Delhi High Court Restrains Real Estate Websites Using SignatureGlobal Marks And Project Material

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a group of operators from running a string of lookalike websites that copied real estate developer SignatureGlobal's trademarks, branding, and copyrighted project material.Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order on September 14, 2026, directing domain registrars—including GoDaddy, Hostinger, Namecheap, and Wix—to immediately lock and suspend nine rogue websites impersonating the real estate company's official portals.SignatureGlobal, a listed real...

Partition Suit Challenging Mortgage, SARFAESI Enforcement Barred: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a partition suit can be barred under Section 34 of the SARFAESI Act when the reliefs sought, taken together, amount to a challenge to a mortgage and an attempt to stop a secured creditor from enforcing its security interest.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum observed,“Therefore, a declaration by the Civil Court that the mortgage itself is illegal and null and void, coupled with a permanent injunction against the Bank, would directly undermine and nullify the...

Future Redevelopment Potential Cannot Be Treated As Certain Benefit For Stamp Duty Valuation: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that future redevelopment potential of a property cannot be treated as a present and certain benefit while determining its market value for stamp duty. The uncertainty, expenses, delay, and legal difficulties involved in realising that potential must also be considered.Justice Amit Borkar observed, “A purchaser may be willing to pay something for future potential. But such potential cannot be treated as a present and certain benefit without considering the...

Calcutta High Court To Examine If Customs Can Treat 'Obscene Adult Sex Toys' As Prohibited Goods

The Calcutta High Court is set to examine whether goods described as “obscene adult sex toys” can be treated as “prohibited goods” under the Customs Act without identifying a specific statutory or notification-based prohibition. Justice Smita Das De is hearing a petition filed by Pracha Aalloy Private Limited against a July 22, 2026, Customs order. The key question is whether describing the goods as “obscene adult sex toys” and invoking Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 can, by...

No Separate Signature Needed On Invoice Arbitration Clause If Parties Acted On It: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on 9 September held that the absence of a separate signature on an arbitration clause printed on the reverse of invoices does not, by itself, negate the existence of an arbitration agreement where the invoices were received and acted upon. Justice Om Prakash Shukla referred the commercial dispute between Tinna Rubber and Infrastructure Limited and Pankaj Gandhi to arbitration and appointed Advocate Mansvini Jain as the sole arbitrator. The Bench observed: “The Respondent's...

Appealability Of Order Has No Bearing On Whether Suit Is Commercial Dispute: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the availability or absence of an appeal against an order passed in a suit has no bearing on determining whether the dispute is a commercial dispute under Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. The Court said the test is whether on a meaningful and purposive reading of the plaint, the dispute falls within Section 2(1)(c) of the Act."Availability of an appeal or its absence against an order passed in a suit has no manner of bearing on the...

One Party's Arbitrator Cannot Act As Sole Arbitrator If Other Fails To Nominate: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on 31 August held that where an arbitration agreement gives both parties the right to nominate an arbitrator, one party's nominee cannot proceed as the sole arbitrator merely because the other party failed to make its nomination. The party that has exercised its right to nominate must instead approach the Court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. A Division Bench of Justices S. Sunil Dutt Yadav and K.G. Shanthi allowed Lotus Landmarks'...

Bombay Shaving Co. Agrees To Take Down Allegedly Disparaging Ad After Delhi HC Calls It 'Mockery Of Court'

Bombay Shaving Company on Wednesday agreed to take down an advertisement featuring a mock courtroom setting and a judge character after the Delhi High Court questioned the company over what it described as “outright mockery” of the court. Justice Jyoti Singh said, “I don't know what your client's definition of mockery is if this is not mocking the court,” after counsel for Bombay Shaving Company sought to defend the courtroom sequence. The court added, “Please don't even stand to defend...

Telangana High Court Quashes Reassessment Against Cyberabad Citizens Over Demerged Business Income

The Telangana High Court on 7 September set aside the order dated 16 April 2024 passed under Section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act and the consequential notice under Section 148 issued to Cyberabad Citizens Health Services Pvt. Ltd. for Assessment Year 2019-20. A Division Bench of Justices P. Sam Koshy and Narsing Rao Nandikonda held that income already disclosed and offered to tax by the entity to which a business was demerged cannot be treated as escaped income merely because the related...

Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Polymech's ₹40.53 Lakh Majority Award, Upholds ₹4.25 Lakh Minority Award

The Gujarat High Court set aside majority awards granting Rs. 40.53 lakh to Polymech Plast Machines Limited in its insurance dispute with National Insurance Company Limited and upheld the minority award granting Rs. 4.25 lakh. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray held that an arbitral award is vitiated by perversity where arbitrators rely on an office note as the governing insurance policy while excluding the policy containing the arbitration clause. The...

Delhi High Court Partly Sets Aside ₹1.42 Cr. SBI Contractor Award, Rejects Emden Formula Without Proof

On 15 September, the Delhi High Court partly set aside an arbitral award in favour of contractor K.R. Anand in a dispute with State Bank of India (SBI) over the construction of 76 residential flats for its officers in Noida. Justice Avneesh Jhingan noted that an arbitrator cannot award overhead losses using the Emden formula without evidence establishing the actual loss suffered or showing that such loss was difficult or impossible to prove, while upholding some portions of the award while...

Hiring Buses To APSRTC Without Control Transfer Not Taxable As Deemed Sale: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on 3 September held that hiring buses to the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) does not amount to a transfer of the right to use goods where substantial control and physical possession remain with the bus owners. A Division Bench of Justices Ninala Jayasurya and T.C.D. Sekhar quashed the assessment orders against private bus operators, holding that the transactions were not taxable as deemed sales under Section 4(8) of the Andhra Pradesh...