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Bombay High Court Halts Production And Sale Of Fake 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes
The Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained individuals in Raigad from manufacturing and selling counterfeit 'Gold Flake' cigarettes, following a copyright and trademark infringment suit by ITC Limited. The order will remain in effect until December 10, 2025.In an order passed on November 13, Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh observed that denying interim protection in such circumstances...
Once Resolution Plan Succeeds, Appeals Before CESTAT Abate, CENVAT Reversal Not Pre-Deposit: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the disallowance of ₹165 crores of CENVAT credit on steel structures, parts, accessories, and cement as confirmed earlier by the Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury, on the issue of abatement of the appeals, dismissed the grounds of challenge relating to (i) abatement of appeals...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Complete Criminal Digest 2025
Arrest Criminal Law - Arrest - Defiance of Court Order - Grant of Bail - Police, with knowledge of the protection order, hastily added serious charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and the Vishesh Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam, 2005 leading to the appellant's arrest. The Court deprecated this conduct, emphasizing that the police should have sought leave from the...
X Corp Moves Karnataka High Court In Appeal Against Ruling Upholding Centre's Blocking Powers Through Sahyog Portal
X Corp has filed an appeal before the Karnataka High Court challenging the single judge decision that upheld the Union Government's authority to issue content blocking directions through the Sahyog portal, which is used to automate notices to intermediaries to remove unlawful online content.. The appeal, filed on November 14, seeks to overturn the judgment delivered on September 24, which...
UPGST Rules | Reason To Believe Must Be Reduced In Writing While Operating Under Rule 86A: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that while acting under Rule 86A of the UPGST Rules, authorities must record 'reason to believe' in 'writing'. It held that not doing so would be contrary to the purpose of the Rule. “It may not forgotten, granting ITC and maintaining its chain is the soul of a successful GST regime. Therefore, any doubt or suspicion alone may not lead an action by...
Mass Pushbacks In Assam – Denied Rights, Displaced Lives
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) which aimed at identifying undocumented migrants has caused havoc in the North Eastern region of India, especially in Assam, since the day of its enactment. As a concept, NRC was first floated in 1951, with Assam as the first state. The objective of NRC in Assam was to deal with the influx of illegal migrants. It is important to note that that NRC in Assam alone has excluded 19 lakh people in the final list published in 2019. The entire Assam Movement was...
Rajasthan High Court Seeks State's Response On PIL Alleging Corruption, Software Manipulation In 3018-Plots Lottery Scheme
The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the State on a PIL filed against the Urban Improvement Trust, Bhilwara, alleging serious irregularities and corruption in lottery based allotment of residential plots.The PIL alleges that the public allotment process of 3018 plots, that invited application money of around Rs. 17.6 Crores, was vitiated by serious irregularities, arbitrariness...
Rajasthan High Court Raps Police Over 40-Year Lapse In Nabbing Accused, Orders Creation Of Special Cell To Trace Absconders
The Rajasthan High Court has issued direction to the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Rajasthan and the Director General of Police to create a special cell for tracing out the absconding accused and proclaimed offenders to face trail, ensuring that the victims of the crime get timely justice.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that the police authorities were duty bound to...
Aadhaar Used Only As Proof Of Identity, Not Proof Of Citizenship For Electoral Roll Inclusion : Election Commission Tells Supreme Court
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has reiterated before the Supreme Court that Aadhaar card is being used only to verify the identity of applicants seeking inclusion in electoral rolls, and not as proof of citizenship. The ECI made this statement in its reply filed to an interlocutory application moved by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is seeking a direction against the use of Aadhaar as...
DDA Can't Prima Facie Levy GST On Conversion Of Property From Leasehold To Freehold: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has prima facie observed that the Delhi Development Authority cannot levy GST on conversion of property from leasehold to freehold.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“Prime facie, it clearly appears that conversion is nothing but a part of the process of sale of the immovable property by the DDA to purchasers and GST would not be...
Union Opposes Trans Man's Plea To Preserve Eggs; Says ART Act Does Not Cover Transgender Persons
The Union Government has told the Kerala High Court that a trans man cannot seek the benefit of assisted reproductive technologies under the Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Act 2021, asserting that transgender persons are outside the statutory framework of the law. The stand was taken in a counter affidavit filed in response to a writ petition by a 28-year-old person, assigned...