Supreme Court
‘Simplicity in public transactions is good governance’; SC invalidates Jharkhand’s Memo Requiring Extra Approval for Co-op Stamp Duty Exemption
‘Judicial Officer Has Heightened Obligation to Ensure Financial Security of Wife and Daughter’; SC Enhances Permanent Alimony for Wife of Family Court Judge
SC Directs SEIAA to Consider Re-Appraisal Applications of Restored Randhisar Pahari Mining Leases
‘House of Complainant Not in Public View’; SC Sets Aside Judgment by Allahabad HC Upholding Summons Against Persons Accused of Offences under SC/ST Act
Work-from-Home, Travel History Not Valid Grounds to Displace Child; SC Upholds Custody with Father in Wadhwa Case
Remedy Under Sec 32 A&C Act; SC Urges Law Ministry To Clarify Effect Of Termination Order & Arbitral Tribunal’s Power To Entertain Recall Application
SC Finds Judgment in Bharat Drilling Case Inappropriate; Places Matter Before Chief Justice for Constituting Larger Bench to Reconsider Ratio
Courts Must Avoid Triggering New Litigation; SC Flags Misuse of Remand Powers
Revision In Municipal Tax Structure To Match Rising Welfare Costs Is Unexceptionable; SC Criticises Judicial Review In Economic Policy Decisions
Supreme Court: Legal Heirs Entitled to Gratuity Even If Employee Resigned Before Death, Provided Five Years’ Service Completed
Lok Adalat Decrees Can Be Challenged Only Through Writ Petitions; SC Sets Aside MP High Court Orders
‘Power to Punish Necessarily Carries Concomitant Power to Forgive’; Supreme Court Sets Aside Contempt Sentence
Sec 28 Seeks To Incentivise Long-Term Credit, Not Passive Investment Of Surplus Capital; SC Discards Sec 36(1)(Iii) Benefit To Every ‘Business Income’
Bombay High Court
“Titles and Labels Do Not Decide Legal Rights”: Bombay HC Affirms Permanency for CIDCO Firemen and Drivers
Fruit Cocktail In Vacuum-Sealed Cans Is Not ‘Fresh Fruit’; Bombay HC Applies Common Parlance Test To Attach Sales Tax Liability
Nescafé Premix Is Instant Coffee Attracting Lower Tax Rate Of 8%; Bombay HC Affirms Common Parlance Test For Classification
Gambling Returns Converted To Legitimate Funds Through Shell Entities By Forging Blank Cheques, Attracts Penalty Under BNS; Bombay HC Denies Bail
Customs Dept. Fails To Decide Importer’s Claim By Speaking Order; Bombay HC Imposes 25K Cost For Gross Dereliction In Discharge Of Statutory Duty
Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against ICICI Bank Officials in Octroi Evasion Case
Bombay HC: Loss of Redemption Right Doesn’t Extinguish Ownership; Interim Moratorium Under SARFAESI Broader Than IBC Section 14
Bombay HC Holds Canara Bank’s Action for Recovery of Loan Amount from Pension to be Bad in Law; Finds it Violative of Fundamental Right to Livelihood
Bombay HC Quashes Inclusion in Central Fraud Registry by RBI on Grounds of Failure to Comply with Principles of Natural Justice
Discharge Certificate Concludes Settlement Of Full Tax Dues Under SVLDRS Scheme; Bombay HC Negates Bonafide Incorrect Declaration
Chhattisgarh High Court
Chhattisgarh HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Alleged GST Offender; Finds Statutory Severity of Punishment and Nature of Allegations to Militate Against Custodial Detention
Delhi High Court
Delhi HC Transfers Investigation into Mysterious Death of 23-Year-Old Hotel Manager To CBI
Teachers Can’t Be Compelled To Become Members Of Govt. School Teachers Association; Delhi HC Orders Refund Of Membership Fee
Election Commission cannot resolve any internal rival disputes within unrecognised political parties; Delhi High Court Clarifies
“Any steps taken to legitimise the fraud cannot be sustained”; Delhi HC sets aside ex-parte arbitral award
Discrimination In Legal Pay Parity Under Presidential Decree Is Protected By Umbrella Of Art. 157; Delhi HC Orders Trial For Local Recruits Of Embassy Of Italy
Delhi HC Directs High-Powered Election Committee to Decide Matter Concerning Establishing Poll Booths for Upcoming Bar Council Elections
Retrospective Cancellation Of GST Without Mentioning It In SCN Is Not Tenable; Delhi HC Restores Registration For Fresh Inspection
Fraudulent Govt. Sanction To Exploit Vulnerable Youth Desperately Searching For Employment, Strikes Society’s Conscience; Delhi HC Denies Bail
Delhi HC Sets Aside CAT Order Allowing Step-Up in Salary of CGDA Employee; Finds Exceptions in Note 10, R.7, CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 Applicable
“Some Advocates, Finding It Difficult to Support Their Application or Petition, Make the Litigant Appear in Person”: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court upholds injunction over ICC Arbitration on account of Arbitrator’s Non-Disclosure; Affirms India as Seat of Arbitration
District Court
Kerala Court Acquits Malayalam Actor Dileep in 2017 Assault and Rape Case; Convicts Six Others
Goa Nightclub Owners Luthra Brothers Seek Transit Anticipatory Bail in Delhi Court; Hearing Adjourned to Dec 11
Gujarat High Court
Indian Subsidiary Paid On Cost-Plus Mark-Up For Rendering Software Consultancy To Foreign Parent, Is Not ‘Intermediary’; Gujarat HC Orders IGST Refund
Gauhati High Court
Gauhati High Court Upholds Merit-Based Promotions
Jharkhand High Court
Jharkhand HC Rejects Bail for Alleged Forest Land Grab Conspirator Citing Grave Economic Offence and Tampering Risk
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court
Uploading Anti-National Posts On Facebook May Cause Prejudice To Security Of State; J&K&L HC Upholds Preventive Detention
Right Of Redemption Is Extinguished Once Auction Notice Is Published; J&K&L HC Rejects Borrower’s Abortive Attempt To Delay SARFAESI Process
Kerala High Court
‘Husband Cannot Deny Maintenance on Ground that Wife Has Earning Capacity’; Kerala HC Affirms Order to Provide Maintenance to Highly Qualified Wife
Concurrent Receipt Of ‘Terminal Benefits’ & ‘Gratuity’ Is Not ‘Unjust Enrichment’; Kerala HC Affirms Statutory Rights Of BEVCO Retirees
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh HC: Voluntary Disclosures Of Income Scheme Protects Taxpayer From Disclosing Source Of Income, But Not Incorrect Disclosure
“Adultery is Often Proved by Circumstantial Evidence as Such Acts Occur in Privacy, Concealed from Public View”; Madhya Pradesh HC Affirms Dissolution of Marriage
Madras High Court
Absence Of Criminal Motive & Intent To Evasion; Madras HC Quashes Blindfolded SCN Issued Under Sec 74 GST Act Against MRF Tyres
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Blocking Of Input Tax Credit Beyond One Year On Same Ground Is Not Tenable; Punjab & Haryana HC Clarifies Scope Of Sec 83 CGST Act
Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan HC Directs Adequate Security to Adult Couple Below Marriageable Age Staying in a Live-In Relationship
Tribunals
SAFEMA Tribunal Tightens Rigours Of Benami Act On Purchase Of Under-Construction Property Routing Funds From Shell Entities, Calls It Eyewash
NGT Seeks Applicant’s Response After Joint Committee Finds No Illegal Tree Felling at Bhiwani District Court Complex
Brokerage Attributable To Only Finance Broking Activity Covered Under Undisclosed Income; Kolkata ITAT Discards Disclosure Petition
Major Relief To UPS Trader; Delhi ITAT Holds Excise Duty Subsidy To Industrial Unit For Creating Avenues For Perpetual Employment Is Capital Receipt
Activity Carried By MOU For Mutual Benefits, With Minimum Guarantee Sum, Can’t Be Termed As ‘Service Rendered’; Chennai CESTAT Quashes Service Tax
News
Construction Arbitration Is the Silent Scaffolding of Modern Economies: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan at SCL Conference
SC Issues Notice in Matter to Challenge 2023 Election of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Supreme Court Upholds Delhi HC Order Barring Section 34 Challenge During CIRP
Supreme Court Directs 30% Representation by Women Advocates in State Bar Councils
Supreme Court Seeks ECI’s Response on Challenge to Assam’s Exemption from Special Intensive Voter Roll Revision
SC Examines BLO Safety in West Bengal SIR Process
BCI Halts All Bar Association Elections in Punjab & Haryana Until Completion of State Bar Council Polls
Karnataka HC Stays Menstrual Leave Notification; Seeks State’s Reply
Disparagement of the Supreme Court is Unacceptable; says 44 Retired Judges
Delhi High Court Pulls Up Indigo Over Massive Flight Disruptions; Seeks DGCA Report, Orders Strict Enforcement of Passenger Compensation Rules
Supreme Court Orders SIT Probe into Alleged Abetment of Suicide by Former Madhya Pradesh Minister
Delhi HC Moves to Curb Misuse of Salman Khan’s Name, Images for Commercial Merchandise
Prior Conviction Cannot Prejudice Ongoing Proceedings; Supreme Court Declines Transfer of Criminal Trial
Kerala Government Seeks Supreme Court Approval for Judicial City at Kalamassery; KHCAA Registers Strong Objection to High Court Relocation
Delhi Court Grants Umar Khalid Interim Bail to Attend Sister’s Wedding
Supreme Court Designates Four Former Judges As Senior Advocates
Interviews
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Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [30th November – 6th December, 2025]