Supreme Court declines quota for promotee judges and orders agency coordination on high profile corporate probes.
The Supreme Court refused to recognise a reserved quota for promotee judges in the Higher Judicial Service, criticised agency reluctance to probe alleged dubious corporate transactions and directed coordination among securities and corporate investigation bodies; regulators mandated a '1600' numbering series for BFSI transactional calls and the central bank expanded its alert list of unauthorised forex platforms, while enforcement agencies reported large identified tainted funds in a money laundering probe and effected custodial and criminal arrests.

Regulatory cooperation: agencies urged to coordinate probes into alleged dubious transactions at a finance company.
The court criticised agency reluctance and ordered the CBI director to meet with SEBI, SFIO and ED to consider FIR registration and coordinated investigation, stating that prior MCA case closures shall not bar inquiry. It directed the Delhi Police to produce original ED complaint records and ensured a senior EOW official's physical presence at the next hearing, and required the CBI to file an affidavit on deliberations. The court noted SEBI's inconsistent jurisdictional stance and declined to decide on merits while mandating procedural cooperation.

Hydra TAVR valve shows sustained 5 year durability and safety; SMT has filed a draft red herring prospectus for IPO.
SMT has filed a draft red herring prospectus proposing an initial public offer, subject to approvals and market conditions, and directs potential investors to the DRHP and its Risk Factors; concurrently the Hydra CE Study long term cohort reported 5 year outcomes including all cause mortality (24.3%), cardiovascular mortality (6.0%), stroke (12.2%), permanent pacemaker implantation (16.7%), no moderate/severe paravalvular leak, no structural valve deterioration requiring reintervention, and sustained hemodynamic improvement.

StarConnectM LLP joint venture to deliver integrated manufacturing and software platforms for intelligent connected vehicle products.
StarConnectM LLP, a joint venture of Star Engineers India Pvt. Ltd. and ConnectM Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., will design, develop, manufacture, and scale intelligent connected vehicle products and platforms for Automotive OEMs, combining Star Engineers' large-scale manufacturing and quality systems with ConnectM's vehicle electronics, software-defined vehicle expertise, embedded systems, and cloud enablement to provide end-to-end capability from concept to production, initially in India with plans for select global expansion.

Aadhaar card to include photo and QR code to discourage offline verification and protect biometric data.
UIDAI proposes issuing an Aadhaar card containing only a photo and QR code to discourage offline collection and storage of Aadhaar copies, promote QR-code or Aadhaar-number authentication rather than using the card as a standalone identity document, and to implement a rule to deter offline verification in line with the Aadhaar Act prohibition on offline collection, use, or storage of Aadhaar numbers and biometric information.

MGNREGS worker deletions surged during e KYC roll out and ABPS enforcement, reducing net registered workers sharply.
A concentrated reduction of about 27 lakh MGNREGS job cards occurred between October 10 and November 14, 2025, coinciding with mandatory e KYC and ABPS enforcement; this produced a net loss of roughly 17 lakh registered workers and a fall in active workers, with state level variation and higher deletion counts in states with greater e KYC completion.

Sahara pending salaries and proposed sale of 88 properties prompt ordered review of employee arrears and stakeholder responses.
Interim petitions seek enforcement of employees' unpaid salaries from Sahara entities while Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd. seeks permission to sell 88 properties to a private buyer. The court directed Sahara to examine worker claims, instructed the amicus curiae to collate details on the properties and assess salary arrears, and required central ministries and the securities regulator to file responses by the listed date. The bench will decide whether the properties may be sold piecemeal or collectively and has fixed all related pleas for comprehensive consideration on the next hearing date.

EVM transparency demanded to restore voter trust after alleged electoral roll changes and burdensome verification requirements.
Allegations that extensive deletions and additions occurred during a Special Intensive Revision raise questions about the Electoral Commission's responsibility to explain roll changes and to ensure accessible verification. Criticisms target onerous documentary requirements that exclude many citizens and the Commission's decision not to accept Aadhaar for enrolment despite its use elsewhere and prior judicial recognition. Separately, demands for greater EVM transparency, including voter receipts to confirm vote recording, are presented as necessary to restore voter trust.

Aadhaar should be used only as proof of identity, not as proof of citizenship, in voter list updates.
The Election Commission directed that Aadhaar be used only as proof of identity, not citizenship, for inclusion or exclusion in Bihar's revised electoral rolls, invoking Section 23(4) of the Representation of the People Act and citing the UIDAI memorandum that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship, residence, or date of birth.

Judicial impropriety allegations prompt administrative referral to CJI and transfer of appeal; FIR and evidence preservation sought.
Allegations that a senior high court judge solicited a favourable order from an NCLAT judicial member were placed before the Chief Justice of India for administrative scrutiny; the Supreme Court transferred the company appeal from NCLAT Chennai to the Principal Bench at New Delhi for rehearing, directed the interim resolution professional to proceed with insolvency measures, and recorded that the petitioner has sought FIR registration under the Prevention of Corruption Act and preservation and independent examination of electronic hearing evidence.

SEBI Sahara case: employees' interim pleas for unpaid salaries listed alongside property sale application for hearing.
Interim pleas by Sahara employees for unpaid salaries have been listed alongside SICCL's application to sell 88 properties; the Sahara Group must examine employee salary and arrears claims, while the Union ministries, SEBI, and other stakeholders are directed to file responses. The amicus curiae is to collate details on the 88 properties, note whether each is clean or disputed, and report stakeholder positions to assist the court in deciding whether the properties may be sold piecemeal or together.

Aadhaar deactivation and voter verification disputed as mass deactivations prompt allegations of voter suppression and legal challenge.
The party alleges mass Aadhaar deactivations disclosed during a Special Intensive Revision with UIDAI constitute voter suppression, citing UIDAI-provided state-level data showing numerous records flagged as deceased and others lacking Aadhaar; election officials say the data will help remove ghost and duplicate entries, while the party disputes UIDAI's prior claims about not keeping state-wise deactivation records and intends to seek administrative and legal remedies.

Aadhaar deceased data used to identify and verify suspected ghost and deceased voters during electoral roll revision.
UIDAI supplied data showing approximately 34 lakh Aadhaar records marked deceased and 13 lakh deceased persons who never held Aadhaar; electoral authorities are using this data, together with bank KYC records, to detect and remove ghost, deceased, and duplicate voter entries during the Special Intensive Revision. EROs must compare enumeration forms with Aadhaar and KYC records, summon applicants with names matching removed or deceased entries for verification, and enforce verification-linked actions while BLOs conduct door-to-door enumeration mapped against the 2002 rolls.

Disclosure and conflict-of-interest reforms for market regulator leaders strengthen transparency and impose stricter obligations on senior officers.
A Sebi panel proposed comprehensive disclosure reforms and a zero-tolerance approach to conflict of interest for the chairman and senior officers to enhance transparency and tighten governance. A Parliamentary Joint Committee was constituted to examine bills enabling removal of the prime minister, chief ministers and cabinet ministers if detained or arrested for extended periods. Concurrently, law-enforcement actions in a reported terror-related investigation and several Supreme Court and central-government regulatory actions on pollution, environmental boundaries, and compliance with hospital lease obligations illustrate active enforcement and oversight across regulatory domains.

Sebi panel proposes stricter disclosure, gift bans, investment limits and a two-year cooling-off for top regulator officials.
The panel requires public disclosure of assets, liabilities, trading activity, family relationships and other interests by the chairman, whole-time members and senior officers to a proposed Office of Ethics and Compliance, supported by an Oversight Committee and a Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer; it further mandates initial, annual, event-based and exit disclosures, a secure anonymous whistleblower system, bans on expensive gifts, uniform investment restrictions extending to spouses and dependent relatives (with limited exceptions for professionally managed pooled vehicles), exclusion of part-time members from certain restrictions, and a two-year post-employment restriction on taking assignments in regulator matters alongside the existing one-year employment ban.

Public disclosure of assets to an ethics office required for senior regulator officials to address conflicts of interest.
The committee recommends mandatory public disclosure of assets and liabilities by the chairman, whole-time members and senior officials, with initial, annual, event-based and exit disclosures to a proposed Office of Ethics and Compliance and oversight committee covering assets, liabilities, trading activities, family relationships and other interests, and requires applicants for senior and lateral-entry positions to disclose actual, potential and perceived financial and non-financial conflict-of-interest risks to the appointing authority.

Platform responsibility to prevent online investment scams: require advertiser verification and verified app labelling to protect investors.
SEBI directs social media platforms and search engines to implement mandatory advertiser verification restricted to SEBI-registered entities and to introduce verified labelling for SEBI-registered intermediary trading apps; it also advises investors to verify intermediary registration, transact only through authenticated apps, and use validated UPI handles and the SEBI Check platform for secure payments.

Digital gold investments lack SEBI regulation, exposing investors to counterparty and operational risks without market protections.
Investments marketed as Digital Gold are not SEBI-regulated securities or commodity derivatives and operate outside SEBI's regulatory framework; unlike exchange-traded commodity contracts, Gold ETFs and Electronic Gold Receipts offered through registered intermediaries, digital gold exposes investors to counterparty and operational risks and does not benefit from securities market investor protection mechanisms.

Jain property sale nullified but cancellation deed remains unregistered, pending formalisation by parties and authorities not yet approached.
A regulatory cancellation was ordered for the trust's sale to a developer, but the parties have not executed or submitted the required cancellation deed to the registration and stamp authority, leaving the transaction's formal status pending despite both parties' expressed intent to rescind the conveyance.

Jain property sale cancellation stalled as trust and buyer have not filed a cancellation deed with registrars.
The charity commissioner ordered cancellation of a trust's sale of prime property to a developer, but neither the trust nor the purchaser has submitted a cancellation deed to the Registration and Stamp Department for formal processing, leaving the sale unrescinded despite both parties' stated desire to cancel following community opposition.