Delhi HC Grants Bail To Deepak Ramnani In PMLA Case Linked To Sukesh Chandrashekhar Extortion Racket

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Deepak Ramnani and his brother Pradeep Ramdanee in a case arising from an alleged ₹217 crore extortion racket that, according to the prosecution, was orchestrated by Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his associates. The court also granted bail to Deepak in the connected money laundering case investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice Prateek Jalan held that, considering the period of custody already undergone by Deepak and Pradeep and the...

Allahabad High Court Says GSTN Portal Should Allow Online Filing Of Additional Replies To Show Cause Notices

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that the GSTN portal should be refined to allow the filing of additional or supplementary replies online. It also directed that a copy of its order be communicated to GSTN for consideration and compliance. The court noted that notices, replies, and orders are otherwise exchanged through the portal. While dealing with the rejection of Tejashva Tractors And Motors' refund application, the bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Vivek Saran...

Delhi HC Temporarily Restrains 'MicroTV', 'ReelTV' Platforms From Streaming StoryTV Micro-Drama Content

On 29 May, the Delhi High Court granted an ad interim injunction in favour of Greenhorn Wellness Private Limited, the company behind the short drama platform “StoryTV”, and restrained rogue websites and Telegram channels from hosting and distributing its copyrighted micro-drama content without authorisation. Justice Jyoti Singh granted the relief after holding that StoryTV made out a prima facie case and that the balance of convenience lay in its favour. She noted that StoryTV would suffer...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of Rogue Website Misusing 'GOLDIEE' Trademark in Investment Scam

The Delhi High Court on 1 June granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of spice manufacturer Shubham Goldiee Masale Pvt. Ltd. and ordered action against a rogue website that misused its well-known trademark 'GOLDIEE' to run an alleged fraudulent online investment scheme. Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order and granted urgent relief, directing the takedown, blocking, and suspension of the website within 72 hours of receiving the order. He also directed domain registrar Dynadot...

Delhi High Court Grants Zee Temporary Injunction Against Illegal Streaming Of FIFA World Cup 2026

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction in favour of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. The court restrained rogue websites from illegally streaming FIFA World Cup 2026 content and directed internet service providers to block access to them in real time. Zee holds exclusive media rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in India across cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, broadband, and mobile transmission platforms. The tournament is scheduled to take place from June 11 to...

Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Plea Against Release Of Varun Dhawan-Starrer 'Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai'

The Bombay High Court has recently declined to entertain an urgent plea seeking reliefs against the release of the Varun Dhawan starrer film "Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai" and two songs featured in it, observing that Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd. had already approached a court in Bihar seeking similar reliefs and had failed to satisfactorily explain why it had not secured permission to withdraw those proceedings. Justice Farhan P. Dubash passed the order on June 3, two days before the film's...

No Relief For Reimbursement Claims Made To Foreign Parent Without Expense Break-Up: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently dismissed appeals filed by Cairn India Limited, now Vedanta Limited, and upheld tax demands over its failure to deduct tax at source (TDS) on payments remitted to its Australian parent company. While dismissing Cairn's plea, the court made it clear that a taxpayer cannot obtain relief merely by describing a lump-sum payment as a reimbursement. If the claim is that the payment represents reimbursement of expenses, the taxpayer must disclose what those expenses...

Closure Of Non-Fraud GST Proceedings Does Not Bar Fraud-Related Proceedings By Central Authorities: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that the closure of proceedings by State GST authorities under Section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 does not, by itself, prevent Central GST authorities from proceeding under Section 74 of the Act, observing that the two provisions operate on "altogether different considerations."Section 73 applies to cases involving tax not paid, short paid, erroneously refunded, or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised without allegations of fraud,...

Arbitral Mandate Can Be Extended After Expiry; No Limitation Prescribed: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently reiterated that applications seeking extension of an arbitral tribunal's mandate can be filed even after expiry of the prescribed period and that courts must adopt a liberal approach while considering whether sufficient cause exists for granting such extensions. Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Rohan Builders (India) Private Limited v. Berger Paints India Limited and its own earlier ruling in Chidepudi Bhanu Srivastava v. Kancharla...

Pre-Deposit Under SARFAESI Can Be Based On Creditor's Claim If DRT Has Not Determined Debt: Kerala HC

On 2 June, the Kerala High Court held that where the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) has not determined the debt due from a borrower, the pre-deposit required for maintaining an appeal under Section 18 of the SARFAESI Act can be computed on the basis of the amount claimed by the secured creditor. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. allowed Canara Bank's appeal in part against a Single Judge's order on the computation of pre-deposit for a SARFAESI...

60% Tax Rate Under Section 115BBE Cannot Apply To Pre-1 April 2017 Income: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court on 27 May held that the enhanced tax rate of 60% introduced under Section 115BBE of the Income-tax Act through the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016, cannot be applied retrospectively to income pertaining to Financial Year 2016–17, as the amendment was expressly made effective from 1 April 2017. The Division Bench of Justices Arun Monga and Sunil Beniwal held that the higher rate could operate only prospectively and could not govern income earned prior to its...

Delhi High Court Restrains Use Of 'Liv-22', Protects Himalaya's 'Liv.52' Mark

The Delhi High Court on 29 May granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd, restraining the makers of a liver care product sold under the mark "Liv-22" from manufacturing, selling or advertising the product pending further hearing. A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh observed: "I am of the view that Plaintiffs have made out a prima facie for grant of ex parte ad interim injunction against the Defendants. Balance of convenience lies in favour of the Plaintiffs...