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LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 12, 2025
TAXCustoms | Goods Cannot Be Confiscated Solely On Local Market Survey/Opinion Without Proof Of Smuggling: CESTAT AllahabadCENVAT Credit Rules | Storage Of Finished Goods Outside Factory Due To Space Constraints Covered Under Rule 2(l); Credit Cannot Be Denied: CESTATIncome Tax Disputes Before HCs Doubled In Value Over Past Four Financial Years: Govt Tells Rajya SabhaCustoms Act | Mens...
Criminal Complaint Cannot Be Sustained For Issues Finally Adjudicated In Foreign Country : Supreme Court
Recently, the Supreme Court observed that a private criminal complaint is not sustained in the eyes of the law when, on the same issue, both the civil and criminal proceedings have been initiated in a foreign country, and the same has attained finality. Holding that the proceeding is an abuse of the process of law, it accordingly quashed it.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Samajwadi Party Leader Arvind Kumar Singh's Plea Against SIR In Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court recently issued notice on the petition filed by Samajwadi Party leader Arvind Kumar Singh challenging special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. Besides seeking quashing of the Election Commission's notification, Singh prays for a 3-month extension of the timelines prescribed for Enumeration, Updation of Control Table and Draft Roll and Final Publication...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Wadhawan Brothers' Plea For Bail In DHFL Scam Case; Questions CBI Over National Housing Bank's Role
The Supreme Court recently reserved orders on the bail pleas of Kapil Wadhawan, ex-Chairman and Managing Director of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), and his brother Dheeraj Wadhawan, ex-Director of DHFL, in the Rs.34000 crores bank fraud case registered by CBI on complaint of Union Bank of India.To recap, in the aforesaid 'scam', 17 banks were allegedly defrauded out of more than Rs...
President Asks Justice Nisha Banu, Who Hasn't Abided By Transfer Order, To Join Kerala High Court By Dec 20
The President has directed Justice Nisha Banu to assume charge at the Kerala High Court on or before December 20, 2025. It may be noted that the Centre had notified her transfer from the Madras High Court to the Kerala High Court on October 14, 2025. In a notification issued on December 12, the centre said"The President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 12, 2025
Links to today's reports :I'm A Tough Person, Wrong To Think Anyone Can Browbeat Court By Social Media Commentary : CJI Surya KantDoctors Rose As Unwavering Heroes During Covid-19 Crisis; Their Sacrifice Indelible : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Stays Kerala High Court's Declaration That Munambam Land Isn't Waqf; Orders Status Quo'Something Wrong With Madras High Court': Supreme Court After...
Persons Who Accepted Compassionate Appointment To A Post Can't Later Claim They Should've Been Given Higher Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 12) held that a person who has accepted a compassionate appointment cannot subsequently seek elevation by claiming that they ought to have been appointed to a higher post at the initial stage.The Court emphasised that compassionate appointments are an exception to the normal recruitment process and are meant to provide immediate relief to the family of...
Supreme Court Rejects CA's Plea Against Mutual Funds 'Sahi Hai' Ads
The Supreme Court today dismissed a challenge to Bombay High Court's dismissal of a PIL against endorsement of mutual funds through advertisements like 'Mutual Funds Sahi Hai' and 'Mutual Funds mein SIP sahi hai'.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing petitioner-Chandrakant C Shah in-person.The petitioner argued that the High Court found an element...
'Grossest Abuse Of Process': Supreme Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On NGO For Filing Writ Petition Against Constitution Bench Ruling
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on an NGO for filing a writ petition under Article 32 seeking to challenge the 2014 Constitution Bench judgment which upheld exemption of minority educational institutions from the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan dismissed the plea and described...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Ex-Army Officer's Plea For Supply Of Documents In Case Under Official Secrets Act For Book On RAW
The Supreme Court today issued notice on retired Major General VK Singh's challenge to a Delhi High Court order which allowed him inspection of documents relied upon by the CBI in the Official Secrets Act case against him, but not supply of those documents.To recap, the Official Secrets Act case was lodged against Singh pursuant to his publication of a book post-retirement alleging corruption...
56 Former Judges Condemn Impeachment Move Against Justice GR Swaminathan, Call It Attempt To Browbeat Judiciary
Fifty-six former judges of the Supreme Court and various High Courts have issued a strong statement expressing “serious exception” to the move by opposition Members of Parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against Madras High Court judge Justice G.R. Swaminathan. The former judges have termed the attempt a “brazen effort to browbeat judges who do not fall in line with...
