Delhi High Court Grants Interest on Delayed Customs Duty Refunds To Mobile Importers, Denies Relief To Lava

The Delhi High Court has held that mobile importers, including Intex Technologies (India) Ltd., are entitled to interest on refunds of excess customs duty paid by them.A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by multiple importers, including Jaina Mobile India, Intex Technologies, and UT Electronics (Petitioners), all of whom had been granted refunds of excess Countervailing Duty (CVD) but were denied interest.However, no interest on...

Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Against Sports Events Company As Time-Barred, Calls It Change of Opinion

The Delhi High Court has quashed reassessment proceedings against a Delhi-based sports events company, holding that the notice issued on July 30, 2022 was time-barred and that reopening the case on issues already scrutinized amounted to a mere change of opinion, rendering the entire exercise invalid.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar allowed the writ petition filed by the company, setting aside the reassessment notice, subsequent orders, and the ex-parte assessment order...

Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment, Special Audit Against Huawei For AY 2013-14; Upholds Reopening For AY 2015-16

The Delhi High Court has granted partial relief to Huawei Telecommunications (India) in a batch of petitions challenging special audit directions and reassessment proceedings initiated by the Income Tax Department.A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar partly allowed the petitions, setting aside the special audit directions and reassessment notices for Assessment Year (AY) 2013-14, while sustaining the proceedings for AY 2015-16.The case arose from a search and seizure...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Interim Injunction on K.S. Oils' 'KALASH' Trademark, Notes CIRP Sale Of Company

The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an ex parte ad interim injunction that had restrained K.S. Oils Limited from using the 'KALASH' trademark and has asked the Trial Court to take a fresh call on the injunction application. This allows them to use the mark for edible oils. The ruling came on March 30, 2026, from a division bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, which found that the trial court's conclusion on a prima facie case could not be sustained....

Delhi High Court Quashes Fraud Tag On Reliance Commercial Finance Ex-CEO As SCN Was Not Served

The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order declaring a former key official of Reliance Commercial Finance Limited as “fraud” in connection with loans worth over Rs 16,455 crore after noting that the show cause notice issued to him had not been served. A division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain passed the order. The petition was filed by Devang Pravin Mody challenging the Reserve Bank of India's Master Directions on Fraud Risk Management dated July 15, 2024,...

Delhi HC Grants Temporary Injunction To Lawrence School, Bars Trademark Misuse, Orders Meta To Remove Defamatory Posts

The Delhi High Court has granted a temporary injunction in favour of Lawrence School Sanawar Society, which runs The Lawrence School in Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh, in a dispute over allegedly defamatory content posted about the institution on Facebook. The order targets a Facebook page and certain individuals. Educator Subodh Sinha, the page IPSC & Indian Top Schools Alumni (IITSA), and Ankit Kumar Gupta have been restrained, along with anyone acting on their behalf, from using the school's...

Delhi High Court Cancels Copyright On Bicycle Parts Label For Lack Of Originality

The Delhi High Court has cancelled the copyright registration of a product packaging label used by one Tara Singh for bicycle parts, holding that the sticker was a substantial imitation of Bombay Metal Works Pvt. Ltd.'s label in its layout, colour scheme and arrangement, despite bearing a different trade name. “It is trite law that Copyright protection is granted to an artistic work under the Act, only if the said artistic work satisfies the standard of originality,” Justice Tejas Karia said in...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rs 11.93 Crore Damages In Favour Of ONGC For Lack Of Proof Of Loss

The Delhi High Court has struck down an award of Rs 11.93 crore in additional damages granted to ONGC Limited against UEM India Pvt. Ltd., finding that the arbitral tribunal fixed the amount without any proof of actual loss, without even recording that such loss was incapable of proof, and without explaining how the figure was arrived at. A bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan held that the award violated the requirement of a reasoned decision under Section 31(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation...

Delhi High Court Stays Attachment Against M3M On Condition of 50% Payment Of Decretal Amount To Homebuyers

The Delhi High Court has recently stayed the operation of warrants of attachment issued against M3M India Private Limited in execution proceedings tied to a refund order passed by the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The relief is conditional. M3M must deposit 50% of the decretal amount within 15 days, failing which the interim protection will automatically stand vacated. “Subject to payment of 50% of the decretal amount by the petitioner to the respondent/decree holder...

Delhi High Court Lets Meta Approach NCDRC Against ₹10 Lakh Penalty In Walkie-Talkie Listings Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday permitted Meta Platforms Inc. to withdraw its writ petition challenging a Rs. 10 lakh penalty imposed by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) for alleged misleading advertisements and unlawful listing of walkie-talkies on its Facebook Marketplace platform, and granted liberty to approach the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).A single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav gave Meta liberty to challenge the order...

Circular Issued In Delhi Does Not Confer Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea On Goods Seized By Customs In Kolkata

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a steel importer challenging the detention of its goods, holding that the mere issuance of a circular or decision by an authority located in Delhi does not, by itself, confer territorial jurisdiction on the Court.A division bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul was dealing with a plea filed by a company engaged in the import of steel products, whose consignments had been detained at ports in Kolkata and...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside ₹45 Lakh GST Demand Against HUF After Revenue Confirms ITC Reversal

The Delhi High Court has recently set aside a GST demand against a Hindu Undivided Family after revenue authorities confirmed before the Court that the disputed input tax credit had been reversed prior to the issuance of the show-cause notice.A Division Bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul was hearing a writ petition challenging orders that had disallowed ITC and raised a demand of over Rs 45 lakh for the financial year 2018–19.The demand stemmed from a show cause notice...