Delhi High Court
Airline Operations Exempt Under India-UK DTAA: Delhi High Court Directs NIL TDS Certificate For British Airways
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Income Tax Department issuing a 0.1% TDS certificate to British Airways under Section 197 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar directed the authorities to issue a NIL TDS certificate, holding that income from airline operations is exempt under the India–UK Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).The development comes in a petition moved by British Airways, a tax resident of the United Kingdom,...
Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains 19 More Entities From Infringing JAQUAR Trademark
The Delhi High Court has recently extended an earlier ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Jaquar And Company Private Limited after impleading 22 additional entities, restraining 19 of them from using the trademark “JAQUAR”.The Court restrained them from using the mark and directed banks to freeze accounts opened in a deceptively similar name. The relief was originally granted on November 3, 2025. At that stage, the Court recorded that Jaquar And Company Private Limited, the Indian...
Expiry Of Arbitrator's Mandate Due To Lapse Of Time Does Not End Arbitration: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that when an arbitrator's mandate expires due to lapse of time, it does not amount to termination of proceedings under Section 32, Arbitration and Conciliation Act. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar additionally held that the expiry of mandate by lapse of time is curable and extended the arbitrator's mandate for a further period of six months from the date of the order for making the arbitral award. The Court noted: “...that both...
Delhi High Court Restrains Parth Law House, Others From Selling Counterfeit LexisNexis Law Textbooks
The Delhi High Court has recently granted a temporary injunction in favour of LexisNexis, restraining Parth Law House and others from printing, distributing, or selling counterfeit copies of its legal textbooks. A coram of Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the plaintiff had established a prima facie case and that interim protection was warranted pending further proceedings. “Having heard learned Senior Counsel for the Plaintiff and upon examination of the documents, I am of the view that...
Supreme Court Dismisses BWL Plea, Upholds Delhi High Court Ruling That BSNL Has Satisfied 2000 Arbitral Award
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court ruling declaring that a 2000 arbitral award in favour of BWL Limited against Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited stands satisfied, concluding the dispute between the parties over the computation of post-award interest. Dismissing a Special Leave Petition, a bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe observed, “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Copyright Refusal After Registrar Equated 'Person Aggrieved' With 'Person Interested'
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order refusing copyright registration to Fornnax Technology Private Limited for its artistic work titled “Cutting Chamber Part of Secondary Shredder R-4000 Front View.” Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that the Registrar of Copyrights had “imported the meaning ascribed to “person aggrieved” envisaged in Section 50 of the Act to be similar to or equivalent of “person interested” contemplated in Section 45(1) read with Rule 70 of the Rules; and (ii) that apart,...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Against SEBI NOC for NSE IPO, Says Remedy Lies Before SAT
The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a plea challenging the No Objection Certificate granted by SEBI to the National Stock Exchange in relation to its proposed Initial Public Offering. Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that the petition appeared to have been filed only to stall the IPO. “I am of the view that the present petition seems to have been filed only to interdict the IPO of respondent No. 2,” the Court held. The plea was filed by retail investor K.C. Aggarwal, who stated that he...
Finality Of SARFAESI Auction Is Matter Of Public Policy: Delhi High Court Bars Recovery Of Pre-Sale Dues
Holding that the finality of a statutory auction is a matter of public policy, the Delhi High Court has ruled that an auction purchaser under the SARFAESI Act cannot recover pre-sale statutory dues after unconditionally accepting the sale certificate. Allowing such recovery, the Court said, would render the “as is where is” clause meaningless and create uncertainty for secured creditors. Setting aside the Commercial Court's January 31, 2023 judgment, a Division Bench of Justices Anil...
No Absolute Right Of Appeal Under SARFAESI Without Pre-Deposit: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently upheld the dismissal of a DRAT appeal for failure to comply with the mandatory pre-deposit under Section 18 of the SARFAESI Act. A Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar held that the statutory right of appeal is conditional. The court observed that “the said right is not absolute.” The case arose after the Debts Recovery Tribunal dismissed a securitisation application filed by Renu Goyal challenging measures taken by Edelweiss Asset...
No Concluded Contract, No Interim Relief: Delhi High Court Dismisses Developer's Plea Against ARCIL
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Parsvnath Developers' plea seeking enforcement of an alleged Rs. 750 crore restructuring agreement against Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited, holding that courts cannot compel parties to honour a settlement that never matured into a concluded contract. Justice Jasmeet Singh held that the draft restructuring agreement remained at a negotiatory stage. Although drafts were exchanged, essential terms were unsettled. The schedules were marked preliminary...
Jurisdiction Clause In Umbrella Agreement Prevails Over Later Contract: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that when an umbrella agreement fixes a venue in one city but expressly confers jurisdiction on courts in another, the jurisdiction clause will prevail unless the parties clearly alter the juridical seat for the entire transaction. Dismissing two petitions filed by Ansal Housing Limited seeking interim relief under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar ruled that courts at Meerut, and not Delhi, had territorial...