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Delhi High Court Dismisses The Telegraph's Appeal Against ITC Hotel's Suit Over Allegedly Defamatory News
The Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed the appeals preferred by ABP Pvt Ltd, publisher of The Telegraph, in a defamation case filed by ITC Hotels back in 2004.The defamation case pertains to an allegedly defamatory news article carried out by The Telegraph against ITC's former chairperson Yogesh Chander Deveshwar.While YCD filed a defamation suit against the English daily in Calcutta...
Delhi High Court Restrains Websites Enabling Illegal Downloads Of Saregama India's Copyrighted Music
The Delhi High Court has recently restrained several online sites that facilitate “stream-ripping” (illegal downloading) of music, barring them from downloading, reproducing, or distributing copyrighted songs and recordings owned by Saregama India Limited. The injunction will remain in effect until February 27, 2026.The order was passed by Justice Tejas Karia on November 10, 2025, in a...
Suspension Of Proceedings By Arbitrator For Non-Payment Of Revised Fees Amounts To Effective Withdrawal From Office: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that an arbitrator who suspended the proceedings indefinitely on the ground of non-payment of revised fees and thereafter failed to conduct hearings must be deemed to have withdrawn from office under section 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act). The court further held that the arbitrator's mandate had also expired by efflux of...
Auction Purchaser Cannot Seek Reclassification of NPA In A Manner That Affects Creditor's Rights: NCLAT
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at New Delhi, has recently ruled that a successful auction purchaser cannot demand the reclassification of a corporate debtor's loan from Non-Performing Asset (NPA) to “standard” if it impacts a financial creditor's rights against the debtor's personal guarantors. The bench of Justice N Seshasayee and Technical Member Indevar...
Delhi High Court Rejects FMC's Plea to Block Natco Insecticide Over Patent Dispute
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed an application by FMC Corporation seeking to restrain Natco Pharma Limited from manufacturing and selling its insecticidal product “Cyantraniliprole 10.26% OD.” FMC alleged that Natco's product used a chemical intermediate covered by Claim 12 of its patent IN'645, which is set to expire on December 6, 2025.A sinhle bench of Justice Mini...
Kerala High Court Directs GST Department To Ensure No Tax Evasion In Frozen Chicken Sale
Disposing of a writ petition alleging that frozen chicken was being sold at 0% GST instead of the applicable 5%, the Kerala High Court recently directed the GST department to ensure that no tax evasion takes place. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. also noted that the State GST Department was already investigating the matter. Hence, the Court disposed of the writ petition filed by the...
NCLAT Restores Promoters' Right To Bid In JC World Hospitality Resolution Process
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has recently overturned a July 2025 order of the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi, that had declared the promoters of JC World Hospitality Pvt Ltd ineligible to submit resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The Bench of Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Barun Mitra restored the promoters' resolution plan...
Invention Requiring Destruction Of Human Embryos Not Patentable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday upheld the Patent Office's rejection of a patent application on the grounds that the invention involved the destruction of human embryos and was therefore unethical and contrary to public order and morality.A single bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, affirming the Patent Office's decision to reject the invention under Section 3(b) of the Patents Act,...
Order Merely Issuing Notice on Interim Injunction Not Appealable: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently reaffirmed that an order merely issuing notice on an application for interim injunction under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) does not constitute an appealable order under Section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.The Division Bench, comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, dismissed an appeal filed...
S.74 Finance Act Cannot Be Invoked To Seek Redetermination Of Service Tax Liability: Bombay High Court
On November 14th, 2025, the High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad dismissed a writ petition filed by M/s Suman Construction (“assessee” hereinafter), a government-registered civil contractor, which had challenged the service tax demand raised on road construction works for government departments. The principal issue before the Court was whether the assessee could invoke...
Award Holder Cannot Claim Compound Interest When Tribunal Grants Only Simple Interest In Arbitral Award: Meghalaya High Court
The Meghalaya High Court set aside an order of the Commercial Court, Shillong which had accepted the calculation of the award holder's method of calculating interest and directed Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) to pay the remaining amount under an arbitral award. The Court held that the Executing Court had effectively modified the award by permitting computation of...
Income Tax Act | Co-operative Societies Not Engaged In Banking Not Entitled To TDS Exemption U/S 194A(3)(iii): Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that co-operative societies not engaged in banking are not entitled to TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) exemption under section 194A (3)(iii) of the Income Tax Act. Section 194A(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides exemptions from TDS on interest for certain persons or institutions. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. was dealing with a petition...