Kerala HC Dismisses Challenge To Kerala Co-operative Laws, Says Co-op Banks Not Outside Banking Regulation

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea seeking to strike down the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 and the Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural Development Banks Act, 1984, rejecting a challenge to the legal framework governing co-operative banks and holding that they do not operate outside the banking regulatory regime. The petitioner had argued that the Acts unlawfully exclude the jurisdiction of civil courts and vest adjudicatory powers in arbitrators, thereby depriving citizens...

Delhi High Court Orders Removal of Deepfake Videos and Content Violating Bhuvan Bam's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court recently issued interim directions on a plea by content creator Bhuvan Bam seeking removal of infringing content, including deepfake videos, that continued to exploit his personality rights despite an earlier protective order. The court held that a prima facie case was made out, restrained further unauthorised use of his persona, and directed online platforms to take down identified infringing content within 36 hours. “I am of the view that Plaintiffs have established a...

Challenge To Impleadment Of Non-Signatory In Arbitration Maintainable Only After Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that where an arbitral tribunal rejects a jurisdictional objection, including to the impleadment of a non-signatory, the challenge to such a decision can be raised only after the tribunal proceeds with the arbitration and makes an award. On this basis, the court dismissed as not maintainable an appeal filed by Ocean View Properties LLP against an order of the arbitral tribunal impleading it as a party to the proceedings, even though it was not a signatory to...

Supreme Court Stays ₹5 Lakh Cost Imposed To Set Aside NBWs In Adarsh Housing SFIO Case

The Supreme Court recently (April 27) issued notice on a petition filed by Meenakshi Modi, an accused in an SFIO case linked to the Adarsh Build Estate housing fraud, to examine the validity of a Rs 5 lakh cost imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court while setting aside non-bailable warrants against her. The court stayed the condition till next hearing in August. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran limited the notice to this aspect and directed Modi to appear...

Bombay High Court Rejects NSEL Accused's ₹48 Lakh Bid To Secure Property Attached Under MPID Act

The Bombay High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by Ramesh Satpal Nagpal, an accused in the 2013 National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) case. It refused to permit him to bid for his property attached and put to auction under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act, 1999, upholding the trial court's rejection of his application.A Division Bench of Justices A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata held that merely because the property remained unsold despite being put up for auction...

Madras HC Injuncts Indian Distributor From Passing Off Italian Manufacturer Rubinetterie Bresciane's Products

The Madras High Court recently granted a permanent injunction in favour of Italian plumbing products manufacturer Rubinetterie Bresciane Bonomi SpA, restraining its former Indian distributor, Lehry Instrumentation, from using its trademark. The court set aside a Single Judge's judgment that had dismissed the company's passing-off suit and decreed Lehry's defamation claim. A Division Bench of Justice P. Velmurugan and Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi set aside a Single Judge's common...

Calcutta High Court Quashes LOC Against Ex-Elder Pharma Employee In ₹1,300 Crore SFIO Probe

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a Look Out Circular against Debanjan Hazra, a former Elder Pharmaceuticals employee living in China since 2013, holding that it violated his right to personal liberty under Article 21.Earlier, a single judge of the Calcutta High Court had refused to quash the Look Out Circular. A Division Bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta, in appeal, held the LOC was based on “speculative apprehension” and was “arbitrary and disproportionate,”...

Telangana High Court Upholds Rejection of Excise Settlement Plea for Lack of Full and True Duty Disclosure

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Airan Comtrax Towers Pvt. Ltd., upholding the rejection of its settlement application on the ground that it failed to make a full and true disclosure of its duty liability. A Division Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda was dealing with a challenge to the order dated February 28, 2008 passed by the Settlement Commission. The case arose from a show cause notice dated April 4, 2005 alleging clandestine...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Blackberry Patent On Colour-Coding Message Recipients Feature

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Blackberry Limited, upholding the refusal of a patent application for a feature that colour-coded message recipients meant to help users distinguish between recipients before sending messages. In a judgment pronounced on April 30, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the invention was unpatentable under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act as a computer program per se and also lacked an inventive step. The Court observed that the problem of...

Husband's Income Tax Returns Are Personal Information, Not Disclosable Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband's income tax returns constitute “personal information” and are exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act unless a larger public interest justifies such disclosure. The court set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing their disclosure to his wife in a matrimonial dispute. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled that income-related details sought by the wife did not fall within the “larger public interest”...

Jharkhand High Court Refuses To Entertain Writ Against Delayed GST Order, Cites Alternative Remedy

The Jharkhand High Court refused to entertain a writ petition challenging a GST adjudication order passed after a delay of five years, holding that the taxpayer must avail themselves of the statutory appellate remedy instead of invoking writ jurisdiction. A bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar observed that where a statutory appeal is available, the High Court should not ordinarily entertain a writ petition. The Court noted, “Since the petitioner has an...

Delhi High Court Rules 'The House of the Blue Mangoes' Does Not Infringe Sivasundari Bose's Work

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that the novel 'The House of the Blue Mangoes' by David Davidar does not infringe the copyright claimed by author Sivasundari Bose, bringing an end to a dispute between the two that has stretched on for years. Delivering the judgment on April 30, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia said the similarities pointed out between the two works stemmed from shared historical context, cultural references, and familiar elements of multi-generational family sagas, material...