High Courts
“Crime Against Country's Economic Health, Has Cascading Effect on Taxpayers”: Jharkhand HC Denies Bail In Rs 522 Cr PMLA Case
The Jharkhand High Court has refused to grant bail to Amit Gupta (applicant), who was accused of coordinating 135 shell companies allegedly to generate fake invoices, irregular Input Tax Credit (ITC), and fraudulent e-way bills, causing a purported loss of over Rs.522.91 crores to Government exchequer.As the applicant had miserably failed to satisfy the Court that reasonable grounds existed...
'Sum' U/S 31(7)(b) A&C Act Excludes Pendente Lite Interest Unless Expressly Included: Delhi High Court In Award Execution Plea Against BSNL
The Delhi High Court held that if pre-award or pendente lite interest is not added to the principal amount in an arbitral award or on appeal, then post-award interest under Section 31(7)(b) cannot be charged on it.Justice Amit Bansal dismissed the decree-holder's contention that the Supreme Court's use of the phrase 'statutory interest' entitled it to post-award interest on both principal...
Kerala High Court Directs State To Draft Guidelines To Regulate Pre-Primary Childcare Institutions, Warns Delay Would Breach Its Directions
The Kerala High Court, on a recent occasion, directed the State government to urgently come up with draft regulations for regulating daycare centres, creches and other pre-primary educational institutions in tune with the assurance made by it in 2021.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. was dealing with a public interest litigation preferred by a lawyer...
NFAC Doesn't Take Away Jurisdictional Assessing Officer's Power To Initiate Reassessment U/S 148 Income Tax Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) and Faceless Assessing Officer (FAO) have jurisdiction to issue reassessment notices under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The position has been in dispute since introduction of the E-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme, 2022, which led to the setting up of the National Faceless Assessment...
'Over-Crowding In Guruvayur Temple Is A Civic Challenge': Kerala High Court Orders Formation Of Multi-Departmental Committee
The Kerala High Court yesterday (November 21) passed a detailed judgment outlining comprehensive guidelines for managing the high number of pilgrims that visit the Sreekrishna Temple, Guruvayur every day.The Division Bench consisting of Justice Raja Raghavan and Justice K.V. Jayakumar also ordered the formation of a permanent, 7-member multi-departmental Committee including the...
Delay In Filing Complaint No Ground To Deny Relief Under Senior Citizens Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that delay in filing complaint is no ground to deny relief to the senior citizens under the Senior Citizens Act, 2007. Justice Sachin Datta said that where a senior citizen does not rush or act with alacrity in filing complaint as per prescribed statutory mechanism, it is not a ground to deny to the senior citizen the rights flowing from the said enactment.“It...
Delhi High Court Restrains Firozabad Firm From Manufacturing Look-Alike Nutella Jars, Imposes ₹10 Lakh Costs
The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained Firozabad-based glass manufacturers from making and selling empty glass jars found to be deceptively similar to the registered Nutella jar shape used by Ferrero Spa, the maker of Nutella spreads. The court also directed the manufacturers to hand over 3.05 lakh seized jars to Ferrero and pay Rs 10 lakh towards legal costs. A single bench of...
Income Tax Reassessment Notice Generated On Last Day Of Limitation But Uploaded Next Day Due To Portal Glitch Is Time-Barred: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court recently found time-barred, an income tax reassessment notice generated by the Department on the last day of the limitation window but, issued to the assessee only a day after.The limitation period in the case at hand expired on June 30, 2025 (inclusive).The Income Tax Department claimed that the notice was generated on June 30, 2025 at 21:14:46 and signed on June 30, 2025...
'Fraud On People': Kerala High Court Pulls Up State For Abandoning Pizhala-Kadamakudy Bridge, Seeks Clarity On Its Status
The Kerala High Court recently pulled up the state government, questioning it about the status of construction of the Pizhala-Kadamakudy Bridge for which administrative sanction was received as early as in October 2017.The Division Bench comprising Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian, while considering a public interest litigation preferred by the residents of...
Madras High Court Revives Sreedevi Video's Dispute With Saregama Over Rights To Tamil, Telegu Film Music
The Madras High Court has revived a copyright dispute over the audio rights to iconic Telegu and Tamil films including Sagara Sangamam, Salangai Oli, Shankarabharanam and Sitara, holding that Sreedevi Video Corporation's claim seeking a permanent injunction against Saregama India Ltd must be examined on merits even though its request for a declaration of ownership is time-barred. On...
Bombay High Court Sets Aside ₹27 Crore Deposit Condition For Former Stock Broker Ketan Parekh To Travel Abroad
The Bombay High Court has recently quashed an order directing former stockbroker Ketan Parekh, who is facing prosecution arising from alleged large-scale manipulation of the securities market in the late 1990s and early 2000s, to deposit Rs 27.06 crore as a condition for travelling abroad. A single bench of Justice N J Jamadar held that the Special Court's direction lacked a reasonable...
AIIMS Obligated To Pay Stipend To Indian Junior Resident Doctors, Not Foreign PG Students: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) is obligated to pay stipend payments to Indian Junior Residents and not the foreign-national postgraduate medical trainees.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that AIIMS must prioritise such payments to domestic students who are “beneficiaries...