Finding Temple Authorities Failed To Comply, Madras High Court Permits Devotees To Light Lamp At Stone Pillar In Thiruparakundram Hills

After noting that its earlier order, permitting the lighting of lamps (Karthigai deepam) at the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparakundram hills was not complied with by the management of Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, the Madras High Court today permitted devotees to go to the hill and light the deepam themselves. Justice GR Swaminathan made the direction in...

Gujarat High Court Quashes GST Orders For Failure To Intimate Personal Hearing; Says Assessee Must Be Notified Before Final Order

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (December 3) quashed order issued to entity for failing to intimate about personal hearing, which had claimed that after notice of GST DRC-01 was issued to it, the authority did not intimate the date and time of personal hearing which was against principles of natural justice. In doing so the court said while issuing DRC-01 it would not be mandatory...

Bombay High Court Rejects Kailash Masala's Appeal Against Denial of Interim Relief in 'Mahalaxmi' Trademark Case

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has dismissed an appeal by Kailash Masala Industries, which had challenged a trial court's refusal to grant the company interim protection in its trademark and passing-off suit against Organic Khandeshi Food Products over the trademark 'Mahalaxmi' for its Masala Products. A single bench of Justice Shailesh P Brahme, in an order dated November 26, 2025, said...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea Alleging Arbitrariness In Appointment Of Panel Counsel Before Supreme Court

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging arbitrariness and unfairness in the appointment of lawyers as Union Government's panel counsel before the Supreme Court.Moved by First-Generation Lawyers Association (FGLA), the plea seeks quashing of the empanelment list published on November 21, alleging that it includes names of lawyers who are ineligible for...

Youtuber's Disparaging Claims About Product Can Restrict Company's Freedom Of Trade: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently granted interim relief to a water purifier company by restraining a YouTuber from making videos containing disparaging and defamatory statements about the company's product. Justice N Senthilkumar observed that the false statements made by the YouTuber would put an unreasonable restriction on the freedom of trade guaranteed to the company under...

Delhi High Court Suggests Litigant To Approach Supreme Court For Air Quality Measures, Cites Pending Matters

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday advised a litigant to approach the Supreme Court for seeking urgent measures to control and reduce the air pollution levels and Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the Apex Court has been monitoring the issue pertaining to the air quality...

Rajasthan High Court Fines Advocate Who Skipped Final Hearing Without Seeking Adjournment To Attend Another Case

The Rajasthan High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on an advocate who failed to appear when the matter was listed for final hearing, without submitting any adjournment application, on account of attending another matter in Jodhpur.The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain opined that despite knowing the fact in advance that the matter was listed for final hearing, no application...

CGST | Dept Must First Proceed Against Supplier Before Issuing Show Cause To Recipient For ITC Mismatch: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the department cannot proceed against a recipient for ITC mismatch without first initiating proceedings against the supplier. Section 42(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, deals with the communication of discrepancies in Input Tax Credit (ITC) claims between the recipient and the supplier. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A....

S. 138B Customs Act | Witness Statements Inadmissible Without Cross-Examination Unless Non-Availability Proven: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has said that under Section 138B Customs Act, statements of witnesses given before a concerned officer, who are unavailable for cross-examination by the assessee, can be considered relevant only when the circumstances of unavailability are established, and a finding is given on the impossibility to secure their presence. The petitioner entity argued that the Central...

Negligence, Not Espionage : Bombay High Court Acquits Ex-BrahMos Engineer Of Charges For 'Cyber Terrorism', Leaking Info To Pakistan

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Monday set aside the life imprisonment sentence awarded to a former Senior System Engineer at BrahMos Aerospace, who had been accused of interacting with a Pakistan-operated fake LinkedIn account and installing certain malwares which gave external access to sensitive files. A bench of Justice Anil S Kilor and Justice Pravin S Patil, set...

Madras High Court Suggests Email & Courier Assistance For Those Whose Phones Are Stolen To Avoid Need To Approach Courts In-Person

In an innovative approach, the Madras High Court has suggested the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority provide assistance to persons who have lost their cellphones or similar articles to get back the same without physically approaching the court. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was taking up a suo motu proceeding registered to implement the pilot project formulated by the Committee...

Notices Issued By Speed Post Requires Maintaining Tracking Details: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Customs Order

The Delhi High Court in a writ petition pertaining to service of notice through speed post where delivery reports could not be found, sets aside ex-parte demand order creating a demand to the tune of Rs. 1 crore. In an order dated November 24, 2025 the Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Renu Bhatnagar examined whether notices for personal hearing (Jan–Mar 2024)...