the Supreme Court’s efforts in the arbitration ecosystem, Justice Margarita Odintsova and Justice Aigul Kydyrbayeva deliver notable addresses at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026.

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‘A haven of legal peace in a world that gets more complex by the minute’: IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 opens in Astana with calls for stronger institutions and independent dispute resolution

From Kazakhstan’s new Constitution reinforcing the rule of law to the AIFC Court’s year-on-year growth in cases, mediations and delegate numbers, the opening ceremony of EAW26 set the tone for a conference that has grown from a single online session in 2022 into one of Eurasia’s most significant gatherings for international arbitration practitioners, policymakers and academics.

Case Briefs High Courts

Husband who called police himself after killing pregnant wife gets life sentence commuted to 7 years: MP HC holds verbal taunt amounted to grave and sudden provocation

The Court found that the wife’s statement that she could keep a thousand husbands like him constituted grave and sudden provocation within Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC, and that the fatal injuries were consistent with a single blow rather than repeated pelting, bringing the case within Section 304 Part II rather than Part I.

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How legal teams can make smart tech choices: Experts discuss AI adoption, governance, and future of Legal Tech at LegalTechTalk 2026

In a panel discussion titled “How to Make Smart Tech Strategy Choices in 2026 and Beyond” at LegalTechTalk 2026, the panellists explained that successful legal technology strategies are built not on the latest tools but on a careful understanding of people, processes, governance, and long-term organizational goals.

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AI in the Courtroom: Answering why human judgment remains the cornerstone of legal innovation at LegalTechTalk 2026

In the session titled “AI in Courtroom”, Ms. Mona Datt and Ms. Caoimhe Powell discussed the journey of AI in Law from skepticism to curiosity, keeping humans in the loop, transparency and disclosures, analyzing risk levels, and much more. The panel underscored that AI can accelerate legal work, but justice itself continues to depend upon human responsibility, critical reasoning, and professional accountability.

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“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.

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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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“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.