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What changed for your company this week. India's legal press is written by lawyers, for lawyers. This reads it for you and keeps the part that lands on you.

It will not tell you what the law is, and it never invents a citation. Every line links to the report it came from — read that.

Saturday, 12 September 2026

The weekmachine-written · from the docket below

Supreme Court stays Gujarat HC proceedings in a plea to regulate deep‑fake and AI content, signaling heightened judicial caution on emerging digital controls. The same week, Allahabad High Court criticised the Uttar Pradesh government’s use of the Goondas Act as a tool of oppression, while Madras High Court rejected the notion that pro‑Palestine slogans alone render an assembly unlawful, underscoring courts’ reluctance to curb expressive activities on tenuous grounds. Meanwhile, Karnataka High Court altered a child‑visitation order to avoid a 950‑km monthly commute, and Bombay High Court withdrew a 12‑day ban on alcohol sales after a judicial rebuke, illustrating the broader trend of high courts curbing overly intrusive administrative orders.

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What lands on you

This week's docket is ordered by how many people it touches. Say who you are and read it as yourself instead.

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From the Bench

Judgments and orders reported this week by India's legal press.

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From the Regulators

Circulars, notifications and norms from SEBI, RBI, MCA and the tribunals.

The full docket — 15 items

Followed over time

A matter rarely ends in one week. We track the ones our archive returns to — a draft, then the rule; an order, then the appeal — as timelines. The one view a headline feed can't build.

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A question box that answers only from what we've published, links every claim — and says “we haven't covered that” instead of improvising.

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