Delhi High Court Grants Importers Interest On Customs Duty Refunds After Delay In Re-Assessment By Department

The Delhi High Court has recently held that importers are entitled to interest on refunds of excess customs duty in cases where prolonged delay in reassessment is attributable to the Department. A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain observed, "For the delay in Department's passing of the re-assessment orders, the Petitioners cannot be blamed or expected to unduly suffer. Accordingly, the Court is of the view that in the said four writ petitions, the interest...

Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Actor Allu Arjun's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will pass interim orders in a personality rights suit filed by Telugu actor Allu Arjun, who seeks to restrain the unauthorized use of his name, likeness, and signature for commercial gain. Presiding over the matter, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard arguments on alleged infringement of the actor's personality rights, with the case focusing on specific instances of misuse of artificial intelligence tools such as voice cloning and fake video call applications....

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Nippon Paint From Using 'INFINITY' Trademark For Paints

The Delhi High Court has recently granted an interim injunction in favour of Glossy Paints India Pvt. Ltd., restraining Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited from using the impugned mark incorporating “INFINITY” and the infinity symbol “∞”, or any mark identical or deceptively similar, holding that the rival mark is prima facie deceptively similar and likely to cause confusion in the market. In a common judgment delivered on April 10, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia also dismissed a rectification...

Interim Relief Provision In Arbitration Act Cannot Be Invoked To Revive Terminated Contract: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that where an agreement has, prima facie, ceased to subsist, courts cannot grant interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 in a manner that effectively revives such a contract. Dismissing an appeal filed by JLT Energy 9 SAS, a Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan upheld a Single Judge's refusal to restrain Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited from creating third-party rights in its solar project assets. The...

Share Buyback Not Acquisition Of Property: Delhi High Court Deletes ₹16.33 Crore Tax Addition Against Globe Capital

The Delhi High Court has upheld the deletion of a Rs 16.33 crore addition against Globe Capital Market Ltd., holding that a company's buyback of its own shares does not amount to acquisition of “property” and Section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act has no application to such transactions. A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar dismissed the appeal filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, affirming the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's decision, which had upheld relief...

Delhi High Court Refuses Ad Interim Injunction To More Than Water Against Nesco In 'My Water Box' Trademark Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to grant temporary relief to More Than Water Private Limited against Nesco finding that the company had not been able to prima facie establish substantial goodwill in its “WATERBOX” marks, a key requirement in a passing off claim. While dismissing the plea, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the plaintiff's material fell short of demonstrating continuous use or meaningful sales that could support a claim of goodwill. The court pointed out that the...

Delhi High Court Imposes ₹10 Lakh Cost On Parle In B Fizz 'For The Bold' Trademark Dispute with PepsiCo

The Delhi High Court has recently imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Parle Agro Private Limited for failing to file certificates of sales revenue every two months as directed in a trademark dispute with PepsiCo Inc., holding that while the lapse was not wilful, it constituted a “clear unambiguous and serious violation” of its order. PepsiCo had moved the court seeking action against Parle and its officers under Order XXXIX Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a provision that empowers...

Delhi High Court Partly Sets Aside Arbitral Award For Denying Pre-Reference Interest Without Reasons

The Delhi High Court has held that where an arbitrator, despite finding prolonged and unjustified delay by an insurer in settling a claim, fails to provide reasons as mandated under Section 31(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for denying pre-reference interest, the award suffers from patent illegality and is liable to be set aside. Partly setting aside an award in a dispute between Panchanan International Private Limited and the Oriental Insurance Company Limited, a Bench of...

Delhi High Court Holds 'May Be Referred To Arbitration' Clause Binding Where Agreement Prescribes Binding Process

The Delhi High Court has held that a dispute resolution clause in an arbitration agreement between Lifewell Diagnostics Private Limited and Micron Laboratory, which states that disputes “may be referred to arbitration”, can constitute a valid and binding arbitration agreement where the same clause prescribes a detailed procedure for arbitration and provides that the arbitral award shall be final and binding. A single bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna observed that the use of the word “may” does...

Delhi High Court Denies Injunction To Golfer Gurbaaz Mann, Finds No Prima Facie Copying In IGPL Event

The Delhi High Court on 10 April, dismissed an application for an interim injunction filed by professional golfer Gurbaaz Pratap Singh Mann, refusing to restrain entities from operating the “IGPL FLASH GOLF” tournament. Justice Tejas Karia held that while Mann owns a valid copyright in the literary work describing his golf format, he failed to establish a prima facie case of unauthorized copying by the organisers of the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL). The Bench held:“...the Plaintiff has...

LSG Owner and Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Personality Rights Protection

Industrialist and owner of the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants, Sanjiv Goenka, has moved the Delhi High Court alleging misuse of his likeness through deepfakes and morphed content. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was taken through multiple images and videos in which Goenka's face was allegedly superimposed to depict false incidents, including one suggesting he was “assaulting” team captain KL Rahul. Counsel for Goenka pointed to several URLs where his likeness had been used “to create an...

Delhi High Court Records Trimurti Films' Undertaking To Refrain From Making Media Statements In 'Oye Oye' Copyright Row

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday recorded an undertaking on behalf of Trimurti Films Private Limited to refrain from addressing the press or making public allegations in its ongoing copyright dispute with Aditya Dhar's B62 Studios and T-Series over the song “Oye Oye” included in the movie Dhurandhar 2, observing that such statements could derail court-ordered mediation. The undertaking was given during a hearing before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela after T-Series alleged that Trimurti's promoter,...