Delhi High Court Grants Injunction Against Imposters Misusing 'Delhivery' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained several known and unknown persons from misusing the name and brand of Delhivery, a logistics and supply chain company, to run fake franchise and delivery service scams.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on January 22, 2026, while hearing an interim injunction application in a suit filed by Delhivery after it discovered that fraudsters were impersonating the company to cheat members of the public.Holding that a prima facie case of infringement and...

Dormant Partner Cannot Face Criminal Liability Without Proof Of Control Over Firm: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that a dormant partner cannot be fastened with criminal liability in the absence of specific allegations showing that she was in charge of or responsible for the conduct of the firm's business. A Bench of Justice Sunder Mohan was considering criminal revision petitions filed by a firm, its managing partner, and another partner, challenging the trial court's order that had refused to discharge them from criminal proceedings initiated under the Prohibition of Benami...

Appellate Authority Cannot Enhance GST Liability Without Hearing Taxpayer: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on 14 January reiterated that a GST appellate authority cannot enhance taxable turnover or impose a higher rate of tax on grounds that were never part of the original adjudication, without giving the taxpayer an opportunity to be heard. A Bench of Justice Om Narayan Rai set aside an appellate order which enhanced the petitioner's taxable turnover by adding zero-rated supplies of Rs. 27 lakh and imposed GST at 18%, holding that such enhancement at the appellate stage...

Individual Members Can't Stall Housing Society Redevelopment: Bombay High Court Reaffirms

The Bombay High Court has held that an individual member of a cooperative housing society cannot refuse to vacate her flat and delay redevelopment after the society has approved the project and executed a development agreement. Justice Sandeep V. Marne reiterated members are bound by the development agreement signed by the society. "The individual members of the Co-operative Society are bound by covenants in the Development Agreement executed by the Society with the Developer and individual...

Delhi High Court Upholds Forensic Audit Into CRB Mutual Fund Winding Up

The Delhi High Court has upheld directions for a forensic audit into the winding up of the Arihant Mangal Growth Scheme of CRB Mutual Fund. It has also allowed the Securities and Exchange Board of India to take steps to recover money paid to CRB group entities if violations are found. A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed appeals filed by former members of a court-appointed special committee, former CRB Capital Markets director C.R....

Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Use Of Mark Deceptively Similar To 'TRACKON' For Courier Services

The Bombay High Court has recently granted an interim injunction restraining the use of the mark “TRACK-ON” or any other deceptively similar variant for courier services, holding that such use is prima facie infringing of the registered “TRACKON” trademark.By an order dated January 22, 2026, Justice Arif S. Doctor allowed an interim application in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit instituted by Trackon Couriers Private Limited, the registered proprietor of the “TRACKON” marks.Holding...

Tax Authorities Cannot Exceed Scope of Show Cause Notice: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court emphasised that a GST adjudicating authority cannot deny tax exemption on grounds that were never raised in the show cause notice. A Bench of Justice Om Narayan Rai set aside an adjudication order passed against M/s Duakem Pharma Pvt. Ltd., observing that the proper officer exceeded the scope of the show cause notice by deciding an issue that was never put to the assessee for explanation. The Court noted: "The question as to whether the products/items dealt in by the...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown of AI Deepfake Film Violating Personality Rights Of Pawan Kalyan's Son

The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the immediate takedown of an AI-generated film and related deepfake content depicting Akira Nandan alias Akira Desai, son of Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, holding, prima facie, that the AI-generated use of his name, image, likeness and voice violated his personality and privacy rightsThe Court had earlier also protected Pawan Kalyan's personality rights in an interim order passed on December 22, 2025.In an order dated January 23, 2026,...

Status Quo Ante Means Restoration, Can't Be Ordered Lightly: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently set aside an ad interim order passed during arbitration proceedings that directed restoration of possession of leased premises, holding that such relief amounts to a mandatory injunction and cannot be granted lightly. A Division Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam said courts must record clear and justifiable reasons before directing restoration of an earlier state of affairs. "Such orders of „status quo ante‟ are...

Landowner Who Transfers Development Rights Is Jointly Liable To Homebuyers: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently reiterated that a landowner who hands over land and extensive development rights to a builder cannot avoid responsibility towards homebuyers and can be subjected to recovery proceedings even if the flats were sold by the developer. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Ashish Naithani said liability towards homebuyers does not rest on the builder alone. “The liability, as against the allottees, from whom money was realized by...

Arbitral Tribunal Is A 'Creature of Contract': Delhi High Court Upholds ₹25 Lakh Award To Carlsberg

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award directing Pali Hills Breweries Pvt. Ltd. to pay Rs 25 lakh to Carlsberg India Private Limited under a brewing contract, while partly allowing the company's challenge by setting aside the arbitrator's rejection of its storage-rent claim. The court held that the amount was a genuine estimate of loss agreed to by the parties. Justice Jasmeet Singh said the High Court could not step in to re-decide the dispute or re-examine the evidence. He said...

Vague Show Cause Notice Can't Justify Retrospective GST Cancellation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently held that a GST registration cannot be cancelled retrospectively on the basis of a vague show cause notice, even where the appeal against such cancellation is delayed. A Division Bench of Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Ajay Digipaul said the court cannot be a "blind spectator" to the denial of a proper opportunity of hearing, even where the proceedings are time-barred. “A vague Show Cause Notice is nothing less than a document which is not providing...