Rajasthan High Court Declines Writ In Janani Express Contract Dispute, Cites Agreed Dispute Resolution Mechanism

The Rajasthan High Court has declined to entertain a writ petition filed by Modern Emergency Services JV Pvt. Ltd. over its Janani Express contract with the State.The company had sought a six-month extension of its service agreement. It had also sought reimbursement for 350 newly procured ambulances. In addition, it challenged Clause 6.4(35) of a fresh Request for Proposal issued on November 26, 2025. Justice Maneesh Sharma held that the principal grievances arise out of a commercial contract....

Supreme Court Grants Bail In Alleged Online Investment Fraud Case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Paramjit Kharb in a case arising out of an alleged online investment fraud involving the use of bank accounts opened in the name of “R.S. Trading,” holding that “the case for bail is made out.” A Bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the appeal challenging the Delhi High Court's order refusing regular bail. The Court observed, “Considering the facts on record, in our view, the case for bail is made out,” and directed that...

Telangana High Court Restrains Ex Karix Mobile Employees From Sharing Trade Secrets With Competitor

Holding that the sudden loss of a major client gave rise to an “unshakable inference” of breach of confidence, the Telangana High Court has set aside a trial court order and granted interim protection to Karix Mobile Private Limited against its former senior employees who joined competitor OneXtel Limited. A Division Bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar allowed the appeal and overturned the October 6, 2025 order of the trial court, which had rejected Karix's...

Bombay High Court Upholds NMC Regulation Allowing Only Non-Profit Companies To Set Up Medical Colleges

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad recently upheld Regulation 6 of the Establishment of Medical Institutions, Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023, which allows only non-profit companies to establish new medical colleges and hospitals. A division bench of Justices Sandipkumar C. More and Abasaheb D. Shinde held that the rule is a valid exercise of regulatory power and is consistent with the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. The regulations were framed by the National Medical...

Managing Director Liable For Dishonoured Company Cheques Where He Ran Its Day-to-Day Affairs: Kerala High Court

A Managing Director who was in charge of a company's day-to-day affairs and who signed its cheques can be held vicariously liable for cheque dishonour, the Kerala High Court has held, dismissing a revision plea by a company's former head. Justice M.B. Snehalatha upheld the conviction of V.J. Joseph, the former Managing Director of J and A Foundations Pvt. Ltd., in a cheque dishonour case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It involved three cheques issued by the company. The...

Mere Renting Of Residential Flat Does Not Take Away Buyer's Consumer Rights: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has clarified that the mere act of leasing or renting out a residential flat does not by itself take a homebuyer outside the protection of consumer law. The Court ruled that a buyer can be excluded from the definition of “consumer” only if it is established that the dominant purpose of purchasing the flat was commercial in nature. The ruling arose from a dispute relating to a residential project in Gurugram. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V....

Budget 2026-27: Centre Proposes ISM 2.0, Higher Electronics Outlay, Rare Earth Corridors, And Chemical Parks

Presenting the Union Budget 2026, the Centre announced a renewed push to manufacturing and industrial policy, including a new phase of the semiconductor mission, enhanced support for electronics manufacturing, rare earth processing and domestic chemical production. On the semiconductor sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India's Semiconductor Mission 1.0 had expanded domestic capabilities. “Building on this, we will launch ISM 2.0 to produce equipment and materials, design...

Budget Proposes Hike In Securities Transaction Tax On Futures And Options

The Union Budget 2026–27 on Sunday proposed an increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options trades.Presenting the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced higher STT rates for derivative transactions. “I propose to raise the STT on Futures to 0.05 per cent from the present 0.02 per cent,” she said. The Finance Minister also proposed a hike in STT on options. “STT on options premium and exercise of options are both proposed to be raised to 0.15 per cent from...

'Would US Courts Do the Same?' Supreme Court Questions Pfizer On Plea To Access Indian Company's Documents

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether foreign courts and Western authorities would reciprocate when Indian courts seek assistance through Letters Rogatory, while hearing a plea by US pharmaceutical major Pfizer. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was considering Pfizer's challenge to a Madras High Court judgment refusing to enforce Letters Rogatory issued by a United States court to obtain documents and testimony from Chennai-based Softgel...

US Class Action Lawsuit Alleges WhatsApp, Meta Can Access Encrypted Messages

A class action lawsuit filed recently in a US federal court in California accuses Meta Platforms Inc. and its subsidiary WhatsApp LLC of misleading users worldwide about the privacy of their messages. The case focuses on WhatsApp's repeated promise that messages sent on the platform are protected by end-to-end encryption and cannot be accessed by anyone other than the sender and the recipient, not even WhatsApp or Meta. The plaintiffs say that promise is false. According to the complaint,...