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Calcutta High Court Quashes SBI Fraud Classification Show Cause Notice Against Pincon Spirit Director
The Calcutta High Court has recently quashed the State Bank of India's December 2, 2025 show cause notice proposing to classify the loan account of Pincon Spirit Ltd. as fraud and proceed against its director, Monoranjan Roy. The court held that the notice was founded on an inconclusive forensic audit that had been conducted without access to the company's complete financial records. Justice Krishna Rao observed that the forensic auditor did not have the borrower's books and records while...
Interrogatories Maintainable In Oppression & Mismanagement Cases Before Company Law Board: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that interrogatories are maintainable in oppression and mismanagement proceedings before the Company Law Board (now NCLT), observing that such discovery mechanisms help elicit material facts and shorten prolonged trials.A coram of Justice Anish Dayal held that interrogatories cannot be rejected merely on the ground of delay if they are relevant to the issues in dispute and are neither vexatious nor oppressive.Interrogatories are a set of written questions...
EPF Dues Get Priority Over Establishment Assets, Not Partner's Personal Property: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has recently held that while the statutory first charge under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 takes priority over competing claims against the assets of an establishment, it does not automatically extend to the separate property of a partner of a partnership firm. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde said Section 11(2) of the EPF Act expressly creates a first charge only over the assets of the establishment and not over the separate assets...
Delhi HC Holds Online Marketplace Access Creates Jurisdiction, Restores Radhey Krishna Trademark Suit
The Delhi High Court on 1 July restored a trademark infringement suit over the “RADHEY KRISHNA” agarbatti mark, holding that a Trial Court had wrongly returned the plaint for want of territorial jurisdiction despite evidence that the goods in question were listed on IndiaMart. A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla restored the suit filed by Rukhmani Keshwani, trading as “Vishwas Agarbatti Store,” against Raju Agarbatti Works, for adjudication on merits. It...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Property Tax Hike Based On Undisclosed Policy, Says It Lacks Statutory Basis
The Calcutta High Court on 15 June held that municipal authorities cannot enhance property tax liability through undisclosed administrative policies lacking statutory backing, and set aside the enhancement of annual valuation imposed on Popat and Kotecha Property along with consequential tax demands. Justice Rai Chattopadhyay observed that fiscal measures must rest on clear statutory authority and cannot be justified through internal administrative arrangements. He said: “The respondent has...
Delhi HC Holds Name Change Doesn't Nullify Arbitration Clause, Refers Newgen Dispute To Arbitration
On 1 July, the Delhi High Court referred a trademark infringement dispute between Newgen Software Technologies Ltd and Newgen IT Technologies Ltd, formerly known as Vcare Infotech Solutions and Services Pvt Ltd, to arbitration. A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla set aside a Commercial Court order that had refused to refer the parties to arbitration, holding that a mere change in corporate name does not extinguish an arbitration clause in a subsisting agreement....
No Statutory Limit On Amending Pleadings Before Trial In Commercial Suits: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that litigants in commercial suits are free to seek amendment of their pleadings at any stage before commencement of trial. There is no statutory limit on the number of amendment applications, provided the proposed amendments are otherwise permissible in law. Justice Aniruddha Roy delivered the ruling while allowing an application filed by Mackintosh Burn and Northern Express Consortium and another to amend their written statement in a commercial suit...
Counter-Claims Must Ordinarily Comply With Section 12A Pre-Institution Mediation: Delhi High Court
On 1 July, the Delhi High Court held that a defendant filing a counter-claim in a commercial suit must ordinarily comply with the mandatory pre-institution mediation requirement under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, unless the disputes forming part of the counter-claim had already undergone mediation. A Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan dismissed Vijay's appeal against the order rejecting his counter-claim under Order VII Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code for...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of AI Deepfakes, Cloned Voice Ads Targeting Actor Ravi Kishan
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed multiple online intermediaries, including Google, YouTube and X, to take down deepfake videos, AI-generated content, and cloned-voice advertisements that infringe the personality rights of actor-politician Ravi Kishan.During the hearing today, Justice Jyoti Singh drew a line between content amounting to unauthorised use of the actor's persona through artificial intelligence, which was ordered to be taken down immediately, and content alleged to be merely...
Delhi High Court Enforces $454 Million Foreign Arbitral Awards In Favour Of Vedanta, Ravva Oil
The Delhi High Court has enforced two foreign arbitral awards in favour of Vedanta Limited and Ravva Oil (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in a long-running dispute over the sharing of profit petroleum from the Ravva Oil Field in Andhra Pradesh. It ruled that the Union government's objections amounted to an impermissible attempt to reopen the merits of the awards. Justice Jasmeet Singh delivered the judgment. He held that the dispute arose from the interpretation of the parties' Production Sharing Contract...
Delhi High Court Refuses ITC Bid To Stop Adyar Gate Hotels' Use Of 'Dakshin' Mark
The Delhi High Court has refused to restrain Adyar Gate Hotels Limited from using the "DAKSHIN" trademark for its standalone Chennai restaurant. It held that ITC Limited's trademark infringement claim was not maintainable. The court also found that ITC had failed to establish a prima facie case for passing off or copyright infringement. A division bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla dismissed ITC's appeal against a single judge's order refusing interim relief. The...