LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Monthly Digest: May 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Seeks Revenue Explanation On Digitisation Of Missing GST Files In Bengal Cold Rollers CaseCase Title : M/s Bengal Cold Rollers Private Limited v. The Assistant Commissioner (ST) & Ors. Case Number : SLP (C) No. 12390/2026 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 182The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Revenue regarding the digitisation of 14 files seized in a GST investigation that are now stated to be missing in the case of Bengal Cold Rollers Pvt. Ltd. The...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Monthly Digest: May 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Dismisses Income Tax Appeal Against IDBI Bank Over Delay Of 275 DaysCase Title : DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ORS. Versus IDBI BANK LTD Case Number : Diary No. 19495-2026The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Income Tax Department's plea against IDBI Bank Ltd over a 275-day delay, refusing to interfere with the Bombay High Court's decision quashing reassessment proceedings for AY 2016-17. The High Court, in its order dated March 24, 2025 held that the...

LiveLawBiz IBC Monthly Digest: May 2026

SUPREME COURT SBI Back In Reliance Infratel CoC As Supreme Court Sets Aside NCLAT Order Excluding Consortium Lenders Case Title : STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ORS. Versus DOHA BANK Q.P.S.C. AND ANR Case Number : C.A. No. 8527/2022The Supreme Court of India has allowed the appeal filed by the State Bank of India against an October 14, 2022 order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, which had upheld the exclusion of SBI and other lenders from the Committee of...

LiveLawBiz RERA Monthly Digest: May, 2026

Supreme Court Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Jaypee Used “Facade” Deals To Divert ₹13,833 Crore Homebuyer FundsCase Title: VANDANA SABHARWAL VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS.Case Number: Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).661/2026Citation : 2026 LLBiz SC 213The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition alleging that Rs. 13,833 crore out of Rs. 14,599 crore collected from homebuyers by the Jaypee Group was diverted through transfers to group entities and...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Monthly Digest: May, 2026

Supreme CourtSupreme Court Refuses To Interfere With ₹66.31 Lakh Award In Favour Of Aakash In Coaching Franchise DisputeCase Title: M/S PARAMOUNT LEARNING SOLUTIONS AND ORS. Versus AAKASH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LTD.Case Number: Diary No. 22100-2026Citation: 2026 LLBiz SC 173The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Paramount Learning Solutions in a franchise dispute involving an Aakash Educational Services Ltd. coaching centre.It declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court's...

LiveLawBiz Company Law Monthly Digest: May 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Stays ₹5 Lakh Cost Imposed To Set Aside NBWs In Adarsh Housing SFIO CaseCase Title : MEENAKSHI MODI VERSUS SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICER Case Number : Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 7450/2026The Supreme Court recently (April 27) issued notice on a petition filed by Meenakshi Modi, an accused in an SFIO case linked to the Adarsh Build Estate housing fraud, to examine the validity of a Rs 5 lakh cost imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court...

LiveLawBiz IPR Monthly Digest: May, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Declines To Entertain Western Digital Challenge Over Refurbished Hard Drive SalesCase Title: Western Digital Technologies, Inc & Anr. v. Hansraj Dugar Case Number: Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 17783/2026 Citation: 2026 LLBiz SC 204The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 27 May declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court ruling permitting the sale of refurbished hard disk drives bearing Western Digital's trademarks, holding that removal of the...

LiveLawBiz IPR Monthly Digest: April, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Delhi HC Ruling That Patent Revocation Plea Survives ExpiryCase Title: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. v. The Controller Of Patents & Anr. Case Number: SLP (C) 13704 OF 2026The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea challenging a Delhi High Court ruling that a patent revocation petition remains maintainable and survives even after expiry of the patent and is not barred merely because an invalidity defence is raised...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Monthly Digest: April 2026

NOMINAL INDEXRare Townships Private Limited v. Mitul Gada, 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 173M/s Sai Enterprises v. Sangeeta Ravi Punjabi & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 232Gera Developers Private Limited v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 184Sanroyal Builders and Contractors Pvt Ltd & Anr. v. Divya Balu, 2026 LLBiz HC (KER) 67Vandana Parvez v. IVR Hotels and Resorts Ltd. & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (MAD) 104Nidhi Sao v. Greenearth Infraventures Private Limited, 2026 LLBiz HC (CHH)...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Cases Monthly Digest: April 2026

Supreme CourtNo Immediate Challenge To Arbitrator's Rejection Of Jurisdiction Plea; Must Wait For Final Award: Supreme CourtCase Title MCM Worldwide Private Limited v. M/s. Construction Industry Development CouncilCase Number Civil Appeal (arising out of SLP (C) No. 33075 of 2025)Citation 2026 LLBiz SC 171The Supreme Court has recently held that when a claim is challenged as time-barred to question an arbitrator's jurisdiction, and the arbitrator rejects that objection, the party cannot...

LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Monthly Digest: April 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Restores VAT Appeal, Holds No Fresh Pre-Deposit Needed Where Earlier Deposit Meets 12.5% RequirementCase Title : Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited v. Assistant Commissioner ST & Ors. Case Number : Diary No. - 24607/2020 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 153The Supreme Court has held that the appeal filed by Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited against a reassessment order could not be rejected for non-payment of statutory...

LiveLawBiz Company Law Monthly Digest: April 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To SRS Finance Director Ankit Sachdeva In Fraud Case, Issues Notice To SFIOThe Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice and made an order for pre-arrest bail to Ankit Sachdeva, a director of SRS Finance Ltd., whose anticipatory bail plea had earlier been dismissed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court by order dated March 4, 2024, which found prima facie involvement in a large-scale financial fraud.Case Title : Ankit Sachdeva vs Serious Fraud...