LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 27 - August 02, 2026

SUPREME COURTITC Can Be Denied To Buyer If Supplier Fails To Pay Tax: Supreme Court Upholds S.16(2)(c) Of CGST ActCase Title : Bhandari Scrap Traders v. Union of India & Ors. and connected matters Case Number : SLP (C) No. 23931/2026 and connected matters CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 250The Supreme Court has recently upheld the Gujarat High Court's judgment sustaining the constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. In doing so, it affirmed that...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: July 26 - August 1, 2026

Nominal IndexJetal Construction Private Limited v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (MP) 55Vandana Parvez v. Government of India & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC(MAD) 203Ashish Choudhary & Anr. v. Thills (formerly known as Jaganmata Property Developers Private Limited), 2026 LLBiz RERA (KA) 121Sanjeev Kumar Anwar (HUF) v. M/s Diamond Multistate CGHS Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA (DL) 122Filomena Fernandes & Anr. v. M/s Alfredo M. Cotta and Associates & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA (GA)...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 27 - August 02, 2026

HIGH COURTSBombay HCBombay High Court Quashes Criminal Prosecution For Late ITR Filing As Taxpayer Entitled To RefundCase Title : Rajesh Somandas Sachdev v. Income Tax Officer & Ors. Case Number : Writ Petition No. 5692 of 2025 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM) 414The Bombay High Court on 22 July held that criminal prosecution for failure to file an income tax return cannot continue when a subsequent assessment shows that the taxpayer had no tax liability and was instead entitled to a refund,...

LiveLawBiz IBC Weekly Digest: July 27 - August 1, 2026

SUPREME COURT IBC Moratorium Applies Only To Corporate Debtor, Not Directors Or Promoters: Supreme CourtCase Title : TEJAS J.SHAH & AMISHA T. SHAH & ORS VERSUS MANTRI TECHNOLOGY CONSTELLATIONS PVT.LTD. Case Number : CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4289-4290 OF 2025 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 248The Supreme Court on Monday held that the moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, operates only against the corporate debtor. It ruled that courts or adjudicating authorities...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: July 27 - August 02, 2026

DELHI HIGH COURTDelhi High Court Restrains Use Of 'COBEX' Mark In GlaxoSmithKline's Trademark Suit Over 'COBADEX' Case Title: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited v. Orion Biotech Private Limited & Ors.Case Number: CS(COMM) 754/2026Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 774The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Orion Biotech and associated entities from using the mark 'COBEX' for a paediatric antibiotic. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed that GSK had made out a prima facie case that...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Cases Weekly Digest: July 26 - August 1, 2026

Nominal IndexGetwell Healthcare Private Limited v. Dr. Santosh Sahi & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 745Chief Engineer, Employees' State Insurance Corporation v. Enarch Consultants Pvt. Ltd., 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 737U.P. State Highways Authority v. M/s Abhijeet Meerut Karnal Toll Road Limited, 2026 LLBiz HC(ALL) 58Triveni Adhesive and Tapes & Ors. v. The New India Assurance Company Limited, 2026 LLBiz HC(ALL) 56Fomento Commodities PTE. Ltd. v. Fedders Electric & Engineering Ltd., 2026 LLBiz...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: July 20 - July 26, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Appoints Amicus Curiae In Patent Case Over Human-AI Integration Technology Case Title: Caleb Suresh Motupalli v. Controller Of PatentsCase Number: SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 20319/2026The Supreme Court has appointed Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar as Amicus Curiae in a patent dispute concerning an invention that claims to enhance human capabilities by integrating them with artificial intelligence. The inventor describes the technology as creating a...

LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 20 - July 26, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Holds BPCL, HPCL Liable For ₹16.6 Crore Service Tax For Marketing MGL's CNGCase Title : Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai v. M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Ors. Case Number : Civil Appeal Nos. 2471–2473 of 2015 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 243The Supreme Court on Monday held that Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) are liable to pay more than ₹16.6 crore in service tax for facilitating the sale of...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 20 - July 26, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Transfer Of Benami Act Appeals To ITAT, Allows RepresentationCase Title : PARVEEN KUMAR BANSAL Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Case Number : W.P.(C) No. 843/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL seeking transfer of appellate jurisdiction under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (PBPT Act) from the Appellate Tribunal constituted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to the...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: July 20 - July 25, 2026

Nominal IndexM/s Aliens Developers Private Limited v Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority & Anr, 2026 LLBiz REAT(TS) 49Rakesh Kumar Sharma v Union of India & Ors, 2026 LLBiz REAT(RJ) 47Air Force Naval Housing Board v Sukhveer Singh Shekhawat (and connected matters), 2026 LLBiz REAT(RJ) 48M/s ODI-Tech Properties Pvt Ltd v Oditech Pride Buyers Association & Ors, 2026 LLBiz REAT(OD) 50M/s Bennett Property Holdings Company Ltd v M/s PNB Techwaves Pvt Ltd & Ors, 2026 LLBiz...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Cases Weekly Digest: July 20 - July 25, 2026

Nominal Index NASR ULLAH KHAN v ONE97 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED & ORS, 2026 LLBiz SC 245 South Delhi Municipal Corporation v M/s Delhi Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited, 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 727 Cosmo Retail Solutions Private Limited v Sumant Agarwal & Ors, 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 716 Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe) v Unity Small Finance Bank Limited & Ors, 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 735 Spectrum Power Generation Limited v GAIL India Limited, 2026 LLBiz HC(DEL) 733 National...

LiveLawBiz IBC Weekly Digest: July 20 - July 25, 2026

SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Issues Notice On Venugopal Dhoot's Plea To Include Videocon Foreign Oil Assets In VIL InsolvencyCase Title: VENUGOPAL DHOOT vs VOVL LIMITED Case Number: C.A. 8718/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in an appeal filed by Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot. The appeal challenges the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) May 14, 2026, decision refusing to include the foreign oil and gas assets of Videocon Oil Venture Ltd. (VOVL) and its...