Order By Govt. Secretary Cannot Be Recalled Without Fraud Or Misrepresentation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an order passed by the Secretary on behalf of the State Government cannot be recalled unless it suffers from misrepresentation, fraud, or is without legal authority. A Bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi observed: “In our considered view an order if does not suffer from any misrepresentation or fraud or an order is not bad for want of authority of law, it is to be taken as genuine order passed after due application of mind and...

Kerala High Court Sets Aside Banking Ombudsman Order For Failing To Give Reasoned Decision

The Kerala High Court recently set aside an order passed by the Banking Ombudsman rejecting a borrower's complaint over increase in interest rate on a gold loan from 14.5% to 17%, holding that the authority failed to pass a reasoned order despite a specific direction from the Court. A single bench of Justice Harisankar V. Menon was considering a writ petition filed by the borrowers, challenging the Ombudsman's order. The petitioners contended that the rate of interest was increased by the bank...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of 'Defamatory, Obscene' Online Content Targeting Acharya Balkrishna

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday passed an interim order directing removal of specific online content targeting Patanjali Ayurved Co-Founder Acharya Balkrishna after observing that several links appeared to be “defamatory,” “obscene,” and “vulgar” and prima facie infringed his personality rights. During today's hearing, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela examined an abridged 18-page compilation of URLs submitted by the plaintiff and clarified that while satire and parody are protected forms of speech,...

State's Failure To Promptly Execute Section 14 SARFAESI Order Defeats Purpose Of Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently observed that failure of state authorities to implement orders passed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, which empowers the District Magistrate to assist secured creditors in taking physical possession of secured assets, defeats the statutory mandate of expeditious enforcement of security interests and undermines binding judicial precedents, observing that such inaction paralyses the statutory mechanism. Allowing a writ petition filed by IIFL...

Rejection Of Impleadment Is A Jurisdictional Determination, Appealable Under Section 37 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently held that rejection of an impleadment application by an arbitral tribunal amounts to a jurisdictional determination under Sections 16(2) and 16(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and is therefore appealable under Section 37 of the Act. Justice Avneesh Jhingan observed that while deciding whether a non-signatory can be added to arbitration proceedings, the tribunal necessarily rules on its own jurisdiction. “The court on an application for...

Supreme Court Calls Govt. Contractual Clause Foreclosing Redressal Before Courts "Shocking"; Restores Award For ABS Marine

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock at the stand taken by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration that a contractual clause made its decision final and beyond challenge, holding that such a term offended the rule of law.The court made the observationwhile setting aside a July 11, 2018 judgment of the Calcutta High Court and restoring an arbitral award of Rs 2.87 crore in favour of ABS Marine Services. The ruling came in a dispute where the Andaman and Nicobar Administration relied on...

Delhi High Court Restores Temporary Injunction Protecting STELLADEXIN Trademark Used For Induction Cookers

The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside a single judge's order and restored an interim injunction protecting the “STELLADEXIN” trademark used for commercial induction cookers.In a judgment pronounced on March 23, 2026, a division bench comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla held that the single bench incorrectly applied the principles of international exhaustion and prior user to vacate the original injunction order. The court observed that since the appellant is...

Supreme Court Rejects Recall Plea In Disposed SLP, Says Court Cannot Compare Rival Offers Before CoC Under IBC

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a miscellaneous application seeking recall of its February 25, 2025 order dismissing an SLP in a dispute over an agreement to sell a property of a corporate debtor, holding that a disposed Special Leave Petition cannot be reopened on the basis of subsequent developments in insolvency proceedings or rival financial offers before the Committee of Creditors.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta emphasized that the court cannot sit in appeal over the...

Gautam Gambhir Withdraws His Plea For Interim Relief In Personality Rights Suit Before Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir to withdraw his application seeking interim injunction in a personality rights suit after the court pointed out serious defects in the pleadings and the absence of specific “takedown” prayers identifying the allegedly infringing content.The application was withdrawn after Justice Jyoti Singh observed during the hearing that the plaintiff had not provided a defendant-wise and URL-wise list of content sought to be removed,...

Moratorium Doesn't Extinguish The Criminal Liability In Terms Of 32A When The Plan Is Not Approved.

The Delhi High Court on 17 March 2026 held that Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) only creates a temporary moratorium and does not extinguish criminal liability. Protection under Section 32A is available only after the approval of a resolution plan that brings about a qualifying change in management. The Bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha dismissed the plea of JAS Infrastructure and Power Ltd. seeking suspension of sentence in a coal block allocation case. The...

Supreme Court Dismisses Riddhi Siddhi Appeal Against SAT Order In SEBI Delisting, MPS Norm Violations Case

The Supreme Court recently dismissed appeals filed by Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Limited against the Securities Appellate Tribunal's order upholding SEBI's findings of violation of minimum public shareholding norms, non-disclosure of promoter group entities, and fraudulent trading in the company's scrip during a proposed delisting process, holding that no substantial question of law arises for consideration.A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran refused to...

After Disputed Arbitrator Steps Down, Supreme Court Restores MSA Global–EPIL Arbitration Dispute To Delhi HC

The Supreme Court has held that the primary ground for restraining MSA Global LLC (Oman) from continuing arbitration proceedings against Engineering Projects (India) Limited ceased to exist after arbitral tribunal member Andre Yeap resigned, whose alleged non-disclosure had formed the basis of the anti-arbitration injunction.Accordingly, setting aside the Delhi High Court's decision dated December 12, 2025, the Supreme Court restored the appeal to the Division Bench for fresh...