ED Assistant Director Apologises In Madras High Court For Issuing Show Cause Notice Despite Stay Order

The Assistant Director of Enforcement, Vikas Kumar, issued an unconditional apology to the Madras High Court on Monday for having issued a show cause notice to film producer Akash Baskaran, despite a High Court stay. The apology was made before a bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan. The court was hearing a contempt plea filed by Baskaran for continuing the probe in...

Meghalaya High Court Directs State To Constitute Monitoring Committee To Tackle Drug & Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation Of Victims

The Meghalaya High Court recently asked the State Government to constitute Monitoring Committee to address the drug and substance abuse and rehabilitation of the victims in the State of Meghalaya.The division bench of the Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice H.S. Thangkhiew further directed that the said Monitoring Committee shall be chaired by the Chief Secretary to the Government of...

Delhi High Court Quashes Pre- Insolvency Resolution GST Demands Against Patanjali Foods

The Delhi High Court has set aside GST demands raised against Patanjali Foods Limited (Ruchi Soya) for periods preceding the final approval of its insolvency resolution plan on September 4, 2019. The court held that all statutory dues not included in the approved plan stood extinguished. A division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Shail Jain, in a judgment delivered on December...

Delhi High Court Allows Au Naturel Beauty To Rebrand NEUDE As BE NEUDE In Dispute With Wet and Dry

The Delhi High Court has allowed cosmetics brand Au Naturel Beauty Private Limited to switch from the mark “NEUDE” to “BE NEUDE,” holding that the new mark would eliminate the risk of confusion with rival brand Wet and Dry Personal Care Private Limited's trademark “NEUD.” A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta passed the order on December...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association Elects Office Bearers For 2025-26

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, unanimously elected its office bearers for the term 2025–26.Senior Advocate Atul Lakhanpal has been elected as the President of the Association. Senior Advocate Vikas Chatrath was elected as Vice President, while Senior Advocate Chanchal K. Singla was elected as Secretary, who is also Additional...

Customs Act | Gujarat High Court Reiterates Mandatory Cross-Examination Under Section 138B, Quashes Penalty Order

The Gujarat High Court has held that reliance on statements of witnesses without allowing the manufacturer opportunity to cross‑examine, while ignoring those statements that testified in favour of the manufacturer, violates principles of natural justice. In a judgment delivered on November 25, 2025 Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Pranav Trivedi quashed the penalty order and...

Shifting Bank Branch Doesn't Require RBI Permission Under 2017 Guidelines: Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL

Recently, the Allahabad High Court denied relief to a litigant challenging the shifting of Indian Bank Branch to another village without the permission of RBI.Petitioner, Gram Pradhan, approached the High Court against shifting of the branch of the Indian Bank located in Block Mau Aima, Tehsil Soraon, District Prayagraj to another location on grounds that it would cause great hardship to...

Delhi High Court Restrains Mumbai Apparel Brand Using Logo Similar To Beverly Hills Polo Club

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a Mumbai-based clothing business, Vivaan Enterprise, from using polo player logos on its apparel after finding them deceptively similar to the well-known “Beverly Hills Polo Club” brand. The order was passed without hearing Vivaan Enterprise at this stage, meaning the Court granted immediate protection to the brand owner based on the...

GST | Allahabad High Court Grants Stay On Composite Show Cause Notice For Multiple Assessment Years

Recently, the Allahabad High Court has granted stay on composite show cause notice issued by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence where multiple assessment years have been clubbed in one show cause notice. Petitioner approached the High Court against a single show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Ghaziabad for tax...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 08 To December 14, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1682 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1710NOMINAL INDEXPrincipal Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi-I Vs. M/S Avery Dennison (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1682 M/s Sunlight Project Pvt. Ltd. v. Delhi Development Authority 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1683 Shambhu Nath Rai v. Union Of India & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1684 SURENDAR KUMAR v. BAR COUNCIL OF DELHI & ANR...

Minority Community Facing Difficulty In Enjoying Their Land: Dargah Tells Madras High Court Over Thiruparankundram Deepam Row

The Hazarath Sultan Sikkandar Badhusha Avuliya Dargah, challenging a single judge's order directing lighting of the lamp at the stone pillar in Thiruparakundram Hills, told the Madras High Court (Madurai bench) on Monday (December 15) that the minority community was facing difficulty in enjoying their land given to them in 1920. A division bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice...

Law Must Bend Toward Inclusion: P&H High Court Directs Retrospective Promotion With Benefits To Visually Impaired Forest Employee

Emphasising that the right to be free from disability-based discrimination, as enshrined in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, must be regarded with the same seriousness and protection as a fundamental right—ensuring that no employee is excluded from consideration solely on the basis of disability—the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Haryana Government to...