LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Quarterly Digest: July- September 2026

HIGH COURTSKerala High CourtRERA Cannot Decide Complaint On Merits Before Numbering, Hearing: Kerala High CourtCase Title: Renney Geo Varghese v. The Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) & Ors.; Sindhu M. Poduval v. The Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) & OrsCase Number : WP(C) No. 24034 of 2026 & WP(C) No. 24977 of 2026Citation : 2026 LLBiz HC(KER) 163The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority cannot...

LiveLawBiz IPR Quarterly Digest: July- September 2026

JULY, 2026SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Appoints Amicus Curiae In Patent Case Over Human-AI Integration TechnologyCase 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...

LiveLawBiz Company Law Quarterly Digest: July- September 2026

SUPREME COURTNSEL Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Refusing Joint Trial In CBI Cases Over Alleged Payment CrisisNational Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court's March 27, 2026 judgment refusing to direct a joint trial in two CBI cases arising out of the alleged NSEL payment crisis.Case Title : National Spot Exchange Limited vs The Central Bureau of Investigation Bank Securities and Fraud Cell Case Number : Diary No. 37177 of 2026Supreme...

LiveLawBiz IBC Quarterly Digest: July - September, 2026

SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Likens AI Hallucinations To Gas Behind Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Sets Aside CIRP Orders Over Fake Case Law Case Title : POOJA RAMESH SINGH Versus JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK LTD AND ANR. Case Number : C.A. No. 11950/2025Comparing fake AI-generated legal material to the release of methyl isocyanate (the gas behind the Bhopal gas tragedy), the Supreme Court on Thursday warned that artificial intelligence could become "invisible, insidious, catastrophic" if used without...

LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Quarterly Digest: July - September, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Upholds Karnataka's Retrospective Withdrawal Of Sales Tax Exemption For Imported SugarCase Title : Asia Sugar & Chemical Co., Davangere v. State of Karnataka & Ors. Case Number : Civil Appeal No. 48 of 2009 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 235The Supreme Court on Monday held that the Karnataka Legislature was competent to retrospectively withdraw the sales tax exemption available to imported sugar, but dealers who had acted under the earlier exemption regime cannot...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Quarterly Digest: July - September, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Issues Notice On Revenue's Appeal Against HC's India-Singapore DTAA Relief To ST ShippingCase Title : ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Versus M/S ATLANTIC GLOBAL SHIPPING PVT. LTD. Case Number : Diary No. 25162-2026The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in the Income Tax Department's appeal challenging a Gujarat High Court judgment that held ST Shipping Pte Ltd, Singapore was entitled to the benefit of Article 8 of the India-Singapore Double Taxation...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Cases Quarterly Digest: July- September 2026

Supreme CourtSupreme Court Asks CJI To Consider Larger Bench To Examine Validity Of Pre-Deposit Clauses In Arbitration AgreementsCase Title : SANTOSH ASSOCIATE PRIVATE LIMITED VERSUS HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.Case Number : SLP (C) No. 31245 of 2025Citation: 2026 LLBiz SC 277The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Chief Justice of India to consider whether a larger Bench should examine the validity of contractual clauses requiring a party to...

LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Refuses To Entertain Ola Parent ANI's Plea Against Delayed Service Tax OrderCase Title : ANI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED VS THE UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Case Number : SLP(C) NO. 3185/2026 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 33The Supreme Court of India has declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order directing ANI Technologies Private Limited, the parent company of Ola Cabs, to pursue a statutory appeal against a service tax demand. A Bench of the Chief Justice of...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Dismisses Revenue Plea Against Gujarat HC Order Quashing Adani Wilmar Income Tax ReassessmentCase Title : THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CIRCLE 1(1)(1) Vs ADANI WILMAR LIMITED Case Number : SLP(C) 4944/2026 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz SC 35The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a Gujarat High Court judgment that had quashed the reopening of Adani Wilmar Limited's income tax assessment for the 2013–14 assessment year, dismissing a special leave...

LiveLawBiz IPR Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026

HIGH COURTSDelhi High CourtDelhi High Court Grants Interim Trademark Protection To PhysicsWallah, Orders Takedown Of Disparaging PostsCase Title: Physicswallah Limited v. Nikhil Kumar Singh & Ors. Case Number: CS(COMM) 70/2026Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 104The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of PhysicsWallah Limited, restraining former employee and rival coaching operator Nikhil Kumar Singh from using deceptively similar trademarks and from...

LiveLawBiz Company Law Half-Yearly Digest: January- June, 2026

SUPREME COURTSpecial Court Cannot Hear Private Complaints In Companies Act Fraud Cases; Only SFIO Can File: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court on Friday held that a special court cannot entertain a private complaint in cases involving fraud under the Companies Act. It ruled that where an offence attracts punishment under the fraud provision, cognisance can be taken only on a complaint filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office or an authorised officer of the Central government.Case Title:...

LiveLawBiz RERA Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026

Supreme CourtSupreme 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 undervalued...