Digital evidence

Supreme Court July 2026
Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

From a fake AI-generated precedent that voided an insolvency order to a stray bull attack that reshaped animal-welfare law, July 2026 was one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential months. Explore 30+ rulings spanning constitutional law, criminal justice, technology, and human rights, plus the appointments, transfers, and numbers behind the month’s docket.

data theft ad-interim injunction proprietary customer database
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The Court passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the respondents on ground of data theft, protecting complainant’s proprietary customer database upon observing that a prima facie case has been established showing unauthorized data copying, download, and extraction within the strict definition of Section 43(b), Information Technology Act, 2000.

Suresh Rathore in Ankita Bhandari case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Four FIRs were filed against former MLA Suresh Rathore arising from social media posts projecting complainants as involved in the Ankita Bhandari murder, a case that had already concluded with three convictions and life sentences. Two were lodged by persons who were neither the victim nor the affected party, covering the same allegations as the victim’s own FIR.

madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The data available in the mobile phone has to be converted and thereafter forensic examination of digital evidence has to be made. Hence, the seizure of the phone along with sim card was important as encrypted files are available in the phone. For this reason, the phone was seized, and now sent for forensic examination after obtaining permission from Trial Court.”

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court clarified that it is a legal matter between the petitioner and the Directorate of Enforcement, not a conflict between political parties. It stressed the need for the court to maintain its focus on the legal merits of the case, without being influenced by political dynamics.