Delhi High Court Dismisses Volkswagen's Challenge To Maruti Suzuki's 'Transformotion' Trademark

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by German automobile major Volkswagen AG, allowing Maruti Suzuki India Limited to proceed with registration of the trademark “TRANSFORMOTION” for vehicles. The ruling came in a judgment delivered on March 12, 2026, in which Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held that the rival marks, when compared as a whole, do not create any plausible likelihood of confusion and appear distinct from each other. The court also took note of the nature of the...

Bombay High Court Allows GST Fraud Case Accused To Travel Abroad, Says Right To Travel Part Of Personal Liberty

The Bombay High Court has recently observed that the right to travel abroad forms part of the fundamental right to personal liberty under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution and that such liberty cannot be restricted merely on the basis of apprehensions that are not supported by material on record. The court permitted a businessman facing prosecution in a GST fraud case to travel overseas for business as well as personal reasons, observing that conditions requiring prior permission before...

Survey Report Based On Memory Alone Cannot Determine Insurance Claim: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Award

The Delhi High Court has set aside an arbitral award, holding that an arbitral tribunal cannot rely solely on a defective surveyor's report while ignoring material evidence placed on record. The court observed that although a surveyor's report is an important piece of evidence in insurance disputes, it is not sacrosanct and cannot be treated as conclusive when it suffers from serious infirmities. Justice Jasmeet Singh observed,“The Award is squarely based on a survey report which, though...

Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue SLP In DLF Case, Declines To Interfere With Deletion Of ₹80.66 Crore Income Tax Disallowance

The Supreme Court of India recently dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the revenue challenging a judgment of the Delhi High Court which had granted relief to DLF Home Developers Ltd. by deleting a disallowance of Rs 80.66 crore made under Section 14A of the Income-tax Act. Section 14A of the Income Tax Act disallows deduction of expenditure incurred in relation to income which does not form part of the total taxable income, and Rule 8D of the Income Tax Rules prescribes the method for...

J&K & Ladakh High Court Refers Contract Dispute To Arbitration, Leaves Limitation Issue To Tribunal

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has recently reiterated that while deciding petitions for appointment of an arbitrator, the court cannot undertake a detailed inquiry into limitation, and such issues must be decided by the arbitral tribunal. The court was hearing four petitions filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, seeking appointment of an independent arbitrator to adjudicate disputes arising between Ace Consultants, a proprietorship firm, and...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Contractor's Appeal In Arbitration Dispute Over Kolkata East-West Metro Tunneling Accident

The Calcutta High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a contractor, affirming a single judge's decision that had set aside an arbitral award arising out of the 2019 Kolkata East-West Metro tunnel accident. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi held that the arbitral tribunal committed patent illegality by discarding expert evidence on the basis of its own technical assumptions drawn from personal expertise rather than material on record. The bench...

Supreme Court Directs Status Quo In Zenlab-Latros Pharmaceuticals Trademark Dispute Over “ZENOVIT”

The Supreme Court recently directed the parties to maintain the status quo in a trademark dispute between Zenlab India and Latros Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., while asking the trial court to expeditiously decide the pending suits. A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed the order while allowing an appeal filed by Zenlab challenging a judgment of the Bombay High Court dated February 16, 2022, which had granted an injunction in favour of Latros. “In view of above,...

Bombay High Court Refuses Interim Injunction To UTS; Says Prior Registration Of Domain Name Is Valid Defence

The Bombay High Court has dismissed an interim plea filed by Universal Test Solutions LLP, declining to grant interim relief in a trademark, copyright and passing-off dispute against its former partner Punam Kumari Singh and others. In a judgment dated March 11, 2026, Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that the plaintiff had not made out a prima facie case to restrain the defendants from using the domain name uts-global.com, the acronym “UTS”, the corporate name ODC Universal Technological...

Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Transfer Of Income Tax Case From Ahmedabad To Rajkot Without Hearing Taxpayer

The Gujarat High Court has set aside an order transferring an assessee's income-tax reassessment case from Ahmedabad to Rajkot after finding that the transfer was made without granting the taxpayer an opportunity of hearing as required under the Income Tax Act. The division bench of Justice A. S. Supehia and Justice Pranav Trivedi held that in the present case the transfer of jurisdiction under Section 127(2) of the Income Tax Act could not be sustained since it had been effected without...

Delay In Commercial Appeals Cannot Be Condoned Routinely Without Sufficient Cause: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently observed that delay in filing appeals in commercial matters cannot be condoned as a matter of routine and must be treated as an exception only when the party demonstrates sufficient cause and bona fide conduct.The observation came from a division bench of Justices Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar A. Patil while dismissing a commercial appeal filed by the Union of India, represented by the Chief Engineer, Southern Railway. The appeal had challenged a July 4, 2024...

Bombay High Court Remands Pharmaceutical Patent Opposition, Sets Aside Patent Office Order As Unreasoned

The Bombay High Court has set aside an order of the Deputy Controller of Patents that had dismissed a post-grant opposition, finding that the decision contained no real reasoning and did not include the technical analysis required under the law. In a judgment dated March 10, 2026, Justice Arif S. Doctor noted that the patent office had rejected the prior-art claim relied on by the opponent without explaining the basis for doing so. The Court said that because the order was appealable, the...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Copyright Suit Over Films Manzil, Parwana; Imposes ₹10 Lakh Costs On Filmmaker

The Bombay High Court has recently dismissed a decades-old copyright infringement suit filed by filmmaker Rajiv Suri against Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd. concerning the Hindi feature films Manzil and Parwana, characterizing the litigation as a “gross abuse of the process of law” and imposing exemplary costs of Rs 10 lakh on the plaintiff. While pronouncing the judgment, Justice Arif S. Doctor held that Rajiv Suri had approached the court with “unclean hands” by suppressing a Memorandum of...