Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With Dismissal of Senior Auditor In CAG Office

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a former Senior Auditor in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In doing so, the court refused to interfere with his dismissal from service imposed in 2005. A Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal rejecting S.C. Vohra's challenge to the disciplinary proceedings and the penalty of dismissal. At the outset, the bench...

Police Can't Debit-Freeze Accounts Without Magistrate's Order: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Malabar Gold

The Delhi High Court has directed the immediate defreezing of bank accounts of Malabar Gold and Diamond Limited, noting that the respondents were unable to demonstrate any complicity of the company in an alleged cyber fraud. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the continued freezing and withholding of the company's accounts, without following the procedure prescribed in law, could not be justified. The court, relying on an earlier order of the court, observed that freezing bank...

Supreme Court Grants Time As Telsonic, Roop Ultrasonix Explore Settlement Over Rights Issue

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted additional time to the parties in a dispute between Telsonic Holding AG and Roop Ultrasonix Ltd after they informed the court that they were trying to reach an amicable settlement. The court was hearing appeals filed by Telsonic Holding AG challenging a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that had set aside an earlier ruling of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai relating to a rights issue by Roop Ultrasonix. A bench of...

Garments Are Not Copyrightable Works: Punjab and Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Over Sale Of Fake Raymond

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently quashed a criminal case registered against an Ambala-based garment trader for allegedly selling fake clothing branded as “Raymond,” holding that garments do not constitute a “work” protected under the Copyright Act, 1957.Justice Manisha Batra, in an order dated January 23, 2026, allowed a petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, by Davinder Pal Bakshi, proprietor of Ambala-based garment business Bakshi...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Union's Appeal Against Bombay High Court Ruling On IGST Penalties

The Supreme Court recently issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Union government challenging a Bombay High Court ruling, which held that, prior to a 2024 amendment, the Customs Tariff Act did not permit the levy of interest, penalty, confiscation, or redemption fine on Integrated Goods and Services Tax collected on imported goods.A bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order after hearing the Additional Solicitor General for the Revenue and...

Arbitration Award Challenge Not Inadmissible Solely For Lack Of Condonation Of Delay Plea: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently reiterated that a challenge to an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act does not become not maintainable merely because it is not accompanied by a separate application seeking condonation of delay. The court said what matters is whether the party has, in the petition itself, set out reasons for the delay or sought the benefit of limitation law, and whether the court has applied its mind to those pleadings. Justice...

Delhi High Court Makes Interim Ban Permanent Against 24 Websites Streaming ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained 24 rogue websites from unauthorizedly streaming, disseminating, or communicating matches of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, holding that the platforms infringed Star India Private Limited's exclusive broadcasting and reproduction rights.In a judgment dated January 15, 2026, Justice Jyoti Singh passed a decree of permanent injunction, noting that none of the identified websites appeared before the Court or filed written statements despite being duly...

Supreme Court Stays Probe Into Exclusive Capital, Allows NCLAT Proceedings To Continue

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the investigation ordered into the affairs of Exclusive Capital Limited, an NBFC, while issuing notice in an appeal filed by the company and its promoters. It, however, clarified that the proceedings pending before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal have not been stayed and would continue in accordance with law. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran directed that the investigation initiated pursuant to the order passed by the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court Order Quashing SFIO Probe Into Moser Baer

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court's decision quashing a Serious Fraud Investigation Office probe into Moser Baer India Limited, holding that the High Court committed no error in setting aside the government's order directing the investigation. A Division Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N.V. Anjaria dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Karanartham Viramah Foundation. After hearing the petitioner, the Bench said it was...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Award Against Kotak Securities Over Unauthorised Share Sale

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed an appeal by Kotak Securities Limited and declined to interfere with an arbitral award holding the broker liable for unauthorised sale of shares and wrongful charging of interest. A bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha upheld the findings of the arbitral tribunal as well as the commercial court. The court found no merit in Kotak's attempt to reopen the dispute by advancing a new case at the appellate stage. “We do not consider it...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Recall Arbitrator Appointment In Vedanta–Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Dispute

The Delhi High Court has rejected Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.'s claim that it lacked jurisdiction to appoint an arbitrator in its dispute with Vedanta Limited, after GSPC argued that a foreign joint venture partner had been deliberately left out of the proceedings. Justice Subramonium Prasad held that the jurisdictional objection, which was raised through a recall application, could not be examined at this stage because the arbitral tribunal is still considering whether Vedanta's...

Delhi High Court Upholds Injunction Barring Canva's 'Present and Record' Feature In India

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld an interim injunction barring Canva from offering its “Present and Record” feature in India. Canva operates a widely used online graphic design and content creation platform. The court rejected the platform's appeal against the Single Judge's July 18, 2023, order passed in favour of RxPrism Health Systems Private LimitedA Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla pronounced the judgment on January 28, 2026, dismissing...