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1. ‘Sell your wife’: Delhi's killer couple who murdered executive face fraud probe

‘Sell your wife’: Delhi's killer couple who murdered executive face fraud probe

‘Sell your wife’: Delhi's killer couple who murdered executive face fraud probe NEW DELHI: “Sell your wife/do anything, just repay this,” read a WhatsApp message cited in an FIR filed by a senior executive who allegedly lost over Rs 1.2 crore in a fraud racket involving Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva. Police are now probing whether Manchanda, who was allegedly killed by the couple in Gurgaon on Sept 6, had learnt about their alleged activities. Fake ED notice allegedly used to trap schoolmate Police have found that the couple allegedly targeted people close to them, including a former schoolmate of Sachdeva, who was duped of over Rs 1.2 crore after receiving a fake Enforcement Directorate notice. The cheating case was registered at Parliament Street police station this August. The complainant, a senior vice-president at a non-banking financial company that is a subsidiary of a public sector bank, told police that the extortion began in Sept 2024, when he received the fraudulent notice on WhatsApp allegedly involving an acquaintance. According to the complainant, Sachdeva, a former schoolmate, along with Vats, allegedly claimed to have high-level government connections and offered to settle the matter. The duo allegedly also used fabricated notices in the name of the Union home ministry, citing fake cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, to coerce him into transferring money. Rs 1.2 crore transferred, then another Rs 26 crore demanded The complainant allegedly transferred over Rs 1.2 crore primarily to Vats’ bank account, using his personal savings, loans and family borrowings.

2. Movie is not IT software even if delivered via digital link or hard disk: Bombay High Court

Movie is not IT software even if delivered via digital link or hard disk: Bombay High Court

Movie is not IT software even if delivered via digital link or hard disk: Bombay High Court A cinematographic film is not information technology software under Goods and Services Tax (GST) law even if it is delivered via digital link or hard disk, the Bombay High Court recently held [Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd v. Hence, it set aside a tax demand of over ₹79.7 crore levied on Dharma Productions Pvt. The judgment was passed by a division bench of Justice MS Karnik and Justice Sandesh D Patil on September 10. The State Tax Department had raised tax demands for the period between FY 2017-18 and FY 2020-21. Tax authorities argued that delivering film content through digital links or hard disks brought the transaction under IT software services (SAC 998340). Dharma Productions countered that licensing film rights falls under Heading 9973 (SAC 997332), which was subject to a lower rate of 12 percent GST prior to the amendment notification on October 1, 2021. The bench rejected the revenue department's position on digital delivery modes. It stressed that passive film content fails to meet the statutory definition of software under the Rate notification. “There is no finding, much less a finding, as to how a cinematographic film, a passive audio visual work, incapable of execution, manipulation or inter-activity could ever satisfy the statutory definition 'information technology software',” the order.

3. Israeli pharma giant Teva Israel wins tax battle before Delhi High Court against IT Department

Israeli pharma giant Teva Israel wins tax battle before Delhi High Court against IT Department

Israeli pharma giant Teva Israel wins tax battle before Delhi High Court against IT Department In a major victory for Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Israel, the Delhi High Court has held that a ₹1,851 crore payment made by Ranbaxy Laboratories to Teva Israel under a settlement agreement is not taxable in India [Teva Pharma Vs Union of India]. By way of an order passed on September 15, a bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar said the payment could not be taxed merely because it was made by an Indian company to a foreign entity. “Mere payment by an Indian resident to a non-resident ipso facto does not constitute an income accruing or arising in India.The transaction neither falls within any of the specific deeming provisions under Section 5(2)(b) of the Act of 1961 nor of Section 9. In the absence of both, the jurisdictional foundation for issuance of notice under section 148 collapses,” the Court held. Ranbaxy had already deducted tax before making payment to Teva. The refund of the amount to Teva would be subject to Teva USA and Teva Israel furnishing the guarantees directed by the Court. The case concerned Atorvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering medicine sold by Pfizer under the brand name Lipitor. Ranbaxy was the first company to apply for US regulatory approval to sell a generic version of the drug. It was consequently entitled to a 180-day period during which no other applicant for the generic drug could receive approval.

4. Five accused in Armstrong murder case granted bail

Five accused in Armstrong murder case granted bail Five persons accused in the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader K. Armstrong have been granted mandatory bail on the ground that the Central Bureau

5. DMK functionary, Sub-Registrar among six booked for alleged land fraud in Srirangam

DMK functionary, Sub-Registrar among six booked for alleged land fraud in Srirangam

DMK functionary, Sub-Registrar among six booked for alleged land fraud in Srirangam The Tiruchi City Crime Branch (CCB) has launched an investigation after registering a case against a DMK functionary, a Sub-Registrar, and four other private individuals in connection with an alleged case of cheating and land fraud involving a portion of land that belongs to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam during 2022-23. The charges against the six accused are that they entered into a criminal conspiracy to commit the alleged crime, which led to the temple land being registered illegally in the name of N. Ramkumar, the DMK’s Srirangam area secretary, by using forged documents. The six accused had allegedly committed the crime fully aware that the land belonged to the temple. The case was registered on September 13 by the CCB, which was acting on a complaint lodged by the temple’s Joint Commissioner/Executive Officer S. The case has been registered under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property); 465 (forgery); 467 (forgery of valuable security, will), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating); 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. The extent of the temple land that was illegally transferred is a little over 7,000 sq.ft in Srirangam. Police sources said the four private individuals, who claimed to own the land, had registered it illegally in the name of Ramkumar using the forged documents.

1. Deepak vs. State Govt. of NCT Delhi (17.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1038/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeals by Deepak against the State Govt. of NCT Delhi, challenging his conviction under Section 363 of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. The core issue

2. The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Ors. vs. G.N. Mani Ravinder and Ors. (17.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1037/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the promotion of G.N. Mani Ravinder and others, working as Assistant Directors (Official Language) on an officiating basis, should be governed by the 2005

3. Surender Kumar vs. State of Haryana and Ors. (08.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1036/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether charges under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, concerning an attempt to murder, should be applied in a case involving Surender Kumar and

4. Sobaran Singh (Dead) through L.Rs. vs. Gordhan Singh (Dead) thr. L.Rs. (15.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1035/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Sobaran Singh (Dead) through L.Rs. and Gordhan Singh (Dead) through L.Rs. regarding a suit for specific performance based on a 1975 agreement t

5. United Bank of India (Now Punjab National Bank) and Ors. vs. Swapan Kumar Mullick and Ors. (22.07.2025 - SC)(MANU/SC/1433/2025)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether Swapan Kumar Mullick, who resigned from United Bank of India citing mental depression, forfeited his right to opt for pension under the bank's 1995 Pension

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