Bombay High Court Upholds Refusal Of Interim Injunction Io Laser Shaving In SETMAX Blades Trademark Dispute

The Bombay High Court has recently declined to step in against a Single Judge's refusal to grant interim relief to Laser Shaving India Pvt Ltd in its dispute over the “SETMAX” mark, noting that the company had suppressed key facts and taken inconsistent positions. In a judgment delivered on April 6, 2026, a Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande said there was no reason to disturb the Single Judge's exercise of discretion. The court pointed out that the...

Actor Vijay Appeals Single-Bench Ruling Of Madras High Court Upholding ₹1.5 Crore Income Tax Penalty

Actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay has moved a Division Bench of the Madras High Court against a single-judge ruling that upheld a ₹1.5 crore income tax penalty imposed on him.The appeal, filed last month, is yet to be listed for hearing.The challenge is to a judgment by Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, who had dismissed Vijay's writ petition and upheld the penalty linked to alleged undisclosed income of Rs 15 crore for the financial year 2015–16.The single judge held that the penalty order...

Bombay High Court Rejects Bholaa Maker's Plea That Suit Concerning 'Kaithi' Remake Is Triable Only In Chennai

The Bombay High Court has recently declined to return the plaint in a copyright dispute over the Hindi remake of the Tamil film “Kaithi,” holding that the suit can proceed before courts in Mumbai. By an order pronounced on April 10, 2026, Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh rejected a plea by Reliance Entertainment Studios Private Limited seeking to have the plaint sent back for presentation before courts in Chennai. At the heart of the dispute was where the case should be heard. Reliance pointed to...

Bombay High Court Restores Interim Injunction Against 'ESIRAFT', Finds Similarity With Sun Pharma's 'RACIRAFT'

The Bombay High Court has restored an interim injunction restraining Meghmani Lifesciences Ltd. from using the trademark “ESIRAFT”, finding it too similar to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s drug brand “RACIRAFT”. A Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande, in its April 8, 2026 order, allowed Sun Pharma's appeal and set aside a single judge's December 23, 2025 decision that had refused interim relief. The court held that the rival marks were deceptively...

Probate Of Will Of Undischarged Insolvent Not Barred Under Indian Succession Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has recently held that probate of the Will of a person who died as an undischarged insolvent is not barred under the law and can be sought, even though the estate vests in the Official Assignee for distribution among creditors. “There is no embargo under the provisions of the Succession Act from seeking probate of the Will of an undischarged insolvent.” A single-judge bench of Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh was dealing with a testamentary petition seeking probate of the...

Bombay High Court Orders MPT To Refund ₹4.09 Crore To JSW Steel Over Sunken Barge

The Bombay High Court on Friday held that liability for the removal of a wrecked vessel under Section 14 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 applies to the owner of the vessel and directed the Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) to refund Rs 4.09 crore to JSW Steel after finding it was not the owner of the sunken barge.Allowing the writ petition, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram V. Shirsat directed MPT to return Rs 4,09,25,764, comprising Rs 70 lakh deposited by JSW Steel along with accrued...

RBI Circular Requiring Banks To Reverse Unauthorized Transactions To Customers Apply Independently Of Criminal Probe: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that RBI rules shielding customers from liability in online fraud and requiring banks to reverse such transactions where the customer is not at fault apply independently of any criminal investigation and directed HDFC Bank to remit Rs. 38.04 lakh to a businessman who lost the amount in a cyber fraud. A bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande said the RBI's July 6, 2017 framework on unauthorized electronic banking transactions is intended to protect...

Bombay High Court Quashes ₹1116 Crore MMRDA Demand Against Reliance Industries Over BKC Project Delay

In a major relief to Reliance Industries Limited, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed a 2017 show-cause-cum-demand notice and a subsequent 2019 demand of Rs 1,116 crore raised by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) as additional premium for an alleged delay in completing its Bandra Kurla Complex project, calling the action arbitrary and high handed. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam held that the demand was not...

Arbitrator Under MSCS Act Can Presume Membership If Not Specifically Denied: Bombay High Court

The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on 30 March, held that membership of a cooperative society is a jurisdictional fact for invoking arbitration under Section 84 of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act (MSCS Act). However, if such membership is not specifically denied, the arbitrator may presume its existence from the material on record. Justice Arun R. Pedneker allowed the appeal filed by Yash Multi State Rural Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. (the Society) and set aside the...

Electricity Duty Exemption For Mega Projects Under BEDA Extends With Eligibility Certificate: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the exemption from payment of electricity duty granted to Mega Projects under the Package Incentive Scheme, by a 1999 notification issued under the Bombay Electricity Duty Act, 1958, continues to operate so long as the Eligibility Certificate remains valid, where the notification links the benefit to the eligibility period mentioned in the certificate. “The plain language of the Notification, read with the language of the Addenda III and the language of the...

Bombay High Court Vacates Temporary Trademark Injunction Granted To Asian Paints Over Suppression

The Bombay High Court has recently vacated an ex-parte ad-interim injunction previously granted to Asian Paints Limited against Apex Metchem, holding that the company suppressed material facts, including the defendant's incorporation in 1995 and its use of the mark “APEX” as part of its trade name in relation to identical goods. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh, on March 30, 2026, observed that Asian Paints failed in its duty of full and fair disclosure by not specifically bringing to the Court's...

Civil Courts Cannot Decide Shareholder Disputes Requiring Rectification Of Register: Bombay High Court

On 6 April, the Bombay High Court held that only the NCLT can decide disputes over shareholding or rectification of the register of members, and civil courts have no jurisdiction under Section 430 of the Companies Act, 2013. A Bench of Justice R.I. Chagla heard Notices of Motion in a suit filed by the son and ex-wife of a deceased shareholder of Panache Securities Pvt Ltd, who alleged that individuals claiming to act on behalf of the company fraudulently transferred shares, removed a director,...