Check-Posts Cannot Value or Confiscate Goods in Transit: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that authorities stationed at GST check-posts lack jurisdiction to examine the valuation of goods or to confiscate and levy penalties merely because the goods are in transit. The Bench comprising Justice R. Raghunandan Rao and Justice T.C.D. Sekhar, observed that disputes relating to valuation and tax liability must be examined only by the jurisdictional assessing authority and not by proceedings initiated at the stage of interception under Sections 129 or...

Delhi High Court Calls ITAT's Indefinite Adjournment After Reserving Judgment 'Sheer Wastage Of Time'

The Delhi High Court has reprimanded the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) for adjourning an appeal sine die after the matter had already been heard and reserved for judgment. For context, although Petitioner's appeal before the ITAT had been heard at length and reserved for orders on September 3, 2025, the Tribunal subsequently listed the matter again and, on January 19, 2026, adjourned it sine die. This was done on the ground that a similar issue decided by the Tribunal in another case was...

Delhi High Court Finds 'Huge Counterfeiting Operation', Awards ₹2.5 Lakh Damages To HUL, P&G

The Delhi High Court has recently decreed a trademark infringement suit in favour of Hindustan Lever Ltd. (now HUL) and another plaintiff, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Company, USA, awarding Rs 2,50,000 in damages against individuals found to be engaged in counterfeiting fast-moving consumer goods. In a judgment delivered on February 28, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendants were running a “huge counterfeiting operation” involving fake shampoos, creams, detergents and other...

Delhi High Court Dismisses UOI Challenge To ₹32.76 Crore Arbitral Award For Varindera As Time-Barred

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed the Union's challenge to a Rs. 32.76-crore arbitral award in favour of Varindera Constructions Limited. The Court held that the initial petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) was non-est filing and could not halt the running of limitation. A Bench comprising Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar in a judgement dated 27 February observed that courts lack jurisdiction to condone delay beyond the...

Bombay High Court Quashes CBI FIR Against GTL Infrastructure Over ₹11,263 Crore Loan Restructuring

The Bombay High Court on 27 February quashed an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against GTL Infrastructure Ltd. (GTLIL) concerning alleged irregularities in the restructuring and assignment of loans from a consortium of 19 banks. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad allowed GTLIL's writ petition and set aside the FIR dated 16 August 2023, which had alleged offences under Sections 120B and 420 of the IPC and...

Repeal Of 1993 West Bengal Building Act Does Not Extinguish Pending Proceedings: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court recently upheld compensation orders passed against R.D.B. Builders in a long-running flat dispute, holding that the repeal of the West Bengal Building (Regulation of Promotion of Construction and Transfer by Promoters) Act, 1993 does not extinguish proceedings already pending under it. A Single Bench of Justice Krishna Rao, by order dated 26 February, clarified that the Supreme Court of India's 2021 ruling in Forum for People's Collective Efforts v. State of West...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Protecting Personality Rights Of Spiritual Leader Aniruddha Bapu

Calling the threat to his image “real and present”, the Delhi High Court has protected Maharashtra-based spiritual leader Dr Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi's Persinlaity Rights Against AI-generated deepfakes. The court restrained the unauthorized use of his name, voice, and persona and ordered Google, Meta and X to take down infringing content within 48 hours and disclose subscriber information of those responsible. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction on February...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Reviving Opposition To IBM's “TIVOLI” Trademark Application

The Delhi High Court has recently set aside an order of the Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks that permitted Tivoli Gardens to revive its opposition to International Business Machines Corporation's application for registration of the mark “TIVOLI”. Justice Tejas Karia allowed IBM's appeal. The court held that the statutory timeline for filing evidence in support of opposition admits of no discretion. The court ruled that under Rule 45 of the Trade Marks Rules, the two-month period for filing...

Allahabad High Court Stays Income Tax Revision, Cites No Definite Error In Reassessment Order

The Allahabad High Court has recently stayed proceedings pursuant to a show cause notice dated January 16, 2026 issued under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against an individual taxpayer, observing that the tax authority had not formed a definite opinion that the reassessment order was erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue. The order was passed by a bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla.The taxpayers's return had first been examined in a...

Allahabad High Court Grants Oppo Interim Relief In ₹599 Crore GST Case, Issues Notice On Challenge To CGST Section 15(3)(b)

The Allahabad High Court has recently granted interim protection to Oppo Mobile India Private Limited in its challenge to the validity of Section 15(3)(b) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, after an adjudication order confirmed a total tax demand of Rs 599.07 crore along with equivalent penalty and interest under Section 74 of the Act, according to the writ petition. The order in challenge dated December 12, 2025, confirmed demands of Integrated Goods and Services Tax, Central...

Allahabad High Court Stays GST Order Confirming ₹13 Crore Tax Demand Against Dell India Arm

The Allahabad High Court has recently stayed the operation and effect of a GST demand order against Dell International Services India Private Limited, the Indian services arm of US technology major Dell, after recording its submission that a jurisdictional error had crept into the proceedings. Appearing for the company, counsel submitted that besides violation of principles of natural justice, the adjudicating authority had confirmed a higher demand than what was proposed in the show cause...

Delhi High Court Stays Encashment of Conditional Bank Guarantees, Says Invocation Prima Facie Extra-Contractual

The Delhi High Court has held that a determinable contract cannot be protected against termination. However, interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can be granted to stay encashment of conditional bank guarantees if the proposed invocation is prima facie not traceable to the contract. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar passed the order in a petition filed by Sadguru Engineers and Allied Services Pvt Ltd against National Highways Infrastructure Development...