Delhi High Court Grants Medical Bail To Former Reliance Executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala PMLA Case

On 22 September, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail to former Reliance executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case concerning the alleged diversion and layering of Rs. 15,933.65 crore through shell and group entities. Justice Madhu Jain granted the bail on medical grounds, holding that he fell within the expression “sick or infirm” under Section 45(1) of the PMLA. The Bench held: “Having regard to the totality of the circumstances, this Court is...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Trade Marks Registrar Over Delay In Deciding MakeMyTrip's Well-Known Mark Plea

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by MakeMyTrip India Limited seeking a direction to the Registrar of Trade Marks to decide its pending application to have "MakeMyTrip" declared a well-known trademark.The petition was filed after the application remained undecided for over six years. Justice Vikas Mahajan passing the order on September 21, recorded: “Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC who is present in Court has been asked to accept notice. Let Ms. Raman seek instructions.”MakeMyTrip...

Delhi High Court Rejects Challenge To GST Rule Making Supplier Tax Payment A Condition For ITC

The Delhi High Court has rejected a challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, which makes payment of tax by the supplier a condition for availing Input Tax Credit (ITC).The Division Bench of Justices Anil Khetarpal and Shail Jain held that the provision has already been upheld by the Supreme Court and that a recipient seeking ITC must establish, through cogent material, that the tax charged on the supply was actually...

Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge To Copyright Suit Over Rajasthan Temple Made To Look Like Guruji's Bade Mandir

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to a Saket commercial court order refusing to reject a copyright and passing-off suit filed by Guruji Ka Ashram Trust over allegations that a temple-like structure in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, imitates its Bade Mandir in Delhi.P.J. Sikand, who operates the Rajasthan premises, had sought rejection of the Trust's suit at the preliminary stage. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the objections raised by Sikand required...

Actor Rakesh Bedi Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights

Actor Rakesh Bedi has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter was listed before Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Wednesday, but upon mentioning, was sent to another bench dealing with Intellectual Property Division (IPD) matters. No further details of Bedi's suit are available at this stage, and the case is expected to be taken up before the appropriate bench in due course.Bedi's move adds to a growing list of personality rights suits before the Delhi...

Delhi High Court Keeps Anadolu Deniz-HSL Arbitration In Abeyance, Says Sovereign Decision Non-Arbitrable

The Delhi High Court on 18 September directed that arbitral proceedings initiated by Turkish company Anadolu Deniz against Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) before the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) be kept in abeyance.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the direction on HSL's application for interim protection after finding prima facie that the Union Government's decision to exclude Anadolu Deniz from a project for construction of Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy was a sovereign...

Delhi High Court Directs Court Hearing Award Challenge To Decide Vipsie's Perjury Plea Within 3 Months

The Delhi High Court on 16 September directed the court which heard Vipsie Hospitalitys Pvt. Ltd.'s challenge to an arbitral award to decide its application seeking perjury proceedings over allegedly forged documents within three months. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held that Vipsie had correctly filed the Section 340 Cr.P.C. application before the court hearing its Section 34 petition against the arbitral award in its dispute with Walianet. The Court also settled that court's...

Delhi High Court Declines Writ On Jurisdiction Issue As Statutory Appeal Against Assessment Order Is Pending

The Delhi High Court has declined to exercise its writ jurisdiction in a challenge concerning the jurisdiction of an Income Tax Officer to pass an assessment order, noting that the assessee had already availed the statutory remedy of appeal against the assessment order and the appeal had been pending before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) since January 2020.The Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, however, requested CIT(A) to decide the pending appeal...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Copyright Registration For 'Radhey Radhey Barsane Wali Radhey'

The Delhi High Court on 8 September set aside a 2020 copyright registration for the sound recording “Radhey Radhey Barsane Wali Radhey” after finding that the Registrar had granted the registration without prior notice to a rival claimant. Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the rectification petition filed by Vipul Music Company, a proprietorship firm of Santosh Goswami, and directed fresh consideration of the respondent's application after allowing the petitioner to file objections. The Bench held: ...

Unable To Pay Arbitration Fees? Law Provides No Waiver On Financial Grounds: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that an arbitral tribunal cannot ordinarily be required to continue adjudicating a claim or counter-claim when the requisite deposit towards arbitration costs has not been paid.“The statutory scheme, therefore, recognises that an Arbitral Tribunal cannot ordinarily be required to continue adjudicating upon a claim or counter-claim in the absence of the requisite deposit towards the costs of such proceedings,” Justice Amit Mahajan ruled.The ruling came while...

Delhi High Court Restrains Gold Flake Counterfeiters After Police Seize 11.28 Lakh Cigarettes

The Delhi High Court has granted ITC Limited an ad interim injunction against a counterfeiting operation that was manufacturing fake "Gold Flake" cigarettes out of an old school building disguised as a cattle shed, after police seized goods and machinery worth an estimated ₹1.44 crore from the premises.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 16 in a suit filed by ITC against Ravi Kishor and his associates running the operation.ITC's "Gold Flake" trademark, adopted by its predecessor in...

Delhi High Court Directs SAP India To Restore Support Services To Nayara Energy Amid EU Sanctions

The Delhi High Court has directed SAP India Private Limited to restore the position that existed before July 24, 2025, and immediately resume enterprise and software support services for Nayara Energy under their agreements. Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the order on Nayara's plea for an interim mandatory injunction after SAP blocked its access to the SAP Support Portal on July 24. SAP's Global Export Control Team later told Nayara that it was covered by EU sanctions and that business with the...