J&K&L High Court Flags Inaction On Cancer Care Facilities, Urges Action To Fill Shortage Of Oncologists & PET Scan Machines

In order to address the long standing deficiencies in cancer treatment facilities in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, has issued stern orders demanding urgent compliance from the authorities. The Court's orders come after repeated delays and non-compliance despite earlier directives aimed at providing better healthcare for cancer patients.After reviewing...

Delhi HC To Hear IndiGo's Plea For ₹900+ Crore IGST & Customs Duty Refund On Re-Imported Aircraft Parts; Customs Alleges No Double Levy

The Delhi High Court is set to hear a plea by Interglobe Aviation Limited (Indigo) over denial of an estimated refund of over Rs. 900 crores of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and Customs duty on re-imported aircraft parts that were repaired abroad. The Customs Writ Petition filed on December 11, 2025 was mentioned before a Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and...

Delhi High Court Flags Validity Of Reports In IGST Refund Denial On Export Of Mouth Fresheners/Pan Masala; Directs Expeditious Examination

The Delhi High Court in a matter involving export of mouth freshner/pan masala, where two differing Test Reports were issued and refund of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) was denied, has flagged validity of Central Revenues Control Laboratory (CRCL) test reports. Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain were hearing writ petitions filed by Exporters/Petitioners...

Delay Attributable To State: Sikkim High Court Affirms Arbitral Award Of ₹5.88 Crore; Rejects State's Challenge

The High Court of Sikkim dismissed an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) filed by the State of Sikkim and its Power Department challenging an arbitral award that granted escalation and interest to contractor for work executed on a 66/11KV sub-station project at Mangan. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder...

GST Abolished Ad Tax, Doesn't Bar Municipal Licence Fees on Hoardings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax regime does not take away the power of municipal corporations in Maharshtra to levy licence fees on hoardings and sky-signs. The court clarified that GST abolished only advertisement tax and not regulatory charges imposed under municipal law. A division bench of Justice G S Kulkarni and Justice Advait...

Power To Extend Mandate Of Arbitrator Appointed By HC Rests Exclusively With High Court: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court dismissed a revisional application filed by Cosmic MAPL JV challenging the Commercial Court's refusal to extend the mandate of an arbitrator under Section 29A(4) and 29A(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act). Justice Shampa Sarkar held that in cases where the referral court is the High Court under section 11, it also...

National Lok Adalat At Punjab & Haryana High Court Disposes Of 303 Cases, Awards Over ₹13.36 Crore

As part of the nationwide initiative of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), a National Lok Adalat was organised today at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in coordination with the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC).The Lok Adalat was held under the overall supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and...

S. 321 CrPC | Mere State Govt's Intention To Withdraw Prosecution Not Binding; Independent Scrutiny By PP & Court Mandatory: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday observed that a "mere expression of intention" by the State Government to withdraw from the prosecution in a particular case neither binds the Court nor dilutes the statutory requirement of independent scrutiny by the Public Prosecutor and the judiciary. Dismissing a criminal appeal filed by four accused persons in a case involving...

Proof Of Occurrence Crucial, Victim's Minority Cannot Rescue Doubtful Prosecution: J&K&L High Court Acquits Gang Rape Accused

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that where the prosecution fails to prove the very occurrence of the alleged crime through clear, cogent and uncontradictory evidence, the minority of the alleged victim cannot be invoked as a fallback to sustain conviction.While reiterating that consent of a minor is legally irrelevant in a rape prosecution, the Court cautioned that such...

Merit Alone Governs Scale-VII Promotions; Courts Can't Re-Assess Marks: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that promotion from Scale-VI to Scale-VII under the applicable Promotion Policy is governed by the sole criterion of merit, and that courts cannot interfere with or re-evaluate the marks awarded by duly constituted promotion committees unless there is a clear violation of the prescribed procedure, parameters, or evidence of arbitrariness or mala fides. A...

Allahabad HC Stays Sister's Defamation FIR Proceedings Against Bhanvi Singh Over Claims In Divorce Suit With MLA Raja Bhaiya

In a respite for Bhanvi Kumari Singh, wife of sitting MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiya) from Kunda, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation case pending before a Lucknow Court against her. The proceedings were initiated pursuant to the lodging of an FIR by her own sister (Sadhvi Singh), which later culminated in a chargesheet...

Bail Granted By Magistrate Related To Accused Vitiated By Bias-in-Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court Cancels Order But Gives Interim Relief

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed a Judicial Magistrate's order granting regular bail to an accused in an intimidation case after finding that the Magistrate and the accused were related—though distantly—holding that such consanguinity created a “real likelihood of bias” sufficient to vitiate the order. Justice Sumeet Goel,"A fact that cannot be lost sight of is...