Challenge To Impleadment Of Non-Signatory In Arbitration Maintainable Only After Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that where an arbitral tribunal rejects a jurisdictional objection, including to the impleadment of a non-signatory, the challenge to such a decision can be raised only after the tribunal proceeds with the arbitration and makes an award. On this basis, the court dismissed as not maintainable an appeal filed by Ocean View Properties LLP against an order of the arbitral tribunal impleading it as a party to the proceedings, even though it was not a signatory to...

Bombay High Court Rejects NSEL Accused's ₹48 Lakh Bid To Secure Property Attached Under MPID Act

The Bombay High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by Ramesh Satpal Nagpal, an accused in the 2013 National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) case. It refused to permit him to bid for his property attached and put to auction under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act, 1999, upholding the trial court's rejection of his application.A Division Bench of Justices A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata held that merely because the property remained unsold despite being put up for auction...

Madras HC Injuncts Indian Distributor From Passing Off Italian Manufacturer Rubinetterie Bresciane's Products

The Madras High Court recently granted a permanent injunction in favour of Italian plumbing products manufacturer Rubinetterie Bresciane Bonomi SpA, restraining its former Indian distributor, Lehry Instrumentation, from using its trademark. The court set aside a Single Judge's judgment that had dismissed the company's passing-off suit and decreed Lehry's defamation claim. A Division Bench of Justice P. Velmurugan and Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi set aside a Single Judge's common...

Calcutta High Court Quashes LOC Against Ex-Elder Pharma Employee In ₹1,300 Crore SFIO Probe

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a Look Out Circular against Debanjan Hazra, a former Elder Pharmaceuticals employee living in China since 2013, holding that it violated his right to personal liberty under Article 21.Earlier, a single judge of the Calcutta High Court had refused to quash the Look Out Circular. A Division Bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta, in appeal, held the LOC was based on “speculative apprehension” and was “arbitrary and disproportionate,”...

Telangana High Court Upholds Rejection of Excise Settlement Plea for Lack of Full and True Duty Disclosure

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Airan Comtrax Towers Pvt. Ltd., upholding the rejection of its settlement application on the ground that it failed to make a full and true disclosure of its duty liability. A Division Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda was dealing with a challenge to the order dated February 28, 2008 passed by the Settlement Commission. The case arose from a show cause notice dated April 4, 2005 alleging clandestine...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Blackberry Patent On Colour-Coding Message Recipients Feature

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Blackberry Limited, upholding the refusal of a patent application for a feature that colour-coded message recipients meant to help users distinguish between recipients before sending messages. In a judgment pronounced on April 30, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the invention was unpatentable under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act as a computer program per se and also lacked an inventive step. The Court observed that the problem of...

Husband's Income Tax Returns Are Personal Information, Not Disclosable Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband's income tax returns constitute “personal information” and are exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act unless a larger public interest justifies such disclosure. The court set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing their disclosure to his wife in a matrimonial dispute. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled that income-related details sought by the wife did not fall within the “larger public interest”...

Delhi High Court Rules 'The House of the Blue Mangoes' Does Not Infringe Sivasundari Bose's Work

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that the novel 'The House of the Blue Mangoes' by David Davidar does not infringe the copyright claimed by author Sivasundari Bose, bringing an end to a dispute between the two that has stretched on for years. Delivering the judgment on April 30, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia said the similarities pointed out between the two works stemmed from shared historical context, cultural references, and familiar elements of multi-generational family sagas, material...

Bombay High Court Rules Damages Under Arbitral Award Not Taxable Under GST In Tata Sons–NTT Docomo Case

The Bombay High Court has held that the Rs. 8,450 crore paid by Tata Sons to NTT Docomo under an arbitral award cannot be subjected to GST.The payment arose from a dispute over Docomo's exit rights under a shareholders' agreement in Tata Teleservices, and the Court rejected the tax department's claim that it amounted to a taxable service. A Division Bench of Justices G.S. Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe was considering whether settlement of the arbitral award and the accompanying consent terms could...

Consolidated GST Show Cause Notices Across Multiple Years Permissible: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently ruled that GST authorities can issue a single show cause notice covering multiple financial years, settling a dispute over whether such notices must be confined to one year. The question before the court was, “Whether it would be permissible to issue consolidated/common show cause notice under Sections 73 and 74 of the Act covering multiple financial years or multiple tax periods?” Answering this, a bench of Justice S.G. Pandit and Justice K.V. Aravind...

Deductions For Captive Power Profits Cannot Reduce Export Profit Deduction When Businesses Are Separate: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that deductions claimed on profits from captive power generation and export businesses must be computed independently and cannot be reduced against each other where the incomes arise from distinct sources. “The deduction granted under Section 80-IA cannot be reduced while computing profits eligible for deduction under Section 80HHC where the deductions arise from independent businesses,” the court held. A division bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj and...

"Entirely Dishonest": Bombay High Court Grants Injunction To UltraTech Cement Against Infringing 'Ultra' Marks

The Bombay High Court has granted a permanent injunction restraining a rival cement maker from using marks deceptively similar to UltraTech, holding that the adoption was “entirely dishonest” and “actuated in bad faith.” In a judgment pronounced on April 28, 2026, Justice Arif S. Doctor decreed the suit in favour of UltraTech Cement Limited and Grasim Industries Limited, while also awarding more than Rs. 66 lakh towards costs and litigation expenses. “The manner in which the impugned marks are...