The Supreme Court Draft Regulations on AI mark a watershed moment in India's legal history. On June 3, 2026, the Supreme Court published the draft "Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026," prepared under its AI Committee, and has invited comments and suggestions from stakeholders and the general public until June 20, 2026. This framework seeks to balance technological advancement with the inviolable principles of human judgment, judicial independence, and...

Transnational Issue Estoppel in Foreign Arbitral Awards: What the Supreme Court Just Decided The doctrine of Transnational Issue Estoppel in Foreign Arbitral Awards finally has a home in Indian jurisprudence. For years, losing parties in international arbitration had a quiet escape route exhaust remedies at the seat, then walk into an Indian court and reframe the same losing argument as a "public policy" violation. The Supreme Court, in Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities Fund-I and...

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court recently stepped into a debate that sits right at the crossroads of privacy and matrimonial fairness. The question before it was simple but loaded can a wife use the Right to Information Act, 2005 to get hold of her husband's Income Tax Returns during a maintenance dispute? The Court said no. And the reasoning it gave is worth unpacking carefully. According to the judgment, ITRs and related financial papers fall squarely under "personal information" as...