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LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 19, 2025
TAX “Illegal, Arbitrary & Colourable Exercise Of Power": Karnataka High Court Quashes Consolidated GST Show Cause Notice Clubbing Multiple FYsSVLDR Scheme Can't Be Invoked For Fresh SCN Issued After Deadline Even If Arising From Same Dispute: Delhi High CourtWrit Petition Not Maintainable After GSTAT Becomes Functional; Assessees Must Avail Remedy U/S 112 GST Act: Orissa High CourtGST Act...
Detailed Recovery Memo Signed By Accused Satisfies Requirement Of Written Communication Of Arrest Grounds: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently ruled that a detailed Recovery Memo (Fard Baramadgi), prepared contemporaneously, containing the penal sections invoked and signed by the accused, satisfies the requirement of communicating the grounds of arrest in writing under Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of India. The Court held that where such a document exists, a technical omission of grounds in...
Why Social Media Needs A Minimum Age Law
In the light of Australia's recent ban on social media for children under 16, India too must reconsider its regulatory landscape and introduce a Minimum Age Law to protect its minors. Across jurisdictions and legal traditions, one principle remains constant: the state has an affirmative duty to protect children from foreseeable harm. This obligation is not merely decorous rhetoric but a binding legal responsibility grounded in domestic statutes, constitutional doctrines, and international...
Changing Counsel To File Review Without Consent Of Previous Lawyer Not A Healthy Practice: Chhattisgarh High Court Slaps ₹50,000 Costs
The Chhattisgarh High Court has emphasised that filing a review by a new counsel, without obtaining the consent of the previous lawyer who argued the matter at the previous stage, is not a healthy practice, and has subsequently slapped cost of Rs. 50,000 on an individual who engaged different counsels at different stages of appeal and review.In the present case, the petitioner was held guilty...
Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case | Shillong Court Denies Bail To Prime Suspect Sonam Raghuvanshi
A court in Meghalaya's Shillong this week DENIED BAIL to the prime suspect, Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based businessman, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya in May this year.State Police have already filed a 700+ page chargesheet in the matter, claiming that murder was premeditated by Sonam and her alleged lover, Raj Singh Kushwaha. It...
National Herald Case: ED Moves Delhi High Court Against Order Refusing Cognizance Of Complaint Against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi
The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order refusing to take cognizance of the money laundering complaint in the National Herald case allegedly involving Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The plea likely to be listed next week. ED has challenged the order passed by Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts on December...
IPR Disputes On Same Issues Can Be Heard Together Even If Pending in Non-Commercial Courts: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that intellectual property disputes involving the same or overlapping issues should be heard together to prevent parallel cases and conflicting decisions, even if some of those cases are pending before non-commercial courts. The court said its power to transfer cases under the Code of Civil Procedure is broad and continues to apply to intellectual...
Claimant Can Pursue Alternate Remedy For Severed Part Of Award Without Limitation Bar: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that time spent in earlier arbitral proceedings can be excluded while computing limitation, even if only part of an arbitral award is set aside and fresh proceedings arise from a different agreement. A single bench of Justice Sandeep V Marne, in an order dated December 17, 2025, said Section 43(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act allows exclusion of...
Liquor Licence Cannot Be Granted Like This: Bombay High Court To Maha Govt Over Permitting Open Sale Of Liquor At Sunburn Festival
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the sale of liquor in the first ever Sunburn Festival, which is being held in Mumbai from December 19 till December 21, the Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra Government's decision to allow liquor at the event, especially when it is going to be held in an open-air venue.A division bench of Chief Justice...