Article 226 Can Be Invoked Against Non Est MSME Award Violating Statutory Provisions: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on 2 April, held that a writ petition under Article 226 is maintainable against an award passed by the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council when such award is non est in law and contrary to mandatory statutory provisions. Justice S.G. Chapalgaonkar observed that where an impugned award is passed in violation of the mandatory provisions of the MSMED Act, 2006 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, it cannot be treated as a valid arbitral award in the...

Delhi High Court Denies Injunction To Golfer Gurbaaz Mann, Finds No Prima Facie Copying In IGPL Event

The Delhi High Court on 10 April, dismissed an application for an interim injunction filed by professional golfer Gurbaaz Pratap Singh Mann, refusing to restrain entities from operating the “IGPL FLASH GOLF” tournament. Justice Tejas Karia held that while Mann owns a valid copyright in the literary work describing his golf format, he failed to establish a prima facie case of unauthorized copying by the organisers of the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL). The Bench held:“...the Plaintiff has...

Bombay High Court Indicates It Will Pass Order Protecting Kartik Aaryan's Personality Rights

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday indicated that it will pass an order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan, according to his counsel, who spoke to Live LawBiz. The relief would bein a suit alleging widespread digital misuse of his likeness through AI-generated content and unauthorised merchandise.The matter was heard by Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh. Aaryan has moved the High Court seeking a broad John Doe injunction against 16 defendants, including...

LSG Owner and Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Personality Rights Protection

Industrialist and owner of the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants, Sanjiv Goenka, has moved the Delhi High Court alleging misuse of his likeness through deepfakes and morphed content. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was taken through multiple images and videos in which Goenka's face was allegedly superimposed to depict false incidents, including one suggesting he was “assaulting” team captain KL Rahul. Counsel for Goenka pointed to several URLs where his likeness had been used “to create an...

Delhi High Court Records Trimurti Films' Undertaking To Refrain From Making Media Statements In 'Oye Oye' Copyright Row

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday recorded an undertaking on behalf of Trimurti Films Private Limited to refrain from addressing the press or making public allegations in its ongoing copyright dispute with Aditya Dhar's B62 Studios and T-Series over the song “Oye Oye” included in the movie Dhurandhar 2, observing that such statements could derail court-ordered mediation. The undertaking was given during a hearing before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela after T-Series alleged that Trimurti's promoter,...

Patna High Court Sets Aside Award Based On Pleadings Alone Without Evidence, Cites Natural Justice

The Patna High Court has recently set aside an arbitral award and a subsequent order upholding it, holding that an award based solely on pleadings without proof of documents violates the principles of natural justice and cannot be sustained. It held that although arbitral proceedings are not bound by strict rules of evidence, ensuring that documents are properly admitted or denied; their contents are duly proved; and that parties are given a real opportunity to rebut the material relied upon,...

Rajasthan High Court Grants Electricity Duty Exemption For UltraTech's Captive Power Under Solar Policy 2019

The Rajasthan High Court has held that electricity duty exemption on captive consumption of solar power promised under the Solar Policy, 2019 cannot be withdrawn retrospectively so as to divest accrued rights, ruling that UltraTech Cement Ltd. and other petitioners are entitled to the benefit for projects commissioned prior to the amendment.A Division Bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sunil Beniwal delivered the judgment. The dispute traces back to the State's amendment of the Solar...

Shareholder's Loss Of Control In Hotel Project During CIRP Not Deprivation Of Property Under Article 300A: Telangana HC

The Telangana High Court has upheld the State's decision to grant consent for a change in control of a Hyderabad hotel project under an insolvency resolution plan, holding that a shareholder cannot claim a vested right to retain control over the corporate debtor and that any loss suffered is merely a commercial consequence of the insolvency process, not a deprivation of property under Article 300A. "It cannot be construed as a deprivation of property dehors the authority of law. The appellant,...

Delhi High Court Declines Writ Against GST SCN Corrigendum Allegedly Expanding Tax Period, Cites Appeal Remedy

The Delhi High Court has recently declined to entertain a challenge to a corrigendum allegedly expanding the scope of a show cause notice by including an additional financial year, holding that such issues require factual examination and are not suited for adjudication under Article 226 when an efficacious statutory remedy is available. A Division Bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul dismissed a writ petition filed by Manpar Icon Technologies challenging a show cause notice...

CBDT Delay Condonation Circular For 'Genuine Hardship' Applies Irrespective Of Assessment Year: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a beneficial circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) allowing delay condonation in cases of “genuine hardship” cannot be restricted to specific assessment years and must be applied uniformly to all bona fide cases.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar passed the ruling while allowing a writ petition filed by VRG Electronics Pvt. Ltd., challenging the rejection of its application for condonation of delay in filing...

Delhi High Court Upholds Reassessment, Says Defect In 7-Day Notice Under Income Tax Act Stood Cured By Corrigendum

The Delhi High Court has upheld reassessment proceedings against an taxpayer for Assessment Year 2018–19, holding that the defect of granting less than seven days to respond to a notice under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act stood cured by a corrigendum issued within the limitation period. A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar rejected the petitioner's challenge that the notice was invalid for providing only six days to respond, contrary to the statutory requirement...

Delhi High Court Directs DoT, MoE To Act Against Tucows For Failing To Block Infringing URLs In Premier League Suit

The Delhi High Court has stepped in on a plea by the Premier League, directing the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) to take action within two weeks against Canadian domain name registrar Tucows Domains Inc. for failing to block URLs carrying infringing material related to its copyrighted content.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, in an order dated April 10, 2026, said the conduct of the entity showed clear defiance of judicial...