Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Moves Interim Relief Plea From Court To Arbitration Forum After Parties Consent
The Delhi High Court has moved a plea for interim relief out of the courtroom and into arbitration after the parties agreed that their dispute should be resolved through arbitration. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar was hearing a petition arising from a Memorandum of Understanding dated 3 November 2025 between IPEX Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. and Krishna Constructions, in which interim protection was sought. During the hearing, both sides told the Court that instead of deciding the plea on...
Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Ordering NHAI To Pay ₹12.18 Crores To Toll Operator For Revenue Loss
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a challenge by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) against an arbitral award granted to Kochi Aroor Tollways Private Limited (KATPL), upholding a compensation amount of approximately ₹12.18 crores.The award addressed losses KATPL sustained on the Edapally–Vyttila–Aroor road stretch in Kerala, specifically due to incorrectly fixed toll rates, delays in declaring the Commercial Operation Date, and the costs associated with issuing free monthly passes...
Delhi High Court Upholds Injunction Over Mold-Tek's Tamper-Evident Packaging Patents
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld an interim injunction against Neway Industries over alleged infringement of Mold-Tek Packaging Limited's tamper-evident packaging patents and revived interim relief in respect of a second patent.A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, in a judgment delivered on January 28, 2026, dismissed Neway's appeal challenging the grant of injunction over Mold-Tek's patent IN'417, while allowing Mold-Tek's appeal against the...
'Justice Must Appear to Be Done': Delhi High Court Sets Aside IFFCO Tokio–Unison Arbitration Award Over Delay
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an arbitral award arising out of an insurance dispute between IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited and Unison Hotels Private Limited, holding that the tribunal's two-year delay in pronouncing the award after reserving it had vitiated its findings. The case was heard by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan. The court reiterated that the object of arbitration is speedy dispute resolution. It also observed that “it is trite law that the...
Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Injunction To JioStar Against Rogue Websites Streaming ICC World Cups
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining several rogue websites from illegally streaming and disseminating ongoing 'ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026' and upcoming 'ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup 2026', over which JioStar India Private Limited holds exclusive broadcast and digital rights.The order was passed by Justice Jyoti Singh on January 29, 2026, while hearing an interim injunction application in a suit filed by JioStar seeking...
Delhi High Court Allows ED To Withdraw PMT Machines Appeal As It Turned Academic After Insolvency Resolution
The Delhi High Court has permitted the Enforcement Directorate to withdraw its appeal against PMT Machines Limited after holding that the challenge had become academic following the company's resolution under the insolvency law and the Supreme Court's decision to quash the related criminal proceedings. A Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja said the appeal no longer required adjudication on merits. “In view of the subsequent developments, the present appeal has,...
Delhi High Court Temporarily Bars Sale Of Products Using 'Happi Planet' Mark And Similar Packaging
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Happi Planet, a home and personal care brand, restraining multiple entities from selling products bearing the “Happi Planet” mark and identical packaging and trade dress.By an order dated January 28, 2026, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that Happi Planet had made out a strong prima facie warranting interim protection.Finding the rival products to be deceptively similar, the Court...
Delhi High Court Allows NHPC To Pursue Delayed Challenge To Parbati Project Arbitral Award
The Delhi High Court has allowed NHPC Limited to pursue a delayed challenge to an arbitral award arising from works executed for the Parbati Hydroelectric Project, after accepting its explanation for the time spent litigating before courts later found to lack territorial jurisdiction.Justice Subramonium Prasad noted that NHPC approached the Delhi High Court within 30 days of the Supreme Court settling the jurisdiction question. The court also took into account that NHPC first had to obtain the...
Delhi High Court Orders Refex Hotels to Change Name Over Similarity With Refex Industries
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Refex Hotels Private Limited to change its corporate name, holding that the use of the word “REFEX” is undesirably similar to the name and registered trademark of Refex Industries Limited, a company incorporated much earlier.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, in a judgment delivered on January 28, 2026, set aside a 2018 order of the Regional Director, Northern Region, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, which had declined to direct a name change on the...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With Dismissal of Senior Auditor In CAG Office
The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a former Senior Auditor in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In doing so, the court refused to interfere with his dismissal from service imposed in 2005. A Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal rejecting S.C. Vohra's challenge to the disciplinary proceedings and the penalty of dismissal. At the outset, the bench...
Police Can't Debit-Freeze Accounts Without Magistrate's Order: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Malabar Gold
The Delhi High Court has directed the immediate defreezing of bank accounts of Malabar Gold and Diamond Limited, noting that the respondents were unable to demonstrate any complicity of the company in an alleged cyber fraud. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the continued freezing and withholding of the company's accounts, without following the procedure prescribed in law, could not be justified. The court, relying on an earlier order of the court, observed that freezing bank...
Delhi High Court Makes Interim Ban Permanent Against 24 Websites Streaming ICC Champions Trophy 2025
The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained 24 rogue websites from unauthorizedly streaming, disseminating, or communicating matches of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, holding that the platforms infringed Star India Private Limited's exclusive broadcasting and reproduction rights.In a judgment dated January 15, 2026, Justice Jyoti Singh passed a decree of permanent injunction, noting that none of the identified websites appeared before the Court or filed written statements despite being duly...