High Courts
'High Courts Do Not Substitute Statutory Tribunals', Calcutta High Court Refuses To Halt Guarantors' Insolvency Proceedings
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday held that it cannot interfere with personal insolvency proceedings initiated under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, holding that such proceedings must take their course before the National Company Law Tribunal. A single bench of Justice Krishna Rao said the High Court could not halt a proceeding that falls within the jurisdiction of the...
Delhi High Court Cautions GST Dept Against Errors In Mentioning Financial Years, Due Dates In SCNs & Orders
The Delhi High Court has asked the GST Department to exercise caution when mentioning financial year, other relevant dates in the show cause notices and orders issued by it to a taxpayer.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Renu Bhatnagar sounded the note of caution after coming across a case where the authority inadvertently mentioned the due date for filing reply to the show...
Allow Lighting Of Lamp In Thiruparankundram Hills Today Itself: Madras High Court Directs State, Quashes Prohibitory Order
The Madras High Court has quashed the prohibitory order issued by the Madurai District Collector under Section 144 CrPC(Section 163 BNSS) in the Thiruparakundram region, following the clashes that broke out while implementing a court order passed yesterday, allowing devotees to go to the temple and light lamps at the stone pillar.Justice GR Swaminathan quashed the order, observing that the...
No 'Perversity': Kerala High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Dissolving 'Zephyr' Coaching Institute
The Kerala High Court on 28th November, 2025 dismissed an appeal sought to challenge an arbitral award that dissolved a coaching partnership firm, ruling that courts can neither re-examine expert valuations nor can the parties introduce fresh evidence at the appellate stage under section 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. A Division Bench of Chief Justice...
Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Facilitate Actor Celina Jaitly's Contact With Her Brother Detained In UAE
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (December 4) asked the Ministry of External Affairs to help facilitate contact between actor Celina Jaitly with her brother, a retired Indian Army officer, who was arrested and detained in UAE. The court was hearing a plea by Jaitly seeking effective legal representation for her brother. After hearing the matter for some time Justice Sachin Datta orally...
Delhi High Court Upholds ₹29.23 Crore Encashment Of Vedanta's Performance Bank Guarantee For Missing CMDPA Milestones
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed of a Writ Petition, upholding the Government's order to deduct Rs. 29,23,55,117.68 from Vedanta Limited's Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) for non-compliance of the Milestone period prescribed under the Coal Mine Development and Production Agreement. Justice Amit Sharma on 2nd December, 2025 rejected the Writ Petition of Vedanta Limited,...
Kerala High Court Slams Pollution Boards For Not Collecting Environment Compensation; Says Taxpayers Bear Burden Instead Of Offenders
The Kerala High Court recently (November 29) pulled up the Central and State Pollution Control Boards for the delay in the implementation of environmental compensation (EC) under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016It has also directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), to issue a time limit within which the mechanism for collection of EC will be put in place.A Division...
Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy For Making 'False Statement' During 2024 General Election Campaign
The Karnataka High Court has stayed all further proceedings in a case registered against Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy for allegedly making false statements during the 2024 General Election campaign.As per the FIR, the Janata Dal (Secular) leader, while campaigning for BJP's C Sommanna, referred to a person (purportedly Sommanna's opponent) as a disciple of gangster Kotwal...
'Ulterior Motive': Madras High Court Rejects Appeal Against Devotees Lighting Lamp At Stone Pillar Near Thiruparankundram Hill Dargah
The Madras High Court today dismissed a letter patent appeal against the order of a single judge in a contempt petition, permitting devotees of the Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy Temple to light lamps (Karthigai deepam) at the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparakundram hills, which is located close to a dargah.A division bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK...
Bombay High Court Quashes SVLDRS-3 Issued Under 'Arrears'; Says It Must Be Reassessed Under 'Litigation' Category With 70% Relief
The Bombay High Court has set aside the SVLDRS-3 Form issued to M/s Unique Enterprises, holding that the case should have been assessed under the “Litigation” category of the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019, and not under the “Arrears” category. The Court ruled that the duty demand in the case had not attained finality, and therefore the assessee was...
Bombay High Court Sets Aside Order Rejecting Yamaha Motors India's NCCD Rebate Claim; Says Core Issues Not Examined
The Bombay High Court has set aside the Union Government's order denying India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. a rebate of ₹3.26 crore towards National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD) paid on exported motorcycles, holding that the authority failed to examine the core statutory requirements under the Central Excise Rules. A Division Bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Advait M....
Delhi High Court Asks CCI To Expeditiously Hear Cinema Equipment Makers' Plea In Virtual Print Fee Probe Against PVR
The Delhi High Court on Thursday requested the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to expeditiously consider an application filed by the Association of Digital Cinema Technology seeking to be heard in the ongoing investigation against PVR Inox over the alleged abusive levy of the Virtual Print Fee (VPF). The order was passed by a single bench of Justice Sachin Datta. The association,...