Delhi High Court Orders YouTube To Remove Video Allegedly Showing Hindu Preacher Endorsing Satlok Ashram

The Delhi High Court has directed YouTube to take down a video that allegedly used morphed versions of Hindu preacher Sadhvi Deepika Bharti's original religious discourse without authorisation, while falsely portraying her as endorsing Sant Rampal Singh and Satlok Ashram Foundation. Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the order on May 18, 2026, in a suit filed by Sadhvi Deepika Bharti and Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan. The Court observed, “this Court is of the view that a prima facie case has been...

Delhi High Court Stays MCA Penalty Orders Against Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, LinkedIn

The Delhi High Court recently stayed orders imposing penalties on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, LinkedIn chief executive Ryan Roslansky, LinkedIn Technology Information Pvt. Ltd., and several of its current and former directors over alleged violations of significant beneficial ownership disclosure norms under company law. A Bench of Justice Anish Dayal issued notice in the matter and stayed the impugned orders till the next date of hearing. “Having appreciated the submissions advanced on behalf...

Arbitration Is Founded On Party Autonomy; Tribunal Bound By Contract: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Single Judge order that upheld an arbitral award directing MMTC to release ₹2.21 crore to Knowledge Infrastructure, holding that the arbitral tribunal ignored the express terms of the parties' contract A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Amit Mahajan ruled, “The Tripartite Agreement does not stipulate that the Appellant must first discharge liabilities attributable to Respondent No.1 and thereafter seek reimbursement through a separate...

Delhi High Court Rejects Neurocentria Plea To Alter Priority Date To Overcome Missed Patent Deadlines

The Delhi High Court on 18 May dismissed the appeal filed by US-based pharmaceutical company Neurocentria Inc and upheld the October 2024 order of the Deputy Controller of Patents treating the Indian patent application as deemed withdrawn. Justice Jyoti Singh held that a patent applicant cannot seek to retrospectively disclaim its earliest priority date through a belated amendment in order to bypass mandatory statutory timelines under the Patents Act, 1970, including deadlines for national...

Delhi High Court Upholds ₹25,000 Nominal Damages In IOCL Dispute, Rules Price Difference Not Proof Of Loss

The Delhi High Court on 22 April upheld an arbitral award arising from a supply contract between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Hazel Mercantile Ltd, where the arbitrator had granted nominal damages of Rs. 25,000. Justice Avneesh Jhingan held that a mere price difference does not, by itself, establish proof of loss and declined to interfere under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. He observed: “The quantification of the nominal damages is a discretion exercised by...

Delhi HC Reserves Order On Raghav Chadha's Plea To Takedown Posts Alleging He 'Sold Himself For Money'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved orders on BJP MP Raghav Chadha's plea seeking interim relief against social media posts that allegedly portrayed him as having “sold himself for money” after his switch from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the BJP. Chadha has approached the court claiming that the posts unlawfully used his photographs and personal attributes, framing the dispute as one involving personality rights. Justice Subramonium Prasad, however, indicated prima facie reservations...

Arbitral Tribunal Need Not Seek MSME Council Approval Before Passing Final Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the MSMED Act and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act do not envisage any intermediary mechanism requiring an arbitral institution to submit a recommendatory report to a Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council for approval or confirmation. Once a dispute is referred by the Council under the MSMED Act, the arbitral institution can independently render a final arbitral award, the Court held. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed a challenge to...

'Ilaiyaraaja Had No Copyright Over En Iniya Pon Nilave ': Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal Against Single-Bench Order

The Delhi High Court has dismissed music composer Ilaiyaraaja's appeal against a single-judge order that had, at an interim stage, recognised Saregama India Limited's rights over the classic Tamil song En Iniya Pon Nilave from the 1980 film Moodu Pani. A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla pronounced the judgment on Thursday."However, Ilaiyaraaja was not the owner of copyright in the sound recording, or the lyrics underlying the disputed song. His...

'Left No Stone Unturned To Harass': Delhi HC On IT Dept's Delay In Releasing KVPs, IVPs

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department for delaying the release of seized Kisan Vikas Patras (KVPs) and Indira Vikas Patras (IVPs) even after the assessee deposited the settlement amount, observing that the authorities had “left no stone unturned to harass” the petitioner.A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Om Prakash Shukla directed the tax authorities to compensate the petitioners for loss of interest caused due to wrongful retention of the instruments.The case...

Company's Car, Telephone Costs Not 'Personal' Despite Being Separate Legal Entity: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that telephone and car expenses incurred by a company cannot be disallowed as “personal” expenses merely because a company is treated as a separate legal person.A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar allowed the company's appeal and set aside an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), which had upheld disallowance of one-sixth of the company's telephone and car expenses on the ground of possible personal use.The company argued that...

Mere Concealment Of Gold Not Enough To Prove Customs Duty Evasion: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man accused of smuggling gold into India, holding that mere concealment of gold was insufficient to establish fraudulent evasion of customs duty when the passenger was intercepted before he could proceed through customs clearance.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed an appeal filed by the Union of India challenging the acquittal of a Mumbai-based passenger who was found carrying 30 gold biscuits weighing 3496.400 grams concealed in a waist...

Delhi High Court Restrains Two Rivals From Using Marks Similar To 'Schezwan Chutney'

The Delhi High Court has restrained Fivestar Dehydration Pvt Ltd and another from using the mark 'Schezwan Chutney' or deceptively similar variants. It held that merely inserting the word 'Hot' between 'Schezwan' and 'Chutney' would not distinguish the rival products for an average consumer. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex-parte ad-interim order on May 14 in a suit filed by Capital Foods Private Limited, an associate of the Tata Group. The suit seeks permanent injunction against...