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2025-Unprecedented Year For Judiciary
To borrow Charles Dickens' words, 2025 was the “best of times, it was the worst of times” for the judiciary.The year began with an extraordinary incident which sent shockwaves not just to the judiciary but also to the legal fraternity after a fire incident led to the accidental discovery of piles of burnt currency at a judge's official residence.It went on to witness some rare...
Supreme Court Round-Up 2025: Free Speech
In 2025, the Supreme Court handled significant cases dealing with free speech. From poetry and political dissent to Wikipedia entries, online comedy, social media commentary and cinema, the Court was repeatedly required to navigate the fraught boundary between liberty and regulation. When poetry was criminalised - Imran Pratapgarhi caseOne of the clearest affirmations of free speech came...
Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 30, 2025
TAX Taxpayers To Be Barred From Filing GSTR-3B Return For Excess GST ITC Claims: GSTN Issues AdvisoryService Tax | Co-Op Society Paying Rent Arrears To Local Municipality For Gas Transportation Pipeline Not Liable Under Reverse Charge : CESTAT AhmedabadProfit From Securitisation/Sell-Down Of Loan Receivables Not Taxable As Service: CESTAT ChennaiExcise | Cutting/Slitting HR-CR Coils...
Tripura Student's Tragic Death: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Recognition Of 'Racial Slur' As Hate Crime & Guidelines To Tackle Discrimination
Following the tragic death of a 24-year old student subjected to a racial attack in Dehradun over his north-eastern appearance, a public interest litigation has been initiated before the Supreme Court to address racial discrimination and violence against Indian citizens from north-eastern states and other frontier regions of India.The plea, filed by Advocate-on-Record Anoop Prakash Awasthi,...
Supreme Court Introduces SOP Mandating Timelines For Oral Arguments To Streamline Hearings
Aiming at improving court management and speedy disposal of cases, the Supreme Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prescribing strict timelines for the submission and conduct of oral arguments in all post-notice and regular hearing matters.Mandatory Timelines for Oral Arguments Needs To Be Stated In Advance Under the new SOP, Senior Advocates, arguing counsel,...
Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 29, 2025
TAX APVAT | Value Added Tax Not Leviable On Offshore Sales Beyond Territorial Waters: Andhra Pradesh High CourtIncome Tax Act | Delhi High Court Sets Aside Reassessment Against MakeMyTrip Over ₹50 Crore Receipt, Cites Vague S.148A NoticesBombay High Court Upholds 18% Interest Levy On Delayed VAT Payment, Says Interest Levied Automatically Once Payment Is DelayedPunjab & Haryana High...
Tenant Cannot Dictate Landlord Should Choose Another Property To Start Business: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a tenant cannot dictate to a landlord which accommodation should be treated as suitable for the landlord's bona fide requirement, nor can the tenant insist that the landlord start a business from some other premises suggested by the tenant.Allowing an appeal filed by the landlord, the Court set aside a Bombay High Court order which had overturned...
Delhi Riots: Court Acquits Three In Mosque Arson Case, Slams Police For Making Arrest Based On 'Inadmissible Evidence'
A Delhi court has recently acquitted three men accused of vandalism, arson and loot at Jannati Masjid in city's Gokalpuri area during the 2020 North East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts acquitted Deepak, Prince and Shiv, while criticising the Delhi Police's investigation for relying on inadmissible electronic evidence and delayed, unreliable...
'Constable Is Public Servant, But Not MP/MLA?' Supreme Court Questions Kuldeep Sengar's Plea Against Aggravated Charge In Unnao Rape Case
In CBI's plea challenging grant of bail to Unnao rape accused-Kuldeep Sengar, the Supreme Court today expressed concern about accepting an argument that a constable or a patwari is a 'public servant' for the purposes of the POCSO Act but not an elected Member of Legislative Assembly.For context, Sengar, who was an MLA at the time of Unnao rape incident, contests a charge of aggravated...
Supreme Court Keeps In Abeyance Its Aravalli Hills Judgment, To Set Up Fresh Expert Committee
In a suo motu case initiated over concerns surrounding revised definition of Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 29) has kept in abeyance its earlier directions concerning the change in definition of Aravalli Hills, after expressing concern that the expert committee report and the Court's observations were being misconstrued.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,...