Recent legal news includes the Supreme Court taking suo motu cognisance of "digital arrest" scams and hearing the Vodafone Idea case on AGR dues, the Madras High Court recognizing cryptocurrency as property, the Delhi High Court imposing heavy costs on a lawyer for a plea related to the Ayodhya verdict, and new banking laws set to take effect in November. Other headlines cover a range of decisions including the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling that false allegations of alcoholism can be grounds for divorce, and the Kerala High Court dismissing a challenge to parking fees at Lulu Mall.
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The Supreme Court is taking a "suo motu" cognisance of "digital arrest" scams where fraudsters use fake court orders to dupe people, with one Haryana couple reportedly losing ₹1.5 crore.
The Vodafone Idea case regarding the quashing of an additional AGR demand is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court on October 27.
The Madras High Court has ruled that cryptocurrency is property under Indian law and can be "held in trust," according to Bar and Bench and Live Law.
The Delhi High Court imposed a ₹6 lakh cost on a lawyer for filing a plea to set aside the Ayodhya verdict, based on comments made by CJI Chandrachud, reports Bar and Bench.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition challenging the levy of parking fees by Lulu Mall, as reported by Bar and Bench.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted a divorce to a husband whose wife made false allegations of alcoholism and persistently humiliated him, notes Bar and Bench and Live Law.
The Delhi High Court has ruled that employees can only be reverted to the immediate lower post from which they were promoted, and not to the lowest post, according to Live Law.
The Delhi High Court has suspended the life sentence of a woman convicted of murder, citing the need to care for her three children, as reported by
