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Cover story Week of Oct 5–11

A Sunday Sitting Puts Delhi's Protest Crackdown Under Article 32

After a Saturday of mass detentions and shuttered Metro stations, a special bench orders Delhi's transport, internet and assembly back to the legal default and puts the Home Secretary on contempt notice. Plus: the RBI's first rate hike since 2023, and the GST Council votes to drop the power of arrest.

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Cover story Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4

A Police Confession Alone Cannot Justify Preventive Detention

The Supreme Court quashes the NSA detention of the alleged Sambhal 'mastermind', overrules a forty-year-old Madras Full Bench on custodial confessions and bills Uttar Pradesh ₹10 lakh. Plus: a suo motu docket on Delhi-NCR rapes, and fourteen rules before GST input credit can be denied.

Cover story Week of Sep 21–27

The Election Commissioners Law Goes to a Constitution Bench

A divided Supreme Court sends the 2023 Election Commissioners law to a Constitution Bench, with Justice Datta finding prima facie that the selection panel hands the executive a veto. Plus: re-arrest after an Article 22 breach needs a Magistrate's leave, and POCSO safeguards in custody fights.

Cover story Week of Sep 14–20

Section 147A Stays Alive, With Reassessments Frozen Until December 3

The Supreme Court stays the Punjab & Haryana judgment striking down Section 147A but freezes the reassessments behind it until a December 3 hearing. Plus: RBI told to make its repossession rules real, and Maharashtra's methanol rules fall on proportionality.

Cover story Week of Sep 7–13

The Supreme Court Writes the Rulebook for Prosecuting Companies

The Supreme Court lays down a three-stage test for attributing criminal intent to a company — and holds prosecution can proceed before any officer is named. Plus: escrow release doesn't end SEBI's Vedanta buyback fraud probe, and contract years before regularisation count for pension.

Cover story Week of Aug 31–Sep 6

A ₹425 Crore Customs Penalty Falls Because Its Case Law Was Hallucinated by AI

The Supreme Court sets aside a ₹425 crore customs penalty built on non-existent citations — 'AI may well serve as training wheels, but entrusting it with the pilot's seat would be both imprudent and dangerous'. Plus: every student-protest FIR in the country quashed under Article 142, and the district judiciary's retirement age moves to 62.

Cover story Week of Aug 24–30

Tata Steel's ₹1,781 Crore GST Demand Falls for a Recited 'Suppression'

The Supreme Court quashes Tata Steel's ₹890-crore GST demand and matching penalty — a Section 74 notice must plead the foundational facts of fraud, not recite 'suppression'. Plus: the Tribunals Reforms Act comes into force, and Subhash Chandra's ₹22,006-crore liability settles at ₹6.5 crore.