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Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 08, 2025
TAX Revenue Cannot Adjudicate Decade-Old SCNs On NPV Sales Tax Retention: Bombay High Court KeralaHigh Court Upholds Over ₹15 Lakh Motor Vehicle Tax Demand OnPuducherry-Registered Car Found Used In Kerala Customs| Bills Of Entry Cannot Be Reassessed After Clearance Merely To Claim Refund Based On Later SC Judgment: CESTAT Mumbai Sales Tax Discharged Through NPV Under State Incentive Scheme...
Bombay High Court Bars Singer Alok Kumar From Monetising Ten Rao & Sapru Songs, Orders Takedown Of Uploaded Tracks
The Bombay High Court has restrained singer-composer Alok Kumar from releasing, performing or monetising ten songs that Rao & Sapru Films Pvt. Ltd. says were created for the company under a series of agreements.The court also ordered Kumar to take down the songs he uploaded online and to hand over all master recordings and related material to the production house. In an order passed...
SC/ST Act Not To Be 'Misused': Allahabad HC Grants Bail In FIR Filed After 9-Year Delay, Flags Rape Victim's 'Inappropriate' Conduct
Gratin bail to two accused in the FIR involving allegations of rape and offences under the SC-ST Act 1989, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that the rights granted to a victim under the special legislation "should not be misused and abused". A Bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X granted bail to appellants [Aznan Khan and Furkan Ilahi], primarily factoring in the unexplained delay of...
Supreme Court Moots Guidelines To Curb Insensitive Observations By Courts In Sexual-Offence Cases; Stays Allahabad HC Judgment
The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court decision which held that grabbing the breasts of a minor girl, breaking the string of her pajama and trying to drag her beneath a culvert would not come under the offence of attempt to rape.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the matter. The bench observed the need for laying down guidelines for Courts...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 8, 2025
Links to reports published today :CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Skill Development & Polytechnic Courses For Haryana Jail InmatesIndigo Crisis | 'Govt Of India Has Taken Cognisance, Timely Action Seems To Have Been Taken' : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent ListingSupreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Election Of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Over 'Election Freebies'Extraordinary Artistry'...
Service In DA-Getting School Should Be Counted For Pension If It Was Considered For Appointment In Government-Aided Institution: Calcutta HC
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty held that service rendered in a DA-getting school counted by the State for appointment in Government-aided Institution, must also be counted as qualifying service for pension. Background Facts The employee was appointed as an assistant teacher in...
CCS (Conduct) Rules | Judicial Officers To Take Approval Before Entering Into High-Value Transactions Involving Movable Property: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued an order to the Judicial officers regarding obtaining prior approval of the Court, before entering into transactions regarding movable property.The Court remarked that: “It may be ensured that no such transaction is entered into unless the requisite permission has been secured in advance”.Background:The Court received references/reports and...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Tenant Over Almost Two-Year Delay In Vacating Premises
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed exemplary costs of ₹2,00,000 on a tenant for wilful and deliberate disobedience of its earlier order directing him to hand over vacant possession of the disputed property to the landlord by 30 April 2023. Despite having furnished a categorical undertaking before the Court, the tenant vacated the premises only on 5 September 2025, nearly two...
Article 226 | Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Exercised To Question Economic Or Fiscal Reforms : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 8) upheld the authority of civic bodies to revise property tax rates, holding that such revisions cannot be challenged unless the procedure adopted is arbitrary or in clear violation of the governing statutory provisions. “The matters of tax revision fell squarely within the domain of the appellant-Corporation, and the High Court ought not to...
Woman's Right To Shared Household Not License To Indefinitely Occupy In Laws' Home: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a woman's right to shared household under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act is a right of protection and not a right of ownership or a licence to indefinitely occupy premises of the in-laws, especially when such occupation causes demonstrable harm to senior citizens. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish...
