Parliamentary Panel Pushes For Fast-Track Insolvency Courts, More NCLT Benches

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has recently recommended exploring the creation of dedicated fast-track insolvency benches for fixed periods to shoulder insolvency resolution burden of existing benches. Besides that, the committee has also highlighted urgency to increase the number of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) benches across India to tackle pending and growing delays...

NCLT Delhi Clears First Stage of Haryana Distillery's Plan to Acquire 10 Companies

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), New Delhi, has cleared the first motion of a composite scheme under which Delhi based-Haryana Distillery Limited proposes to acquire and merge 10 privately held group companies into itself. The tribunal however directed that shareholder meetings must be held even though more than 90% of shareholders had consented to the scheme. A bench of Judicial...

Delhi Court Rejects Plea To Transfer Cases Against Rabri Devi & Her Family Members From Judge Vishal Gogne

A Delhi Court on Friday (December 19) reportedly dismissed Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases lodged against her and her family members including her husband Lalu Yadav and son Tejaswi Yadav, from court of Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue courts. As per a report by PTI, Rabri Devi had alleged bias on the judge's part. The report states that Principal and District Sessions Judge...

Former CJI BR Gavai Appointed As Dr BR Ambedkar Chair Professor At NALSAR

Former CJI BR Gavai has been appointed as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair Professor on Constitutional Law and Social Inclusion at NALSAR, Hyderabad.As per the official press release, “Justice Gavai will head the activities of the Chair, including research, teaching, and academic initiatives in the areas of constitutional law, access to justice, and social inclusion.”The press release also stated...

GST Department Can't Raise Fresh Demands For Pre-CIRP Period After Resolution Plan Approval: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the GST Department cannot raise fresh demands for a period prior to the commencement of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, after the resolution plan has been approved by the NCLT.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain held, “no demand can be raised after...

'Consumer Cannot Claim Interest On Statutory Deposit Made U/S 127(2) Of Electricity Act': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a consumer has no enforceable statutory right to claim interest on the mandatory pre-deposit made under Section 127(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003, when the assessment of unauthorised use of electricity is set aside in appeal. The Court observed that the deposit under Section 127(2) is a condition precedent for maintaining the statutory appeal and is not...

Customs | Bird Feather Used In Fashion Accessories, Ready-To-Wear Items For Luxury Brands Classifiable As 'Dyed': Mumbai AAR

The Mumbai, Customs Authority for Advance Ruling (CAAR) has held that import of Dyed Feathers, wherein dying activity took place in France was classifiable as 'Dyed Feather' in terms of the General Rules of Interpretation. In a ruling dated December 15, 2025 Shri. Prabhat K. Rameshwaram on classification clarified that imported Feathers were intended for use as ornamental materials...

Elappully Brewery Case: Kerala High Court Quashes Govt Order Granting Preliminary Sanction To Private Company To Set Up Ethanol Plant

The Kerala High Court on Friday (December 19) quashed the government order that gave preliminary sanction to M/s Oasis Commercial Pvt. Ltd. to set up a brewery plant in Palakkad's Elappully grama panchayat.The Division Bench of Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar today allowed a batch of public interest litigations filed by the residents of Elappully. The Bench found that...

Customs Act | CESTAT Mumbai Quashes Aluminium Metal Scrap Valuation Enhancement; Says Rule 12 Safeguards Mandatory

The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside orders enhancing the value of scrap consignments merely on the basis of National Import Data Base (NIDB) data and a Directorate General of Valuation (DGoV) circular. A Bench comprising Mr. S.K. Mohanty (Judicial Member) and Mr. M.M. Parthiban (Technical Member) stated that the...

How Netflix–Warner Bros Merger Could Reshape India's OTT Market

When a single platform begins to exercise influence over both the creation and distribution of content, questions of law inevitably follow. Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has therefore attracted attention not just because of business implications but because it represents a defining moment in determining how competition law will treat such acquisitions in digital and creative industries. The consolidation of extensive content libraries, production capacity, and...

Income Tax Act | S.153C Notices Unsustainable When Search For 'Other Person' Initiated After 01.04.2021: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that the notices under Section 153C are unsustainable where a search for 'other person' was initiated after 01.04.2021. Section 153C of the Income Tax Act applies when documents or assets belonging to a third party are found during a search, and an assessment is made against that person. Section 153C(3) of the Income Tax Act states that Section...

Highest Individual Sentence Relevant For Deciding Whether Appeal Will Be Heard By Single Or Division Bench: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has suggested that for the purpose of determining whether an appeal against conviction is to be heard by a Single Bench or a Division Bench, the relevant factor is the highest sentence imposed by the trial court, and not the cumulative total of all sentences awarded for different offences.The Court also held that where a trial court, while awarding...