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Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 08, 2025
TAX Revenue Cannot Adjudicate Decade-Old SCNs On NPV Sales Tax Retention: Bombay High Court KeralaHigh Court Upholds Over ₹15 Lakh Motor Vehicle Tax Demand OnPuducherry-Registered Car Found Used In Kerala Customs| Bills Of Entry Cannot Be Reassessed After Clearance Merely To Claim Refund Based On Later SC Judgment: CESTAT Mumbai Sales Tax Discharged Through NPV Under State Incentive Scheme...
Supreme Court Moots Guidelines To Curb Insensitive Observations By Courts In Sexual-Offence Cases; Stays Allahabad HC Judgment
The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court decision which held that grabbing the breasts of a minor girl, breaking the string of her pajama and trying to drag her beneath a culvert would not come under the offence of attempt to rape.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the matter. The bench observed the need for laying down guidelines for Courts...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 8, 2025
Links to reports published today :CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Skill Development & Polytechnic Courses For Haryana Jail InmatesIndigo Crisis | 'Govt Of India Has Taken Cognisance, Timely Action Seems To Have Been Taken' : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent ListingSupreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Election Of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Over 'Election Freebies'Extraordinary Artistry'...
Supreme Court Directs UP Police Officer Accused Of Anti-Muslim Remarks To Give Voice Sample; Quashes Case Against Man Who Flagged Audio
The Supreme Court today(December 8) quashed a criminal case against a man in Uttar Pradesh on finding that it was falsely lodged against him after he was proposing to initiate legal action over an audio clip in which the then Superintendent of Police, Bijnor, was allegedly heard making objectionable comments against Muslims.The bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice K...
Kerala University Sanskrit PhD Row: Special Court Grants Bail To Dean Booked Under SC/ST Act
The Special Court for SC/ST (PoA) Cases, Nedumangad (Thiruvananthapuram) has granted bail to Dr. C.N. Vijayakumari, Head of the Department of Sanskrit, Chairman of the Doctoral Committee, and Dean, Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Kerala.Dr. Vijayakumari is the sole accused in the crime registered at Sreekaryam Police Station in Thiruvananthapuram alleging commission of...
'Shocking Casualness', Supreme Court Slams UP Police As Officers, Counsel Clueless About Accused's Criminal Record
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh Police for their casual handling of proceedings after it emerged that even the sub-inspector accompanying the accused had no knowledge of his criminal antecedents in a matter arising from a 1982 appeal against an Allahabad High Court judgment.The Bench also expressed surprise that the State's counsel appeared equally uninformed. When...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC Order Summoning Byju's Resolution Professional In Contempt Case Over Sale Of Subsidiaries
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Kerala High Court's orders which had directed issuance of show-cause notices and directed Byju's Resolution Professional Shailendra Ajmera, GLAS Trust representative Sunil Thomas, and Ernst and Young Chairman Rajiv Memani to personally appear before the High Court in contempt proceedings over the sale of Byju's foreign subsidiaries Epic! Creations Inc....
Byju's RP Moves NCLAT After Aakash Withholds Rights-Issue Shares Over FEMA Concerns
The resolution professional of debt-laden ed-tech Think and Learn Pvt Ltd (Byju's) has moved an application before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai after Aakash Educational Services refused to allot shares to the company in its recently concluded rights issue, even though forums from NCLT to Supreme Court had earlier declined to halt the process. Aakash has...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Assam Professor In Case Over Making Pro-Pakistan & Obscene Posts
The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to a College Professor in Assam who had allegedly made 'pro-Pakistan' remarks during the Indo-Pak conflict this year. He was also accused of making obscene social media posts.Allegedly, the man (petitioner) uploaded a post on Facebook stating "we are with the brother of Pakistani citizens". The post further stated, "we will be with them in...
Union Opposes Sonam Wangchuk's Plea To Appear In Supreme Court Hearing Through VC
The Union Government on Monday (December 8) opposed a request made by Sonam Wangchuk to appear before the Supreme Court via video conferencing from Jodhpur jail in the hearing on the challenge to his detention under the National Security Act.Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, Wangchuk's wife, has approached the Supreme Court through a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of the Ladakh...
Supreme Court Orders 30% Women's Reservation In State Bar Councils; Allows Co-option In 10% Seats
In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that 30% of the seats in the State Bar Councils - where elections are yet to be notified- must be represented by women advocates.For the present year, the Court ordered that 20% of the seats should be filled by way of election of women members, and 10% by co-option. The Court directed that a proposal for co-option be placed before...