Karnataka High Court Upholds Unishire Property Attachment, Says Final K-RERA Order Can't Be Reopened

The Karnataka High Court on 6 October held that a developer cannot challenge a consequential property attachment after its appeal against the underlying Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) order has been dismissed and the order has attained finality. Justice E.S. Indiresh dismissed Unishire Promoters Private Limited's writ petition and upheld the attachment of its property in Bengaluru to recover unpaid dues owed to a homebuyer. The Bench observed: “In that view of the matter,...

Dupattas Made Of Woven Fabric Exempt From Tax As Fibres Under TNVAT Act: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on 7 October held that dupattas made of woven fabric fall under the exemption for textile fabrics under the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax (TNVAT) Act, 2006, and cannot be classified as fibres for taxation. A Division Bench comprising Justices Anita Sumanth and K. Rajasekar allowed three tax case revisions filed by Vedant Fashions Pvt. Ltd., and set aside the 4% tax levy on dupattas for the assessment years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. The judges held: “A dupatta cannot, by...

Calcutta High Court Conditionally Stays Shapoorji Pallonji Award Against West Bengal Housing Board

The Calcutta High Court on 31 August conditionally stayed an arbitral award dated 13 September 2025 in favour of Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited against the West Bengal Housing Board, and directed the Board to secure the entire awarded amount within eight weeks. Justice Gaurang Kanth also directed the Housing Board to deposit 50% of the awarded amount, along with up-to-date interest, in cash and secure the remaining 50% through a bank guarantee. Holding that this arrangement...

Delhi High Court Upholds Nil Award In ₹4.37 Cr. NHAI Contract, Says Claims Of Extra Work Needs Proof

On 13 October, the Delhi High Court dismissed Abhoy Charan Bakshi's petition challenging a nil arbitral award in favour of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) over a Rs. 4.37 crore road maintenance contract for the Baharampore–Farakka section of National Highway 34 in West Bengal. Justice Subramonium Prasad held that a contractor cannot claim payment for additional work without evidence establishing that the work was carried out, and found that the arbitral tribunal had no basis to...

NMC Founder BR Shetty Sues Bank Of Baroda For $15 Billion Over Alleged Fraud

Dr Bavaguthu Raghuram (B R) Shetty, founder of the NMC healthcare group and UAE Exchange, has filed a $15 billion (approximately ₹1.43 lakh crore) suit against Bank of Baroda and 25 others before the Bombay High Court, alleging that the bank facilitated a fraud that led to the collapse of his business empire.Shetty has sought $5 billion each in direct and consequential damages, including loss of business opportunities, jointly and severally from all defendants. He has claimed a further $5...

Defendant Rejecting Pre-Institution Mediation Can't Challenge Suit For Non-Compliance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on 5 October held that a defendant who refuses to participate in pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 cannot subsequently seek rejection of a commercial suit for failure to complete mediation, as the defendant cannot use its own refusal as a technical defence. A Division Bench comprising Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Nisha Sahay Saxena dismissed an appeal by Netsys Network Pvt Ltd and its directors against a Single Judge's 10 August...

Income Tax | Taxpayers Cannot Raise Fresh Claims Based On New Facts In Revision Proceedings: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently reiterated that taxpayers cannot use revision proceedings to introduce fresh claims based on facts that were never placed before the Assessing Officer, bypassing the deadline for filing a revised income tax return.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar held that the revisional authority can entertain a new question of law, but cannot consider a claim that goes beyond the facts available to the Assessing Officer.“In our considered view,...

Delhi High Court Protects Amazon's Upcoming Film 'Nayyi Naveli' From Online Piracy Ahead Of Release

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday protected Amazon's upcoming film “Nayyi Naveli” against piracy, directing that it not be broadcast or streamed without authorisation by rogue websites once it is released.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the directions on a suit by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited against cinemalux.baby and other such rogue websites and their operators.Amazon told the court it feared the film would be pirated and put online soon after release. The horror-comedy, directed...

Rajasthan High Court Restores Canara Bank's Recovery Suit, Faults Court For Denying Chance To Remove Defects

The Rajasthan High Court has criticised the “undue haste” with which a Commercial Court handled a Canara Bank recovery suit, noting that the bank was not given adequate opportunity to remove procedural defects before the suit was dismissed.“One fails to understand the undue haste and alacrity with which the office of the Commercial Court as well the Court itself acted. Such swiftness, coupled with the fact that the learned Commercial Court also did not grant any opportunity to the appellant by...

Charitable Hospital Cannot Be Denied Income Tax Exemption For Charging Patients, Making Surplus: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that a hospital seeking income tax exemption on philanthropic grounds cannot be denied the benefit merely because it earns a surplus, charges patients for treatment, or collects professional fees on behalf of consultant doctors. The question is whether its actual activities and use of funds establish that it exists solely for philanthropic purposes and not for profit.A division bench of Justice B.P. Colabawalla and Justice Farhan P. Dubash set aside orders passed...

Madras High Court Restrains Online Piracy Of Rajinikanth's 'Jailer 2' Ahead Of Release

The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained unauthorised copying and streaming of Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer 2, scheduled for release on October 15, in an interim injunction granted to producer Sun TV Network Limited. Justice P.B. Balaji, by an order dated October 13, also directed internet service providers and other concerned service providers to block access to identified piracy websites and additional mirror, redirect and alphanumeric URL variants notified by Sun TV or its authorised...

Delhi High Court Allows GST Appeal Without Full Pre-Deposit Over Overlapping Demands

The Delhi High Court has permitted a taxpayer to approach the appellate authority with an application seeking exemption from the statutory pre-deposit requirement, to the extent the GST demand is alleged to overlap with an earlier demand.The division bench of Justices Anil Khetarpal and Bharat Parashar was hearing a plea by M/s Forever Exim India Private Limited seeking restoration of its writ petition challenging a GST order dated August 30, 2024.Petitioner submitted that parallel proceedings...