Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Rival From Using Trade Dress Similar To Parachute Jasmine Hair Oil

The Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained Minolta Natural Care and its associated entities from using packaging and bottle designs that the court found deceptively similar to Marico's Parachute Jasmine/ Parachite Advansed Jasmine Hair Oils. A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the interim injunction on December 9, 2025, after Marico alleged that Minolta had copied...

Bollywood Actor Salman Khan Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His Personality Rights

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora. The suit has been filed against various defendants, including John does (unknown entities). The actor is aggrieved by use of his persona, including his image, voice and other traits, for commercial use without his...

Minor Cannot Consent To Sexual Relations Even If In Love Relationship: Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence In POCSO Case

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of a man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl aged between 12 and 14 years. The Court held that the victim's affection or “love affair” with the accused could not dilute the statutory protection granted to children or legitimise sexual acts committed against her.The Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and...

Municipality Must Accept Only Tax Component, Penal Charges Not Required For Filing Appeal Under Municipal Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that under Section 509(11) of the Municipality Act, only the tax component shown in the demand notice is required to be paid for filing an appeal. The bench clarified that the Municipality cannot insist on payment of penal interest or any other additional charges for entertaining the appeal. Section 509(11) of the Municipality Act, 1994, provides that...

Income Tax Act | No Addition U/S 153A Without Incriminating Material Found During Search: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that no income addition can be made under Section 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 unless incriminating material is found during a search, even if the Revenue relies on information received from foreign authorities. A Division Bench of Justice G.S. Kulkarni and Justice Aarti Sathe dismissed an income tax appeal filed by the Revenue and upheld the order...

Delhi High Court Orders 'Mask' Movie Makers To Drop Disputed Kannada Song Or Deposit ₹30 Lakh Before OTT Release

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Black Madras Films, the producers of the Tamil feature film "Mask", to either remove the Kannada song “Naguva Nayana” from the movie or deposit Rs 30 lakh with the court before releasing it on OTT platforms, satellite television, or any other online medium. The order was passed on December 9, 2025, by Justice Tejas Karia while hearing an...

'Police Didn't Register FIR': Father Tells Gujarat High Court In Plea For Independent Probe Into Minor Daughter's Alleged Rape

The father of a minor girl from Rajasthan who claimed that his daughter was raped, told the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (December 10) that the police failed to register the FIR even when a cognizable offence was made out which was in complete violation of mandate in Lalita Kumari judgment. He further said that the delay in the case was caused because police remained inactive. On Monday...

NAFED's 'Society Commission' Deductions From Rice Millers' Bills Contrary To Contract: Orissa High Court Upholds Refund Award

The Orissa High Court bench of Justice (Dr.) Sanjeeb K Panigrahi while dismissing an appeal under Section 37, Arbitration and Conciliation (“ACA”) observed that deductions from invoices made by NAFED under the head “society commission” were contrary to the contractual agreements entered with rice millers and the latter were entitled to reimbursement of such deducted amounts....

CGST Act | Gauhati High Court Reads Down S.16(2)(aa); Says ITC Can't Be Denied To Bona Fide Buyer For Supplier's Default

The Gauhati High Court has held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) cannot be denied to a bona fide purchaser merely because the supplier failed to upload invoice details in Form GSTR-1, and has read down Section 16(2)(aa) of the CGST Act and AGST Act to protect genuine taxpayers. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury disposed of a writ...

Send SMS/WhatsApp To Rowdy Sheeter When Appearance Is Needed For Enquiry, Don't Summon Orally: Karnataka High Court To Police

The Karnataka High Court has partly allowed a petition filed by rowdy sheeter Sunil Kumar alias Silent Sunil, who sought a direction to all officers of the Karnataka State Police Department to issue a notice to him whenever his appearance is needed for the purpose of enquiry or investigation.Justice R. Nataraj said, “So long as the petitioner does not involve in the commission of any...

Delhi High Court Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings To Monitor Implementation Of Policies On Remission, Premature Release Of Convicts

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday initiated suo motu proceedings to monitor and supervise the implementation of policies concerning the remission and premature release of convicts in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela appointed Senior Advocate Siddharth Agarwal as amicus curiae in the matter. The proceedings have...

3-Yrs BPE Degree Equivalent To B.P. Ed For Physical Training Instructor, Rejection Based On Short-Form 'BPE' Is Misnomer: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the 3 year degree of Bachelor of Physical Education (“BPE”) could not be differentiated from the one year decree of Bachelor of Physical Education (B.P.Ed), and the candidate possessing BPE was eligible to be appointed as Physical Training Instructor (“PTI”) Grade III.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and...