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All India Direct Tax Digest 2025
SUPREME COURTMotor Accident Claims - Tax Returns Can Be Accepted To Determine Income Only If They Are Appropriately Produced : Supreme CourtCase name: New India Assurance Co. Ltd. V. Sonigra Juhi Uttamchand.Case no.: SLP (C) No. 30491 of 2018The Supreme Court, recently (on January 02), while deciding a motor accident compensation claim case, observed that monthly income could be fixed...
'First Show Us Compliance With Afforestation Directions': Supreme Court To DDA On Plea To Fell Trees In Delhi Ridge
The Supreme Court today asserted that it will allow the Delhi Development Authority to cut further trees in the ridge area only after it is satisfied that previous directions on aforestation and restoration have been complied with. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an application filed by the DDA seeking permission to cut 473 trees to complete the road...
Plea In Supreme Court Alleges Paper Leak In CLAT 2026; Seeks Probe
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a Court-monitored, time-bound probe into alleged leak of the 2026 Common Law Admission Test question paper and answer key ahead of the exam (held on December 7).The petitioners seek a re-examination in case the allegations are found to be true.Filed by a ground of CLAT aspirants from Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Class and...
All India Indirect Tax Digest 2025
SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand On Oil Marketing Companies For Inter-Supply Of Petroleum ProductsCase Title: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. versus Commissioner of Central Excise Nashik Commissionerate (and connected matters)Case no.: CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5642 OF 2009In a significant relief for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the Supreme Court ruled (Jan. 20) that...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of 4 Advocates As High Court Judges
The Central Government of Monday (January 5) notified the appointment of four advocates as judges of Patna, Allahabad and Uttarakhand High Courts. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments. The appointees are : 1. Advocates Ritesh Kumar and Praveen Kumar have been appointed as judges of Patna High Court. 2. Advocate Jai Krishna Upadhyay has...
Hotels Can Now File Specified Premises Opt-In Online On GST Portal: GSTN
The Goods and Services Tax Network has enabled online filing of opt-in declarations for hotel accommodation service providers to declare their properties as “specified premises” on the GST Portal. This shifts the process from manual filing before jurisdictional officers to an electronic system on the portal. The facility follows Notification No. 05/2025 Central Tax (Rate) and is...
CLAT Results And Reality Of Legal Education: A Note To Students At Threshold
The moment has come that i have to recount the story of my CLAT 2025 result which by the way was a bad night until it was revealed the results the next day and my fate was sealedThe night of the CLAT 2025 scores was not spectacular at all; it felt more like a regular night, which was the opposite of what most people think it would be. There was no immediate understanding or feeling of release, just a silent struggle with a rank that seemed to summarize the months of hard work into a single...
Foreign Citizenship, No Assets In India No Bar To IBC Proceedings Against Personal Guarantor: NCLT Chennai
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Chennai recently held that insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, can be initiated against a personal guarantor even if he is a foreign citizen and does not own any assets in India. The tribunal said nationality and absence of property in India do not prevent the Code from applying. A coram of Judicial Member...
Madras High Court Upholds Trade Marks Registry Order Rejecting “Fresh Not Frozen” Mark
The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Freshtohome Foods Private Limited, a Bangalore-based online grocery delivery platform against a 2019 order of the Trade Marks Registry rejecting its trademark application for the brand “FRESH NOT FROZEN”. Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on December 18, 2025. The court held that the proposed mark was deceptively similar to...
Supreme Court Questions Maintainability Of Telangana's Writ Petition Challenging Andhra's Polavaram Irrigation Project
The Supreme Court today questioned the maintainability of the writ petition filed by the State of Telangana against the Union and Andhra Pradesh Government, challenging the expansion of the Polavaram Multipurpose irrigation project. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a plea filed by the State of Telangana against the Union's extension of financial assistance...
'High-Handed Action By Officer': Gujarat High Court Directs Status Quo On Demolition Without Measurement Of Land
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (January 5) directed status quo over action of removal of alleged encroachment in Palanpur, observing that the Taluka Development Officer had acted in a high-handed manner when the area in question had not been measured and the petitioners were in possession of allotment document. The court also observed that the officer had placed reliance on a December 23,...