Delhi High Court Quashes Unreasoned Patent Refusal To AbbVie, Flags Inconsistent Maintainability Findings

The Delhi High Court on 29 April set aside an order of the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs refusing a patent application filed by Abbvie Ireland Unlimited Company, holding that refusal orders must be reasoned and that divisional applications cannot be rejected on inconsistent maintainability grounds without proper analysis of the record. Justice Jyoti Singh quashed the order and remanded the matter for fresh consideration. She observed: “Refusing a patent application is a serious...

Delhi High Court Directs ED To Release ₹1.54 Crore To Satyam Caterers Despite Pending PMLA Appeal

The Delhi High Court has directed the Directorate of Enforcement to release over ₹1.54 crore to Satyam Caterers Pvt Ltd, subject to a bank guarantee of an equivalent amount, in a money laundering case. The court held that the excess recovery could not be withheld solely because ED's separate appeal against the reduced quantification of proceeds of crime is pending. A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja set aside an order of the Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA,...

Father Of Deceased Taxpayer Can Be Treated As Legal Representative Despite Not Being Legal Heir: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that the father of a deceased assessee can be treated as a “legal representative” under the Income Tax Act even if he is not a Class-I heir under the Hindu Succession Act.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Amit Mahajan observed,“A person need not be a legal heir, much less a Class I heir under the Hindu Succession Act to fall within this definition. The test is not one of inheritance; it is one of representation vis-à-vis the estate of the deceased.”The...

Delhi High Court Upholds Dr. Reddy's Rights Over “REDDY” Mark, Rejects Acquiescence Defence

The The Delhi High Court on 18 May dismissed proceedings filed by Reddy Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and upheld reliefs granted in favour of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) Ltd. in a long-running dispute over the mark “REDDY”, affirming both the permanent injunction and the order directing removal of the trademark.A Division Bench Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla dismissed Reddy Pharmaceuticals' appeal against the Single Judge's decree and rejected its writ petition challenging the...

Delhi High Court Says Regoshin Healthcare's Online Presence Sufficient To Let Trademark Suit Proceed In Delhi

The Delhi High Court has recently refused to return a trademark infringement and passing off suit filed by Amritsar-based businessman Ravinder Singh against Regoshin Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and others. Singh has alleged infringement of his registered 'ROYAL' and 'ROYU' trademarks through the use of allegedly deceptively similar marks for pharmaceutical and allied products. Justice Jyoti Singh held that, at the threshold stage, the court was required to proceed on the basis that the averments in...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of JFE Steel's Patent For Electrical Steel Sheet Manufacturing Method

The Delhi High Court has set aside a patent rejection order passed against JFE Steel Corporation. It held that the Controller of Patents should ordinarily not reject a patent application on a single technical ground while leaving other objections undecided, as such an approach could unfairly consume the limited 20-year patent term through repeated remands and appeals. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that patent applications must be considered as a whole. It said the Controller...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Royalty Order Against DVD Makers Over Philips' DVD Decoding Patent

The Delhi High Court has set aside a 2018 decree that had directed two DVD player makers to pay royalty to Dutch electronics company Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV for alleged infringement of its DVD decoding technology patent while also quashing punitive damages awarded against one of them.A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla allowed appeals by K.K. Bansal of Bhagirathi Electronics and his son Rajesh Bansal of Mangalam Technology, holding that Philips...

Arbitration Case-Management Orders Are Not Open To Section 34 Challenge: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on 12 May held that procedural and case-management directions passed in arbitral proceedings, including orders refusing amendment of pleadings or additional document production, do not amount to an “interim award” under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 unless they finally determine substantive rights between the parties. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed a petition filed by Cinda Engineering and Construction Private Limited challenging an...

Delhi High Court Restrains Unauthorised Use Of 'Bachpan Ka Pyar' Hook Line, Seeks Revenue Details From YouTubers

The Delhi High Court has granted temporary relief to Ivy Entertainment Private Limited in its copyright suit over the song Bachpan Ka Pyar and its hook line “jaane meri janeman bachpan ka pyar bhool nahi jaana re”. The court restrained certain YouTube channel operators and unidentified infringers from using it without authorisation, and directed three named channel operators to disclose revenue earned from exploiting the song. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad-interim order on...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Pirated Copies Of Sanjay Dutt-Starrer Aakhri Sawal

A day after its theatrical release, the Delhi High Court protected the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Aakhri Sawal from online piracy, directing Google and Telegram to take down infringing content within 72 hours and granting a dynamic+ injunction to tackle newly discovered infringing links during the pendency of the suit. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad interim order on May 16, 2026, on a suit filed by Nikhil Nanda Motion Pictures LLP, the film's production house, after it alleged that...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside 'Rubber-Stamped' PRC Orders Rejecting Exporter's Duty Relief Claim

The Delhi High Court has set aside three Policy Relaxation Committee orders rejecting O.C. Sweaters LLP's request to count two export shipments under the Advance Authorisation Scheme. The court held that the authorities mechanically rejected the case without meaningfully considering the exporter's contention that a technical glitch prevented it from availing the scheme benefit. “the orders passed by the concerned authorities are merely mechanical in nature and amount to rubber-stamping,...

Delhi High Court Restrains Use Of Protex, Protrilex Marks In Danone's Protinex Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court has decreed Danone's trademark infringement suit against Rockwell Pharmaceuticals, Deepali Enterprises, Vikas Nutrisciences Private Limited, Ankit Arora, and Deepak Arora, holding that their use of the marks 'Protex' and 'Protrilex' for nutritional products infringed Danone's registered 'Protinex' trademark. Justice Tejas Karia, by a judgment dated May 8, 2026, allowed Danone's plea for a summary ruling, holding that the five parties had no real prospect of successfully...