NFAC Must Provide Video Conferencing If Assessee Seeks Personal Hearing: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a taxpayer who seeks a personal hearing during appellate proceedings before the NFAC is entitled to such a virtual hearing.“There are various issues which can be better explained with the help of personal or virtual assistance by assessee or its authorised representative. Mere written submissions or memo of appeal are not sufficient for proper adjudication,” division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed.The court thus set aside an...

Delhi High Court Restrains 14 More Websites From Using 'BETWAY' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has recently restrained 14 more websites from using the trademark "BETWAY" or any deceptively similar mark in a trademark infringement suit filed by Merryvale Limited, the proprietor of the registered BETWAY trademark.BETWAY is an online sports betting and gaming brand owned by Merryvale Limited.The latest order extends interim protection granted earlier against similar allegedly infringing websites. Justice Jyoti Singh held that Merryvale had established a prima facie case...

Report Of Expert Board Constituted By Consent Cannot Be Executed As Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an expert board constituted through consent orders to determine service charges cannot be treated as an arbitral tribunal merely because the parties agreed to its constitution. It ruled that the Board's report, which contained recommendations, could not be treated as an arbitral award, decree or any other executable instrument. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed an execution petition filed by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which...

Delhi High Court To Hear Vedanta's Appeal Against Refusal Of Gujarat Offshore Oil Block PSC Extension On Monday

The Delhi High Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Monday Vedanta Ltd.'s plea for interim relief in its appeal challenging the July 22 judgment upholding the Union Government's decision rejecting the company's application for a ten-year extension of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for an offshore oil and gas block in Gujarat. After briefly hearing the parties, a division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta posted the matter for Monday, when it will consider Vedanta's...

Delhi High Court Restrains Delhi Restaurant From Using 'LAMA KITCHEN' Mark

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a Delhi-based restaurant from using the trademark "LAMA KITCHEN" or any deceptively similar mark after holding that the registered proprietors had made out a prima facie case of trademark infringement and passing off.Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the balance of convenience lay in favour of the Himachal Pradesh-based proprietors of the registered "LAMA KITCHEN" marks. The court held that they were likely to suffer irreparable harm if the...

'Piracy Must Be Dealt With A Heavy Hand': Delhi High Court Grants Sony Relief Against 14 Rogue Websites

The Delhi High Court has observed that rogue websites engaged in piracy of copyrighted content pose a recurring threat and must be dealt with "a heavy hand." It has granted an ex parte ad interim injunction restraining 14 websites, including Cricgo.pro, from communicating, hosting, streaming or otherwise making available without authorisation any part of the Commonwealth Games 2026 and the Australian Open 2027, over which Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited holds exclusive broadcast and...

Delhi High Court Restrains Former JK Paper Employees From Using Company's Confidential Report

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained former employees of JK Paper Limited from using or employing the company's confidential and proprietary "Purta/Purtha" report after the company alleged that members of its IT department resigned together, took proprietary data belonging to it and later set up a new business.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed that the forensic report relied upon by JK Paper would have to undergo scrutiny before it could be relied upon. Even so, the court held...

Delhi High Court Directs Meta To Remove Zee's Copyrighted Content From 14 Facebook Pages

The Delhi High Court has recently directed Meta Platforms Inc. to take down infringing content uploaded by operators of 14 Facebook pages carrying Zee Entertainment Enterprises' television serials and web series. The court passed the ad-interim order but declined, at this stage, to direct blocking of the Facebook accounts themselves.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order in a suit filed by Zee against Meta and 18 other defendants. Zee sought permanent, mandatory and dynamic injunctions...

Uniqueness' Not A Statutory Test For Refusing Trademark Registration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently set aside an order refusing registration of the trademark 'OFFER' for alcoholic beverages. It held that the Registrar of Trade Marks rejected the application by applying the non-statutory test of "uniqueness" instead of examining whether the mark was distinctive in relation to the goods for which registration was sought.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing an appeal filed by ADS Spirits, which had applied to register the mark OFFER in Class 33 for "alcoholic...

Delhi HC Allows SC, HC Judges To Show Allowances As 'Receipts Not In Nature Of Income' Under New Tax Regime

The Delhi High Court, by way of an interim direction, has allowed Supreme Court and High Court judges to file their income tax returns by showing prescribed judicial allowances as “receipts not in the nature of income”, even while opting for the new tax regime.The order came in a petition filed by the Delhi Tax Bar Association challenging a September 12, 2025, Office Memorandum issued by the CBDT, which, according to the petitioner, denied judges opting for the new tax regime the benefit of...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Examine GST Liability On Diagnostic Services, Directs Petitioner To AAR

The Delhi High Court has recently refused to examine a challenge to the levy of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on diagnostic services rendered by a private lab, observing that the issue falls within the jurisdiction of the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) under the GST Act, 2017.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan disposed of two writ petitions filed by a company after being informed that the vacancy in the Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling had been filled, thereby...

'Government Cannot Be Held Ransom': Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Vedanta's Oil Block Contract Extension Bid

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the Union Government's decision rejecting Vedanta Ltd's application for a ten-year extension of its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for an offshore oil and gas block in Gujarat.Observing that the government "cannot be held ransom to the whims of a private company", the court held that Vedanta had rendered itself ineligible for an extension. It found that the company had unilaterally deducted the Government's share of Profit Petroleum towards its Special...