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Bombay High Court Dismisses Nusli Wadia, Raheja Challenge to Deemed Conveyance of Malad Land to IJMIMA Society
The Bombay High Court has dismissed three writ petitions filed by industrialist Nusli Neville Wadia, in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Late E.F. Dinshaw, along with Radhakrishna Properties Pvt. Ltd. and Ivory Properties and Hotels Pvt. Ltd. The petitions challenged an order dated August 29, 2022 granting unilateral deemed conveyance in favour of the Ijimima Imitation Jewellery Market Co-operative Society.Justice Amit Borkar upheld the order passed by the District Deputy Registrar...
Bombay High Court Upholds ₹496.48 Crore Metro One Award, Strikes Down ₹248 Crore For Lack Of Evidence
The Bombay High Court has partly upheld the Rs. 496.48 crore arbitral award in favour of Mumbai Metro One Private Limited arising from the Metro Line 1 project, but has set aside nearly Rs. 248 crore awarded under three heads of damages, finding that those components were not backed by evidence. Justice Sandeep V. Marne underscored that courts are required to respect the finality of arbitral awards and cannot interfere lightly. At the same time, he made it clear that intervention is justified...
Delhi High Court Protects Actress Kajol's Personality Rights, Orders Takedown Of AI Deepfakes, Vulgar Chatbots
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction to protect the personality rights of Bollywood actress Kajol Vishal Devgan, restraining the unauthorised use of her likeness in AI-generated deepfakes, vulgar chatbots, and commercial merchandise.Presiding over the matter, Justice Jyoti Singh on February, 2026, found that the actress had established a prima facie case for injunction, observing that the alleged unauthorised exploitation of her attributes impacts her right to...
Order Passed In Fraud Proceedings Cannot Be Reclassified To Avail Amnesty Scheme: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court held that an order passed under Section 74 of the CGST Act, 2017 involving allegations of fraud, misstatement or suppression of facts cannot be converted into a non-fraud order under Section 73 merely to enable the taxpayer to claim relief under the GST Amnesty Scheme, in the absence of documentary evidence disproving such allegations. A Bench comprising Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Pranav Trivedi, by its order dated 13 February 2026, rejected the plea of R.B. Pandey...
Appellate Court Cannot Reassess Valuation Findings in Arbitration Appeal: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that an arbitral award determining compensation under the National Highways Act cannot be interfered with in a Section 37 appeal merely because another view on valuation is possible. Dismissing two appeals filed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Justice Javed Iqbal Wani reiterated that Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 provides only a limited right of appeal. “Section 37 of the Act of 1996...
Bombay High Court Modifies Arbitral Order On TDR Sale, Upholds Stay On Termination In Redevelopment Dispute
The Bombay High Court has partly modified an arbitral tribunal's interim order in a redevelopment dispute, holding that the tribunal exceeded the scope of interim protection in prescribing the manner in which Transferable Development Rights (TDR) could be sold. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan was hearing an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, filed by landowner Khimchand Prithviraj Kothari against an interim order passed in favour of developer Earth Realtors. ...
Delhi High Court Protects Swami Ramdev's Personality Rights, Restrains AI Deepfakes
The Delhi High Court has recently granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of yoga guru Swami Ramdev, restraining the unauthorised use of his name, voice, image, likeness and distinctive style in AI-generated deepfakes, fabricated endorsements and other commercial content. In an order dated February 18, 2026, Justice Jyoti Singh held that Ramdev had made out a prima facie case. The Court observed that the material placed on record showed exploitation of his personality rights. The...
MSMED Act Overrides Arbitration Clause; Jurisdiction Lies Where Supplier Is Located: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently reiterated that once a dispute is taken to a Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council under the MSMED Act, jurisdiction to entertain challenges arising from those proceedings lies with courts at the location of the Council where the supplier is situated, even if the contract names a different arbitration seat. Dismissing the petition for want of territorial jurisdiction, Justice Jasmeet Singh held, "Since it is the Facilitation Council at Panchkula,...
Delhi High Court Quashes 15% TDS Certificate On SaaS Under India–US DTAA, Orders 2% Certificate
The Delhi High Court has quashed a 15% tax deduction at source (TDS) certificate issued under Section 197 of the Income Tax Act, in respect of payments made for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to a US-based company providing a web-based Vendor Management System (VMS) to Indian clients, including Infosys Ltd.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar held that the company had made out a prima facie arguable case on non-taxability under the India–US Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement...
Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award, Says SAIL Cannot Deduct CENVAT Credit Shortfall Without Contractual Clause
Reiterating that courts cannot rewrite commercial contracts while exercising jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award directing Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to refund Rs. 1.40 crore deducted from a contractor's final bill over an alleged shortfall in Minimum Guaranteed CENVAT Credit (MGCC). Justice Avneesh Jhingan held that interpretation of contractual clauses lies within the domain of the arbitral...
Patent Revocation Petition Survives Even If Patent Expires By Efflux Of Time: Delhi High Court
Holding that revocation operates retrospectively and in rem, the Delhi High Court has ruled that expiry of a patent does not render a pending revocation petition infructuous. A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla on Tuesday held “a revocation petition would be maintainable, and would continue to survive, even after the patent of which revocation is sought expires by efflux of time"The court further clarified that once revoked, the patent is “rendered...
Where No Tax Evasion Is Alleged, Liberal Approach Warranted in Transitional ITC Case: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently observed that a bona fide mistake committed by a taxpayer while filing revised TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 forms cannot justify denial of transitional Input Tax Credit, especially in the absence of any allegation of tax evasion.TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 are statutory forms under Section 140 of the CGST Act through which taxpayers carried forward eligible input tax credit from the pre-GST regime into GST."However, I am of the view that, when it comes to a case where no evasion of...