Chhattisgarh High Court Allows Gilcon Project's Claims, Rejects State's Appeal In Arbitration Dispute

The Chhattisgarh High Court on 25 March dismissed the State of Chhattisgarh's appeals and upheld the Commercial Court's order partly setting aside the arbitral award while granting limited relief to Gilcon Project Service Ltd. JV Scapes Associates.A Bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Radhakishan Agrawal reiterated that courts exercising jurisdiction under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 cannot reassess evidence or substitute the arbitrator's findings...

Litigant Cannot Claim Right To Privacy To Override Court Orders On Disclosure: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on 25 March held that a bank must comply with court directions and cannot refuse disclosure of account details on privacy grounds, even if a litigant alleges violation of his right to privacy. A Division Bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S dismissed an appeal against the Single Judge's order declining to exercise writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Court observed: “In the absence of proper parties in the party array,...

Gujarat High Court Condones Delay In Filing Income Tax Return, Finds Accountant's Error Caused Genuine Hardship

The Gujarat High Court has held that a taxpayer's delay in filing its income tax return due to a bona fide misunderstanding of audit requirements under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, resulting in denial of a tax deduction under Section 80-IAB for Special Economic Zone developers, constitutes “genuine hardship” warranting condonation.The case arose from the petitioner firm's failure to file its return of income for Assessment Year 2023–24 within the prescribed due date of 31 July 2023. The...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Reliance's Alleged $1.55 Billion Gas Theft From ONGC

The Bombay High Court on Friday (March 27) dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani over alleged siphoning of natural gas worth over USD 1.55 billion from ONGC wells in the Krishna-Godavari Basin.The plea was filed by Jitendra P. Maru, an Indian citizen, urging the court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Union of India to take action. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam...

'Completely Identical': Delhi High Court Temporarily Injuncts Firm From Using Mark Identical To Marriott's THE EDITION

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Savya Realty LLP and its partners from using the mark "EDITION" for realty projects, holding it to be “completely identical” to Marriott International Inc.'s registered trademark 'THE EDITION' and likely to mislead consumers. On March 25, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that “the plaintiff has made out a prima facie strong case in its favour,” noting that “the overwhelming documents on record tilt the balance in favour of the plaintiff” and...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Dynamic Injunction Against Illegal Streaming Of TATA IPL 2026

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad interim injunction in favour of JioStar India Private Limited restraining unauthorized streaming and broadcasting of the TATA IPL 2026 event, holding that the company had made out a prima facie case for protection of its exclusive broadcast rights.The 2026 IPL season is scheduled to commence in two days on March 28. By an order dated March 25, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the plaintiff had been assigned exclusive digital...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Patent Refusal, Says New Objections In Final Order Violate Natural Justice

The Delhi High Court has quashed an order by the Assistant Controller of Patents refusing a patent application by Wirtgen GMBH, ruling that the introduction of new technical objections for the first time in a final refusal order violates the fundamental principles of natural justice.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora held on March 23, 2026, that the impugned order was procedurally infirm as it deprived the applicant of a fair opportunity to address the specific grounds of refusal."If...

Re-Colouring Facts As Public Policy Ground Not Enough To Resist Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Award: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday held that enforcement of foreign arbitral awards cannot be resisted under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, on a party's plea re-characterizing factual disputes as issues of public policy, particularly as courts cannot re-examine awards on merits at the enforcement stage. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Vinod Chandran dismissed Special Leave Petitions filed by Nagaraj V. Mylandla and Sharada Mylandla...

Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Arbitrator Order Refusing Expert Analysis Of iPad Evidence

The Madras High Court has recently dismissed an appeal challenging an arbitrator's refusal to send an iPad marked as evidence for expert analysis, holding that the appeal filed by ADRPlexus Medical Services Pvt Ltd was not maintainable under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, particularly where the request was made after completion of the claimant's evidence. A Division Bench of Justice P. Velmurugan and Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi held that ADRPlexus Medical...

After CIRP Begins, IRP Represents Corporate Debtor; Bombay HC Dismisses Suspended Director's Writ Over NCLT Order

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed writ petitions filed by a suspended director of Gokul Sugar Industries Ltd and a financial creditor challenging an order of the National Company Law Tribunal refusing withdrawal of insolvency proceedings. The court held that after commencement of the corporate insolvency resolution process, the corporate debtor is represented by the interim resolution professional and not by the suspended management. The court held that no violation of principles of...

SARFAESI, RDB And PMLA Must Be Reconciled; Recovery Laws Cannot Prevail Over PMLA: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur recently held that the provisions of the SARFAESI Act and the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act do not override the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, observing that the statutes operate in different fields and must be interpreted so as to reconcile their provisions without defeating the object of the PMLA.A division bench of Justices M. S. Jawalkar and Nandesh S. Deshpande held, “The objective of the legislation in PMLA being distinct from the purposes of two...

Bona Fide Delay Justifies Tax Benefit, “Genuine Hardship” Must Be Liberally Applied: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on 16 March, held that a bona fide delay of 53 days in filing Form 10-IC cannot deprive an eligible taxpayer of concessional tax benefits. The expression “genuine hardship” under the Income Tax Act must be given a liberal, justice-oriented interpretation. Form 10-IC is a declaration filed by a company to opt for the concessional corporate tax rate under Section 115BAA of the Income Tax Act.A Bench comprising Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Pranav Trivedi allowed...