Delhi High Court Constitutes Tribunal For D P Jain-NHAI Dispute, Allows Change In SAROD Procedure

The Delhi High Court on 10 September constituted a three-member Arbitral Tribunal to adjudicate disputes between D P Jain Bangalore Chennai Expressways Private Limited and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) arising from the termination of a Concession Agreement for construction of a section of the Bangalore-Chennai Expressway. Justice Sachin Datta constituted the Tribunal after both parties jointly agreed to depart from the arbitration procedure prescribed under their agreement,...

Delhi High Court Blocks Piracy Websites From Streaming Amazon's Kunal Kemmu, Preity Zinta Film 'VIBE'

The Delhi High Court has restrained 11 piracy websites, including Cinevood, PVRPlay and 1TamilMV, from hosting, streaming or otherwise making Amazon's upcoming film “VIBE” available online without authorisation, ahead of its scheduled theatrical release.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the ex parte ad interim order on September 15 in a suit filed by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited. The film is scheduled for a pan-India theatrical release on September 18, 2026.“VIBE” is written and directed by...

Bombay Shaving Co. Takes Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Gillette Suit In Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court today noted that Visage Lines Personal Care Private Limited, the parent company of Bombay Shaving Company, has taken down a disputed advertisement after Gillette India filed a product disparagement suit. On a separate issue, Justice Jyoti Singh declined Gillette's request to immediately restrain a newly released advertisement by Bombay Shaving Company, saying the court would not intervene without a proper challenge being brought before it. “I am not going to permit you,...

'Vague Intuition' Of Arbitrator Bias Not Enough To Set Aside Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a challenge to an arbitral award, holding that a belated suspicion of bias cannot by itself justify interference with an award.“According to this Court, a vague intuition of biasness at such a belated stage or a simple suspicion by an unhappy party of biasness is not enough to claim biasness, as any such allegation must rest on solid facts, clear evidence, or statutory conflicts,” Justice Om Prakash Shukla held.The court was hearing a petition filed by...

Mere Payment By Indian Resident To Non-Resident Not Income Accruing In India: Delhi High Court

Holding so, the court directed the Revenue to refund about ₹783 crore in TDS to Teva Israel, along with applicable interest, within two months

Delhi High Court Restrains Real Estate Websites Using SignatureGlobal Marks And Project Material

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a group of operators from running a string of lookalike websites that copied real estate developer SignatureGlobal's trademarks, branding, and copyrighted project material.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 14, 2026, directing domain registrars—including GoDaddy, Hostinger, Namecheap, and Wix—to immediately lock and suspend nine rogue websites impersonating the real estate company's official portals.SignatureGlobal, a listed real...

No Separate Signature Needed On Invoice Arbitration Clause If Parties Acted On It: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on 9 September held that the absence of a separate signature on an arbitration clause printed on the reverse of invoices does not, by itself, negate the existence of an arbitration agreement where the invoices were received and acted upon. Justice Om Prakash Shukla referred the commercial dispute between Tinna Rubber and Infrastructure Limited and Pankaj Gandhi to arbitration and appointed Advocate Mansvini Jain as the sole arbitrator. The Bench observed: “The Respondent's...

Bombay Shaving Co. Agrees To Take Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Delhi HC Calls It 'Mockery Of Court'

Bombay Shaving Company on Wednesday agreed to take down an advertisement featuring a mock courtroom setting and a judge character after the Delhi High Court questioned the company over what it described as “outright mockery” of the court. Justice Jyoti Singh said, “I don't know what your client's definition of mockery is if this is not mocking the court,” after counsel for Bombay Shaving Company sought to defend the courtroom sequence. The court added, “Please don't even stand to defend...

Delhi High Court Partly Sets Aside ₹1.42 Cr. SBI Contractor Award, Rejects Emden Formula Without Proof

On 15 September, the Delhi High Court partly set aside an arbitral award in favour of contractor K.R. Anand in a dispute with State Bank of India (SBI) over the construction of 76 residential flats for its officers in Noida. Justice Avneesh Jhingan noted that an arbitrator cannot award overhead losses using the Emden formula without evidence establishing the actual loss suffered or showing that such loss was difficult or impossible to prove, while upholding some portions of the award while...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On BharatPe Plea Over Unity Small Finance Bank Warrants Transfer

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on BharatPe's (Resilient Innovations) plea against Centrum Financial Services Limited and JBCG Advisory Services Private Limited over the alleged transfer and encumbrance of warrants issued by Unity Small Finance Bank without its consent.The plea seeks interim relief restraining the two companies from transferring or creating any encumbrance over the warrants without BharatPe's prior written consent. It alleges that such action would violate the...

Invalid Swiss Tax Reference Can't Extend Limitation For Tax Assessment: Delhi High Court Dismisses Income Tax Dept's Appeal

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the Income Tax Department's appeal against an ITAT order quashing a search assessment for AY 2006-07 on the ground of limitation, in light of its earlier judgment in Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Central-1, Delhi v. Sanjay Jain which held time limit for completing search assessments cannot be extended merely by making a reference to a foreign tax authority if the information sought is not permissible under the applicable tax treaty.The case before the...

Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Websites Illegally Streaming F1 Racing, ATP Tennis, Saudi Pro League

The Delhi High Court has recently ordered the blocking of four rogue websites accused of illegally streaming Formula 1, ATP Tour and Saudi Pro League events in India, for which FanCode has exclusive broadcasting rights.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 10, granting Sporta Technologies, which owns and operates FanCode, an ex parte ad interim injunction. The court found that Sporta had made out a prima facie case, that the balance of convenience lay in its favour and that it was...