Delhi High Court Refers Copyright Row Over 'Oye Oye' Song Used in Dhurandhar 2 To Mediation

In a move to resolve the dispute over the iconic song 'Oye Oye' appearing as 'Rang De lal' in 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge,' the Delhi High Court has referred the copyright infringement suit between Trimurti Films and Aditya Dhar's B62 Studios AND T-Series to mediation.The plea is filed by Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd., the copyright owner of the 1989 film Tridev, alleging unauthorized use and repurposing of its song Rang De lal (Oye Oye) in the impugned film.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ordered the parties...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Health Security and National Security Cess Act

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Union of India in a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Health Security and National Security Cess Act, 2025, observing that there is prima facie merit in the petitioner's arguments on legislative competence and arbitrariness of the levy.The Division Bench comprising Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Ajay Digpaul was hearing a writ petition filed by Vinod J. Sharma, wherein the validity of the cess imposed on pan masala...

Anirudhha Joshi's Personality Rights: Google Seeks Modification Of Delhi High Court Order Requiring Takedown Of Similar Content

Google LLC has moved the Delhi High Court seeking modification of a John Doe interim injunction in a personality rights suit filed by Dr Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, arguing that directions requiring it to act on plaintiff-flagged “similar content” effectively force the platform to adjudicate legality under the “pain of contempt."A single-judge bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard the matter. The tech company maintained that it has no difficulty removing specifically identified URLs...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Bars Aashirvad Cinemas From Creating Third-Party OTT Rights In 'Drishyam 3'

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Aashirvad Cinemas from creating any third-party OTT rights in the upcoming Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam film tentatively titled “Drishyam 3”, granting interim protection to Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd. in an arbitration dispute. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that Amazon had made out a case for ad-interim relief and barred the producers, till the next hearing, from “creating or otherwise dealing with any third-party rights in respect...

S.29A | Time Limit Under Arbitration Act Not A Rigid Mechanism To Invalidate Proceedings: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the time limit for arbitrators to pass awards cannot be treated as a rigid ground to invalidate arbitral proceedings and dismissed a challenge to an arbitral award on the ground that the arbitrator's mandate had expired. “The statutory architecture of Section 29A of the A&C Act must therefore be understood not as a rigid mechanism intended to invalidate arbitral proceedings upon a mere lapse of time, but as a supervisory framework designed to ensure...

Filing Same Defective Petition Repeatedly To Save Limitation Is Abuse Of Process: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a challenge to an arbitral award, holding that repeatedly re-filing the same defective petition without curing defects, in an attempt to stay within limitations, amounts to a “flagrant misuse and abuse of the process of Court”. A bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna found that Stalagmite Infracon Pvt. Ltd. had filed its Section 34 petition on the last permissible day but continued to re-file the same defective 701-page petition multiple times without...

NBFC Must Meet NOF Before Licence Cancellation To Get Relief, Not After: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that relief against cancellation of an NBFC licence is granted only where the Net Owned Fund requirement is fulfilled prior to the cancellation order, and not where compliance is achieved thereafterA Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain was dealing with a petition filed by M K G Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., challenging the RBI's decision to cancel its NBFC registration for failing to meet the minimum NOF requirement of Rs 2 crore.Petitioner...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction Preventing Bhopal Publisher From Using “The Pioneer” Trademark

The Delhi High Court on 1 April, granted an ex-parte, ad-interim injunction in favour of MS CMYK Printech Limited and restrained Ideal Multi Media Network from unauthorised use of the trademark and copyrighted material of the newspaper “The Pioneer”. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that a comparison of the plaintiff's and defendant's publications indicated deliberate copying, imitation, and publication of Pioneer's content by the defendant. He noted: “...the usage of the trademark 'The Pioneer'...

Delhi High Court Directs Sanjay Dutt-backed Entity To Halt 'Godfather Whisky' Social Media Posts Till Next Hearing

The Delhi High Court has recently directed Sanjay Dutt-backed Cartel Bros Private Limited not to release any fresh social media posts in relation to its “Glenwalk Godfather Whiskey” in a trademark suit filed by Devans Modern Breweries Limited. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the interim direction on April 2, recording a statement made on behalf of Cartel Bros that the product was already in the distribution channel up to the stage of retailers in Mumbai and Thane, Maharashtra. The defendant...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against 'Bait-and-Switch' News Site Using TOI Mark

The Delhi High Court has restrained an infringing website (www.timesofindiaa.news & ors.) from using the “TIMES OF INDIA” and “TOI” marks, granting an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Bennett Coleman and Company Limited.On April 1, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that a prima facie case was made out in favour of the media house and that the balance of convenience lay in its favour. “The balance of convenience also appears to be tilted in favour of the plaintiff at this...

Delhi High Court Quashes ₹26.72 Crore GST Demand After Taxpayer Given Less Than One Working Day To Respond

The Delhi High Court has set aside a GST demand order of Rs 26.7 crore against a company engaged in the business of trading and export of branded mobile phones, holding that it was denied a meaningful opportunity of hearing by the tax authorities.A division bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul observed that the timeline granted to the petitioner to respond to the Department's queries and to appear for a personal hearing was inadequate and violative of principles of natural...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging 'Present and Voting' Framework Under IBC

The Delhi High Court recently issued notice in a writ petition filed by homebuyers of the Supertech Township project challenging the “present and voting” principle used to determine voting outcomes of homebuyers in the committee of creditors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the respondents, the Union of India through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, interim...