Delhi High Court Declines To Examine Cartelisation Claims In Tender Dispute, Says Issue Falls Within CCI Domain

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to examine allegations of cartelisation in a public tender under its writ jurisdiction, holding that such issues require fact-intensive economic analysis and fall within the specialised domain of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan dismissed Interlink Foods' challenge to its disqualification from a National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) tender,...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains TechWiser, TechBar From Disparaging AI+ Smartphones

The Delhi High Court recently granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of NxtQuantum Shift Technologies India Private Limited, which trades as AI+ Smartphones, and its founder, Madhav Sheth. The order was passed on April 28, 2026. The court restrained unknown parties and the YouTube channels TechWiser and TechBar from publishing or spreading any content that amounts to disparagement of the plaintiffs on YouTube or any other social media or digital platform. Justice Tushar Rao...

Karnataka High Court Holds KPIDFE Act, Like MPID, Has Priority Over SARFAESI Claims

The Karnataka High Court has held that secured creditors cannot claim priority under the SARFAESI Act over properties attached under the Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004 (KPIDFE Act), and such attachment would prevail in determining the priority of claims. A coram of Justice Lalitha Kanneganti dismissed a writ petition filed by Canara Bank challenging the refusal of the Sub-Registrar to register a sale certificate issued in favour of an...

Delhi High Court Restrains Pronton Plast Pack From Manufacturing Containers Infringing Mold Tek Patents

The Delhi High Court has granted and continued an interim injunction in favour of Mold-Tek Packaging Limited, restraining Pronton Plast Pack Pvt. Ltd. and its agents from manufacturing or selling plastic containers and lids that prima facie infringe two patents held by Mold-Tek. Justice Tejas Karia, in a judgment pronounced on April 30, 2026, held that Mold-Tek had made out a prima facie case of patent infringement and that permitting Pronton to continue dealing in the impugned products would...

RTO Cannot Demand Pre-Liquidation Motor Vehicle Tax From IBC Auction Purchasers: Bombay High Court

On 22 April, the Bombay High Court, allowing a writ petition filed by My Ideal Transport, held that Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) cannot demand pre-liquidation Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) dues from auction purchasers of vehicles sold during liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). A Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram V. Shirsat reiterated that statutory authorities must lodge their claims before the liquidator and have them resolved under the IBC's...

Only High Courts Can Entertain Section 34 Challenges In International Arbitration: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on 21 April, held that Section 34 challenges arising from international commercial arbitration must be filed before the High Court and not District Courts, in view of Section 2(1)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended in 2015. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy upheld the order of the Principal District Judge, Salem returning the Section 34 petition filed by Waterbury Farrel against Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Shriram EPC Limited for...

Interim Arbitral Orders Cannot Be Enforced Separately Once Subsumed Into Final Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that interim orders passed by an arbitral tribunal cannot be independently enforced in cases where they stand subsumed into a final arbitral award covering the same subject matter, holding that such directions must thereafter be enforced only under the statutory framework governing arbitral awards. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed an enforcement petition filed by Sunder Lal Gupta, ruling that the interim direction requiring Sahyog Hospitality to...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plagiarism Plea Against Dhurandhar-2, Says Remedy Lies Before Civil Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by Bengaluru-based filmmaker Santosh Kumar R.S., who had alleged that the Aditya Dhar-directed Hindi film Dhurandhar-2 was a plagiarised version of his original script titled D-Saheb. Justice K.S. Hemalekha held that the petition was not maintainable, observing that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is discretionary and ordinarily not exercised when an efficacious alternative remedy is available, and directing the...

Delhi High Court Directs Xiaomi To Deposit ₹272 Crore In SEP Infringement Suit By Malikie

The Delhi High Court has asked Xiaomi Corporation to deposit around ₹272 crore (about $28.7 million) as pro tem security in a patent infringement suit involving cellular Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) brought by Malikie Innovations. In its April 30, 2026 judgment, Justice Tejas Karia said a temporary arrangement of this kind was needed to balance the equities between the parties as the case proceeds. A pro tem direction is an interim measure intended to secure the plaintiff's interests...

Himachal Pradesh HC Refuses To Stay IIT Mandi's Campus School Agreement Termination With Learning Curve Trust

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has refused interim relief to The Learning Curve Educational Trust, which sought a stay on the termination of its agreement to run a campus school at IIT Mandi. The court held that, in the facts of the case, a party that failed to challenge a termination notice for nearly two years could not seek protection under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel observed that the Trust had “slept over the matter” and failed to...

Telangana High Court Holds IBC Moratorium Cannot Defeat Arbitral Proceedings, Allows Kaizen Power Appeal

The Telangana High Court on 15 April set aside a Commercial Court order that had vacated interim protection granted to Kaizen Power Limited in relation to its lease dispute with the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC). A Division Bench of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and Gadi Praveen Kumar held that the Commercial Court proceeded on an erroneous understanding of the effect of the IBC moratorium and allowed the appeal, directing that arbitration proceedings be resumed...

“This Will Be His Last Assignment”: Supreme Court Raps Xalta Foods RP For Defying Court's Possession Order

The Supreme Court of India on Monday directed the Superintendent of Police, Hapur, to break open locks and hand over complete possession of warehouse premises to landlord Prerna Singh, coming down heavily on Naveen Kumar Jain, the Resolution Professional (RP) of Xalta Food and Beverages Pvt Ltd and holding his conduct "contemptuous." A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi issued immediate directions after being told that despite earlier orders, only partial possession had been...