High Courts
Pre-CIRP Tax Claims Extinguished After Plan Approval, Bombay High Court Quashes Tax Notices To V Hotels
The Bombay High Court has recently reaffirmed that income-tax assessment proceedings for any period prior to the approval of a resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) stand extinguished once the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approves the plan, ruling that the tax department cannot initiate or continue such proceedings thereafter.A Division Bench of Justice B...
Great Grand Son Not Eligible For Freedom Fighter Quota: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Plea Of Constable Wrongly Appointed For 9 Yrs
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition of a Constable who, after serving for nine years, was found to have been wrongly appointed under the Freedom Fighter quota, holding that the benefit of freedom fighter quota cannot be availed by the Great Grand son of the freedom fighter.Justice Jagmohan Bansal observed that, "there may be connivance or negligence on the part...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Academic Nitasha Kaul's Plea Challenging Cancellation Of OCI Card
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (November 26) issued notice on a plea filed by academic and writer Nitasha Kaul challenging the cancellation of her OCI card as well as prohibition on her travel to India. Justice Sachin Datta sought response of the Union Government within four weeks and listed the matter for hearing on January 28, 2026. Kaul has challenged the order passed on March 06...
Kerala High Court Permits State To Accept Land Tax From Residents Of Disputed Munambam Land
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (November 26) passed an interim order directing the District Collector, Tahsildar and the Village Officer to accept tax from the persons residing in the disputed Munambam land, which the State Wakf Board has claimed to be wakf property.Justice C. Jayachandran passed the interim order while considering a batch of petitions, one of which was preferred by the...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Former Devaswom Board Official
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (November 26) orally directed not to arrest S. Sreekumar, the former Administrative Officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board, who is arraigned as the 6th accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering the anticipatory bail plea of Sreekumar, who is accused of the offences under Section 120B, 403, 406, 409 and 467 r/w Section...
MP High Court Extends Ban On Cutting Trees, Says State Has Only Planted 'Trunks', Not Transplanted Trees
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (November 26), sought a report from the State government specifying how many trees have been felled and how many are proposed to be felled, along with the proposed locations for transplantation, while referring to the cost of trees in terms of oxygen generated, as emphasized by the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the court continued the operation of...
Gujarat High Court Directs Authority To Consider Kuwaiti Resident's Passport Renewal Plea Put On Hold Over Rash Driving FIR
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (November 25) granted relief to an Indian man working in Kuwait, whose application for renewal of passport was put on hold in view of an FIR registered against him for rash and negligent driving at Lunawada police station. The court asked the authorities to process the petitioner's passport renewal plea within 4 weeks after noting that the petitioner is...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Medilabo's Patent For Neurodegenerative-Disease Drug
The Delhi High Court has set aside a Patent Office order refusing Medilabo RFP's patent application for a pharmaceutical composition used in treating neurodegenerative diseases, holding that the authority rejected the application without examining the amended claims and without explaining how the invention fell within the bar on “methods of treatment” under Section 3(i) of the Patents...
High Court Refuses To Restrain Delhi Race Club From Enforcing 'Family Unit' Cap In Horse Races
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim order restraining the Delhi Race Club from enforcing 'family unit' cap qua the number of horses for races for Delhi Meeting 2025-2026. Justice Amit Bansal rejected the interim injunction filed by a horse owner- Ravinder Pal Singh Chauhan in his suit seeking to restrain the Club from enforcing the concept of 'family unit'. He...
Calcutta High Court Rejects Written Statement Filed Beyond 120 Days; Holds Postal Service At Registered Office Valid Under CPC
The Calcutta High Court has held that service of a writ of summons on a company by speed post at its registered office constitutes valid service under Order XXIX Rule 2(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure, thereby triggering the mandatory 120-day period for filing a written statement under the Commercial Courts framework.Justice Aniruddha Roy dismissed NTC Industries Limited's application...
Customs | Oral Waiver Of SCN Untenable In Law, Continued Detention Of Goods Illegal: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that continued detention or seizure of goods by the Customs Department would be untenable in law, where the Show Cause Notice or the personal hearing have been waived via an oral waiver.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain was dealing with a challenge to detention of Petitioner's gold chain weighing 54 grams.Briefly put, Petitioner...
Standard Of 'Reason To Believe' In Benami Act Is Stricter Than 'Reasonable Suspicion' Under BNSS: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the standard of 'reason to believe' prescribed under Section 24 of the Benami Act is higher than 'reasonable suspicion' under Section 35 of BNSS which empowers a police officer to arrest a person for alleged involvement in a cognizable offence.For context, Section 24 of the Prohibition Of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 empowers an Initiating Officer...