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1. Supreme Court flags off 26 mobile eSewa vans to take Digital Justice to remote areas

Supreme Court flags off 26 mobile eSewa vans to take Digital Justice to remote areas

Supreme Court flags off 26 mobile eSewa vans to take Digital Justice to remote areas The Supreme Court has taken another significant step towards widening access to justice in geographically remote and digitally underserved parts of the country with the launch of Mobile eSewa Vans, designed to take essential judicial and legal services closer to citizens. Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, who is the Patron-in-Chief of the eCommittee of the Supreme Court, flagged off 26 Mobile eSewa Vans on September 4 from the Supreme Court premises in New Delhi. The initiative has been undertaken jointly by the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Department of Justice, Government of India. The 26 vans constitute the first tranche of a larger fleet of 73 Mobile eSewa Vans that will subsequently be deployed across designated High Court and District Court jurisdictions in different parts of the country. The initiative is envisaged as an extension of the eCourts Project and seeks to address one of the persistent impediments to access to justice the physical and digital distance separating citizens in remote areas from judicial institutions. The Mobile eSewa Vans have been conceptualised to function as mobile extensions of the justice delivery infrastructure. They are intended to reach villages, tribal belts and other far-flung locations where citizens may face difficulties in travelling to courts or accessing digital judicial services. The vans will facilitate a range of citizen-centric services, including access to case-status information, orders and judgments, digital filing of pleadings and applications, and electronic payment facilities.

2. India-US trade deal to be finalised in ‘next few months’? Trump’s ‘priority’ at G20 and a hint from US envoy Sergio Gor

India-US trade deal to be finalised in ‘next few months’? Trump’s ‘priority’ at G20 and a hint from US envoy Sergio Gor

India-US trade deal to be finalised in ‘next few months’? Trump’s ‘priority’ at G20 and a hint from US envoy Sergio Gor US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be at the top of President Donald Trump’s list of leaders to meet at the G20 Summit. The US will be hosting the 2026 G20 in Miami, Florida, at the Trump National Doral Miami resort from December 14 to 15, 2026. When asked about PM Modi's visit to the US for the G20 meeting, Gor told in an exclusive interview that "there'll be more to that visit than just a group meeting." "As it relates to the G20, I don't have any specific announcements for you, but I will say, because the president considers the prime minister a friend, I do anticipate that there'll be more to that visit than just a group meeting," Gor said. He added, "...if you had to ask the president — hey, you have 35 people coming, who do you want to see? The prime minister would be at the top of that list." On key bilateral moments or side engagements expected at the G20 in December, Gor said, "Minister [Piyush] Goyal is one of my favorites, but so is Dr. Jaishankar...As long as my friend Prime Minister Modi is there, India will be able to rely on the United States." Sergio Gor also signalled the possibility of Trump returning to India next year, saying the President continued to recall his 2020 visit "fondly." “Every single time I speak to him, he remembers very fondly the incredible visit that he had here, the incredible people he met and, of course, his dear friend, the Prime Minister,” he said. "Stay tuned, that's all I can say...next year we'll here before you know it, Gor added.

3. Bombay high court cancels B.Tech admission after Maharashtra CET scorecard tampering found TOI Education / Sep 05, 2026, 08:18 (IST) The Bombay high court has dismissed a student's petition challenging cancellation of provisional admission to a B.Tech Renewable Energy Engineering course after the St

Bombay high court cancels B.Tech admission after Maharashtra CET scorecard tampering found TOI Education / Sep 05, 2026, 08:18 (IST) The Bombay high court has dismissed a student's petition challenging cancellation of provisional admission to a B.Tech Renewable Energy Engineering course after the St

Bombay high court cancels B.Tech admission after Maharashtra CET scorecard tampering found TOI Education / Sep 05, 2026, 08:18 (IST) The Bombay high court has dismissed a student's petition challenging cancellation of provisional admission to a B.Tech Renewable Energy Engineering course after the St The Bombay High Court has upheld the cancellation of a student's provisional admission to a B.Tech Renewable Energy Engineering course after finding that the Maharashtra CET scorecard submitted during the admission process had been tampered with. The student had secured provisional admission to the first year of the 2026-2030 programme at a private university in Pune on June 23, 2026. The institution detected discrepancies in the mark sheet and informed the student on July 10 that the provisional admission would be cancelled. The cancellation was formally communicated by email on July 14. The student subsequently approached the High Court through a writ petition filed on July 17, challenging the action and claiming that the disputed scorecard had been downloaded from the official CET website. CET Cell records establish scorecard tamperingThe Court directed the State CET Cell to investigate the differences between the mark sheets relied upon by the student and the original examination records. In its supplementary report submitted on August 4, 2026, the State CET Cell established that the mark sheets annexed to the writ petition had not been issued by the CET Cell. The records showed that the student's actual total percentile scores were 7.8474707 in the first attempt and 13.5482364 in the second attempt.

4. Janhvi Kapoor personality rights case: Delhi HC appoints amicus curiae

Janhvi Kapoor personality rights case: Delhi HC appoints amicus curiae The Delhi High Court is examining the legal limits of personality rights in the digital space. The matter has come up in actor Ja

5. Supreme Court ruling on modification of arbitral awards creating uncertainty abroad: VK Rajah

Supreme Court ruling on modification of arbitral awards creating uncertainty abroad: VK Rajah

Supreme Court ruling on modification of arbitral awards creating uncertainty abroad: VK Rajah Indian Supreme Court’s ruling allowing modification of arbitral awards has created uncertainty among arbitration practitioners outside India over how and when courts may alter awards, Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration VK Rajah said on Friday. Rajah, a former Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore and former Attorney General of Singapore, was speaking at GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 at GIFT City Club, Gandhinagar. The three-day event is being organised by the High Court of Gujarat in collaboration with the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre (Domestic & International). “On other cases, like the cases on the modification of awards, I must say many of us outside India have looked at it with some degree of consternation, because it's going to become quite unpredictable as to how and when some of these principles are going to be applied," he said. Rajah, however, said India had made considerable progress in international arbitration over the last 25 years. He said the position had changed significantly since the Supreme Court's 2012 ruling in BALCO, before which international arbitrations were treated much like domestic arbitrations. “The changes that we have seen—the mindset as well as legal precedents that have been created since 2012—are more than impressive.” Rajah described India’s arbitration journey as a “jagged trajectory”, with progress accompanied by occasional setbacks. He referred to a speech delivered earlier in the day by former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, who had criticised a number of recent arbitration decisions. “I think in his inimitable style, Justice Nariman pointed out five cases where there were, in his view—and I think rightly so, not all five in my view, but at least in some of…

1. ABC Express vs. State of Gujarat (02.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0984/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether a truck seized for transporting prohibited liquor should be released to its owner, ABC Express, pending trial, despite provisions of the Gujarat Prohibitio

2. R. Manimaran vs. State of Tamil Nadu (24.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0983/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether a vehicle seized in an NDPS case should be released to its owner, R. Manimaran, after the acquittal of the accused. The High Court had upheld

3. Sahab Singh vs. State of Haryana (02.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0981/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal of Sahab Singh alias Sat Pal against his conviction by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana for offenses under Sections 302, 201, and 377 of the Indian

4. M.R.R. Setty (Dead) by L.Rs. vs. Government of Karnataka and Ors. (02.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0980/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Joint Director/Registrar of Land Records could exercise revisional jurisdiction under Section 56 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, beyond the th

5. Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited vs. Trupti Sanjay Mehta and Os. (02.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0979/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) could use the SARFAESI Act to recover debts acquired from City Financial Consumer Finance Limited (CFCFL), a non-banking

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