Allahabad High Court Flags State's Lackadaisical Attitude In Tracing Missing Persons, Seeks Personal Affidavit Of Principal Home Secretary

Observing the lackadaisical attitude of State authorities in tracing out missing persons and being unsatisfied with the personal affidavit of the Commissioner of Police, Lucknow, the Allahabad High Court has order the State's Principal Secretary (Home), to file his personal affidavit detailing the action taken on a petitioner's complaint and disclose as to how many missing persons complaints...

Delhi Air Pollution An 'Emergency': High Court Asks Centre To Consider Temporary GST Relief On Air Purifiers

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the authorities must provide exemption from GST on air purifiers, considering the air pollution situation in the national capital as an “emergency.”A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a PIL to declare air-purifiers as “medical devices” and remove imposition of 18% GST...

Bail Can't Be Converted Into Detention: Kerala High Court Quashes Condition Requiring Foreigner To Stay In Transit Home

The Kerala High Court has held that criminal courts cannot impose conditions that effectively detain a foreign national in a transit or detention centre after granting bail.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath held that directions to remain in the detention centre/ transit home while granting bail to a foreign national would amount to keeping the accused in some kind of confinement even after he...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025

Nominal IndexParkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw...

NCLT Bengaluru Slaps ₹5 Lakh Penalty On Lifestyle International For Non-Disclosure In Capital Reduction Plea

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Bengaluru has approved a Rs. 6.08 crore reduction in the share capital of Lifestyle International Private Limited, a fashion and lifestyle retail company, but imposed a Rs. 5 lakh penalty for what it termed a “casual approach” to the proceedings. A coram of Judicial Member Sunil Kumar Aggarwal and Technical Member Radhakrishna Sreepada passed...

Teaching Staff, Non-Teaching Staff, Finance Officer And Registrar Vacancies At Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur [Apply Now]

Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur invites online application for the post of Professor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor under various law disciplines, Assistant Librarian, multiple positions under Non-Teaching Staff, Finance Officer, and Registrar. Name of the Post: Professor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor in various law disciplines, Assistant Librarian, multiple positions for Non-Teaching Staff, Finance Officer, and Registrar. Essential...

IBC Cannot Be Used As Recovery Mechanism To Resolve Contractual Disputes: NCLAT Reaffirms

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Delhi has reiterated that insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cannot be used as a recovery mechanism to settle disputed contractual claims. A coram comprising of Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Barun Mitra dismissed an appeal filed by FTI Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. against the rejection...

NCLT's Power To Order Forensic Audit Is Self-Ordained, No Separate Application Needed: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Chennai on Tuesday held that the National Company Law Tribunal can direct a forensic audit on its own even if no party has filed a separate application seeking such relief. A bench of Judicial Member Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma and Technical Member Indevar Pandey dismissed an appeal filed by Able Automobiles Private Limited and...

Central & State GST Authorities Must Coordinate To Avoid Multiple Adjudications On Same Issue: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court, applying the Supreme Court's Armour Security case, held that once proceedings are initiated by either the State or Central GST authority, parallel adjudicatory proceedings on the same issue are barred under Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act. The Court directed both authorities to coordinate and ensure that the assessee is not subjected to...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Halt Release Of 'UP 77' After Producer Says Web Series Not Based On Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey's Life

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 24) refused to halt the release of web series “UP 77” purportedly based on the life of gangster Vikas Dubey who was killed in a police encounter in July 2020.The series is slated to release on December 25 on Waves OTT platform.After hearing the parties Justice Sachin Datta in its order dictated:"Counsel for respondent 2 and producer have...

Publicize App Feature On Citizens' Complaints Against Non-Compliance Of Road Standards On Pedestrian Safety: Kerala High Court To NHAI

The Kerala High Court recently directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to give publicity to the newly introduced feature in its mobile application 'Rajmargyatra' that permits citizens to submit grievances under the head 'Non-conformity regarding Indian Roads Congress Standards for the Pedestrians.'The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M....

Income Tax | Revised 2024 Compounding Guidelines Cannot Be Applied After Case Attains Finality: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that once the assessee's entitlement to compounding had attained finality through earlier orders, then the Income Tax Department could not apply the revised Compounding Guidelines. Justice C. Saravanan referred to the Explanation to Section 279(6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and noted that the new compounding Guidelines dated 17.10.2024 bearing...