Supreme Court Appoints Former SC Judge Abhay Oka As Mediator In IMAX–E-City Arbitration Enforcement Dispute

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday appointed former apex court judge Justice Abhay S. Oka as mediator to explore the possibility of settlement between IMAX Corporation and the E-City Group in their dispute concerning enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.The court was hearing the matter arising out of the Bombay High Court's December 2025 judgment reviving enforcement proceedings in favour of IMAX.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was further informed that the hearing...

Disputes From Residential Real-Estate Development Can Be Commercial If Profit Oriented: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that a real estate development agreement can qualify as a commercial dispute even if the project is residential in nature and even if both parties are not engaged in the business.Justice Shampa Sarkar said the agreement, when read as a whole, showed that the property was meant to be commercially exploited. “The cumulative effect of the agreement was that the parties jointly agreed to put the property to commercial use, thereby earning from the...

Delhi High Court Restrains 'SUPERON' Trademark Use, Orders Takedown Of Infringing Websites

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Sanjay Mehra, proprietor of the registered “SUPERON” trademark, restraining a Gurugram-based entity from using the mark or any deceptively similar name of the stainless steel consumables brand. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order on February 4, 2026, directing the entity's proprietor to immediately cease using the "SUPERON" name in any capacity, whether as a trade name, domain name, or email...

Calcutta High Court Refers Reliance Entities' Telecom Tower Lease Dispute To Arbitration, Leaves Objections Open

The Calcutta High Court has referred a telecom tower lease dispute to arbitration. It declined to decide, at the referral stage, whether non-signatory Reliance group entities were bound by the arbitration clause or whether past dues stood extinguished under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Justice Shampa Sarkar held that such objections raise triable jurisdictional issues. These must be decided by the arbitral tribunal. The court reiterated that its role under Section 11 of the...

GST | Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With Delhi HC Refusal To Exercise Writ Jurisdiction In Fraudulent ITC Case

The Supreme Court has recently declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court order declining to entertain writ petitions challenging show cause notices alleging fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC), holding that no good ground was made out for intervention under Article 136 of the Constitution. In an order dated January 30, 2026, a bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan dismissed the special leave petitions arising from the Delhi High Court's judgment of December 5, 2025,...

PIL In Supreme Court Challenges Income Tax Law Allowing Search Of Digital Devices, Cloud Data

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of provisions in the Income Tax Act, 2025 that empower tax authorities to conduct searches of “computer systems” and “virtual digital space”, including personal electronic devices, cloud servers, emails and private communications. The plea, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by entrepreneur Vishwaprasad Alva, assails Section 247 of the Income Tax Act, 2025, as well as the corresponding...

Supreme Court To Examine If Civil Judge (Senior Division) As Commercial Court Can Hear Trademark Suits

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will examine whether a Commercial Court presided over by a Civil Judge (Senior Division) can entertain trademark infringement and passing-off suits in view of Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act. The court stayed further proceedings in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit pending before the Commercial Court at Jamshedpur. The issue arises from Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, which governs the forum for filing trademark infringement...

Executing Court Cannot Impose Onerous Conditions For Release Of Arbitral Award Without Stay: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a condition imposed by an executing court that required an award-holder to furnish a bank guarantee to obtain release of an arbitral award amount. The court held that no such condition can be imposed by the executing court in the absence of any interim stay. A bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri held that once objections to an arbitral award are dismissed and no interim order is granted in appeal, the executing court is bound to execute the...

Delhi High Court Injuncts 23 Rogue Websites Illegaly Streaming UEFA Champions League 2025–26

Holding that piracy of live sports poses a “recurring threat” and that any delay would cause irreparable copyright breach and revenue loss, the Delhi High Court on February 5 granted an ex parte ad interim injunction blocking 23 rogue websites from unauthorisedly streaming matches of the ongoing UEFA Champions League 2025–26. Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the Champions League season is currently underway and will conclude only in May 2026. Any delay in blocking access to infringing...

Supreme Court Upholds NCLAT Order Entrusting NBCC To Complete Stalled Supertech Housing Projects

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a batch of appeals challenging directions issued by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to involve NBCC (India) Ltd for completion of stalled housing projects of Supertech Ltd, declining to interfere with the appellate tribunal's approach. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi held that the NCLAT's decision in evolving a mechanism to protect the interests of homebuyers and ensure completion of long-delayed projects...

No Appeal Lies Against Conditional Stay Of Arbitral Award: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that an appeal does not lie against an order granting conditional stay of an arbitral award, observing that such orders fall outside the narrow appellate framework prescribed under arbitration Act. Section 36(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, allows a party that has challenged an arbitral award in court to seek a stay on the enforcement of that award. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi dismissed...

Bombay High Court Sets Aside Composite GST Notice Against ICAD School

The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside a composite show cause notice spanning five financial years, issued to ICAD School of Learning Private Limited, a JEE and NEET coaching centre that offers hostel and mess facilities.On 6 February 2026, a Bench of Justice Anil L. Pansare and Justice Nivedita P. Mehta emphasised that consolidation defeats the statutory scheme of assessment and recovery for distinct financial years.Taking note of the GST framework, which mandates filing of returns with...