High Court
Delhi High Court Declares “SOCIAL” A Well-Known Trademark, Bars Rival Café From Using “The Shake Social”
The Delhi High Court has declared Impresario Entertainment's “SOCIAL” mark a well-known trademark in India and barred a Gujarat-based café from using the name “The Shake Social.” Justice Tejas Karia passed the order on January 9, 2026, in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit against a café operating in Valsad and Navsari, Gujarat.Granting permanent injunctive relief in favour of Impresario, the Court observed, “A clear case of infringement of the Plaintiff's Marks is made out. The...
Delhi High Court Pulls Up Income Tax CPC For Tax Recovery Despite Stay, Issues Directions For Coordination
The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department's Centralised Processing Centre for recovering tax dues from a taxpayer even though a stay on recovery was already in place, saying such lapses are unacceptable in a fully digitized system. A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar said the department cannot plead ignorance once a stay order is passed. “In the era of computerization, where even assessments are made online, Income Tax returns are filed online, appeals...
Uttarakhand High Court Says Taxpayer Seeking GST Installment Over Poor Finances Can Approach Commissioner
The Uttarakhand High Court has declined to entertain a writ petition filed by a GST-registered taxpayer seeking permission to pay tax dues in installments, citing the availability of a statutory remedy under the GST law. A division bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Subhash Upadhyay was hearing a challenge to an order dated January 22, 2025, passed by the Assistant Commissioner, State Tax, Gopeshwar, Chamoli, by which a GST liability of over Rs 7.5 lakhs was fastened on the...
Calcutta High Court Halts GST Recovery From Trader's Electronic Credit Ledger Pending Rectification Plea
The Calcutta High Court has stepped in to stop GST recovery from a trader's electronic credit ledger, saying the department must first decide a pending rectification plea that could wipe out the entire demand. Justice Om Narayan Rai passed the order on December 22, 2025, while hearing a writ petition filed by Tirupati Traders. In a brief but clear order, the court said that if the rectification application is allowed, “the demand raised by the order in original may not survive,” and...
Delhi High Court Rejects Former Cineyug Employee's Claim Over 'IPL Awards' Copyright, Moral Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a long-running copyright dispute over the “IPL Awards”, holding that Gaurav Garg, a former employee of Cineyug Films Pvt. Ltd., cannot claim authorship or moral rights over the event's concept and presentations. The court ruled that the copyright vested in the company, not in Garg. A single-judge bench of Justice Tejas Karia delivered made the ruling while deciding a suit filed by Garg against filmmaker Aly Morani, Mohomed Morani, and Cineyug Films,...
Court Cannot Use Attachment In Arbitration To Turn Unsecured Damages Claim Into Secured Debt: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has said that a claim for demurrage, which is essentially a charge demanded for delay in loading or unloading a ship, cannot be treated as an actual money debt until an arbitral tribunal finally decides who is at fault. Because of this, the court held that such a claim cannot be secured by attaching goods under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act while arbitration is still pending. A division bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, in...
Delhi High Court Gives Customs One Last Chance Over ₹5,000 Costs In Touch Screen Tariff Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (January 6) gave the Customs Department one last chance to clear objections to its plea seeking recall of Rs 5 thousand in costs imposed for not filing replies in a batch of petitions challenging a customs duty hike on Interactive Flat Panel Displays.The court warned that if the objections are not removed within a week, the recall application will stand rejected automatically.A division bench of Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Ajay Digpaul noted that the...
'Land or Water' Excludes Railways: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Transit Fee On Iron Ore Moved By Rail
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the state government has no authority to levy transit fees on iron ore transported through railways. The court ruled that such a levy is beyond the scope of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, and violates Article 265 of the Constitution. A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi held that Section 41 of the Act permits the State to regulate transit of forest produce only “by land or water.” It does not extend to...
Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Zee Media From Using “Duniyadari” Label Similar To Lallantop Show
The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Zee Media Corporation Limited from using the “Duniyadari” label for its news programme in a manner that is deceptively similar to the registered device mark of Living Media India Limited, part of the India Today Group. A single-judge bench of Justice Tejas Karia passed the order on January 9, 2026, while deciding an interim injunction plea filed by Living Media. The Court held that Zee Media's use of the disputed label was likely to cause...
Bombay High Court Declares Radhakrishna Productions Sole Owner of Rights Of 'Will You Marry Me' Film
The Bombay High Court has declared Radhakrishna Productions Pvt. Ltd. as the lawful owner of copyright and allied rights of the 2012 Hindi film Will You Marry Me, permanently restraining Ikkon Films Pvt. Ltd. and its affiliates from exploiting the film or creating any third-party rights.A single-judge bench of Justice Arif S. Doctor passed the judgment on January 5, 2026. He held that the copyright assignment and financing agreements placed on record by Radhakrishna Productions clearly vested...
GST Exemption On Health Insurance Applies Only To Individual, Not Group Policies: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has dismissed pleas by retired bank employees seeking GST exemption on group health insurance premiums, holding that a 2025 Central government notification limits the benefit to individual health insurance policies. A single-judge bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. said, “It is further clarified in the Explanation in the said notification that the said exemption shall apply to a contract of insurance where the insured is an individual or an individual and family of the...