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<news:title>Error leads to ₹54 lakh shortfall in electricity bill but Allahabad HC grants relief to consumer: Read why</news:title>
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<image:caption>Alka Lamba , Rouse Avenue Court</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T18:11:28.513+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Delhi court convicts Congress leader Alka Lamba for assault on police during women's reservation protest</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/allowing-law-students-with-low-attendance-to-sit-for-exams-will-lead-to-lawlessness-in-colleges-uttarakhand-hc</loc>
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<image:caption>Law Students</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari</image:caption>
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<news:title>State of the law: The fiat–crypto gateway as the first regulatory checkpoint</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/corporate/aquilaw-announces-2026-promotions-four-lawyers-elevated-to-associate-partner</loc>
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<image:caption>Maharnab Roy, Kanchan Modak, Piyush Ray, Arnav Dash</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T17:27:13.890+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>AQUILAW announces 2026 promotions; Four lawyers elevated to Associate Partner</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/jsa-jmp-act-on-iscon-balaji-foods-215-million-series-a-fundraise</loc>
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<image:caption>Iscon Balaji Foods</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Vikram Raghani, Bir Bahadur Singh Sachar</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T17:25:20.600+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>JSA, JM+P act on Iscon Balaji Foods $215 million Series A fundraise</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-notifies-23-benches-to-hear-cases-during-its-summer-vacation</loc>
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<news:title>Supreme Court notifies 23 benches to hear cases during its summer vacation</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/senior-advocate-phiroze-edulji-no-more</loc>
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<news:title>Senior Advocate Phiroze Edulji no more</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/forgot-siddharth-varadarajan-apologises-to-delhi-hc-for-not-disclosing-allahabad-hc-travel-restriction-order-in-oci-card-plea</loc>
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<image:caption>Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav</image:caption>
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<news:title>Forgot: Siddharth Varadarajan apologises to Delhi HC for not disclosing Allahabad HC travel restriction order in OCI card plea</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T16:03:52.755+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response to PIL on child trafficking through spas, dance bars, orchestras</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/nbdsa-cautions-ndtv-over-use-of-jihad-to-link-spitting-incident-to-muslim-community</loc>
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<image:caption>NBDSA and NDTV</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T15:32:19.920+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NBDSA cautions NDTV over use of 'jihad' to link spitting incident to Muslim community</news:title>
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<news:title>Malicious, violates Constitution: Grounds in Delhi Gymkhana Club eviction challenge before Delhi HC</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/arvind-kejriwal-other-accused-decide-to-participate-in-excise-policy-case-before-delhi-high-court-justice-manoj-jain</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-25T15:05:42.723+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Arvind Kejriwal, other accused decide to participate in excise policy case before Delhi High Court Justice Manoj Jain</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-plea-against-use-of-ballot-papers-instead-of-evms-for-punjab-local-body-polls</loc>
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<news:title>When religion decides who gets shelter</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-23T23:14:40.877+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of Twisha Sharma death case</news:title>
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