Supreme Court
SC: Section 11 Plea ‘Fundamentally Misconceived’ in Foreign-Seated Arbitration
Supreme Court Accepts Committee’s Definition of Aravalis, Orders Sustainable Mining Plan (MPSM) Before Any New Mining Leases
Supreme Court Agrees To Drop All Proceedings Against Sterling Biotech Subject To 5100 Crores Final Settlement Against Loan Default
Misuse of Rape Law a Matter of ‘Profound Concern’, SC Warns over Converting Every Sour Relationship into an Offence of Rape
Only 11 States Comply: SC Pulls Up Centre and States Over CCTV Lapses, Custodial Death Surge
Requirement of 3 Years’ Practice at Bar Not Necessary for Judicial Officers Appointed Before 20-05-2025, Provided 3 Years’ Service is Completed: Supreme Court
SC: Defective Affidavit No Ground for Dismissal of Application u/s 7 of IBC as the same is Curable
SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking National Framework for Compensation for Unjust Imprisonment
SC Issues Notice in PIL Seeking Reconsideration of Tax Exemption on Anonymous Cash Donations under Rs, 2000 to Political Parties
Plea Filed in SC Questioning Legality of Kolhapur Bench
SC Restores 2002 Execution Sale, Raps High Court For Ignoring Bar Under Order XXI Rule 90(3) CPC
Supreme Court Orders Independent Audit of Hauz Khas Deer Park; Halts All Further Translocation of Deer Amid Serious Welfare Violations
Challenge Before a Succeeding Bench Hoping for a Different Outcome Undermines Court’s Authority & Value of its Pronouncements: Supreme Court
High Courts
Allahabad High Court
‘This Shows Extent of Dishonesty at All Levels’; Allahabad HC Directs Filing of Affidavit to Explain Situation Regarding Issuance of Fraudulent Birth Certificates
Allahabad HC: Tax Evasion Is Not Attributable To Transporter If Consignor Admits Lesser Loading Of Goods Due To Human Error
Allahabad HC Directs Payment of Higher Salary to Railway Employee Officiating at a Higher Post; Sets Aside Order by CAT
Not Filling Part-B Of E-Way Bill Will Not Attract Sec 129(3) GST Act, Absent Intention Of Evasion; Allahabad HC Quashes Seizure & Penalty
Allahabad High Court Flags Serious Procedural Errors in Non-Cognizable Case: Quashes the Summoning Order
Bombay High Court
Debtor-Husband Cannot Take Shield of ‘Insolvency’ To Escape Sword Of Family Court; Bombay HC Refuses Declaration As ‘Insolvent’
Bombay HC: Gratuity Is Property Right Of Employee, Employer Cannot Forfeit It Citing Moral Turpitude Outside Course Of Employment
Bombay HC: After Trademark Shifts to UK, Overseas ‘Crocin’ Sales Qualify as Exports, Not Taxable
Bombay High Court: Investigating Agencies Cannot Freeze Bank Accounts Under Section 106 BNSS
Accumulated Income Satisfying Requirements Of Sec 11(2) Is Not Taxable; Bombay HC Exempts Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Charity Fund
Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail in Alleged ?100-Crore Navghar Land Forgery Case
Bombay High Court Upholds TCS’ Claim Against UP Legislative Assembly Secretariat; Refuses to Interfere With Arbitral Award
Hasty and Mechanical Approvals Under Sec. 153A Lack ‘Application of Mind’: Bombay HC
‘An Officer Acting Under a Statute Does not Act on Personal Authority’: Bombay HC Rules Substituted Officer Becomes Functus Officio
Bombay HC: Seniority Must Be Re-Determined in Line With Binding Precedent, Regardless of Pending Larger Bench Reference
Calcutta High Court
‘Disheartening to See Cases of Death and Injury Due to Manual Scavenging Still in Courts’; Calcutta HC Orders Compensation and Formation of Monitoring Committee
Delhi High Court
Attempt Aimed at Dodging Adverse Order and Bypassing RDB/IBC Framework; Delhi HC Imposes ?1 Lakh Cost for Forum Shopping
Delhi High Court: Insurer Cannot Dispute Arbitration By Resorting To IRDAI Circular After Signing Insurance Policy With Arbitration Clause
Dept. Cannot Ask Taxpayer To Prove Genuineness of Funds In Hands Of Lenders; Delhi HC Discards ‘Source Of The Source’ Theory
‘Disputes Having Allegations of Forgery or Fabrication Do Not Cease to be Arbitrable’; Delhi HC Refers Parties to Arbitration in ‘Pind Balluchi’ Commercial Dispute
Delhi HC Allows Bail to Husband in the Case of Unnatural Death of his Wife after 6 Months into Marriage
Delhi HC Declares ‘Hermès’ Brand & 3D Shape Mark On ‘Birkin Bag’ As Well-Known Trademark Within Sec 2(1)(Zg) Trade Marks Act
‘No Exclusive Rights Over the Mark ‘HAVELI’ as the Same is Generic in Nature’: Delhi High Court
Standard Of Proof Need Not Be Judged As Per BSA, 2023; Delhi HC Refuses To Tinker With ‘Reasons To Believe’ Framed Under Benami Act
Differential Emoluments To Foreign Medical Trainees Satisfy Art 14; Delhi HC Holds ‘No Financial Liability’ In AIIMS Prospectus As Constitutional
Adding Descriptive Terms Not Enough If Trade Channel & Consumer Base Shows Prior User & Goodwill; Delhi HC Bars Deceptive Use Of ‘TESLA’ Mark
Trident Group Textile Flagship May Get Fibre Yarn Patent; Delhi HC Orders Controller For Re-Assessment Of Inventive Step Under Sec 2(1) Patents Act
Delhi High Court Rejects NHAI’s Plea to Exit Arbitration; Holds that Substitution Would ‘Frustrate the Arbitral Proceedings’
DGGI Unearths Fake Firms Illegally Claiming Massive ITC; Delhi High Court Rejects Request to Unfreeze Bank Account, Imposes ?1 Lakh Penalty
Arbitration Award Under Scrutiny: Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Alleging Illegally Appointed Arbitrators
Career-Ending Punishment For Inadvertent Conduct Due To Mental Illness, Not Justified; Delhi HC Quashes Termination Of Air Force Academy Cadet
School Denied Unused Child Care Leave But Granted Unpaid Leave; Delhi HC Allows CCL Over Absence Of Administrative Exigency
BoAt’s Parent Company’s GST Registration Cancelled Mechanically; Delhi HC Imposes 25K Cost On Department For Non-Reasoned Order
Invalid Detention Renders Seizure Of Gold Bar Illegal; Delhi HC Orders Release Subject To Payment Of Customs Duty & Redemption Fine
‘Custom Can Neither be Extended by Analogy Nor Be Established by Priori Method’; Delhi HC Upholds Annulment of Marriage After Customary Divorce
Gujrat High Court
‘General Wear and Tear of Matrimonial Life or Vague Allegations Cannot be Termed as Cruelty’: Gujrat HC Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case
Himachal Pradesh High Court
‘Invoking Jurisdiction under Order VII Rule 11, CPC and Throwing Out Plaint at the Initial Stage Would Be a Very Dangerous Step’: Himachal Pradesh HC
‘Deceased Not Liable for Contributory Negligence Only Because He Did Not Have a Driving License’; Himachal Pradesh HC Enhances Compensation Awarded by MACT
J&K and Ladakh High Court
‘Proceedings u/S. 12, DV Act Are Not Criminal in Nature’; J&K and Ladakh HC Directs Magistrate to Decide Application by Husband to Drop Proceedings Within a Month
Jharkhand High Court
Jharkhand HC Orders Surprise Inspections in All Jails to Verify Food Quality; Cautions Jail Authorities Against Irregularities
Kerala High Court
Kerala HC Urges State to Issue Final Guidelines for Early Childhood Care and Education in Public Domain at the Earliest
Actual Movement Of Vehicle Is No Sine Qua Non To Constitute ‘Transport’; Kerala HC Upholds Seizure For Unlawful Loading Of Mineral
Wife’s Temporary Job Would Not Disentitle Her to Claim Maintenance from Husband If She Finds Her Income to be Insufficient: Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court Upholds Validity of State Clinical Establishments Act; Issued Guidelines for Compliance
Madras High Court
Madras HC Directs Payment of Family Pension to Second Wife Despite Marriage Being Void as per Hindu Marriage Act
Using Brand Name as Hashtag to Identify Company Director Does Not Amount to Trademark Disparagement: Madras High Court
Minor Son Was Made Pawn In Matrimonial Discord; Madras HC Denies Maintenance Claim By In-Laws From Divorced Daughter-In-Law
Madhya Pradesh High Corut
Mere Marriage Cannot Disqualify Son From Family Pension: Madhya Pradesh High Court
‘Personal Inconvenience or Domestic Difficulties Cannot Override an Administrative Requirement’: MP High Court
‘One of the Most Shocking Case in Medical History’; MP HC Affirms Order Against Distributor of Cold Syrup Which Caused Death of 30 Children
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Expecting a Doctor to Rise Upon Arrival of MLA in Emergency Ward and Proposing Disciplinary Action if He Does Not Rise is Highly Disturbing: Punjab & Haryana HC
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District Court
Mumbai Court Issues Notice to Peter Haag on Celina Jaitly’s Domestic Violence Complaint
Tribunals/Commission
Forged Telegraphic Release Advice Renders Imports Void Ab Initio; CESTAT Affirms Penalty For Fraudulently Using FPS License
“Good Reasons” Sufficient for NCLT to Invoke Section 213(a); NCLAT Upholds SFIO Probe Into NBFC
CESTAT Larger Bench: Abolished Education and Krishi Kalyan Cess Cannot Be Carried Forward Into GST
ITAT Deprecates ITO’s Dual Approach In Allowing Interest On Loan As Genuine Expense, While Treating Principal Loan As Accommodation Entry
DCP Failed In His Duty In Ignoring High Court’s Acquittal Order; CAT Orders To Consider Reinstatement Plea Of Dismissed Constable
Delhi ITAT: Reopening Notice Under Sec 148 Income Tax Act Falling Outside Completion Period Prescribed By ‘TOLA’ Cannot Sustain
‘HUF’ Can Act As ‘Donee’ Only And Not ‘Donor’; Kolkata ITAT Refuses To Exempt 5.84 Lacs Gift Claimed To Have Received From HUF
CBI Arrests Advocate and Judicial Member of ITAT, Jaipur for Indulging in Corrupt Activities
News
Justice Vikram Nath Appointed Executive Chairman of NALSA
CJI nominates Justice JK Maheshwari as Chairperson of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
From Humble Beginnings to Historic Oath: Justice Surya Kant Becomes 53rd CJI
Justice BR Gavai Releases Commentary on the Constitution of India by Dama Seshadri Naidu
CJI Suryakant : Bar and Bench Must Stand as ‘Indispensable Partners’ in Guarding Constitution
Justice C.T. Ravikumar Urges Youth to “Know Your Constitution” at Parul University Law Day Event
Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Alleging Non-Payment of Stipend to Foreign Medical Graduates in Gujarat
Delhi HC Sets Aside Proceedings Against Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh For Irregularities in Promotions at NPC
Supreme Court Directs Governor of Kerala to Look into the Report by Justice Dhulia Committee for Appointment of Vice Chancellors
Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Pinnelli Brothers in Double Murder Case of TDP Workers
Let Integrity Be the Basic Structure of Your Character And Let Nothing Amend It: Justice Suryakant
Weekly Bulletin [16th – 22th November, 2025]