Subway Franchisee Hiked Base Prices To Neutralise ITC Loss, Amounted To Profiteering; 18% Interest Can't Apply Retrospectively: GSTAT

The Goods and Services Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), Anti Profiteering Division at Delhi has held that Franchisee of Subway Systems profiteered in respect of restaurant services by increasing base price of the products to offset loss of Input Tax Credit (ITC). In an order dated December 02, 2025 the Single Bench of Justice (Retd.) Dr. Sanjaya Kumar Mishra (President) has accepted the...

Menstrual Leave Row: Karnataka High Court To Hear Challenge In January 2026, Says Matter Is Of 'Public Importance'

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (December 10) said it will hear in January 2026 a batch of petitions challenging state government order mandating paid menstrual leaves in all registered industrial establishments, remarking that the matter is of "public importance". Justice Jyoti M had on Tuesday in an interim order stayed the government notification. However, the same was recalled...

Bombay High Court Quashes ₹26 Cr Demand On TCL, Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On State For Litigating “Indefensible” Order

The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Maharashtra Government for defending an order that was contrary to settled law, holding that the State had misused public funds by compelling Tata Communications Limited (TCL) to litigate for nearly a decade against a patently unsustainable demand. The Court held that the impugned orders imposing a liability of over ₹26 crores as...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Bombay HC's Contempt Sentence Imposed On Person Over 'Dog Mafia' Comment Against Judges

The Supreme Court today remitted a woman's 1-week simple imprisonment sentence for contempt of Court over her “dog mafia” remark against the Supreme Court and the High Court/their judges.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noted that the petitioner-woman showed genuine remorse from the very beginning (when she was issued show-cause notice) and set aside the High Court's order...

Capital Conundrum: Threading The Needle Between Governance And History

In the arcane world of Indian parliamentary procedure, it is rare for a mere listing in a legislative bulletin to trigger uproar in a state. Yet, that is precisely what happened recently. The inclusion of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the tentative list for the Winter Session, aimed at bringing the Union Territory of Chandigarh under Article 240, set off a political...

Acknowledgment Of Creditor's Email Ledger Sufficient To Prove Debt Even Without Invoices: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Delhi has held that a corporate debtor's email acknowledgment of a creditor's ledger is sufficient acknowledgment of operational debt and is enough to justify admission of a Section 9-CIRP application.The tribunal ruled that once such acknowledgment is on record, the absence of invoices cannot defeat a claim or prevent crystallization...

Will It Be Beyond ECI's Jurisdiction To Inquire Into Citizenship In Doubtful Cases? Supreme Court Asks In SIR Pleas

While hearing the challenge to the Special Intensive Revision process, the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether it was not within the mandate of the Election Commission of India to carry out an 'inquisitorial inquiry' through documents in cases where the eligibility of voters seemed doubtful. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a batch of pleas assailing...

Delhi Court Awards ₹1 Lakh To Cosco Against Kolkata Firm For Selling Counterfeit Footballs

A Commercial Court in Delhi has held B K Traders, a Kolkata-based sports goods seller, liable for dealing in counterfeit COSCO-branded footballs and has directed it to pay Rs 1 lakh in damages to Cosco India Ltd., the sports equipment manufacturer. The Judgment was rendered on November 29, 2025 by District Judge Deepak Garg of the Commercial Court at Tis Hazari Courts in a trademark...

SARFAESI Act | Borrower's Right To Redeem Secured Asset Ends With Publication Of Auction Notice: J&K&L High Court

Reaffirming of the legal bar under the amended Section 13(8) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a borrower's right to redeem a secured asset stands extinguished the moment the Auction Notice is published, if dues are not cleared before such...

Rajasthan High Court Invokes Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Act Against Ex-SBI Officer, Bars Him From Filing Cases Without Prior Leave

The Rajasthan High Court has invoked the Rajasthan Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Act, 2015 to declare a former officer of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (now SBI) as a vexatious litigant, based on the finding of him habitually instituting frivolous and vindictive litigation against the bank and its officers.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and...

Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 09, 2025

TAX Service Tax | No Reverse Charge Liability On Software Maintenance Consumed Abroad; Hotel Expenses Not 'Sponsorship Services': CESTAT Bangalore Foreign Markings On Gold Biscuits Not Enough To Prove Smuggling: CESTAT Kolkata Sets Aside Confiscation Staff Reimbursement, Training, And Hospital Management In Joint Venture Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT Chennai Income Tax Act | Long...

Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Charged Under NDPS Act

The Madras High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to a man booked under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The Supreme Court had recently orally observation that "Anticipatory bail is never granted in NDPS case". The Top Court had made the observation while refusing to interfere with Punjab and Haryana High Court's denial of anticipatory bail to an accused booked...