Slain BSP Leader Armstrong's Wife Seeks Transfer Of Her CBI Probe Plea From Madras High Court To Supreme Court

Wife of BSP leader and prominent Dalit activist K Armstrong, who died following an attack by armed assailants in 2024, has approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer from Madras High Court of her petition praying for CBI probe in her husband's murder case.The transfer is sought on the ground that similar issue (that is, transfer of investigation to CBI) is pending before the Supreme Court...

NCLT Admits Gensol EV's Insolvency Plea Against Mindra EV Over ₹1.61 Crore Default

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Ahmedabad has recently admitted an insolvency petition filed by Gensol EV Lease Limited, a debt ridden company that was itself admitted to insolvency in June 2025, against Mindra EV Private Limited. The plea was admitted over a default of Rs 1.61 crore after the corporate debtor failed to appear or contest the case despite being served with...

Madras High Court Rejects Minister I Periyasamy's Plea Against ED Probe, Tells Him To Approach PMLA Adjudicating Authority First

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu Minister for Rural Development I Periyasamy and his family members challenging an ECIR registered against them by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that the parties had filed the plea without...

Calcutta High Court Orders Removal Of HSIL's “A Somany Enterprise” Trademark For Non-Use

The Calcutta High Court, exercising jurisdiction through its Intellectual Property Rights Division, by an order passed by Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, has directed the removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise” from the Register of Trade Marks on the ground of non-use.The Court allowed a trademark rectification petition filed by Somany Ceramics Limited under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, seeking removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise”,...

CRS, NLU Delhi Invites Submissions For Inaugural Issue Of Law Economics And Policy Review

The Centre for Regulatory Studies (CRS) at National Law University, Delhi, is inviting submissions for its inaugural edition (Volume I) flagship journal.About the Centre for Regulatory StudiesCentre for Regulatory Studies is a pioneering institution established to address a critical national need: building robust regulatory capacity for a modern market economy. The Centre was established through the visionary leadership of Dr. M.S. Sahoo, the eminent former Chairperson of the Insolvency and...

Self-Prepared Interest Calculations Cannot Substitute Contractual Proof In CIRP: NCLT Indore

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Indore has held that self-prepared interest calculations, such as Excel sheets, cannot be the basis for admitting interest claims in insolvency proceedings without supporting contractual or statutory records. A coram of Judicial Member Brajendra Mani Tripathi and Technical Member Man Mohan Gupta said that interest can form part of financial debt...

Customs Cannot Withhold Part Of Consignment After Accepting Full Bond, Guarantee : CESTAT Kolkata

The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal recently held that Customs authorities were not justified in continuing to detain part of a consignment of used digital multifunction print and copying machines once the importers had furnished the required bond and bank guaranteef for the entire consignment. A coram consisting of Judicial Member Ashok Jindal...

Intellectual Property Rights Weekly Round-Up: December 29, 2025 - January 04, 2026

NOMINAL INDEXSun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Oziel Pharmaceuticals P. Ltd. & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1799Meta Platforms Inc. v. Noufelmalol & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1801Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1804SNV Aviation Private Limited v. Alaska Aviation Academy Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Del)...

Mere Apprehension of Business Loss In State Does Not Confer Writ Court Territorial Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that a petitioner's mere apprehension of business loss in West Bengal is not enough to invoke the court's territorial jurisdiction in a writ petition. A single-judge bench of Justice Om Narayan Rai, while dismissing a plea filed by a Kuwait company said that it is the infringement of a legal right that gives rise to a cause of action."The lis before...

'Prima Facie Discloses Fund Siphoning': Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Quash Cheating FIR Against Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, Others

The Rajasthan High Court rejected pleas filed by filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and other persons seeking quashing of a cheating FIR lodged against them, observing that the FIR at this stage "prima facie" disclosed allegations of siphoning, diverting and misappropriation of funds which cannot be treated as "mere breach of contract". The matter related to a FIR being filed against the...

Custodial Death Compensation: Kerala High Court Seeks Expeditious Finalisation Of SOP For Collection Of Prisoners' Legal Heirs Data

The Kerala High Court on Monday (05 January) directed the stakeholders to furnish their inputs to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the collection and verification of nominee/ legal heir details at the time of admission of prisoners in the State, so that the SOP can finalised at the earliest.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V M...

ITAT Annual Digest 2025

Transactions Between Holding & Subsidiary For Issuance Of Shares Not Covered U/S 56(2)(viib) Of IT Act: Delhi ITAT Quashes Revision Against OYOCase Title: OYO Hotels vs Principal CITCase Number: ITA No.2611/Del/2024The Delhi ITAT held that the transactions between holding and its wholly owned subsidiary entity towards issuance of shares are not covered within ambit of Sec 56(2)(viib)...