Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Raheja Developers' Ex-Director In ₹2,425 Crore Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to Nayan N. Raheja, former director of Raheja Developers Ltd. (RDL), in a money laundering case involving alleged proceeds of crime worth ₹2,425.99 crore.Justice Amit Bansal passed the order on Raheja's anticipatory bail application challenging the Saket District Court's September 19, 2026 order rejecting Raheja's anticipatory bail plea.“Consequently, the present bail application is dismissed.", the High Court said while...

Delhi High Court Directs SpiceJet To Maintain ₹58.80 Lakh In Bank Accounts In Dispute With Travel Agent

The Delhi High Court has recently directed debt-laden airline SpiceJet Limited to maintain approximately ₹58.80 lakh in its ICICI Bank and IDFC Bank accounts while hearing an application by Travel2Agent.com and others seeking attachment of the airline's bank accounts to recover dues under an arbitral award.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on October 9, 2026, after the decree holders' counsel submitted that SpiceJet had paid ₹25 lakh towards the outstanding amount of ₹83.80 lakh.The...

PAN Misuse | Delhi High Court Quashes ₹3.91 Crore Income Tax Demand Against Security Guard

The Delhi High Court has quashed an income tax assessment order raising a demand of approximately ₹3.91 crore against a contractual security guard, observing that the assessment was based solely on portal data without any independent inquiry to establish his connection with the alleged transactions.The Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Aditi Choudhary held that the assessment violated the principles of natural justice, as the Assessing Officer failed to provide the material relied upon...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash ₹8.12 Crore Income Tax Reassessment Notice Against Pernod Ricard

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an income tax reassessment notice issued to Pernod Ricard India Private Limited, the maker of popular liquor brands Royal Stag and Blenders Pride, over an alleged discrepancy of more than ₹8 crore between its turnover declared in Value Added Tax (VAT) returns and its income tax records for the assessment year 2013-14.The Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Aditi Choudhary dismissed the company's writ petition challenging the notice issued under...

Delhi High Court Blocks 20 Rogue Websites Streaming DAZN's Serie A Football Matches

The Delhi High Court has restrained 20 rogue websites, including Stremeo.ru, from streaming DAZN's exclusively licensed Serie A Football Season 2026-27 matches, and directed domain name registrars and ISPs to block them.The Court also allowed DAZN to have newly discovered mirror sites blocked in real time.Justice Tejas Karia passed the ad-interim order on October 12 in a suit filed by DAZN Limited, which seeks a permanent injunction against infringement of its broadcast reproduction rights.DAZN...

Delhi High Court Directs CBIC To Issue Directions To Avoid Repeated GST Litigation Despite Earlier Rulings

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to examine its earlier judgments on GST-related issues and issue appropriate directions to avoid repeated litigation on similar questions of law.The Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Bharat Parashar noted that a large number of writ petitions raising substantially similar issues continued to be filed despite its earlier judgments in Gaurav Jain & Anr. v. Joint Commissioner (Appeals-II),...

Delhi High Court Upholds Nil Award In ₹4.37 Cr. NHAI Contract, Says Claims Of Extra Work Needs Proof

On 13 October, the Delhi High Court dismissed Abhoy Charan Bakshi's petition challenging a nil arbitral award in favour of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) over a Rs. 4.37 crore road maintenance contract for the Baharampore–Farakka section of National Highway 34 in West Bengal. Justice Subramonium Prasad held that a contractor cannot claim payment for additional work without evidence establishing that the work was carried out, and found that the arbitral tribunal had no basis to...

Defendant Rejecting Pre-Institution Mediation Can't Challenge Suit For Non-Compliance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on 5 October held that a defendant who refuses to participate in pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 cannot subsequently seek rejection of a commercial suit for failure to complete mediation, as the defendant cannot use its own refusal as a technical defence. A Division Bench comprising Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Nisha Sahay Saxena dismissed an appeal by Netsys Network Pvt Ltd and its directors against a Single Judge's 10 August...

Delhi High Court Protects Amazon's Upcoming Film 'Nayyi Naveli' From Online Piracy Ahead Of Release

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday protected Amazon's upcoming film “Nayyi Naveli” against piracy, directing that it not be broadcast or streamed without authorisation by rogue websites once it is released.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the directions on a suit by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited against cinemalux.baby and other such rogue websites and their operators.Amazon told the court it feared the film would be pirated and put online soon after release. The horror-comedy, directed...

Delhi High Court Allows GST Appeal Without Full Pre-Deposit Over Overlapping Demands

The Delhi High Court has permitted a taxpayer to approach the appellate authority with an application seeking exemption from the statutory pre-deposit requirement, to the extent the GST demand is alleged to overlap with an earlier demand.The division bench of Justices Anil Khetarpal and Bharat Parashar was hearing a plea by M/s Forever Exim India Private Limited seeking restoration of its writ petition challenging a GST order dated August 30, 2024.Petitioner submitted that parallel proceedings...

Customs Can't Withhold Detained Goods Without Stay Of Confiscation Order: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because the Customs Department has challenged an order before a revisional authority, it cannot withhold detained goods in the absence of any interim protection or stay against the operation of the order.The Division Bench of Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Shail Jain made the observation while dealing with a petition filed by a woman seeking release of her gold jewellery detained by Customs authorities at the Delhi airport.Petitioner had arrived from...

DRI/CBIC Headquarters In Delhi Cannot Confer Jurisdiction Over Goods Detained In UP: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the location of the headquarters of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) or the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in Delhi does not confer territorial jurisdiction on the High Court to entertain a challenge against detention of goods at an Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh.The Division Bench of Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Shail Jain dismissed a writ petition filed by M/s Pradeep Industries and others, holding that...