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...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Sets Aside Execution In IKF Finance Case Over Unilateral Arbitrator Appointment

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on 10 April reiterated that unilateral appointment of a sole arbitrator by a finance company violated the principle of equal treatment under Article 14 of the Constitution, and set aside execution proceedings arising from an arbitral award passed for recovery of loan dues. A Division Bench of Justices Ravi Nath Tilhari and Balaji Medamalli allowed civil revision petitions filed by Katta Srinivasu and another petitioner against IKF Finance Limited, and held that the...

Commercial Arbitration Matters Must Be Heard Only By Commercial Division After 2015 Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on 9 April held that once a Commercial Division is constituted under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, non-commercial benches cease to have jurisdiction to decide commercial arbitration matters, and any judgment delivered thereafter is a nullity. A Division Bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md. Shabbar Rashidi set aside the orders passed by a Single Judge in 2020 and 2023 in proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and directed that...

CBFC Certificate Only Prima Facie Evidence Of Who Produced the Film In Copyright Dispute: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently held that a Central Board of Film Certification certificate is only “prima facie evidence” of who produced a film and cannot be determinative in a copyright suit when weighed against other material on record. A bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the observation while deciding a copyright dispute between R. Kishore Kumar, proprietor of Anna Therasa International Films, and Durairajan and Rafiq of R.R. Cine Productions over the ownership of a Tamil...

Profits Earned Do Not Negate Damages Claim In Arbitration: Calcutta High Court

On Monday, 13 April, the Calcutta High Court held that earning profits does not, by itself, defeat a claim for damages arising from breach of contract and upheld the arbitral award in favour of Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited (GEECL) A Division Bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Om Narayan Rai dismissed SRMB Srijan Ltd's appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, clarifying that damages are not limited to actual loss but also include loss of expected or...

Separate GST Liability Orders Must Be Issued To Enable Appeals By Company And MD: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court on 8 April, held that a single, composite GST liability order against a company and its Managing Director cannot be used to deny them independent appellate remedies. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin allowed writ petitions filed by Sugna Metal Limited and its Managing Director, and directed tax authorities to issue separate orders. The judges held: “...,the Managing Director (petitioner in W.P.No.9166 of 2026), after...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Challenging CCI Probe Into Amazon, Flipkart-Linked Sellers

The Karnataka High Court on April 10 reserved its judgment in a batch of writ petitions challenging the scope of the Competition Commission of India's probe into alleged anti-competitive practices by Amazon and Flipkart, particularly the power of the Director General to array additional parties during the investigation.A single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, after hearing the parties, reserved the judgment.Senior Advocate K.G. Raghavan, appearing for Rocket Kommerce LLP and related...

Railways' SCR Treasury Account Not Immune To Attachment Without Proof Of Exempt Funds: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has recently held that the Railways' SCR treasury account is not immune from attachment in execution proceedings in their entirety and that only specifically identifiable exempt amounts can be protected. Clarifying that exemptions under Section 60 of the Civil Procedure Code apply only to identifiable portions of funds and not entire accounts, the Court said, “It is also pertinent to note that the proviso to section 60(1) of the CPC carve-out exceptions from...

Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Execution Order After Arbitral Award Attains Finality

After Jumbo World Holdings Ltd. and Dandavati Investments and Trading Company Pvt. Ltd. failed in their challenge to an arbitral award up to the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court has refused to entertain their appeal against an execution order passed in proceedings to give effect to the award, holding that such orders are not appealable under the statutory framework. The court held that orders passed in execution proceedings of an arbitral award that has attained finality neither constitute...

Authorities Where Immovable Properties Are Located Duty-Bound To Enforce Other High Court Orders: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that when a Constitutional Court issues directions concerning immovable properties situated in another State, authorities where such properties are located are duty-bound to implement them.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing a petition filed by Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, a secured creditor of Electrex (India) Limited, seeking implementation of directions issued by the Bombay High Court concerning certain sale transactions involving mortgaged properties...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Order Directing Swiggy To Furnish ₹58.6 Lakh Security In Recovery Suit

The Telangana High Court has recently set aside an order directing online food delivery platform Swiggy to furnish Rs 58.60 lakh as security or face attachment of its bank account before judgment in a money recovery suit over alleged unpaid dues for supplies. It held that such attachment cannot be ordered in the absence of material satisfying the requirements under Order XXXVIII Rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Code.Order XXXVIII Rule 5 CPC empowers a court to direct a defendant to furnish security...

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside $114,041 Decree, Says Time-Barred Claims Cannot Be Revived By Assignment

The Karnataka High Court has recently set aside a Commercial Court order directing Komtech Plastic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. to pay USD 114,041 to Zrii Technologies Inc., holding that a time-barred claim cannot be revived through assignment of receivables, while modifying relief granted on equity shares.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha held that the Commercial Court had erred in treating the dispute as a declaratory suit and in concluding that the claim...