Explained : Justice Surya Kant Ruling on Land-Acquisition
- Legal
- June 8, 2025

Parliament’s 2025 Subordinate Legislation Committee report shows how missing records, delayed rules, and unresolved Article 309 conflicts have steadily weakened India’s control over executive rule-making. At the same time, the report confirms that executive-made law now increasingly slips past effective democratic checks.
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New Delhi (ABC Live): Indian arbitration law is undergoing a major reset. For years, arbitral tribunals regularly awarded compensation for losses that government contracts had clearly prohibited. As a result, disputes over idle machinery, overhead losses, and loss of profit flooded courts under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. However,
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The BNSS promised faster criminal justice, but its new rule for private complaints may do the opposite. Section 223 requires accused persons to be heard even before cognizance, creating a fresh adversarial stage. Early court rulings suggest this procedural change risks slowing down—not speeding up—criminal trials.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in Popular Caterers v. Ameet Mehta marks a turning point for Arbitration Award Enforcement in India. A losing party can still file a Section 34 challenge, but it can no longer freeze the award just by filing it. Instead, the court must ask for a deposit or security before granting any stay. This change gives award-holders real value, discourages delay tactics, and speeds up enforcement under Section 36. It also moves India closer to global arbitration standards and supports its ambition to emerge as a credible dispute-resolution hub.
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CJI Surya Kant enters the Supreme Court at a moment when justice depends less on big rulings and more on fixing how the system actually works. His grassroots experience gives him a rare chance to reform procedures that deny access long before cases reach court.
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India has enforced four new Labour Codes, replacing 29 laws with promises of broader social security, safer workplaces and gender-inclusive rights. This ABC Live investigation examines whether these reforms genuinely protect workers across sectors or create uneven, conditional justice.
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