Delhi High Court Slaps ₹1 Lakh Costs On Securities Brokerage That Undertook Trades Without Client Mandate

The Delhi High Court recently pulled up a stock brokerage firm for indulging in unauthorised trading and “sharp practices” aimed at earning commission income at the cost of investors. It also imposed a costs of Rs 1 lakh for prolonged harassment of its client. Dismissing an appeal by Trustline Securities Limited, the court held that trades executed without client instructions and...

Delhi High Court Mandates E-KYC For Domain Registrations To Curb Online Frauds

To curb online scams run through fake websites impersonating popular brands, the Delhi High Court has ordered mandatory e-KYC for domain name registrations and restricted automatic privacy masking of registrant details. It has also directed banks to strengthen payment verification safeguards to protect unsuspecting consumers from being duped.The directions were issued in a batch of commercial suits where several trademark owners complained that unknown persons were registering deceptive domain...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Referral Of Trademark & Passing Off Dispute Involving "Pind Balluchi" Restaurant

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justices Om Prakash Shukla and C. Hari Shankar have allowed the Section 8, Arbitration and Conciliation (“ACA”) application seeking referral for arbitration between M/s Triom Hospitality (“Triom”) and M/s J.S. Hospitality Services Pvt. Ltd. (“J.S.”) regarding the registered trademark of the famous “Pind Balluchi”...

Information Technology Act Provisions Regarding Service Of Notice Inapplicable To Service Under GST Act: Allahabad High Court

In a landmark judgment, the Allahabad High Court has held that the provisions of Information Technology Act regarding dispatch and receipt of service are not applicable to service made under Section 169 of the Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. The six modes of service provided under Section 169(1) of the State/Central GST Act are: (a) tendering directly or by messenger; (b) dispatch...

Delhi Air Pollution | GST Council Meeting Can't Be Conducted On VC, PIL To Abolish 18% Tax On Air Purifiers 'Loaded': Centre To High Court

Union of India informed the Delhi High Court on Friday (December 26) that the meeting of the GST Council to decide the issue of lowering or abolition of GST on air-purifiers can only be conducted physically and not virtually and sought to time to respond to a PIL to declare air-purifiers as “medical devices”.The PIL moved by lawyer Kapil Madan further seeks removal of imposition of 18% GST on air purifiers. The plea says that air purifiers cannot be treated as luxury but rather are...

'Strong Prima Facie Case': Calcutta High Court Flags Unfair Exclusion Of IndiaMART By ChatGPT, Defers Interim Relief Pending OpenAI Hearing

The Calcutta High Court has held that IndiaMART has made out a strong prima facie case of selective discrimination after being allegedly excluded from ChatGPT-generated search results, but declined to grant ad-interim relief on the ground that such an order would virtually amount to granting final relief without hearing OpenAI and the other respondents.Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, sitting in the Intellectual Property Rights Division of the High Court, passed the order on 24 December 2025 in a...

GST Registration Can Be Restored If Returns And Dues Are Cleared: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has allowed a writ petition seeking restoration of Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration which had been cancelled due to non-filing of returns for a continuous period of six months. A single judge bench of Justice Kardak Ete was hearing the petition filed by a proprietor engaged in execution of works contracts, whose GST registration was cancelled by the...

MP High Court Orders Status Quo In Plea For Exclusive Burial Ground For Muslim Community

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State authorities to maintain status quo over a graveyard located in district Katni's Sleemnabad while hearing a plea seeking to protect the burial rights of the Muslim community and to declare the graveyard as exclusive burial ground. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf directed; "Issue notice. Notice is accepted by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondents. List the matter on...

Criminal Courts Must Proactively Filter Factually Fractured Prosecutions At Challan Stage To Arrest 'Snail-Paced Justice': J&K High Court

Holding that criminal courts are not meant to function as passive recipients of police reports, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has underscored that from the very presentation of a final police report (challan), courts must proactively apply judicial acumen to examine whether a case discloses a complete and coherent factual foundation warranting trial, or whether it is a factually fractured prosecution destined to collapse.Justice Rahul Bharti made these observations while quashing...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part 1 [Citations 1 - 250]

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 250 NOMINAL INDEX S Ve Shekar v State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 Thol.Thirumavalavan v. Dr.V.Vedha @ Dhamodharan, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 Mark Studio India Private Limited v. Income Tax Officer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Dr Jenbagalakshmi v The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 4 M. Nagappan v....

Provisions Of SC/ST Act Not Attracted When Alleged Abuse Is Hurled Over Phone: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has observed that where caste-based abuses are allegedly hurled over the telephone and not in public view, the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act would not be prima facie attracted, rendering an application for anticipatory bail under the special statute not maintainable.The observation was made by Justice Jay...

Family Court Has No Power To Issue Lookout Circulars For Enforcing Maintenance Orders: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Family Court has no power to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) while executing an order passed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which relates to maintenance for wives, children and parents.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti observed that maintenance orders under Section 125 CrPC create a civil obligation enforced through judicial orders. If a party defaults, the remedy available is execution of the order through attachment of property, issuance...