State Gets No Special Leeway In Delay Condonation Under Arbitration Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on 30 July held that government bodies are not entitled to any special concession under Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and that the State and private parties are subject to the same standard for proving “sufficient cause.” A Division Bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary dismissed an appeal filed by the railway authorities against the Commercial Court's refusal to condone a 28 day delay in filing objections to an arbitral...

Red Bull, Williams Grand Prix Tax Cases: Delhi High Court To Examine AAR's Power To Decide Permanent Establishment Issue

The Delhi High Court has framed an additional question for consideration in a batch of income tax petitions involving Formula One racing teams, including Red Bull Racing Limited and Atlassian Williams.A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta would examine "Whether the Authority for Advance Ruling, which is enjoined upon to decide questions of law, as provided under Section 245N of the Income Tax Act of 1961, can decide as to whether an entity is having a permanent...

Deposit Made To Stay Arbitral Award Is Security, Not Payment To Award-Holder: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that depositing money in court as a condition for staying an arbitral award does not alter ownership of the amount.It ruled that such a deposit remains only a form of security and creates no unconditional right in favour of the decree holder.A single bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan observed that the decree holder acquires no vested right over the money merely because it has been deposited in court."There is no vested right created in favour of the decree holder for...

Physics Wallah Founder Alakh Pandey Moves Delhi High Court Over Alleged Misuse Of Personality Rights

Physics Wallah founder Alakh Pandey on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against the alleged unauthorised commercial exploitation of his identity. The court directed him to submit a defendant-wise tabulated chart classifying the alleged infringements before considering interim relief. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani asked Pandey to categorise the alleged violations into three classes: content commercialising or monetising his personality; content that...

Bombay High Court Pulls Up ITAT Over Failure To Pronounce Reserved Judgments Within 90-Day Deadline

The Bombay High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) over the repeated practice of releasing matters reserved for judgment without pronouncing orders. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad observed that Rule 34(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1963, requires the tribunal to pronounce its judgment within 60 days of concluding the hearing and, in exceptional circumstances, within a further period of 30...

Actor Tabu Moves Delhi High Court Over Alleged Personality Rights Violations

Actor Tabu has moved the Delhi High Court seeking removal of online content that she alleges disparages her and violates her personality rights. She has also sought action against the unauthorised use of her name and image across social media platforms, websites, and e-commerce portals. Justice Jyoti Singh heard submissions on Tuesday from social media intermediaries, domain registrars, and e-commerce platforms on their obligation to remove the disputed content. During the hearing, Meta...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Videos Disparaging Patanjali, Including 'Cause Cancer' Claims

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Google and Meta to take down 19 videos allegedly disparaging Patanjali and its products by claiming they "cause cancer", calling them "zeher".The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.The videos also described the company's conduct as "brutal" and "fraud". The court also restrained an identified uploader from publishing the impugned content further.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions while hearing...

After 20 Years, Delhi High Court Reserves Verdict In Railways' Plea Against Sales Tax Demands On IRFC Transactions

The Delhi High Court has recently reserved judgment in a batch of writ petitions filed by the Ministry of Railways challenging sales tax demands in relation to transactions involving the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), nearly 20 years after the petitions were instituted in 2006.The division bench of Justices Anil Khetrapal and Shail Jain reserved judgment and asked the parties to file synopses, not exceeding five pages each, within three working days.The writ petitions were filed in...

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order In Commercial Disparagement Suit, Says It Was 'Bereft Of Reasons'

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a commercial court's order refusing to reject a plaint in a commercial disparagement suit, observing that the order was "bereft of reasons."Justice Lalitha Kanneganti was hearing a writ petition filed by PARE Innovations Private Limited challenging an order of the Bengaluru Commercial Court dated April 15, 2026.Vox Building Products Private Limited and Vox Interior and Exterior Solutions Private Limited had filed the underlying suit seeking a permanent...

Delhi High Court Dismisses 19-Year-Old Sales Tax Reference On Video Cassettes For Non-Prosecution

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a 19-year-old sales tax reference concerning the tax classification of video cassettes for non-prosecution.A division bench of Justices Anil Khetrapal and Shail Jain had earlier observed that with the advancement of technology, the issue may have become purely academic.On Friday, the court dismissed the reference after observing that no one had appeared on behalf of the Petitioner-Casette Shoppe for several hearings."A perusal of the record reflects that the...

Madras High Court Restrains Three Pharma Companies From Using 'ORG-9' Trademark

The Madras High Court has granted a temporary injunction against three Haryana-based pharmaceutical companies over their use of the mark "ORG-9" after a prima facie finding that it infringes the registered trademark "ARG-9" owned by Chennai-based Nouveau Medicament Private Limited.Justice K. Kumaresh Babu passed the ad-interim order on July 27.Nouveau Medicament Private Limited, a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company, submitted that it holds registration for the trademark "ARG-9".The...

Certified Copy Without Arbitrators' Signatures Is Not a 'Signed Copy' Under Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a certified copy of an arbitral award carrying only a third-party certification that the original was signed, without reproducing the arbitrators' signatures, does not amount to delivery of a "signed copy" under Section 31(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Without such delivery, the limitation period for challenging the award under Section 34 does not begin, making an execution petition for its enforcement premature.A single bench of Justice...