Delhi High Court Injuncts 'Gainda' Cleaning Products For Copying Harpic, Colin, Lizol Trade Dress

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining Grand Chemical Works from manufacturing and selling cleaning products under its 'Gainda' mark that deceptively resemble Reckitt's Harpic, Colin, and Lizol brands.Passing the order on March 28, 2026, Justice Tejas Karia held that the defendant's products imitate the essential features of the plaintiffs' trade dress and are likely to mislead consumers into believing they originate from the same source. “The overall comparison of...

Apostilled Arbitral Awards From Hague Convention Signatory Countries Enforceable If Authenticity Undisputed: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has held that apostilled arbitral award copies (documents certified as genuine in countries with which India has reciprocal recognition of such authentication) are valid for enforcement where their authenticity is undisputed, while declaring a Texas-seated foreign award of USD 623,169.37 in favour of PerkinElmer US LLC enforceable. Rejecting objections by Ilishan Biotech Private Limited on non-production of original documents, a single-judge bench of...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Denial Of Interest Subsidy To MSME Despite Grant Of Power Subsidy Under WBIS 2013

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal government's decision denying interest subsidy to Hooghly Extrusions Ltd., an MSME holding that once a unit is found eligible under the West Bengal Incentive Scheme, 2013 and granted one component of benefit, denial of another on technical grounds defeats the scheme's object.Allowing the writ petition, Justice Rai Chattopadhyay quashed the State's order dated February 22, 2019 and directed authorities to disburse the interest subsidy within...

Delhi High Court Upholds Canadian Company's Antenna Patent, Finds Rosenberger In Infringement

The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Canadian firm Communication Components Antenna Inc. in a patent infringement dispute, turning down the defendants' challenge to the validity of its patent covering split-sector antenna technology that uses asymmetrical beams. The Court also held that companies within the Rosenberger Group had infringed the invention. In a judgment delivered on March 30, 2026, Justice Prathiba M. Singh upheld the patent as valid and enforceable. The Court found that...

Education Not Commercial Activity: Telangana High Court In Arbitration Dispute Over SVIT, Bolton School

Education should not be treated as a mere commercial activity driven solely by management interests, the Telangana High Court has observed, emphasising that disputes over control of institutions must not be carried on at the cost of students, teachers, and academic functioning. The observation came while the Court was dealing with a dispute between Mahbub College Society and Venkat Narayana Educational Society (VNES) over the management of institutions including the Swami Vivekananda Institute...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Refusing Patent For Harvard's Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order by the Controller General of Patents that refused a patent to Harvard College for its stem-cell-derived insulin-producing pancreatic cells used for diabetes treatment. Justice Tejas Karia held that the Patent Office committed an error by failing to consider the university's amended claims, which had significantly altered the nature of the application. Harvard had filed an appeal under Section 117 of the Patents Act against the Controller General...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Bombay HC Order Quashing IT Assessments Against Merged Reliance Entities

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court ruling that had quashed income tax assessments issued in the names of Reliance Polyethylene Ltd. and Reliance Polypropylene Ltd. even after their merger with Reliance Industries Ltd., noting that the Revenue has issued a fresh notice pursuant to the High Court's decision. A Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe dismissed the Revenue's special leave petitions after recording that the...

Bombay High Court Upholds Foreign Award In TASL–Ion Exchange Dispute, Rejects Public Policy Challenge

The Bombay High Court on 17 March held that the “public policy of India” ground under Section 48 of the Arbitration Act, 1996 (the Act), cannot be used to apply Indian legal principles to challenge enforcement of a foreign arbitral award arising from a foreign-law governed contract. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan allowed a petition filed by Trading and Agency Services Limited (TASL), a Qatari company, to enforce a foreign arbitral award of USD 978,300 against Ion Exchange (India) Limited. The...

Disputes During Subsisting Works Contract Can Be Referred To Arbitration Within 3 Years: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has recently held that contractors can approach the arbitration tribunal within three years if a dispute arises while a government works contract is still ongoing, even though the law also prescribes a one-year limitation after the final authority's decision. A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal set aside an order of the M.P. Arbitration Tribunal, which had dismissed a plea filed by LCC Projects Pvt. Ltd. against Madhya...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of 'Pookie Baba' Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj

The Delhi High Court has recently granted a temporary injunction restraining the unauthorised use of the persona of spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya Ji Maharaj (Anil Kumar Tiwari) popularly known as 'Pookie Baba', observing that the threat to his reputation was “real and present.” Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, by an order dated March 30, 2026, passed directions against various unknown defendants while also directing social media platforms Meta, X and Google to take down identified infringing...

'No Second Bite At The Cherry': Bombay High Court Refuses Plea For Fresh Arbitrator By Negligent Party

The Bombay High Court has observed that while the expiry of an arbitrator's mandate under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not automatically terminate arbitral proceedings, a defaulting party cannot be allowed “another bite at the cherry” by seeking appointment of a fresh arbitrator after a court has already refused to extend the mandate due to that party's own negligence. A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep V. Marne, while dismissing an application filed by...

Cheque Issued For Another's Debt Still Attracts Liability If Dishonoured: Punjab And Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recently held that a person who issues a cheque to discharge another person's debt, including that of a spouse, cannot escape liability if the cheque is dishonored, even if the debt was not personally incurred by him, while upholding the conviction of two accused in a cheque dishonour case. A single-judge bench of Justice Subhas Mehla reduced the sentence of imprisonment to one year rigorous imprisonment while maintaining the enhanced compensation of Rs....