Delhi High Court Asks Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna To Narrow Down Grievances In His Personality Rights Suit

Patanjali Ayurved co-founder and Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against alleged deepfakes, misleading videos, and online misinformation. The court on Monday expressed reservations over the wide scope of the takedown relief sought. During the hearing, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the prayers in the suit appeared overly broad and cautioned that a public figure must be prepared to face criticism, satire,...

Delhi High Court Rejects SpiceJet Plea To Substitute ₹144.51 Crore Deposit With Property In Dispute With Kalanithi Maran

The Delhi High Court has recently rejected a plea by SpiceJet Ltd. seeking to substitute the court-directed cash deposit of Rs. 144.51 crore with security in the form of a Gurugram property owned by the airline, holding that the request was an abuse of process as similar grounds had already been raised before the Supreme Court and rejected. Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order while dealing with applications seeking modification of directions issued on January 19, 2026, by which the...

Once Goods Found Of Indian Origin, Customs Seizure Arbitrary And Malafide: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has expressed surprise at the seizure and detention of areca nuts by the customs authority on the ground that they were of foreign origin despite one lab test indicating Indian origin and a government laboratory test failing to determine their origin. The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla was dealing with a batch of writ petitions involving seizure of the goods by customs authorities and held: “In such a situation, when the goods...

Madras High Court Temporarily Injuncts 'Freedum' Oil Mark In Dispute With Gemini Edibles' 'Freedom' Brand

The Madras High Court has granted an ad-interim injunction in favor of Gemini Edibles and Fats India Ltd., restraining a Kurnool-based trader from using the mark “Freedum” for edible oils.In an order dated March 16, 2026, Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy held that the applicant had established a prima facie case showing the rival trader had adopted a mark deceptively similar to Gemini's registered trademark for identical products. The court observed that such intervention was necessary after...

Meerut Development Authority's Re-Auction Of Plot After Price Rise Arbitrary; Allahabad High Court Orders Reconsideration

Questioning the fairness of the Meerut Development Authority's actions in a land allotment dispute, the Allahabad High Court has held that the authority acted arbitrarily in cancelling the allotment and re-auctioning the plot after its value increased, and directed that the allottee's claim be reconsidered strictly in accordance with clause 6(10) of the auction brochure governing restoration of cancelled plots. Setting aside the re-auction and subsequent sale, the court observed that a public...

Contractual Disputes Involving Tax Compliance Arbitrable, Not Sovereign Tax Levy Issues: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently reiterated that while disputes relating to sovereign functions such as imposition or levy of tax are non-arbitrable, but disputes arising out of contractual obligations between parties, even if they involve issues of tax reimbursement or GST compliance, remain arbitrable. A bench of Justice Vikas Budhwar relying on rulings in Vidya Drolia vs. Durga Trading Corporation and other precedents, observed, "From the law laid down in the aforesaid decisions,It is...

Delhi High Court Records Interim Arrangement In Novo Nordisk–Torrent Pharma Patent Dispute Over Semaglutide

The Delhi High Court has recorded an interim arrangement between Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited in a patent infringement suit concerning semaglutide, a compound used in the popular diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on March 20, 2026, recorded that the parties had agreed to an interim arrangement under which the Torrent would ensure that the concentration of a specific chemical component in its product does not fall...

Madras High Court Refuses To Remove 'Ayyappan Brand' Trademark, Says Minor Variations In Mark Do Not Affect Identity

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Sree Lakshmi Balaji Industries seeking removal of the trademark “Ayyappan Brand” owned by Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Rice Industries from the Register of Trade Marks on the ground that the user date recorded for the mark was inconsistent and that the trademark owner had not used the mark in the form in which it was registered. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, in an order dated March 11, 2026, said the petitioner had not shown sufficient grounds...

Charitable Trust Cannot Be Denied Income-Tax Registration For Lack of Irrevocability Clause In Trust Deed: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the absence of an explicit irrevocability clause in a trust deed cannot be a ground to reject the application of a charitable trust for registration or renewal under Section 12AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 12AB governs the grant and renewal of registration to charitable and religious trusts for the purpose of claiming tax exemption, and the Court observed that the statute does not require such a clause and that a trust is ordinarily irrevocable...

Meghalaya High Court Rejects Plea That No Formal Reference Was Made, Holds Contempt Petition Maintainable

The Meghalaya High Court has held a contempt petition arising from alleged disobedience of arbitral tribunal directions to be maintainable, rejecting an objection that no proper reference had been made by the tribunal and holding that the process of reference stood completed in the facts of the case. The Division Bench of Justice W. Diengdoh and Justice B. Bhattacharjee held that the tribunal's order directing that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice, followed by orders placing the...

Calcutta High Court Holds Issue Of Appointing Woman Director Triable In Case Against Rashmi Metaliks

Today, the Calcutta High Court refused to quash criminal proceedings against Rashmi Metaliks Ltd and its directors for alleged non-compliance with the mandatory requirement under Section 149 of the Companies Act to appoint at least one woman director. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta was hearing a criminal revision petition under Section 482 CrPC challenging proceedings pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, including an order dated 19 September 2015. He...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Air India Appeals, Upholds Arbitral Awards On Wage Arrears For AIAEA & IATA

Today, The Delhi High Court dismissed Air India Limited's appeals and upheld arbitral awards directing the airline and its predecessor entities to pay wage arrears of Rs. 57.92 crore to the All India Aircraft Engineers Association (AIAEA) and Rs. 7.81 lakh to the Indian Aircraft Technicians Association (IATA). A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that Presidential Directives (PDs) issued on wage revision and arrears for engineers and technicians, are...