Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Row | High Court Transfers Case To Lucknow As BJP Worker Alleges 'Death Threats' By Advocates In Raebareli

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Wednesday directed the immediate transfer of a criminal complaint case filed against the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Raebareli MP, Rahul Gandhi, from the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV, Raebareli, to the Special MP/MLA Court in Lucknow. A bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh thus allowed a Transfer Application filed by...

Delhi High Court Upholds Stay On ICC Arbitration In Oman-India Border Security Dispute, Dismisses MSA Global's Appeal

The Delhi High Court has upheld an anti-arbitration injunction issued by a single judge to discontinue an ICC arbitration between Engineering Projects India Ltd (EPIL) and MSA Global LLC (Oman). The Division Bench comprising of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar on 12th December, 2025 has affirmed that New Delhi was the arbitral seat and...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Tender Blacklisting Of Pharma Firm; Says Show-Cause Notice Must Clearly Propose Debarment Action

“When it comes to blacklisting, the requirement becomes all the more imperative… it is the harshest possible action,” the Calcutta High Court stressed while setting aside a three-year debarment and forfeiture of performance bank guarantee imposed on Helax Healthcare Pvt Ltd for alleged supply of non-standard Telmisartan tablets.Justice Krishna Rao held that the September 26,...

Mills Cannot Go Back On Price Change Agreed For Sugarcane In Meeting Convened By CM, With Farmers: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has permitted the South Indian Sugar Mills Association (Karnataka) and individual members of the association and factory owners to submit a representation to the Sugarcane Control Board, as regards the additional sugarcane price, which has now been fixed.Justice Suraj Govindaraj however noted that after agreeing in the meeting convened by the Chief Minister with regard...

Income Tax Act | Bombay High Court Allows Treaty-Based Cap Of 10% On DDT For Foreign Shareholder; Sets Aside BFAR Ruling

The Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) has held that Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) paid by an Indian subsidiary to its foreign shareholder must be restricted to the treaty rate of 10% under Article 11 of the India-UK India Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) A Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Nivedita P. Mehta allowed the appeal filed by the assessee,...

Kerala High Court Directs Suchithwa Mission To Frame Sustainable Sanitation Plan For Chottanikkara Temple

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (17 December) directed the Suchithwa Mission, the State's nodal agency for sanitation and waste management, to play a proactive role in restoring and maintaining cleanliness at the Chottanikkara Bhagavathi Temple, following serious concerns over environmental and public health issues in and around the temple premisesA Division Bench comprising Justice...

GST | Court Should Not Presume Denial Of Bail Is Rule: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail In ₹23.66 Cr Fake ITC Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that even in cases involving economic offences under the CGST Act, courts must not proceed on the presumption that “Denial of Bail is the Rule and grant being the exception”. Justice Aaradhna Sawhney stated that even in cases involving economic offences, the Court seized of the matter has to go through the gravity of the offence, the object...

'Enormity' Of Codeine Syrup 'Racket': Allahabad High Court Rejects Quashing Pleas Of Alleged Kingpin, Co-Accused; Upholds NDPS FIR

The Allahabad High Court today refused to quash multiple FIRs lodged against multiple persons accused of their involvement in the interstate trafficking of Codeine-based cough syrup, specifically 'Phensedyl'. Dismissing a batch of 23 writ petitions, including that of the alleged Kingpin of the suspected Codeine Cough Syrup Racket, a Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and...

Prosecution Can Be Initiated Without Waiting For ITAT Penalty Confirmation In High-Value Cases: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that approval of collegium of two CCIT/DGIT rank officers is only required in cases where tax evaded is less than the threshold limit of ₹25 Lakh.A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar held, “the appropriate authority for initiating the prosecution proceedings would be the sanctioning authority i.e., the PCIT and not the...

Gujarat High Court Restores GST Registration Noting Payment Of Outstanding Tax, Interest, Late Fee In Electronic Cash Ledger

The Gujarat High Court has restored GST registration subject to compliance with filing of pending returns and payment of outstanding tax with interest, late fee and penalty. A Division Bench comprising Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Pranav Trivedi permitted filing of GST returns for past period after noting copy of GST Returns for the period from April 2022 to December...

Trimurti Films Sues Dharma, Saregama In Bombay High Court Over 'Saat Samundar Paar' Song In Upcoming Film

Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd., the producer of the 1992 film Vishwatma, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to restrain the use of its iconic song “Saat Samundar Paar” in the upcoming Hindi film "Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri", alleging unauthorised remixing and incorporation of the song without its consent. The suit has been filed against Dharma Production, Namah Pictures...

When Agreement Gets Extended By Conduct Of Parties, Arbitration Clause Also Gets Extended: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently held that when an agreement is extended by the conduct of the parties, though it may have expired on paper, the applicability of the arbitration clause is also extended.Relying on the decision of the Supreme Court in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. vs. Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., the bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij...