Delhi Air Pollution: High Court Asks GST Council To Decide On Lowering, Abolition Of GST On Air Purifiers 'At The Earliest'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 24) directed the GST Council to convene a meeting and decide the issue of lowering or abolishing of GST on air purifiers at the earliest keeping in mind the prevailing air quality situation in Delhi and nearby areas. The court passed the order while hearing a PIL against 18% GST imposed on air purifiers and to declare the same as a medical...

RBI Circulars Restricting Co-operative Banks From Accepting Demonetised Notes Valid: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has rejected a bunch of petitions filed by primary agricultural credit societies seeking acceptance of the demonized notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 held by these societies, and upheld RBI's 2016 circulars barring District Central Cooperative Banks from accepting the demonized notes.The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Anuroop Singhi...

Delhi High Court Upholds Injunction Against Use Of 'Medilice Lice Killer' For Anti-Lice Hair Oil

The Delhi High Court has recently upheld an injunction restraining Rapple Healthcare from using the mark “Medilice Lice Killer” for its anti-lice hair oil, holding that it infringed and amounted to passing off of the registered trademark “MEDILICE” owned by Wings Pharmaceuticals Private Limited. The court, however, reduced the damages awarded to Wings Pharmaceuticals from Rs 10 lakh...

Software Receipts Can't Be Taxed On PE Assumption Already Rejected By ITAT: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that software receipts cannot be subjected to tax deduction at source (TDS) on the assumption of a Permanent Establishment (PE) when such an assumption has already been rejected by ITAT, setting aside a withholding certificate issued under Section 197 of the Income Tax Act.A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar was dealing with a petition...

Customs | Mere Location Of DRI Or Central Revenues Control Lab In Delhi Doesn't Confer Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that merely because DRI headquarters or Central Revenues Control Laboratory (CRCL) are located in Delhi does not confer jurisdiction upon it to deal with Customs disputes arising in Tamil Nadu.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Renu Bhatnagar made the observation while dealing with the case of Petitioners, situated in Chennai, but challenging...

Bombay High Court Stays Fraud Proceedings Against Anil Ambani Over Prima Facie Defective Forensic Audit

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed fraud classification proceedings initiated by Indian Overseas Bank, IDBI Bank and Bank of Baroda against Anil Ambani, founder and chairman of the Reliance Group, after prima facie finding serious defects in the forensic audit relied upon by the banks. A single-judge bench of Justice Milind N. Jadhav, while granting interim relief, held that the...

Civilian Awardees Can't Use "Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan Or Bharat Ratna" As Prefix To Their Names: Bombay High Court

The civilian awards such as Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Bharat Ratna cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the names of the awardees, the Bombay High Court reiterated recently.Single-judge Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan while dealing with a petition involving a 2014 awardee Dr Sharad Hardikar, noted that he had used "Padma Shri" as a prefix to his name in the title of...

'Half Of DU Students Are There': Delhi High Court Orders Action Against Unauthorised Restaurants At Majnu Ka Tila

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 24) asked the civic authorities in the national capital to take action against various cafes and restaurants in Majnu ka Tila, located on the banks of the Yamuna river, operating without sanctioned building plans and safety measures. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was dealing with a...

Allahabad High Court Flags State's Lackadaisical Attitude In Tracing Missing Persons, Seeks Personal Affidavit Of Principal Home Secretary

Observing the lackadaisical attitude of State authorities in tracing out missing persons and being unsatisfied with the personal affidavit of the Commissioner of Police, Lucknow, the Allahabad High Court has order the State's Principal Secretary (Home), to file his personal affidavit detailing the action taken on a petitioner's complaint and disclose as to how many missing persons complaints...

Delhi Air Pollution An 'Emergency': High Court Asks Centre To Consider Temporary GST Relief On Air Purifiers

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the authorities must provide exemption from GST on air purifiers, considering the air pollution situation in the national capital as an “emergency.”A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a PIL to declare air-purifiers as “medical devices” and remove imposition of 18% GST...

Bail Can't Be Converted Into Detention: Kerala High Court Quashes Condition Requiring Foreigner To Stay In Transit Home

The Kerala High Court has held that criminal courts cannot impose conditions that effectively detain a foreign national in a transit or detention centre after granting bail.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath held that directions to remain in the detention centre/ transit home while granting bail to a foreign national would amount to keeping the accused in some kind of confinement even after he...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025

Nominal IndexParkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw...