High Courts
'Deepathoon' Is Figment Of Judge's Imagination: Madurai Authorities Tell Madras High Court Over Thiruparankundram Deepam Row
Opposing the single judge's order directing the lighting of a lamp at the stone pillar in Thiruparakundram Hills, Madurai district, and police authorities told the Madras High Court (Madurai bench) on Tuesday (December 16) that the deepathoon (stone pillar) is a figment of the judge's imagination or devotees' imagination, which the judge had latched on to.In doing so, the authorities told...
Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Argues Parole Plea In-Person Before P&H High Court To Attend Parliament Amid Lawyers' Strike
Jailed Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh appeared in person on VC before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to argue his petition seeking parole to attend the Winter session of Parliament, as lawyers were disrupted due to a lawyers' strike.Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the State's refusal to grant him parole...
CGST Act | Once Returns Are Filed Within Time Period U/S 16(5), Limitation U/S 16(4) Loses Significance: Kerala High Court Allows ITC Claim
The Kerala High Court held that Section 16(5) of the CGST Act (Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017), being a non-obstante provision, overrides the time limit prescribed under Section 16(4) once returns are filed within the cut-off date specified therein. Section 16(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 specifies that no registered person can take Input Tax Credit...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict In Bail Plea Of Former Devaswom Board Official N Vasu
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 16) reserved its verdict in the regular bail application of 75-year-old former Travancore Devaswom Board official N. Vasu, who is arrayed as the third accused in the crime relating to the misappropriation of gold from the door frames of Sabarimala temple.The case was heard in detail today and yesterday by Justice A. Badharudeen.Vasu has taken an...
Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of News Report On Pregnant Women Compelled To Deliver Child At Home, Use Blade To Cut Umbilical Chord
The Bombay High Court recently took Suo Motu cognisance of the plight of pregnant women in hilly areas of Maharashtra wherein women are compelled to deliver children at home and use 'shaving blades' to cut the umbilical chords.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar noted from news item published in a Marathi Daily which stated that the Maharashtra Government has...
Revisional Powers Must Be Exercised Within Reasonable Time Even In Fraud Cases; Merits Cannot Justify Gross Delay: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed an order of the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) which had reopened and annulled revenue mutations after more than four decades.Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, while allowing a writ petition, held that revisional powers whether invoked in cases of fraud or otherwise must be exercised within a reasonable period, and that merits of a...
Bona Fide Errors In GSTR-3B Can Be Corrected; Karnataka High Court Directs Department To Accept Revised Returns
The Karnataka High Court held that bona fide errors in GSTR-3B returns are rectifiable and cannot be a ground to initiate proceedings under Section 73 of the KGST /CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Act. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar directed the department to accept the revised returns, noting that the Supreme Court has also directed the CBIC to re-examine the provisions/timelines...
Denying Regularisation To Daily Wager After Extracting Work For Over 34 Years Is Illegal, Inequitable: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh High Court dismissed the Union Territory's challenge to the regularisation of a daily wager, holding that denial of regularisation after extracting work for more than three decades would be illegal, inequitable, and contrary to the welfare obligations of the State.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli, Justice Rajnesh Oswal noted that the...
"Person At This Age Would Be Lost Away From Family”: Bombay High Court Orally Remarks In Gautam Navlakha's Plea To Shift Back To Delhi
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday indicated its inclination to permit rights activist Gautam Navlakha to relocate to Delhi, while hearing his plea seeking relaxation of a bail condition that restrains him from leaving Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case.The matter was heard by a Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Shyam Chandak.“Consider the fact that he is...
Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of 'VISTARRAAH' Trademark Over Similarity To Air India's Vistara Airline
Holding that it was deceptively similar to Air India's VISTARA airline brand, the Bombay High Court has directed the removal of the trademark “VISTARRAAH” from the Trade Marks Register. Justice Arif S Doctor passed the order on December 10, 2025, while allowing a rectification petition filed by Air India. The Court held that permitting the disputed mark to remain on the register would...
Delhi High Court Defers Hearing In Apple's Plea Against Global-Turnover Penalty Rule To January 27
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed to January 27, 2026, a plea filed by Apple INC challenging the amendment to the Competition Act, 2002, allowing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to impose penalties based on a company's global turnover.The impugned provision empowers the CCI to impose fines of up to 10% of the average turnover of the preceding three financial years on...
Income Tax Act | Upkeep & Maintenance Expenses For Rubber Replantation Are Revenue Expenditure, Deductible U/S 37: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that expenditure incurred on the upkeep and maintenance of rubber trees, including expenses relating to replantation and replacement, is revenue in nature and therefore allowable as a deduction under Section 37 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 37 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, provides that expenses incurred by businesses for raising loans are eligible...