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ITAT Mumbai Quashes ₹4,445 Crore Transfer Pricing Adjustment on Netflix India

Citation : 2025 Local Law (IU) 683 The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Mumbai has set aside a massive ₹4,445 crore transfer pricing adjustment imposed on Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP for the assessment year 2021–22. The Tribunal, led by Judicial Member Amit Shukla, ruled that Netflix India functions merely as a limited-risk distributor of…

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Establishment Day Celebration of Chhattisgarh High Court

Establishment Day Celebration of Chhattisgarh High Court – Commemorating 25 Years of Dedicated Service to Justice, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law

The High Court of Chhattisgarh today on 1st November 2025, on the occasion of 25th Anniversary celebrated the “Establishment Day” with a commemorative function held at the Unity Hall, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur. The solemn programme commenced with the ren- dition of the National Anthem and the Chhattisgarh State Song, evoking a spirit of…

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Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Rules Lawyers Cannot Be Summoned Over Legal Advice Except Under Section 132 of Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

The Supreme Court of India on Friday delivered a landmark judgment stating that lawyers cannot be issued summons merely for providing legal advice in a case, unless the situation falls within the exceptions outlined under Section 132 of the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA). A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai and Justices…

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Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre and ED on Chaitanya Baghel’s Plea Against Arrest in Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam Case

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after hearing a petition filed by Chaitanya Baghel, the son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who has challenged his arrest in the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam case. The matter was taken up by a bench comprising Justices…

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Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi

High Court Acquits Man in POCSO Case, Cites Lack of Proof of Victim’s Age and Property Dispute Motive

The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, highlighting major lapses in the prosecution’s evidence especially regarding the victim’s age and pointing to a possible property dispute as a motive for false implication. The case, heard by Hon’ble Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, involved appellant Bhaykaran…

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Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru

Chhattisgarh High Court asks petitioners to use PESA remedies before seeking writs over anti-conversion hoardings

The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a bench led by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Judge Bibhu Datta Guru, heard two public interest litigation petitions that challenged a series of village hoardings and Gram Sabha resolutions in Kanker district which restrict entry of pastors and persons described as “converted Christians.” The petitions argued those hoardings suspended…

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Chhattisgarh High Court Clears Two Men in 2015 Rajnandgaon Murder After Finding Gaps in Proof

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday overturned a lower-court conviction in a decade-long murder case, acquitting two men who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a woman in Rajnandgaon district. The Bench Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad set aside the trial court’s finding and granted the accused the…

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