Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Orders To Protect Actor Mohanlal's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday indicated that it will grant interim protection to the personality rights of Malayalam actor Mohanlal, while asking him to first place the allegedly infringing material on record. Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Mohanlal's request to bring additional parties into the case. The court also directed him to circulate a compilation of the offending links to all defendants. The matter returns after the court had earlier permitted the actor to withdraw his interim plea,...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Reliance's Alleged $1.55 Billion Gas Theft From ONGC

The Bombay High Court on Friday (March 27) dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani over alleged siphoning of natural gas worth over USD 1.55 billion from ONGC wells in the Krishna-Godavari Basin.The plea was filed by Jitendra P. Maru, an Indian citizen, urging the court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Union of India to take action. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam...

LiveLawBiz: Corporate Legal News Daily Round-Up: March 26, 2026

IBC NCLAT Flags Petty Litigation By Income Tax Dept, Calls For CBDT Policy Action In IBC CaseAfter CIRP Begins, IRP Represents Corporate Debtor; Bombay HC Dismisses Suspended Director's Writ Over NCLT OrderLimitation For Continuing Guarantee Runs From Enforceable-Demand Notice, Not Execution: NCLAT New DelhiNCLAT New Delhi Upholds NCLT Order Cancelling Anil Syal Property Auction Over Procedural LapsesLimitation To File Appeal Under IBC Begins From Date Of Pronouncement In Open Court: NCLAT New...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Dynamic Injunction Against Illegal Streaming Of TATA IPL 2026

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad interim injunction in favour of JioStar India Private Limited restraining unauthorized streaming and broadcasting of the TATA IPL 2026 event, holding that the company had made out a prima facie case for protection of its exclusive broadcast rights.The 2026 IPL season is scheduled to commence in two days on March 28. By an order dated March 25, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the plaintiff had been assigned exclusive digital...

Re-Colouring Facts As Public Policy Ground Not Enough To Resist Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Award: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday held that enforcement of foreign arbitral awards cannot be resisted under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, on a party's plea re-characterizing factual disputes as issues of public policy, particularly as courts cannot re-examine awards on merits at the enforcement stage. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Vinod Chandran dismissed Special Leave Petitions filed by Nagaraj V. Mylandla and Sharada Mylandla...

SARFAESI, RDB And PMLA Must Be Reconciled; Recovery Laws Cannot Prevail Over PMLA: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur recently held that the provisions of the SARFAESI Act and the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act do not override the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, observing that the statutes operate in different fields and must be interpreted so as to reconcile their provisions without defeating the object of the PMLA.A division bench of Justices M. S. Jawalkar and Nandesh S. Deshpande held, “The objective of the legislation in PMLA being distinct from the purposes of two...

Can Copyright Be Claimed Over AI-Generated Song? Delhi High Court To Examine In Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday raised doubts over whether a song generated using artificial intelligence can receive copyright protection under Indian law. The court was hearing a copyright infringement suit filed by songwriter-producer Tarun Chaudhary, who claims that a song whose rights he purchased was infringed by the defendants.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed during the hearing that the legal position on AI-generated works remains unsettled, remarking, “There is no judgment on AI,"...

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

IBC Recovery Falls Under IBC Once Dues Are Crystallised Even If Action Originates Under Securities Law: NCLATSuccessive Fraud Plea Not Maintainable Under IBC After Finality Of CIRP Admission: NCLAT ChennaiNCLT Chandigarh Orders Promoters Responsible For Insolvency To Vacate Majestic Hotels' PropertyAfter Submitting EoI Under RFRP, Resolution Applicant Cannot Question Its Clauses: NCLATLimitation Act Cannot Extend Time To Appeal Against Liquidator's Rejection Of Claim Under IBC: NCLATIBC Cannot...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Excise Demand On RCF, Says Exemption On Naphtha Depends On Intended Use

The Supreme Court has set aside central excise duty demands raised against Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd over alleged wrongful availment of exemption on Naphtha procured for use in the manufacture of fertilizer, holding that in the facts of the case the benefit of the exemption notification could not be denied merely because the fuel was used in a common steam generation plant supplying different units of the factory.The case arose from a series of show cause notices issued over...

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On Sale Of Dr Reddy's 'Olympic' Drug In Novo Nordisk's 'Ozempic' Trademark Suit

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed status quo on the sale and distribution of Dr. Reddy's anti-diabetic drug marketed under the mark “Olympic”, after Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk filed a trademark infringement suit alleging deceptive similarity with its globally known diabetes drug “Ozempic”. Novo Nordisk approached the court, claiming that Dr. Reddy's had begun promotional activities and was on the verge of launching, or had already launched, a semaglutide injection under...

Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Gautam Gambhir's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will pass an interim order to protect the personality rights of Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir. Justice Jyoti Singh observed during the hearing that most of the URLs identified in the suit had already been made inaccessible by intermediaries such as Meta, Google/YouTube, Amazon, and Flipkart, and said the injunction would be confined to specific links placed on record. The matter had earlier been adjourned after the court flagged that the...

Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Ruling Granting Electricity Duty Relief To Reliance, Other Captive Power Industries

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court's 2009 rulings that had granted electricity duty relief on captive power generation to industries, including Reliance Industries Ltd., for the period between 2000 and 2005.The appeals challenged the Bombay High Court judgments dated October 5, 2009, and November 7, 2009, which had quashed state notifications withdrawing exemption and allowed full electricity duty relief to industries for the intervening period. A bench of Justices...