Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court upheld Section 69 GST arrest powers, requiring recorded reasons, CrPC safeguards, CBIC instructions and limiting arr...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court held excise duty paid by buyers formed part of turnover, discussed colourable devices, and distinguished legitim...
Corporate Law : A non-speaking dismissal of an SLP does not affirm the High Court's reasoning or constitute law under Article 141. The doctrine of...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that summoning hotel booking records and call detail records to prove adultery does not violate privacy, a...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court agreed to examine allegations that bank dues were settled at steep discounts through ARCs, while clarifying that...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...
Corporate Law : SC clarifies limits of High Court's writ powers in IBC cases and recognises Indian CIRP as foreign main proceeding in cross-border...
Corporate Law : Justice BR Gavai sworn in as India's 52nd Chief Justice. Focus areas include addressing case pendency and improving court infrastr...
Corporate Law : Key IBC case law updates from Oct-Dec 2024, covering Supreme Court and High Court decisions on CoC powers, resolution plans, relat...
Corporate Law : SC held a Ministers statement binds the Government only if it reflects the Governments view and declined to issue speech guideline...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court granted bail under the PMLA, noting prolonged custody, documentary evidence, delayed trial, parity with co-accused, ...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court set aside the High Court's PMLA bail order for failure to apply Section 45 twin conditions and remanded the matter f...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court declined to refer the Article 370 challenge to a larger Bench, holding there was no conflict between earlier Constit...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court upheld termination of a slum redevelopment developer for prolonged delay and reaffirmed the statutory duty and accou...
Corporate Law : The Bill seeks to amend Articles 15 and 16 to allow reservation for backward classes proportionate to their population identified ...
Fema / RBI : RBI directs banks, NBFCs, and other entities to implement Supreme Court’s accessibility guidelines for digital KYC, ensuring inc...
Income Tax : CBDT raises monetary limits for tax appeals: Rs. 60 lakh for ITAT, Rs. 2 crore for High Court, and Rs. 5 crore for Supreme Court, ...
Corporate Law : No restrictions on joint bank accounts or nominations for the queer community, as clarified by the Supreme Court and RBI in August...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India introduces new procedures for case adjournments effective 14th February 2024, detailing strict guidelines a...
Supreme Court held that seniority of direct recruit is to be counted from the date of their initial appointment and not from the date when they were put on probation. Accordingly, present appeals are allowed and order of High Court set aside.
Supreme Court held that public servant can be duly convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the basis of evidence inspite of the fact that co-accused is acquitted of conspiracy charges.
Supreme Court held that section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013 doesn’t require mandatory obtaining or circulating of formal valuation report from an approved/registered valuer for reduction of share capital.
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court ruling after finding that it failed to consider documentary evidence and concurrent findings on possession while exercising jurisdiction under Section 100 CPC.
The Supreme Court granted respondents three weeks to file a counter affidavit in a case examining guidelines governing police conduct and arrests within court premises.
The Supreme Court cancelled bail granted by the High Court after finding that the accused’s criminal history, use of forged identities, and prior conduct were not considered while applying the parity principle.
The Supreme Court overturned a High Court bail order after finding that the seriousness of alleged corporate fraud and statutory bail conditions under the Companies Act were not properly considered.
The Court refused bail in a money laundering case after holding that the accused failed to satisfy the mandatory twin conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Once the parties had contractually agreed to exclude interest, Arbitral Tribunal, being a creature of the contract, could not award pre-award or pendente lite interest even in the guise of compensation. However, post-award interest stood on a different footing.
The Supreme Court criticized the growing practice of filing delayed appeals only after contempt proceedings begin. It held that such tactics undermine the authority of courts and directed that such litigants be dealt with strictly.
