Supreme Court Stays Bombay High Court Order Restricting Kirloskar Trademark Licensing

The Supreme Court on October 17 stayed a Bombay High Court order that had barred Kirloskar Proprietary Limited from licensing the 'Kirloskar' trademark to other group companies operating in businesses that overlap with Kirloskar Brothers Limited.The interim order was passed by a Division Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan. The court noted that the licensing ban was added through...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: October 13, 2025 To October 19, 2025

Reports/JudgmentsPlea Of Lack Of State's Consent For CBI's Investigation Should Be Taken Soon After FIR Registration : Supreme CourtCause Title: Central Bureau of Investigation v. M/S Narayan Niryat India Pvt. Ltd & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1001The Supreme Court held that objections regarding the CBI's lack of state consent under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: IBC & Company Law

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Sections 14, 238 - Moratorium under Section 14 of IBC does not bar property attachments under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act). The MPID Act, enacted under the State List, enables recovery for victims of financial fraud through asset attachment, and such vesting with the...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Quarterly Digest: July to September 2025

SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To MP Cartoonist After His Apology For Objectionable Post On Prime Minister Case Title – Hemant Malviya v. State of Madhya Pradesh The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 15) granted interim protection to Indore based cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who has been booked over a cartoon shared on Facebook that...

Is POCSO Act Gender Neutral? Supreme Court To Consider; Stays Trial Against Woman Accused

The Supreme Court recently issued notice on a plea filed by a woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor boy, in which she has challenged the applicability of provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to female accused.Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for the petitioner Archana Patil, submitted that Sections 3(1)(a) to 3(1)(c) of the POCSO...

Questions At Supreme Court's Order Diluting Firecracker Ban In NCR

The order does not record any compelling change in factual circumstances to justify the recall of the ban.

Supreme Court To Examine If Transfer Of Leasehold Rights Attracts GST

The Supreme Court is set to examine whether the assignment of leasehold rights constitutes a “transfer of land” or amounts to a “supply of service” under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale was dealing with Centre's plea challenging a Gujarat High Court judgment that held that assignment of leasehold rights in land...

SIR Of Tamil Nadu Electoral Rolls Will Begin In A Week: Election Commission Tells Madras High Court

The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Tamil Nadu electoral rolls would commence in a week. The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan. The court was hearing a petition filed by former AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan seeking directions...

Kerala High Court Quashes Ownership Certificates Issued To Actor Mohanlal For Possessing Ivory

The Court however granted liberty to the State to issue a fresh certificate to the actor as per the statutory procedure.

Can Multi-State Cooperative Societies Submit Resolution Plans Under IBC? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court recently directed that the Central Registrar of Multi-State Cooperative Societies be made a party to the appeal filed by a multi-state co-operative society against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgment that had held the society ineligible to submit a resolution plan for a company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.A bench of Justice JB...

UP Anti-Conversion Law Puts Onerous Conditions, Mandate To Publish Details Of Converted Person May Need Scrutiny : Supreme Court

While quashing FIRs against the Vice Chancellor and other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj, over alleged forced mass religious conversions of people to Christianity, the Supreme Court raised concerns over some provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.The Court noted that the...

Supreme Court To Hear SCBA's Contempt Petition Against Lawyer Who Tried To Hurl Shoe At CJI On October 27

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday (October 27) the petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association seeking criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore for his attempt to throw a shoe at the Chief Justice of India during proceedings on October 6.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matter.On October 16, Senior Advocate...