Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award In Favour Of NCC In AIIMS Bhopal Project Dispute With Health Ministry

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award in favour of NCC Limited in a dispute arising from the construction of the medical college and hostel complex at AIIMS Bhopal, finding no ground for interference under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Justice Jasmeet Singh dismissed a petition filed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare challenging the arbitral award dated 8 May 2017 passed by a sole arbitrator.The court reiterated that proceedings under Section...

Delhi HC Restrains Flipkart From Listing Pirated Bharati Bhawan Books; Ad-Interim Injunction against 17 Sellers

The Delhi High Court has directed Flipkart to refrain from listing counterfeit or pirated copies of Bharati Bhawan's educational books while granting an ex parte ad interim injunction against 17 online sellers. The 80-year-old publishing house approached the court after discovering that its most popular academic titles, authored by renowned specialists like Dr. H.C. Verma and Dr. R.S. Aggarwal, were being sold as pirated counterfeits on the platform. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, on March 27,...

Delhi High Court Upholds 18% Interest On Arbitral Award, Says Tribunals Free To Grant Such Rates Under Pre-2015 Law

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award granting 18% interest on the awarded sum to a contractor, holding that tribunals have wide discretion to fix interest rates under the pre-2015 arbitration law. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, in a dispute between the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Anil Gupta, however, modified the award to direct that interest would run only from July 6, 2008, the date of invocation of arbitration, instead of March 8, 2004. “Under the statutory...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside FEMA Confiscation For Lack Of Reasons, Upholds Penalty

The Delhi High Court has set aside confiscation orders passed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), holding that such action cannot be sustained in the absence of reasons.A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja partly allowed a batch of appeals filed against orders of the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange, which had affirmed penalties as well as confiscation of funds lying in Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable) Rupee (NRNR) accounts.The case arose from...

Delhi High Court Protects 'HIMALAYA' Trademark, Temporarily Restrains Use Of Deceptively Similar Mark

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained an individual from using the mark “HIMALAYA THE NUTRA HEALTH CARE” or any deceptively similar mark, protecting Himalaya Wellness Company's “HIMALAYA” trademark for pharmaceutical and allied products. A single bench of Justice Jyoti Singh, in an order dated March 30, 2026, held that Himalaya Wellness Company had made out a prima facie case of trademark infringement and passing off, observing that the defendant had adopted deceptively similar marks...

Delhi High Court Restrains Rival From Using JVCO 2024's 'Mother Care' Mark For Baby Products

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of JVCO 2024 Limited, restraining a rival from using the mark “MOTHER CARE” for baby products, holding it to be identical and deceptively similar to its registered trademark “MOTHERCARE”.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, in an order dated April 7, 2026, observed, “It is apparent from the above that the defendant has dishonestly adopted the mark MOTHER CARE without any justifiable reasons. As noted above, the two marks are...

Delhi High Court Restrains Forensic Investigator From Circulating Confidential Report Part Of Kochhar And Co Suit

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained a forensic investigator from disclosing or circulating a report forming part of a privileged investigation in a commercial suit filed by Kochhar & Co. alleging breach of legal privilege and confidentiality.Justice Mini Pushkarna restrained the person from disclosing or circulating the report or any confidential material related to the assignment till the next date of hearing in August. “Accordingly, it is directed that till the next date of...

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...