LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: July 25, 2026

IBC NCLT Delhi Rejects APS Infra Resolution Plan, Says Resolution Applicant Can't Retain PUFE RecoveriesIRP, RP Cannot Authorise Recovery Barred By IBC Moratorium: NCLT IndoreDefects In Board Resolution Authorising CIRP Plea Don't Invalidate Otherwise Valid Proceedings: NCLT JaipurNCLT Chandigarh Upholds Rejection Of ARCIL's ₹3,482 Crore Claim Against JCT Limited As Time-BarredIPR Delhi High Court Sets Aside Refusal Of Patent For Cancer Drug Combination, Orders Fresh ReviewMadras High Court...

Supreme Court Upholds MP Notification On Mining Lease Stamp Duty Computation Based On Anticipated Royalty

The Supreme Court has recently upheld the Madhya Pradesh Government's method of computing stamp duty on mining leases under its 1993 notification.Holding that the notification is not ultra vires Section 26 of the Indian Stamp Act, the court said stamp duty must be determined on the highest amount among anticipated royalty based on production, the quantity prescribed under Schedule III of the M.P. Minor Mineral Rules, 1961, or dead rent.A division bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice...

TRAI Can Enforce Regulations But Not Adjudicate Disputes Between Service Providers: Supreme Court

While TRAI can enforce its regulations, the court said only TDSAT can finally adjudicate disputes between service providers

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Prasar Bharati's Plea In Cricket Broadcast Rights Dispute With Stracon India

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by Prasar Bharati challenging a Delhi High Court judgment holding that it was contractually obliged to provide 135 days of international cricket under the Global Rights Agreement. The High Court had partly upheld an arbitral award in favour of Stracon India Ltd. while reducing the compensable shortfall from 17 days to seven. Pending adjudication of the petition, the Court permitted Stracon India Ltd to withdraw a...

LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: July 24, 2026

IBC NCLT Mumbai Dispenses With JSW Steel Unsecured Creditors' Meeting In Piombino Steel MergerNCLT Chandigarh Rejects Department's ₹975.56 Cr Claim Filed 1305 Days Late In Gupta Builders CIRPIPR Requiring AI Companies To Obtain Multiple Licences For LLM Training Would Be Economically Unviable: Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court Restrains Copyright Holders From Issuing Groundless Infringement Threats Against TVSOpenAI's Use Of ANI Content To Train ChatGPT Is Not Prima Facie Copyright Infringement:...

OpenAI's Use Of ANI Content To Train ChatGPT Is Not Prima Facie Copyright Infringement: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Asian News International's (ANI) plea for an interim injunction against OpenAI in its suit alleging copyright infringement over the alleged use of ANI's content to train ChatGPT. Justice Amit Bansal held that "ANI has failed to make out a prima facie case for grant of interim injunction." Ruling on four issues framed in the suit, with findings on the first and third issues delivered together, the Court upheld its territorial jurisdiction to hear the case...

Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Health Security Se National Security Cess Act On Pan Masala Manufacturers

While holding that Parliament was competent to enact the law, the court ruled that a cess based on production capacity instead of actual manufacture is unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Arbitrator Appointment In Adani-GSECL Coal Mining Tender Dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Gujarat High Court's judgment appointing a sole arbitrator to adjudicate disputes between Adani Enterprises Ltd. and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) arising out of the cancellation of a coal mining tender.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva dismissed GSECL's challenge to the Gujarat High Court's judgment of January 30, 2026, appointing Justice R.P. Dholaria (Retd.) as the sole...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Prayag Group Promoters In ₹2,862 Crore Money Laundering Case

The top court also questioned the ED over the nearly decade-long delay in registering a fresh ECIR that overlapped with the earlier prosecution.

Supreme Court Sets Aside TDSAT Ruling That Barred TRAI From Adjudicating Contractual Disputes Between Service Providers

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) appeal and set aside the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal's (TDSAT) judgment. TDSAT had held that TRAI lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes between service providers arising out of their contractual relationship, even where the dispute involved alleged breaches of TRAI regulations. It had consequently quashed TRAI's direction requiring Polimer Cable Network to restore television...

LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: July 23, 2026

COMPETITION LAW CCI Closes Antitrust Complaint Against Zomato Over Higher Food Prices, Platform FeeIBC IBC Moratorium Won't Extinguish Directors' Criminal Liability For Cheque Bounce: Punjab & Haryana HCNCLAT Stays IBBI Order Barring Insolvency Professional From Other CIRPs Despite Alleged Misconduct In One CaseSuspended Director Can Flag CIRP Violations But Not Question CoC's Commercial Wisdom: NCLT ChandigarhIPR Delhi High Court Restrains 14 More Websites From Using 'BETWAY' TrademarkDelhi...

CCI Closes Antitrust Complaint Against Zomato Over Higher Food Prices, Platform Fee

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday closed a complaint against Eternal Limited (formerly Zomato Limited), holding that allegations that the online food delivery platform abused its dominant position by charging higher food prices than restaurants, imposing platform and delivery fees, and adopting unfair pricing practices did not prima facie disclose any contravention of the Competition Act.A coram of Chairperson Ravneet Kaur and Members Sweta Kakkad and Deepak Anurag was...