Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Quashes GST Cancellation Notice Lacking Proper Officer Details Office Address
The Delhi High Court on 5 August held that a show cause notice issued for cancellation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration must clearly mention the office address and the details of the proper officer before whom the taxpayer is required to appear. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain set aside the cancellation of Prashant Shanker's GST registration and the rejection of his application seeking revocation, holding that the orders were passed without granting him...
Delhi High Court Stays FSSAI Order Restricting Sale Of Dabur Products With '100% Natural', '100% Pure' Claims
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) prohibitory order restraining Dabur India Limited from selling several food products carrying "100% pure" or "100% natural" claims, prima facie holding that the regulator acted in violation of the principles of natural justice.Justice Amit Mahajan stayed FSSAI's August 3, 2026,, order after observing that Dabur had neither been issued a show-cause noticenor beenr given an opportunity of hearing...
Delhi High Court Upholds ₹9.92 Lakh Award Against Vantage, Rejects Recovery Of RBI Penalties From Supplier
The Delhi High Court on 5 August upheld an award directing Vantage Integrated Securities Solution Pvt. Ltd. to pay Rs. 9.92 lakh to Spark Technologies Pvt. Ltd., holding that the former's unilateral notice stating that it would recover any liquidated damages imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the latter did not create a binding contractual obligation. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain noted that liquidated damages imposed by a party's client under a...
Delhi High Court Orders Restoration Of 'BLUE CHIP' Trademark, Holds Removal Without Notice Invalid
The Delhi High Court on 4 August directed the Trade Marks Registry to restore the trademark 'BLUE CHIP' belonging to Amrit Singh Mehta, trading as Mehta Cosmetics, after finding that the mark was removed from the Register without issuing the mandatory notice required under Section 25(3) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. A Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Mehta's petition and held that the Registry's failure to issue the prescribed notice before removal of the mark violated the statutory...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Allegedly Disparaging Content In Actor Tabu's Personality Rights Suit
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed intermediaries to take down specified online URLs hosting content that actor Tabu alleged was defamatory, pornographic, or otherwise violative of her personality rights. The court also indicated that it would appoint an amicus curiae to examine broader issues arising in such cases.Justice Jyoti Singh, hearing the matter with Senior Advocate Swati Sukumar appearing for Tabu, considered content identified by the actor across social media platforms,...
Delhi High Court Asks Income Tax Department To Explain 13-Year Delay In Releasing Seized Jewellery
The Delhi High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to file a “comprehensive affidavit” explaining the 13-year delay in releasing jewellery seized from an assessee.The Department informed the Court that the jewellery had now been released and assured that the balance refundable amount, along with applicable interest, would be paid within four weeks.However, the Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought to know from the Assessing Officer, the reasons for the...
Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges GST Demand Notices Based On Uncorrected Return
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday heard a petition challenging GST demand notices allegedly issued on the basis of an uncorrected return, despite the petitioner's claim that revised returns had been considered during audit proceedings.The division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain was hearing a plea filed by an engineering design consultant company.Senior Advocate Puneet Agrawal for the Petitioner-company submitted that while filing its GST return for the financial year 2014–15, a...
Delhi High Court Allows Exporter To Approach GST Authorities For Interest On Refund
The Delhi High Court has permitted an exporter to approach the GST authorities for payment of interest on an allegedly delayed refund under Section 56 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.The division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain was hearing a petition filed by a lithium-ion battery recycler, which is engaged in the export of unwrought cobalt powder used in scrap batteries.Petitioner submitted that it had applied on January 22, 2022, for refund of ₹31.44 lakh...
Delhi High Court To Examine CAAR's Power To Void Customs Advance Rulings
The Delhi High Court has admitted an appeal that will examine when the Customs Authority for Advance Rulings (CAAR) can declare an advance ruling void from the outset on the ground that it was obtained through misrepresentation of material facts. The appeal arises from the CAAR's exercise of its powers under Section 28K of the Customs Act, 1962, to declare the appellant's August 6, 2025, advance ruling void ab initio.The Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain was hearing an...
Delhi High Court Frames Guidelines To Distinguish 'Mental Acts' From Patentable Inventions
The Delhi High Court has proposed a set of guidelines designed to help patent examiners differentiate between abstract human thought and genuine technical innovations.A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on August 4, 2026 clarified when a method should be considered a "mental act," which cannot be patented under Indian law and when it constitutes a technical implementation, that deserves protection under the Patents Act, 1970. The decision followed an appeal by T-Mobile International against the...
Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Ahmedabad Project From Using 'ANANTARA' Mark In Minor Hotels Suit
The Delhi High Court on 3 August, restrained the Ahmedabad-based real estate project “Anantara Galleria” and its operators from using the mark “ANANTARA” in a trademark infringement suit filed by MHG IP Holding Singapore Pte Ltd, which is part of Minor Hotel Group. Justice Jyoti Singh granted an ex parte ad interim injunction against the defendants operating under the names “Anantara Galleria” and “Anantara” and using the domain name “www.anantara.life”, noting that the marks were similar to...
Passenger Carrying Undeclared Gold Has No Entitlement to Seek Its Re-Export: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that passengers who cross the Green Channel without declaring dutiable or prohibited goods cannot later seek re-export of the confiscated goods under Section 125 of the Customs Act.For context, Section 125 empowers the adjudicating authority to grant an option to redeem confiscated goods upon payment of a redemption fine.The Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Shail Jain observed that the provision is not an “entitlement” to re-export the goods. After...