Delhi HC Orders Restoration Of Kamdhenu Idol Listings On Amazon, Restrains Repeated Takedown Complaints

The Delhi High Court recently (May 5) directed Amazon to reinstate certain deactivated listings of silver-plated Kamdhenu cow idols and restrained a rival seller operating under the brand name 'Svastika' from issuing further marketplace complaints alleging copyright or other intellectual property infringement against those products. Justice Tejas Karia passed the ex-parte ad-interim order in a suit filed by Avaia Ventures Private Limited and Dev Aastha Impex against Wildship Enterprises Private...

Fraud Findings Cannot Rest On Conjectures: Delhi HC Partly Sets Aside Order Against BRH Wealth Kreators

The Delhi High Court has partly set aside findings of a District Judge that had held brokerage firm BRH Wealth Kreators Ltd. guilty of defrauding an investor in connection with alleged unauthorised trades in his demat account. It held that findings of fraud cannot be returned without documentary evidence and cannot be based on intuition, conjectures or surmises. However, a Division Bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora upheld the District Judge's order only...

After Corporate Veil Was Lifted, Delhi HC Lets Directors Raise Company's Objections To Arbitral Award

The Delhi High Court has held that directors of International Print O Pac Ltd., against whom execution proceedings were initiated after the corporate veil of the company was lifted, can raise all objections available to the company, including a plea that the arbitral award sought to be enforced is a nullity. A Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar set aside a Saket Commercial Court order rejecting objections filed by directors Amila Singhvi and another against...

Delhi High Court To Pass Orders In Personality Rights Suit Of Actor Varun Dhawan

The Delhi High Court has indicated it will issue an interim order in favor of Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan to protect his personality rights.Justice Jyoti Singh today indicated that the court would direct the removal of offending links tied to defendants allegedly involved in the unlicensed sale of merchandise, the creation of deepfake content, and the circulation of pornographic material misusing the actor's likeness.Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi, representing Dhawan, walked the bench through...

Delhi High Court To Pass Orders In Personality Rights Suit Filed By Actor Naga Chaitanya

The Delhi High Court on Thursday indicated that it is likely to pass orders in a personality rights suit filed by Telugu actor Akkineni Naga Chaitanya. The actor has sought protection against a range of alleged online violations, including pornographic websites using his name, unauthorized merchandise, AI-generated content featuring him and his former spouse, and YouTube videos he claims infringe his personality rights. The matter came up before Justice Jyoti Singh. During the hearing, the...

Remedy Against Refusal To Recall Arbitral Termination Lies Under Section 14(2), Not Section 34: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that a party cannot invoke Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to challenge an order refusing to recall termination of arbitral proceedings passed under Section 25, and that the only remedy lies under Section 14(2) of the Act. A Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash dismissed the appeal filed by U.P. Infraestate Pvt. Ltd. against Rivaj Infratech Pvt. Ltd., holding that the Section 34 petition itself was not maintainable. The judges...

Delhi HC Temporarily Restrains Use Of 'Schezwan Dipping Chutney' Mark In Ching's Secret Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Kishan Rameshbhai Kaswala, trading as K3 Masala, from dealing in products under the marks 'Schezwan Chutney' and 'Schezwan Dipping Chutney' in a trademark infringement suit filed by Capital Foods Private Limited, the maker of Ching's Secret products. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction order on May 22 after observing that the defendant's products were deceptively similar to the plaintiff's registered trademark and...

Delhi High Court Refers 'Intertwined' Builder JV, Settlement And Mortgage Deed Disputes To Arbitration Without Fresh Notice

The Delhi High Court has referred to arbitration a fresh round of disputes between Jiangxi Construction Engineering Group Co. Ltd. and Varaha Infra Ltd., holding that claims arising from their joint venture agreements, settlement arrangement, consent arbitral award and mortgage deeds were too closely connected to be separated. Justice Mini Pushkarna appointed former Delhi High Court judge Justice (Retd.) Jayant Nath as sole arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The court...

Delhi HC Quashes ₹3.20 Crore Customs Communication Against Vivo India After Customs Agrees To Issue SCN

The Delhi High Court on May 20 quashed a customs communication issued to Vivo Mobile India Pvt. Ltd. indicating differential duty liability of ₹3.20 crore, after the Customs Department stated that it would issue a show cause notice within four weeks.A Division Bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul noted, “In consideration of the statement made by Mr. Naushad for issuance of a show cause notice within four weeks, we quash and set aside the impugned communication dated...

Delhi High Court Upholds ₹1.22 Crore Award Against Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation

The Delhi High Court on 21 April dismissed Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation's challenge to a majority arbitral award in favour of contractor Gammon India Ltd in a dispute over escalation payments under a construction contract for a bridge project over the Yamuna river. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that the arbitral tribunal's interpretation of the contract was a plausible one and did not warrant interference. DTTDC had entered into the contract with Gammon...

Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief To Vajiram & Ravi, Slams It For Delaying Main Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim relief to civil services coaching institute Vajiram & Ravi in its trademark dispute with rival Vajirao & Reddy, while warning that the suit could face dismissal if the plaintiff fails to prosecute the trial. A division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the judgment on Tuesday while dismissing Vajiram & Ravi's appeal against a September 2023 single judge order refusing an interim...

Can Personality Rights Be Protected After Death? Meta Raises Query In Delhi HC Over Sadgurudev Babji's Personality Rights

Meta, on Tuesday, questioned before the Delhi High Court whether personality rights can be asserted for a deceased person, during the hearing of a suit by the Shree Swaminarayan Sarvopari Siddhant Digvijay Trust against a breakaway faction allegedly using the likeness and personality of its founder, Sadguru Shri Devnandandasji Swami, popularly known as Babji. During the hearing before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, counsel for Meta, while addressing the reliefs sought against intermediary...