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Delhi High Court Closes COBADEX Trademark Case After GlaxoSmithKline Settles With Mensa Futura
The Delhi High Court has recently disposed of a trademark suit filed by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, a major Indian pharmaceutical company, after it reached a settlement with Mensa Futura Life Sciences over the use of the 'COBADEX' brand and look-alike packaging.Under the settlement, Mensa Futura agreed to permanently stop using the mark 'CUBANEX-CZS' and any deceptively similar mark or packaging, consented to a permanent injunction in favour of GlaxoSmithKline, and undertook to...
Disputes From Residential Real-Estate Development Can Be Commercial If Profit Oriented: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that a real estate development agreement can qualify as a commercial dispute even if the project is residential in nature and even if both parties are not engaged in the business.Justice Shampa Sarkar said the agreement, when read as a whole, showed that the property was meant to be commercially exploited. “The cumulative effect of the agreement was that the parties jointly agreed to put the property to commercial use, thereby earning from the...
Delhi High Court Restrains 'SUPERON' Trademark Use, Orders Takedown Of Infringing Websites
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Sanjay Mehra, proprietor of the registered “SUPERON” trademark, restraining a Gurugram-based entity from using the mark or any deceptively similar name of the stainless steel consumables brand. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on February 4, 2026, directing the entity's proprietor to immediately cease using the "SUPERON" name in any capacity, whether as a trade name, domain name, or email...
Calcutta High Court Refers Reliance Entities' Telecom Tower Lease Dispute To Arbitration, Leaves Objections Open
The Calcutta High Court has referred a telecom tower lease dispute to arbitration. It declined to decide, at the referral stage, whether non-signatory Reliance group entities were bound by the arbitration clause or whether past dues stood extinguished under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Justice Shampa Sarkar held that such objections raise triable jurisdictional issues. These must be decided by the arbitral tribunal. The court reiterated that its role under Section 11 of the...
Executing Court Cannot Impose Onerous Conditions For Release Of Arbitral Award Without Stay: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a condition imposed by an executing court that required an award-holder to furnish a bank guarantee to obtain release of an arbitral award amount. The court held that no such condition can be imposed by the executing court in the absence of any interim stay. A bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri held that once objections to an arbitral award are dismissed and no interim order is granted in appeal, the executing court is bound to execute the...
Delhi High Court Injuncts 23 Rogue Websites Illegaly Streaming UEFA Champions League 2025–26
Holding that piracy of live sports poses a “recurring threat” and that any delay would cause irreparable copyright breach and revenue loss, the Delhi High Court on February 5 granted an ex parte ad interim injunction blocking 23 rogue websites from unauthorisedly streaming matches of the ongoing UEFA Champions League 2025–26. Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the Champions League season is currently underway and will conclude only in May 2026. Any delay in blocking access to infringing...
No Appeal Lies Against Conditional Stay Of Arbitral Award: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that an appeal does not lie against an order granting conditional stay of an arbitral award, observing that such orders fall outside the narrow appellate framework prescribed under arbitration Act. Section 36(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, allows a party that has challenged an arbitral award in court to seek a stay on the enforcement of that award. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi dismissed...
Bombay High Court Sets Aside Composite GST Notice Against ICAD School
The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside a composite show cause notice spanning five financial years, issued to ICAD School of Learning Private Limited, a JEE and NEET coaching centre that offers hostel and mess facilities.On 6 February 2026, a Bench of Justice Anil L. Pansare and Justice Nivedita P. Mehta emphasised that consolidation defeats the statutory scheme of assessment and recovery for distinct financial years.Taking note of the GST framework, which mandates filing of returns with...
Recovery Impact Not Valid Ground To Oppose Transfer Of Winding-Up Proceedings To NCLT: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has recently observed that objections raised by secured creditors and the Official Liquidator to the transfer of winding-up proceedings from the High Court to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cannot be sustained merely because such a transfer may affect their recovery actions. Justice Arif S. Doctor made the observation while allowing a company application filed by Sahjun Impex Trading Pvt. Ltd. The application sought transfer of a pending winding-up petition...
Bombay High Court Reiterates That Service Tax Is Not Applicable On Legal Services
The Bombay High Court recently allowed a writ petition filed by an advocate, holding that legal services rendered by an advocate are exempted from levy of service tax. On 5 February, a Bench of Justice G.S Kulkarni and Justice Aarti Sathe held that the proceedings were squarely covered by the Court's earlier decision in Advocate Pooja Patil v. Deputy Commissioner. The Court observed: “8. The present proceedings also would stand covered by such notifications and the position in law as held by...
Bombay High Court Upholds ₹32 Crore Arbitral Award Against Solapur Municipal Corporation
The Bombay High Court recently rejected a challenge by the Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC) against an arbitral award directing it to pay over ₹32 crore to a joint venture contractor. Justice Sandeep V. Marne, while upholding the award, observed that once it is established that project delays were attributable to the civic body's failures, all subsequent penalties and blacklisting orders against the contractor were rightly set aside. He held that the Award in the present case, dated 18th...
Liquidator Can Defend Pending Civil Suits Filed Before Liquidation Under IBC: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has recently held that a liquidator can be impleaded and can defend a civil suit instituted prior to the commencement of liquidation proceedings, observing that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 does not bar the continuation of such pending suits. “Since Liquidator can sue, I do not see any reason why Liquidator cannot defend an action on behalf of the corporate debtor” Justice Sandeep V. Marne observed.The court clarified that Section 33(5) of the IBC bars...