OYO Moves Supreme Court Against Gujarat HC Ruling On Arbitral Award Execution In Dispute with Meridian Hotels

OYO Hotels and Homes Pvt Ltd has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Gujarat High Court ruling that declined to interfere with execution proceedings enforcing an arbitral award in favour of Meridian Hotels Pvt Ltd in a dispute arising out of a hotel management agreement. The matter is likely to be heard on May 11 by a bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe. The ruling under challenge was delivered on February 19, 2026. The dispute stems from a 2018 Management Services...

SBI Back In Reliance Infratel CoC As Supreme Court Sets Aside NCLAT Order Excluding Consortium Lenders

The Supreme Court of India has allowed the appeal filed by the State Bank of India against an October 14, 2022 order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, which had upheld the exclusion of SBI and other lenders from the Committee of Creditors (CoC) in the insolvency of Reliance Infratel Limited.A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe set aside the NCLAT ruling and restored the status of lenders claiming under corporate guarantees as financial creditors and directed their...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Delhi HC Ruling That Patent Revocation Plea Survives Expiry

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea challenging a Delhi High Court ruling that a patent revocation petition remains maintainable and survives even after expiry of the patent and is not barred merely because an invalidity defence is raised in a parallel infringement suit. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe issued notice on the special leave petition filed by by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and listed the matter for final disposal on May 25, 2026 The case...

Supreme Court Stays Arbitration In ₹36.53 Crore AP E-Challan Dispute Involving Digi Yatra Developer

The Supreme Court recently stayed further arbitration proceedings in a Rs. 36.53 crore dispute between the Andhra Pradesh government and Dataevolve Solutions Pvt. Ltd., the developer of the Digi Yatra app, over settlement of accounts under an e-challan software contract. A Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi issued notice on the State's special leave petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order appointing a...

Supreme Court Stays NCLAT Ruling That Set Aside CCI's Clean Chit To Chettinad Coal Terminal

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a ruling of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal that had set aside the Competition Commission of India order clearing Chettinad International Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (CICTPL) of abuse of dominance in the market for provision of common user coal terminal services at Kamarajar Port, while issuing notice in the matter.The top court was hearing a plea filed by CICTPL against the NCLAT's January 21, 2026 judgment, which had overturned the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Madras HC Ruling That Contempt Can't Enforce Unquantified Royalty

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with a Madras High Court ruling that contempt proceedings were not maintainable where royalty claims had not been quantified, holding that non-payment of an unascertained amount cannot amount to willful disobedience. Dismissing the Special Leave Petitions filed by the South India Music Companies Association (SIMCA), a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said, “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment(s)...

Unsuccessful Party Can Seek Interim Relief Under Arbitration Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Friday held that any party to an arbitration agreement, including one that has been unsuccessful in arbitral proceedings and has no enforceable award in its favour, is entitled to seek interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. It clarified that such relief can be sought at the post-award stage but before enforcement. A Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manoj Misra observed that “Section 9 of the Act commences with the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Ideal Jawa Liquidator's Plea Against Classic Legends Over Yezdi Trademark

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea by the liquidator of Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd. challenging a Karnataka High Court ruling that allowed Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. and its founder Boman R. Irani to use the 'Yezdi' trademark after holding that the company no longer retained rights over it.The high court had found that the trademark had lapsed and that goodwill could not survive once the underlying business had ceased operations.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices...

Supreme Court Dismisses Customs Challenge Against ITC Ltd Over Quicklime Classification

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Customs Department's challenge against ITC Ltd, upholding a ruling that treated imported “quicklime” as an industrial form of lime rather than a chemically pure compound. The classification turned on whether the product, containing about 92% calcium oxide, could be considered a high-purity chemical.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan found no grounds to interfere with the CESTAT Kolkata Bench order dated June 20, 2025, which had held in favour...

Insolvency Process Has Far-Reaching Consequences, Cannot Be Used To Enforce Money Decrees: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot be invoked as a substitute for execution of a civil court decree. A Bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe observed that, “The insolvency process is a remedy with far-reaching consequences and must be reserved for cases of genuine insolvency or financial distress, not for the enforcement of money decrees.” The Division Bench allowed an appeal against a...

RBI Approval Needed To Enforce Foreign Decree Where FERA Regime Applies: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday clarified that enforcement of a foreign decree arising from a transaction governed by India's foreign exchange regulatory regime would require prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), where such approval is mandated under the governing statutory framework. A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe held that while there is no prohibition on the initiation of proceedings or determination of liability based on a foreign decree,...

Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With Calcutta High Court IT Order Favouring Britannia

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with a tax department plea against Britannia Industries Ltd, upholding a Calcutta High Court ruling that had set aside a Income Tax revision order. The dispute concerned the valuation of property acquired by the company and deductions claimed for statutory dues such as taxes.A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, while declining to interfere with the High Court's order, kept the interpretation of Section 56(2)(x) of the...