Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Eviction Decree Against Indian Oil As Commercial Dispute Was Heard In Non-Commercial Division

The Calcutta High Court has recently set aside an eviction decree passed against Indian Oil Corporation Limited, holding that a suit for eviction from property leased for running a petrol pump remained a commercial dispute under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and therefore could not have been filed in the non-commercial division of the Court. A division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi held that the requirements of Section 2(1)(c)(vii) of the Act were satisfied,...

Bombay High Court Cancels “Tractorjunction” Trademark, Finds Registration Obtained In Bad Faith

The Bombay High Court has allowed a petition seeking cancellation of the trademark “TRACTORJUNCTION” registered in the name of Shivankar Gupta, holding that the registration was obtained in bad faith and was wrongly remaining on the register. In a judgment dated March 23, 2026, Justice Arif S. Doctor held that the impugned registration was liable to be removed under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.The court observed, “The Petition proceeds entirely on the basis that Respondent No. 1 has...

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On Sale Of Dr Reddy's 'Olympic' Drug In Novo Nordisk's 'Ozempic' Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed status quo on the sale and distribution of Dr. Reddy's anti-diabetic drug marketed under the mark “Olympic”, after Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk filed a trademark infringement suit alleging deceptive similarity with its globally known diabetes drug “Ozempic”. Novo Nordisk approached the court, claiming that Dr. Reddy's had begun promotional activities and was on the verge of launching, or had already launched, a semaglutide injection under...

Clause Allowing Unilateral Appointment Of Arbitrator Does Not Invalidate Arbitration Agreement: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held in a dispute between a borrower and IndusInd Bank that even if an arbitration clause permits unilateral appointment of an arbitrator by one party, such a condition would invalidate only the appointment procedure and not the arbitration agreement itself. In a judgment dated March 23, 2026, Justice Om Narayan Rai upheld the referral of the dispute to arbitration while affirming an order of the City Civil Court, Calcutta, which had stayed a civil suit filed by...

Delhi High Court Upholds ₹1.93 Crore Arbitral Award In Favour Of BEL-ACC In Dispute With NHAI

On Tuesday 24 March, the Delhi High Court upheld an arbitral award in favour of BEL-ACC (JV) granting Rs. 1.93 crore towards revised rates, overhead losses, and additional resource deployment. Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a petition filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), holding that it does not warrant interference under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court held: “...the findings of the learned Arbitral Tribunal demonstrate that a...

Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Gautam Gambhir's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will pass an interim order to protect the personality rights of Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir. Justice Jyoti Singh observed during the hearing that most of the URLs identified in the suit had already been made inaccessible by intermediaries such as Meta, Google/YouTube, Amazon, and Flipkart, and said the injunction would be confined to specific links placed on record. The matter had earlier been adjourned after the court flagged that the...

Kerala High Court Upholds Relief To Kalyan Jewellers, Rules Unrealised Mark-To-Market Gains Not Taxable

The Kerala High Court on 11 March, held that unrealised gains arising from mark-to-market valuation of forward contracts are not taxable as income unless actually realised. The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji dismissed the appeal filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax against Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. The judges held: “It is doubtless that, in a 'mark-to-market' forward commodities contract, the gains and losses fluctuate until the...

Right Of Redemption Ends Once Auction Notice Is Published Under SARFAESI: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reiterated that once an auction notice is published under the SARFAESI Act, the borrower's right of redemption stands extinguished and the Debt Recovery Tribunal cannot set aside the auction sale in a manner that effectively permits redemption. The Court observed that passing such an order in the teeth of Section 13(8) of the Act and binding Supreme Court precedents constitutes a jurisdictional error. Relying on the precedents, the court reiterated that...

Dues Cannot Be Withheld Till Eternity: Delhi High Court Upholds Award Against MMTC

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award directing MMTC Limited to release withheld amounts of Rs 1.64 crore towards railway surcharge and Rs 56.93 lakh towards detention charges to Knowledge Infrastructure and another party, holding that the amounts could not be retained indefinitely when the alleged liability had not crystallised and the Railways had not processed the claims for years. The bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad, dismissing MMTC's challenge under Section 34 of the...

Local Residents' Obstruction Not Force Majeure: Delhi High Court Upholds Termination Of IRWO Contract

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award in favour of the Indian Railway Welfare Organisation (IRWO), affirming the termination of a housing construction contract and forfeiture of the contractor's bank guarantee and security deposit. The Court held that obstruction by local residents and apprehension of hostility at the site did not fall within the force majeure clause and that the contractor's refusal to resume work amounted to abandonment of the project. The Bench of Justice...

Dispute Over Lease Of Land For Petrol Pump Is Commercial Dispute Even If Pump Not Operational: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that a dispute arising from a lease of land for a petrol pump qualifies as a “commercial dispute” under the Commercial Courts Act, even if the business has not commenced and the project is still under construction.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M Poonacha was considering an appeal challenging an order of the Commercial Court returning the plaint on the ground that the dispute did not fall within the definition of a...

Chhattisgarh HC Allows Taxpayer To Seek Relief Under CBIC Circular Meant For States Where GSTAT Is Not Operational

The Chhattisgarh High Court has disposed of a writ petition filed by Maa Shakambari Steel Ltd., allowing the company to seek protection from GST recovery proceedings by following a Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) circular that applies in cases where the GST Appellate Tribunal is not yet operational. The matter came before Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey, who was hearing a challenge to an order passed by the State tax authorities under Section 107(11) of the Chhattisgarh Goods and...