Delhi High Court Issues Summons On Actor, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's Personality Rights Plea

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons in a suit filed by Bollywood actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut seeking protection of her personality rights. Justice Vikas Mahajan also issued notice on Ranaut's application seeking an interim injunction against the alleged misuse of her persona. Appearing for Ranaut, her counsel submitted that the actress was being targeted through pornographic and obscene material circulated on social media. The counsel also drew the court's attention to...

Delhi High Court To Pass Order On Vijay Deverakonda's Plea Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it will pass an order on actor Vijay Deverakonda's plea seeking protection of his personality rights. Justice Vikas Mahajan briefly heard the matter and issued summons in the suit and notice on Deverakonda's application seeking an interim injunction. Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar, appearing for the actor, submitted that Deverakonda was aggrieved by fake endorsements and impersonation, with various individuals allegedly posing as his agents. She also...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Sets Aside Award Over Unilateral Arbitrator Appointment Without State's Consent

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has emphasized that where a party consistently objects to the unilateral appointment of an arbitrator, seeks appointment of an independent arbitrator, and does not consent to the tribunal's constitution, such objection cannot be treated as waived.The court further noted that despite the absence of consent, the arbitrator proceeded with the arbitration and failed to decide the State's application challenging his appointment under Section 13 of the Arbitration and...

SARFAESI | Secured Creditor's Prior Charge Over Property Takes Precedence Over State VAT Charge: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that a secured creditor's charge over a property will take precedence over a subsequent charge created by the State VAT Department. The court applied the principle to a property purchased by auction purchasers in proceedings under the SARFAESI Act.The court relied on its earlier rulings, as well as the Supreme Court's judgment in Punjab National Bank v. Union of India.A division bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati observed, “once...

Attempt To Transfer Property To Defeat Creditors Not 'Act Of Insolvency' Under Provincial Insolvency Act: Madras HC

The Madras High Court at Madurai recently held that an attempt by a debtor to transfer property to defeat creditors may justify attachment before judgment under Order 38 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC). However, such an attempt by itself does not amount to an “act of insolvency” under Section 6 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920.“Attempting to transfer one's property to defeat the interest of the creditors can be a good ground for attaching the property before judgment under Order 38 of...

CCI Need Not Record Reasoned Order Before Ordering DG Probe: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) need not record a separate, reasoned order setting out its prima facie opinion before directing the Director General (DG) to investigate under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.“Section 26(1) does not contemplate recording of a reasoned order by the Commission,” a Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee observed. The Bench, however, found that the CCI had formed a...

Delhi High Court Upholds Auction Of Judgment Debtor's Property Share Despite Pre-Attachment Transfer

The Delhi High Court has upheld the auction of a judgment debtor's one-half undivided share in a Delhi property. The share had been transferred before formal attachment, but the court held that the transfer could not take it outside the pending execution proceedings.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Shail Jain held that the property had already been identified in the execution petition. Its attachment and sale had also been sought before the transfer.“That claim cannot...

Calcutta High Court Upholds ITAT Order Deleting ₹11.35 Crore Addition For Alleged Cash Loans

On 5 October, the Calcutta High Court dismissed the Revenue's appeal against the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's (ITAT) September 2025 order deleting a Rs. 11.35 crore addition made against businessman Suresh Kumar Banthia for Assessment Year 2020-21. A Division Bench comprising Justices Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Sudip Deb held that although the strict rules of evidence do not apply to income-tax proceedings, tax authorities and tribunals are guided by the general principles underlying the law of...

Revenue Cannot Reopen Assessment Over Additions Already Pending In Tax Appeals: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on 16 September held that the Revenue cannot reopen an assessment under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act and pursue parallel proceedings where the same additions have already been examined by the CIT(A) on merits and remain subject matter of tax appeals before the High Court. A Division Bench comprising Justices A.S. Supehia and Vaibhavi D. Nanavati quashed reassessment proceedings initiated against Venus Township (India) LLP, finding that the reassessment sought to...

Director Of Public Company Cannot Be Made Liable For Tax Dues Due To Substantial Shareholding: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that a public limited company cannot be treated as a private company merely because one of its directors holds a substantial number of shares. Thus, a director cannot be held personally liable for the company's unpaid tax merely because the director holds substantial shares in the company.The case concerned Section 179 of the Income Tax Act. The provision allows the Income Tax Department, in certain circumstances, to recover a private company's unpaid tax from its...

Kerala High Court Upholds GST Recovery Against Satwa Solutions For Failure To Raise Timely Objection

The Kerala High Court on 26 September refused to interfere with GST recovery proceedings against Satwa Solutions and upheld the dismissal of its writ petition challenging the proceedings arising from a statutory notice and subsequent final order. A Division Bench comprising Justices Devan Ramachandran and Basant Balaji held that the taxpayer had failed to raise its objection to the notice at the appropriate stage. It observed: “It is unmistakable from the attendant circumstances, that the...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Entire LIC Award After Finding Arbitrator's Appointment Impermissible

On 6 October, the Delhi High Court allowed Life Insurance Corporation of India's (LIC) appeal against N.S. Associates Pvt. Ltd., extending the effect of an earlier Single Judge finding that LIC's unilateral appointment of the arbitrator was impermissible.A Division Bench comprising Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Bharat Parashar held that a party cannot challenge an arbitral tribunal's authority to undo unfavourable claims while simultaneously seeking to preserve favourable portions of...