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LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: November 27, 2025
IPR Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Tesla Inc, Extends Bar on Indian Company's Use of 'Tesla' Marks In EV MarketDelhi High Court Rejects Philips' Plea For Perjury Action Against Ex-Employee In Software Piracy CaseMadras High Court Quashes Order Allowing Pfizer To Seek Documents From Indian Drug Manufacturer For US SuitDelhi High Court Declines To Return Plaint In Sun Pharma's Trademark...
Executive Has Tendency To Encroach Upon Fundamental Rights, Only Fearless Judiciary Can Keep It Within Bounds: Justice Abhay S. Oka
Retired Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Abhay S. Oka has said that the executive has a tendency of trampling upon citizens' fundamental rights and it is only a strong judiciary, which can keep the executive in check.The judge was delivering a lecture on the topic 'Holding the executive to account – responsibility and duty of the judges' at an event organised by the Kerala High...
Supreme Court Dismisses Byju Raveendran's Appeal Against NCLAT Order Mandating CoC Nod For BCCI's Plea To Withdraw CIRP
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Byju Raveendran, suspended director and promoter of Think and Learn Private Ltd (which ran the Ed-Tech firm Byju's), challenging an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal which held that the approval of the Committee of Creditors is necessary for the application filed by the BCCI to withdraw the insolvency proceedings...
Former Judge Dr S Muralidhar Appointed Chair Of UN Inquiry Commission On Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel
Former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court and Senior Advocate Dr. S. Muralidhar has been appointed as the Chair of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.The appointment places Dr. Muralidhar at the helm of the three-member Commission, which was established by the UN Human Rights Council...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 27, 2025
President Meets Supreme Court Judges On Constitution Day'Time To Reinforce Predictability In Judicial Approach' : CJI Suggests National Judicial Policy To Avoid Divergence Across BenchesUnion Files Curative Petition Against 9-Judge Bench Judgment Upholding States' Power To Levy Tax On MineralsSupreme Court To Hear Pleas Relating To Validity Of West Bengal Door Step Ration Scheme...
PC Act | Sections 19(3) & (4) Irrelevant When Sanction Is Quashed By Trial Court Itself : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified that the safeguards under Sections 19(3) and 19(4) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which prevent a conviction from being set aside due to defects in sanction unless they result in a “failure of justice”, do not apply when the validity of the sanction is questioned at the trial stage. These protections operate only at the appellate or...
Retired IPS Officers' Forum Moves Supreme Court Against Pension Rule Creating Pay Disparity For Pre-2006 Retirees
The Supreme Court recently issued notice in a writ petition filed by the Forum of Retired IPS Officers (FORIPSO) for declaring the "Validation of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules and Principles for Expenditure on Pension Liabilities from the Consolidated Fund of India” under Part IV of the Finance Act, 2025 as ultra vires and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India....
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: November 17, 2025 To November 23, 2025
JudgmentsSupreme Court Directs Uttarakhand To Restore Ecological Damage In Corbett Tiger Reserve, Demolish Illegal ConstructionsCase Details: In Re: CorbettCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1112The Supreme Court has issued a detailed set of directions to restore the Corbett Tiger Reserve following large-scale illegal constructions, roadworks and tree felling that took place during the establishment...
Petitions Challenging Special Intensive Revision: Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls announced by the Election Commisison of India for various States. The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi is hearing the arguments of the petitioners that the ECI has no power under the Representation of the People Act to conduct the SIR in the...
Administrative Orders Must Be Justified On Reasons Stated There; Can't Add Fresh Grounds Later : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a government order can be defended only on the basis of the reasons which are stated there. The reasons in the order cannot be improved through grounds subsequently raised in the affidavits filed in Courts.“This Court has, however, cautioned against the practice of post-facto rationalisation, whereby authorities attempt to supplement or fabricate reasons...