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Supreme Court Issues Notice On Patanjali Foods' Rs 2.97 Crore Excise Duty Refund Appeal
The Supreme Court has recently issued notice in an appeal filed by Patanjali Foods Limited (formerly Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd.) seeking a refund of Rs 2.97 crore charged by the tax department in connection with an excise duty dispute. A Division Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S Chandurkar issued notice on both the main appeal and the application...
Supreme Court Proposes To Hold Bar Council Elections Under Supervision Of Retired High Court Judges
The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that all State Bar Council elections across the country will be held under the supervision of retired High Court judges.The Court said it intends to constitute independent election panels headed by retired judges in each state to oversee the polls and ensure they are conducted in a transparent, fair and credible manner.A Bench comprising Justice Surya...
'Melpattam' Right Confers Only Usufructuary Interest, Not Ownership Over Land: Kerala High Court Reiterates
The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that a 'melpattam' arrangement does not create ownership or a transferable interest in the land itself.The division bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P Krishna Kumar, delivered the judgment while dismissing an appeal challenging a preliminary decree for partition passed by the Sub Court, Vadakara. The appellant claimed exclusive ownership...
Public Auction Not Compulsory For Sale Of Encumbered Assets If Charge Holders Consent: NCLAT New Delhi
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench set aside an order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) New Delhi by which it had directed independent bidding for the sale of non-core assets of Arshiya Limited during its Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). The Tribunal held that public auction is not compulsory for the sale of encumbered...
'Accused Wearing Lawyers' Robes, Murders In Broad Daylight': Supreme Court Mulls Guidelines To Curb Violence In Court Premises
Underlining a need for strict action, the Supreme Court today expressed an inclination to lay down guidelines to tackle incidents of violence within Court premises."If some hardened criminals are allowed to come inside the court premises wearing lawyers' dress or not, but if they are indulging in this kind of thing, we need to have very harsh action against them. Firm, swift action is...
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Move Delhi High Court Against Privilege Committee Summons Over 'Phansi Ghar' Controversy
Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the summons issued to them by Delhi Legislative Assembly's Privilege Committee over the “phansi ghar” controversy. Their petition will be heard tomorrow by Justice Sachin Datta. Phansi Ghar was inaugurated by Kejriwal and Sisodia inside the Assembly complex on August 22, 2022, when they...
Delhi High Court Bars Another Company from Using Ching's 'Schezwan Chutney' Mark
In yet another order granting relief to Ching's Secret sauces maker Capital Foods Pvt. Ltd., the Delhi High Court has once again stepped in to protect the company's trademark “Schezwan Chutney.”Earlier this week, on November 3, 2025, the Court had restrained a Uttar Pradesh-based food manufacturer from using the name “Schezwan Tufani Chutney” or any expression deceptively similar...
Commercial Courts Act | Rejection Of Plaint Appealable; No Appeal Against Order Refusing To Reject Plaint : Supreme Court
Clarifying procedural law under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (“Act”), the Supreme Court on Monday (November 10) held that an order allowing an application for rejection of a plaint amounts to a decree and is therefore appealable under Section 13(1A) of the Act. However, an order rejecting such an application is not appealable under the same provision and can instead be challenged through...