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Rooh Afza To Be Classified As Fruit Drink/Processed Fruit Product And Taxed At 4% Under UP VAT Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today held that “Sharbat Rooh Afza” is classifiable as a “fruit drink / processed fruit product” under Entry 103 of Schedule II, Part A of the Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008 and is taxable at 4 percent.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan set aside Allahabad High Court's judgment that had held that Rooh Afza has to be classified under...
Compassionate Assistance To Govt Employee's Family Deductible From Motor Accident Compensation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that the compassionate assistance received by a dependent of a deceased employee would be liable to be deductible from the compensation received under the Motor Vehicles Act. Referring to Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (“Rules”), a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih...
'If Relief Deserved, Grant It Then & There' : Supreme Court Deprecates 'Consider Jurisprudence' Of Remanding Matters To Authorities
The Supreme Court has deprecated the growing tendency of courts to repeatedly remand matters to authorities for reconsideration without finally adjudicating rights, leading to endless cycles of litigation. A Bench comprising Justice P. S. Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe underscored that where a case merits relief, it must be granted immediately, rather than being left to languish...
Supreme Court Deprecates High Courts Granting Interim Relief While Declining Writ Petitions To Avail Alternate Remedies
The Supreme Court has deprecated the practice of High Courts granting interim stay orders after declining to entertain the writ petitions to enable the party to avail alternative remedy, calling it a self-contradictory approach that defeats the purpose of judicial discipline. A Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma made a parting observation while hearing...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 24, 2026
Links to today's reports :'Courts Shouldn't Issue Unmanageable General Directions' : Supreme Court Rejects Contempt Plea Over 2018 Judgment Against Mob ViolenceWB SIR | 'Will Take 80 Days With Only Bengal Judges' : Supreme Court Allows Deployment Of Judges From Odisha & JharkhandBenami Act Attachment During CIRP Can't Be Challenged Before NCLT/NCLAT : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Rejects...
IBC | Mere Pendency Of Restructuring Arrangements Cannot Stall CIRP : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 24) has observed that merely because an arrangement of restructuring a debt-laden corporate debtor is in place, would not bar initiation of a CIRP under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran set aside the NCLAT's decision, which had rejected a Section 7 IBC application on the premise that a...
IBC | Defunct Scheme Of Arrangement Under Companies Act Cannot Stall Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 24) held that a defunct Scheme of Arrangement under the Companies Act cannot stall the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process proceedings under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran set aside the NCLAT's decision, which had kept in abeyance the CIRP initiated under Section 7 of IBC against...
Voluntary Confession Substantive Evidence Under Customs Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that a person can be held liable under the Customs Act based on the voluntary confessional statements given under Section 108 of the Customs Act, 1962.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard an appeal filed by two persons, convicted for smuggling 777 foreign-made wrist watches and 879 wrist watch straps, with an estimated value of Rs. 2 lacs...
S. 149 IPC | Once Unlawful Assembly Established, Individual Attribution Of Fatal Injury Irrelevant: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that once an unlawful assembly is established, the failure to identify the specific individual who inflicted the fatal injury is irrelevant, and every person forming a part of an unlawful assembly becomes vicariously liable. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision, which had reduced the punishment of...
Detailed Appreciation Of Evidence Impermissible At Bail Stage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that at the stage of considering a bail application, a detailed appreciation of the evidence is impermissible. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench order granting bail to the accused in a murder case involving offences under the SC/ST Act, holding that the High Court had erred in ascertaining...
Benami Act Attachment During CIRP Can't Be Challenged Before NCLT/NCLAT : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today upheld an NCLAT judgment that held that attachment under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Benami Act) can be challenged only before authorities provided under that Act and not before the NCLT under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Atul Chandurkar dismissed an appeal against NCLAT judgment...