Centre Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Quashing One-Time Spectrum Charges On Airtel, Vodafone Idea

The Union of India has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court's judgment quashing the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) decision and demand notices imposing one-time spectrum charges on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The High Court had held that the retrospective levy lacked contractual and statutory basis.The charges were related to the spectrum held beyond 6.2 MHz from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2012, with the levy to be computed at 2012 auction-determined prices....

Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Ruling Declaring NSE A Public Authority Under RTI Act

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Delhi High Court's July 1 judgment declaring the National Stock Exchange (NSE) a "public authority" under the Right to Information Act. It thus revived the interim stay on the Central Information Commission's June 7, 2007 order declaring the NSE a public authority, directing that it shall continue until further orders. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued a notice on NSE's appeal. It extended the interim protection that had operated...

TMC Moves Supreme Court Against Calcutta HC Order Refusing To Stay ED's Freezing Of Party Bank Accounts

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) has moved the Supreme Court, challenging a July 20, 2026 Calcutta High Court order refusing to stay the Enforcement Directorate's freezing of three of its HDFC Bank accounts and a money laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The probe relates to the ED's allegation that ₹133.84 crore was transferred from one of the party's accounts to Carewell Aviation India Pvt. Ltd. as part of a scheme to divert funds. A bench of...

Liquor Bodies Move Supreme Court Against NCLAT Ruling Holding Kerala's Jawan Rum Preference Did Not Harm Competition

The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) has moved the Supreme Court challenging a May 20, 2026 judgment of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The NCLAT had upheld the Competition Commission of India (CCI) decision rejecting allegations that preferential treatment accorded to state-owned Jawan Rum by the Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation (KSBC) amounted to abuse of its dominant position. The appeal, filed on July 24, is...

"Your Callous Attitude Leads To Such Litigations": Supreme Court Pulls Up GDA, UP Govt. Over Delay In Ansal Resolution Plan Implementation

The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and the Uttar Pradesh government for delaying approvals required to implement the resolution plan for Ansal Urban Condominiums Pvt. Ltd. (AUCPL), saying the authorities' "callous attitude" had forced around 1,600 homebuyers to litigate for nearly two decades. The court was hearing an appeal filed by One City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., the successful resolution applicant (SRA) for AUCPL, against the National...

Supreme Court Dismisses Lilavati Trust's ₹2,500 Crore Plea For Damages Against Ex-Trustee, Ex-Mumbai Police Chief

The Supreme Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust seeking ₹2,500 crore in punitive and exemplary damages against its former permanent trustee Rajesh Mehta and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Hoshiyar Singh, a former executive director of Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre.The trust accused the two of unauthorised access, retention and dissemination of confidential records of Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre. It also...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Ex-Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti's Plea To Stay Conviction In Bank Fraud Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on an appeal filed by former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti against the Delhi High Court's ruling refusing to stay his conviction in the Gram Vikas Bank fraud case. Bharti was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for conspiracy, cheating, and forgery over the fraudulent extension of a fixed deposit.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice and posted the matter for hearing after 4 weeks.In its July 10 judgment, the High...

ITC Can Be Denied To Buyer If Supplier Fails To Pay Tax: Supreme Court Upholds S.16(2)(c) Of CGST Act

The 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 a registered purchaser cannot claim Input Tax Credit (ITC) unless the supplier has actually paid the tax charged on the underlying supply to the government.Upholding the High Court's judgment, the court observed, "High Court was fully justified in holding that no grounds were made out to...

Supreme Court Upholds Excise Duty On Pharmaceutical Samples Removed For Testing Over Record-Keeping Lapse

The Supreme Court has held that a taxpayer who fails to maintain the prescribed records for pharmaceutical samples removed for testing cannot avoid excise duty by contending that the goods had not attained marketability.It upheld the excise duty demand against Hicure Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.A bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli applied its earlier decision in ITC Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise to the facts of the case. Referring to that ruling, the bench observed, "It...

Supreme Court Upholds MP Notification On Mining Lease Stamp Duty Computation Based On Anticipated Royalty

The Supreme Court has recently upheld the Madhya Pradesh Government's method of computing stamp duty on mining leases under its 1993 notification.Holding that the notification is not ultra vires Section 26 of the Indian Stamp Act, the court said stamp duty must be determined on the highest amount among anticipated royalty based on production, the quantity prescribed under Schedule III of the M.P. Minor Mineral Rules, 1961, or dead rent.A division bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice...

TRAI Can Enforce Regulations But Not Adjudicate Disputes Between Service Providers: Supreme Court

While TRAI can enforce its regulations, the court said only TDSAT can finally adjudicate disputes between service providers

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Prasar Bharati's Plea In Cricket Broadcast Rights Dispute With Stracon India

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by Prasar Bharati challenging a Delhi High Court judgment holding that it was contractually obliged to provide 135 days of international cricket under the Global Rights Agreement. The High Court had partly upheld an arbitral award in favour of Stracon India Ltd. while reducing the compensable shortfall from 17 days to seven. Pending adjudication of the petition, the Court permitted Stracon India Ltd to withdraw a...