LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: April 28, 2026

ARBITRATION OYO Moves Supreme Court Against Gujarat HC Ruling On Arbitral Award Execution In Dispute with Meridian HotelsLimitation No Ground To Refuse Arbitration Reference Unless Claim Is Clearly Time- Barred: J&K&L High CourtMadras High Court Sets Aside Rental Loss In Arbitral Award Against VLCC In Lease DisputeDelhi High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award In Samsung–PTC Dispute Over Unilateral Arbitrator AppointmentDelhi High Court Upholds Award For HCL Technologies, Rejects Time...

LiveLawBiz Indirect Tax Weekly Round-Up: April 20 - April 26, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Ruling In Tata Steel Case, Upholds Entry Tax On H.R. SheetsCase Title : TATA STEEL PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION LTD Versus THE COMMISSIONER COMMERCIAL TAX Case Number : Diary No. 12365 of 2026The Supreme Court of India on Monday declined to interfere with a ruling of the Allahabad High Court that hot rolled (H.R.) coils and H.R. sheets are not the same commodity, and that tax exemption available to coils cannot be claimed for sheets, thereby...

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...

Stamp Duty Is A Fiscal Measure To Secure Revenue; Cannot Be Used To Defeat Creditors' Claims: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Monday held that stamp duty law cannot be used as a weapon to defeat creditor claims, ruling that defects in stamping are curable and do not invalidate corporate guarantees.A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe set aside the March 2, 2021 order of the NCLT and the October 14, 2022 judgment of the NCLAT, which had rejected the claims of the SBI-led consortium of lenders against Reliance Infratel Ltd. on grounds including insufficient...

Delhi Court Directs Saregama To Pay ₹5 Lakh To Singer Anamika Over Song Takedown In Copyright Dispute

The District Court at Saket, New Delhi, has recently awarded Rs. 5 lakh in nominal damages to singer Anamika Sood after her song “Ferrareee” was wrongfully taken down following a copyright strike by Saregama. The court also declared her the author and owner of the sound recording, turning down Saregama India Ltd's claim of infringement. In a judgment delivered on April 18, 2026, District Judge Neelam Singh found that Saregama could not show any substantial similarity between Sood's track...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With ₹66.31 Lakh Award In Favour Of Aakash In Coaching Franchise Dispute

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Paramount Learning Solutions in a franchise dispute involving an Aakash Educational Services Ltd. coaching centre. It declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court's judgment of August 7, 2025, which had upheld an arbitral award in favour of Aakash. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe declined to interfere with the High Court's ruling. The High Court had affirmed an arbitral award relating to the operation of an Aakash...

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...

LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: April 27, 2026

COMPETITION LAW Supreme Court Stays NCLAT Ruling That Set Aside CCI's Clean Chit To Chettinad Coal TerminalDEBT RECOVERY LAWS DRAT Can Recall Appeal Dismissed For Pre-Deposit Non-Compliance: Patna High CourtIBC Public Announcement Under IBC Sufficient, Individual Notice Not Required: Allahabad High CourtIBC Overrides Electricity Act In Conflict, Pre-CIRP Dues Cannot Be Enforced: Allahabad High CourtIBC Offences Triable Only By Special Court Where Company's Registered Office Is Located: Madhya...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: April 20 - April 25, 2026

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Madras HC Ruling That Contempt Can't Enforce Unquantified RoyaltyCase Title: THE SOUTH INDIA MUSIC COMPANIES ASSOCIATION & ANR vs ASHIT KUKIAN & ANR. Case Number: Special Leave to Appeal(C) No(s). 11268-11270/2026The 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...

LiveLawBiz Direct Tax Weekly Round-Up: April 20 - April 26, 2026

HIGH COURTSBombay HCBombay High Court Allows Delay Condonation For Charitable Trust IT Filing, Attributes Delay To CA LapseCase Title : Mahaveer Pratishthan Vs The Commissioner of Exemption, Pune & Anr Case Number : WRIT PETITION NO. 8536 OF 2024 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM) 228The Bombay High Court has set aside an order rejecting a charitable trust's request to excuse a delay in filing Form 10, holding that a lapse on the part of its Chartered Accountant could not be used to deny the...

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...