India: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court of India has cautioned against using criminal law to recover money in what is essentially a commercial dispute. A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar quashed a criminal case for cheating against two company directors, holding that the complainant’s grievance was “essentially civil in nature” and that continuing the prosecution would be an abuse of the process of the court.

Ten years in, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has finally been amended to close gaps that case law had quietly opened up in it. The IBC Amendment Act, 2026, in force from 26 May 2026, does three things that matter to anyone advising creditors: it takes the discretion back out of admission, it widens the window for clawing back value that left a company before insolvency was formally declared, and it hands financial creditors a new route into a distressed company that doesn't need a Section 7 petition at all. This piece walks through each change and the litigation that made it necessary.

Examination of Supreme Court’s Padam Mehta ruling establishing right to mother tongue education under Article 19(1)(a), directing Rajasthan to implement Rajasthani in schools per NEP 2020.

Analysis of New India Assurance v. Dolly Satish Gandhi where Supreme Court held mediclaim reimbursements are not deductible from motor accident compensation, resolving conflicting High Court positions.

The September 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines MCA’s FAQs on foreign company registration; proposed amendments to the NBFC credit facilities framework; expansion of OBPP offerings; operationalisation of FDI in inventory-based cross-border e-commerce; Demat 2.0 for tokenisation of corporate bonds; NHAI Policy Circular on real-time blacklisting and non-performance records; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, and banking sectors.

The Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) in Jyoti Sareen vs. UOI & Others (CWP No. 15791-2024 (O&M)) (Order) held the retrospective amendments carried out vide the Finance Act, 2026, with respect to the powers of the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) to issue a reopening notice under section 148 (Reopening Notice) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (IT Act), as unconstitutional, being violative of the ‘doctrine of separation of powers’ and thus violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

When an artificial intelligence system is trained on copyrighted news content, and later answers a user’s question using what it learned, has the law been broken? On 24th July 2026, the Delhi High Court answered that question, at least for now. In ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC, Justice Amit Bansal declined to grant an interim injunction against OpenAI, holding, on a prima facie, interim stage view, that the company’s use of ANI’s news content to train its large language models (“LLMs”) falls within the fair dealing exception under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957

The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters, responsible for nearly 10% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the oil industry. Fast fashion, overproduction and quick waste disposal contribute significantly to environmental crises. In response, consumers, especially Gen Z, are demanding sustainable alternatives and encouraging brands to take action.

An analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd, examining the consequences of fabricated AI-generated precedents for judicial discipline, professional responsibility and the rule of law.