01Law and institutions31 October 20268 accounts

Supreme Court directs banks to compensate victims of digital arrest fraud

The accounts divide on whether the frauds expose bank complicity, regulatory drift, or a public that arrests itself on the telephone

02Law and institutions31 October 20266 accounts

INDIA bloc stages a mock impeachment of the Chief Election Commissioner

The accounts divide on whether a symbolic parliament is the last route to accountability or a costume for a losing campaign

03Law and institutions30 October 20266 accounts

The Supreme Court has moved from dismissing the Vande Mataram challenge to seeking the Centre's answer

The accounts disagree on whether the Home Ministry set protocol or redefined the national song, and on whether a citizen who declines to sing is already protected.

04Law and institutions28 October 20266 accounts

Israel's election leaves both blocs short of a majority as Arab-led parties hit a record

Netanyahu's Likud is the largest party, and Eisenkot's bloc can reach 61 only with Arab parties both leaders have refused to govern with. Counting is not complete.

05Law and institutions28 October 20266 accounts

Spain's transport minister blames a control-centre order for the Urda crash and refuses to resign

A Renfe AVE ran into a stationary Iryo train near Urda, the second deadly crash this year on the same line. Puente calls the order that let it run 'inexplicable'; investigators have not reported.

06Law and institutions28 October 20266 accounts

Twenty-one news publishers ask the Supreme Court to shield journalism from the data protection law

The publishers say consent and erasure rules would let the subjects of investigations stop reporting about them. The court issued notice and refused an interim stay without hearing the Centre.

07Law and institutions28 October 20267 accounts

María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela with no election date and no seat at the talks

The opposition leader is back after ten months abroad, demanding a vote by July 2027. The acting president calls it a show, and Washington says the electoral machinery must be rebuilt first.

08Law and institutions27 October 20266 accounts

Justice Kaul's memoir says Chandrachud considered consulting the government before the Collegium decided

A former Supreme Court judge describes a last-minute sixth name and a proposed phone call. Chandrachud says he cannot respond without reading the book, and that every recommendation was unanimous.

09Law and institutions27 October 20266 accounts

Vucic concedes Serbia's parliamentary election to the Student List

Serbia's governing party has lost power for the first time since 2012. Vucic blames foreign interference, Moscow praises him, and the winners, a movement without a leader, must now form a government.

10Law and institutions26 October 20266 accounts

Gunmen attack a church funeral in Jordan's Karak and remain at large

Three days on, the official toll has risen to nine. No group has been confirmed as responsible, and accounts differ on whether Christians alone were the target.

11Law and institutions26 October 20266 accounts

Lula wins Brazil's runoff by 4.4 million votes; Flávio Bolsonaro says he will seek annulment

The electoral court has confirmed the result. The challenge rests on a two-hour voting extension ordered minutes before polls closed, and the accounts differ on who asked for it.

12Law and institutions25 October 20266 accounts

France bans city-centre marches as protest turnout falls to 410,000

The government blames 'seditious' ultra-left groups; protesters say the bans are meant to wear the movement down. Police weapons and the grievances that started it are still disputed.

13Law and institutions24 October 20266 accounts

Chorbagan stampede: nine arrests, a Special Investigation Team and competing accounts of what caused the crush

Police have arrested the men at the microphone. The chief minister calls it human error. One announcer's note, a forensic report and a police officer's account point elsewhere, and the SIT has three months to decide.

14Law and institutions24 October 20266 accounts

Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25bn over Facebook privacy claims; company says it will appeal

A jury found more than 43 million violations of New Mexico's consumer-protection law. The judge found that Facebook misled users; Meta argues the judgment threatens free speech. The appeal will test the legal basis for the judgment and the scale of the penalty.

15Law and institutions23 October 20266 accounts

Albania's protests have outgrown the Kushner resort, and Rama has no one to negotiate with

What began as a fight over a protected island is now a leaderless demand for the prime minister to go. He offers dialogue and warns of foreign hands; the movement has no one to send to the table, and no election is due until 2029.

16Law and institutions21 October 20266 accounts

Alberta votes to stay in Canada, and the separatists vow to keep going

Three in four Albertans chose Canada; the accounts divide over whether the remaining quarter is a protest vote, a movement in waiting or a bargaining chip.

17Law and institutions14 October 20267 accounts

Delhi Police moves the capital's protests out of Jantar Mantar

The capital's best-known protest street has lost its status, and the accounts split over why it happened and who now pays the price.