Graphical User Interfaces Not Automatically Excluded From Registration Under Designs Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are not automatically excluded from protection under the Designs Act and may qualify as registrable designs if they satisfy the statutory requirements. A GUI is the visual interface of a digital device or software that allows users to interact with it through icons, buttons and menus instead of typing text commands. A single bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur ruled that the Controller of Designs had adopted an...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Search Powers Over Digital Devices Under Income Tax Act, 1961, And 2025 Act

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the search and seizure powers over digital devices under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and its corresponding provision, Section 247 of the Income Tax Act, 2025, which is set to come into force from April 1, 2026.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, however, permitted the petitioner to submit a representation to the Government of India seeking...

Fox Mandal & Company Takes ₹3.9 Crore Service Tax Dispute To Supreme Court

Fox Mandal & Company has moved the Supreme Court against a CESTAT order in a service tax case involving demands of about ₹3.9 crore against the law firm. A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe will hear the special leave petition on April 6 after the petitioner's counsel sought time to place an additional annexure relating to reconciliation issues raised in the pleaThe dispute arose from service tax proceedings initiated against the law firm under the pre-GST...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With ₹1,950 Crore NSEL Settlement For Traders Hit By 2013 Default

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the approval of a Rs 1,950-crore settlement scheme for traders affected by the 2013 default at National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), dismissing an appeal challenging orders of the NCLT and the NCLAT that had cleared the plan.A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe declined to interfere with the NCLAT's January 15, 2026 decision upholding the NCLT Mumbai's November 28, 2025 order approving the scheme of arrangement...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Weekly Digest: 1st March- 8th March, 2026

Nominal IndexVedanta Limited v. Sunflag Iron & Steel Company Limited, 2026 LLBiz SC 100TDI International India Ltd v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 212Renaissance Buildcon Company Pvt Ltd & Ors. v. Tarjinder Kumar Bansal & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 234Khurana Educational Society (Regd.) v. Smt. Shashi Bala, 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 236Sadguru Engineers And Allied Services Pvt Ltd v. National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC...

ACJM Not Subordinate To CJM In Judicial Functions In SARFAESI Possession Proceedings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate is competent to entertain applications under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, ruling that the magistrate exercises judicial powers at par with a Chief Judicial Magistrate. Section 14 allows a secured creditor (bank/financial institution) to seek assistance from a magistrate to take physical possession of secured assets when a borrower defaults.A coram of Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke dismissed a criminal application filed...

LiveLawBiz IPR Weekly Digest: March 01 - March 07, 2026

HIGH COURTSDelhi High CourtDelhi High Court Sets Aside Order Reviving Opposition To IBM's “TIVOLI” Trademark ApplicationCase Title: International Business Machines Corporation v. Tivoli Gardens & Anr. Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 45/2025 & IA Nos.19415/2025 & 26937/2025 Citation: 2026 LLBiz HC (DEL) 214The Delhi High Court has recently set aside an order of the Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks that permitted Tivoli Gardens to revive its opposition to International Business...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: 1st March- 8th March, 2026

Nominal IndexThe Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (KER) 37R.D.B. Builders Private Limited & Anr. v. The State of West Bengal & Others, 2026 LLBiz HC (CAL) 61Seekha Cecelia Gomes v. Ocean Seven Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA (HR) 34Mahanagar Realty v. Ganga Ishanya Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 107Uppal Chadha Hi-Tech Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Uttar Pradesh Real Estate...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Monthly Digest: February 2026

Nominal IndexR. Savithri Naidu v. The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. & Anr., 2026 LLBiz SC 66Aspek Media Pvt Ltd & Ors. vs Entertainment City Ltd, 2026 LLBiz SC 68Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd vs Thermax Ltd, 2026 LLBiz SC 70Asad Mueed & Ors. vs Jamia Hamdard Deemed to Be University, 2026 LLBiz SC 65Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd vs Punjab State Power Corporation, 2026 LLBiz SC 72A2Z Infraservices Ltd & Anr vs Quippo Infrastructure Ltd & Ors, 2026 LLBiz SC 60National...

LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: March 07, 2026

IBC NCLT Delhi Orders Liquidation Of Hero Electric Vehicles After Creditors Fail To Approve Resolution PlanNCLAT Reaffirms IBC Proceedings Against Personal Guarantor Not Barred By SARFAESI ActionCompromise Scheme Under Companies Act Can Be Considered Only In Liquidation, Not During CIRP: NCLT KochiIPR Karnataka High Court Allows Wacom To Collect Evidence From Bengaluru-Based Company For US Patent SuitDelhi High Court Sets Aside Refusal Of Jindal Steel's 'JSP' Trademark, Orders Fresh...

LiveLawBiz IBC Weekly Digest: March 2 To March 7

HIGH COURT Single Judicial Member Of NCLT Can Pass Orders If Authorised By President: Kerala High CourtCase Title : K.N. Narayanan v. The Registrar of Kochi Bench and Anr. Case Number : WP(C) NO. 5934 OF 2026 CITATION : 2026 LLBiz HC (KER) 45The Kerala High Court on 18 February, held that a Single Member of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) can pass orders if the President of the Tribunal specifically authorises them under the proviso to Section 419(3) of...

ITAT Delhi Upholds Tax Incentive For Big Babol, Mentos Maker Perfetti's Uttarakhand Unit

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has upheld the order allowing confectionery manufacturer Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd. to claim tax deduction under Section 80-IC of the Income Tax Act on profits from its Rudrapur manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand. Section 80-IC grants profit-linked tax incentives to manufacturing units located in notified industrial areas of certain states, including Uttarakhand, subject to specified conditions. A bench of Judicial Member...