“No Perceptible Difference”: Delhi High Court Restrains Bombay Shaving Co. From Running Revised Ad In Gillette Suit

The Delhi High Court has restrained Bombay Shaving Company from running its "revised" advertisement, holding that on a first look, there is "no perceptible difference in the impact" between this version and the original ad the company had already agreed to take down.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order while issuing notice on a contempt application filed by Gillette India, which accused the company of going back on its undertaking to the court.Senior Advocate Chander M. Lall, appearing...

NSE Phone Tapping Case: Delhi High Court Refuses CBI Plea To Set Aside Bail Granted To Chitra Ramakrishna

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation's petitions challenging the December 21, 2022 orders of the Special Judge (PC Act) CBI, Rouse Avenue District Courts, granting regular bail to former NSE Managing Director Chitra Ramakrishna and former IPS officer Sanjay Pandey in the NSE phone tapping case.Justice Madhu Jain held that the CBI failed to show that the Special Judge's December 21, 2022 orders granting bail were perverse, illegal or suffered from non application...

Delhi High Court Restrains Restaurant From Using “Social Circle” Mark Similar To Impresario's “SOCIAL”

On 21 September, the Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction restraining a Dehradun restaurant operating as “Social Circle” from using a mark deceptively similar to Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality's “SOCIAL” trademark. A Bench comprising Justice Vikas Mahajan observed that “the mark adopted by the defendant is identical/deceptively similar to the trade mark of the plaintiff.” Impresario has operated restaurants and bars under the “SOCIAL” brand since 2012 and currently has 52...

Delhi High Court Orders Meta, WhatsApp To Block Fake 'Purplle' Franchise Seeking ₹15 Lakhs From Public

The Delhi High Court on 15 September passed an interim injunction restraining an anonymous Facebook and WhatsApp operation from impersonating beauty and personal-care platform Purplle and soliciting Rs. 15 lakh from people through a fake franchise opportunity. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order in a suit filed by Manash Lifestyle Private Limited, which owns and operates Purplle, against the unidentified operators as well as Meta, WhatsApp, Reliance Jio and Truecaller. The Bench observed that...

'There Should Be A Separate 'META Court': Delhi HC Judge Jests As Another Instagram Copyright Case Lands In Court

The Delhi High Court judge hearing a copyright dispute involving a content creator and Meta remarked in jest that “there should be a separate court, a META court, funded by META” after yet another Instagram copyright-strike dispute came up before the court.Justice A.J. Bhambhani made the oral remark while hearing Jitender Singh's suit against Meta and other defendants over copyright strikes on his Instagram account.The court declined to pass a blanket order protecting Singh from future copyright...

Drishti IAS Founder Vikas Divyakirti Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights

Vikas Divyakirti of Drishti IAS has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, The suit was listed on Thursday before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav The court directed that the matter be transferred to a coordinate bench already dealing with personality rights disputes, rather than proceeding before it.Divyakirti, the founder of Drishti IAS, a UPSC coaching institute, filed the suit through counsel who told the court that it seeks protection against three...

Delhi High Court Declines Chaubara Eats' Plea Against SEBI Order, Says SAT Remedy Available

The Delhi High Court has declined to examine Chaubara Eats Private Limited's challenge to an interim order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), holding that the company can approach the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the order.Justice Amit Mahajan was considering a petition filed by Chaubara Eats challenging the order dated September 16, 2026 passed by SEBI, by which various interim directions were issued against the company and other noticees, including the...

Pre-Deposit For GST Appeal To Be Governed By Law Existing On SCN Date: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the requirement of pre-deposit for filing an appeal under the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act would be governed by the statutory provision in force on the date of issuance of the show cause notice (SCN).The Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Bharat Parashar made the observation while dealing with a petition challenging a GST adjudication order concerning allegations that Petitioner had created and controlled 13 firms through which input...

Delhi High Court Dismisses ITC Challenge To Philip Morris Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette Patent

The Delhi High Court has dismissed ITC's challenge to a patent held by Philip Morris for heat-not-burn tobacco technology, the kind used in devices like IQOS.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the judgment, ruling against ITC on both a writ petition and a separate appeal.Philip Morris holds a patent for a "heated aerosol generating article." This covers a cigarette-like device that heats tobacco to release vapour instead of burning it like a regular cigarette.The patent was granted in December 2021 and...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Unauthorised Use Of Bentley Software

The Delhi High Court has passed an ad interim injunction in favour of Bentley Systems, a US-based infrastructure software provider, restraining a structural design services firm and its directors from allegedly infringing copyright in its engineering software.Justice A. J. Bhambhani passed the order on a suit filed by Bentley Systems Inc and its Indian subsidiary.The software programmes at issue in the case are RAM Concept, iTwin Analytical Synchronizer, iTwin Services Add-in, and STADD. The...

Delhi High Court Clarifies 2023 Order Restraining FabIndia Trademark Infringement Covers Social Media

The Delhi High Court on 2 September clarified that its 4 December 2023 restraint order protecting FabIndia's trademark also applies to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter/X and other social media platforms, after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) declined to enforce the order against the platforms on the ground that they were not specifically named. Justice A. J. Bhambhani passed the order in FabIndia's suit alleging infringement of its trademark,...

Income Tax Act | AO Can't Demand 'Negative Evidence' Of No Appeal For Immunity From Penalty: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an Assessing Officer (AO) cannot require an assessee to furnish “negative evidence” to establish that no appeal has been filed against an assessment order while considering an application for immunity from penalty under Section 270AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta made the observation while setting aside an order passed by the AO rejecting an application filed by Petitioner seeking immunity from...