Can Customs Issue SCN For IGST Recovery? Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Customs & GST Dept; Seeks Joint Affidavit

The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a writ petition against the Show Cause Notice by the Customs Department, instead of the GST Department, for recovery of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) amounting to about Rs. 5 lakhs from the exporter. The Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain has listed the matter for February 24, 2026 while...

Delhi High Court Upholds Registration Of 'Amritsar Haveli' Marks; Rejects Challenge By Haveli Restaurant

The Delhi High Court has ruled that no restaurant can claim exclusive rights over the commonly used word “Haveli,” dismissing appeals by Haveli Restaurant and Resorts Ltd. and upholding the registration of the marks “Amritsar Haveli” and “The Amritsar Haveli” for food and restaurant services. In a judgment on November 24, 2025, Justice Tejas Karia ruled that the restaurant failed...

Insolvency Cannot Be Initiated Against Guarantor Under Section 7 Without Invoking Guarantee First: NCLT Kochi

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Kochi recently held that a financial creditor cannot directly initiate insolvency proceedings under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, against a corporate guarantor without first invoking the guarantee in accordance with the contract and without proceeding against the principal borrower. The tribunal therefore refused to...

Delhi High Court Protects 'Gold Flake' Mark Against Lookalike 'Gold Flame' and 'Gold Fighter' Cigarettes

The Delhi High Court on Monday confirmed a temperory injunction restraining Pelican Tobacco Co. Ltd. from manufacturing or selling its “Gold Flame” and “Gold Fighter” cigarettes, holding that their packaging and marks were deceptively similar to ITC Limited's well-known “Gold Flake” brand. A single bench of Justice Tejas Karia, in a judgment delivered on November 24, said Pelican...

Madras High Court Orders New PAN For Assessee After Dept-Issued Duplicate PAN Ruins CIBIL Score

The Madras High Court has directed the department to issue a fresh PAN (Permanent Account Number) to the assessee, who suffered adverse consequences because the defaulter holding the same PAN had a bad CIBIL. The bench held that the assessee cannot be made to bear serious CIBIL consequences arising from the Income Tax Department's duplicate PAN allotment. Justice C. Saravanan stated...

Voluntary Retirement Deemed Accepted If Not Rejected Within Stipulated Period; Subsequent Demand For Technical Resignation Invalid: Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla held that voluntary retirement is deemed automatically accepted if not expressly rejected within the stipulated period, and any subsequent demand for technical resignation cannot override a retirement that has already taken effect. Background Facts The employee was working as...

Delhi High Court Restrains Cosmetic Company From Copying Visage Beauty's O3+ Facial Kits Packaging And Mark

In a clash over look-alike facial kits, the Delhi High Court has granted Visage Beauty an interim injunction restraining Freecia Professional India from copying its packaging layout, usage instructions, ingredients text and from using the trademark 'DERMOMELAN'. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order on November 21 while hearing Visage Beauty & Healthcare...

Refusal Of Demand Notice By Guarantor Counts As Valid Service: NCLT Hyderabad

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Hyderabad has recently held that refusal by a personal guarantor to accept delivery of a demand notice constitutes valid and deemed service under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and has admitted the petition filed by STCI Finance Ltd. to initiate personal insolvency proceedings against Ramnath Nandakumar, personal guarantor of Natems...

Delhi High Court Protects 'Aaj Tak' Mark, Restrains News Agencies From Using It In Source Code And Meta Tags

The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained Amar Ujala and News18 from using the trademark 'Aaj Tak' in their website source code or as meta tags, after both companies informed the Court that they had already removed the infringing links and did not wish to contest the trademark suit filed by Living Media India Ltd, owner of the Aaj Tak news brand. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam...

IBC | Section 7 Application Can't Be Rejected For Curable Defects In Affidavit : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 24) observed that procedural defects in a Section 7 insolvency application under IBC, such as a defective affidavit, are curable and cannot be used as a basis for summary dismissal. “Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit in support of an application would, however, not render the very application non est and liable to be rejected on that ground as it...

NCLT Clears First Motion Toward Consolidation Of Mirae Asset Sharekhan's NBFC Operations

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has recently approved the initial application filed by Mirae Asset Sharekhan Financial Services Limited, the lending business formerly associated with stock broking company Sharekhan, for its merger with Mirae Asset Financial Services (India) Private Limited, facilitating consolidation of the Mirae Asset Group's non banking finance operations...

Orissa High Court Bars Coercive Action Against Tata Steel in ₹2,410 Crore Chrome Ore Dispute

The Orissa High Court on Friday restrained authorities from taking any coercive action against Tata Steel in connection with a Rs 2,410 crore demand over alleged shortfall in dispatch of chrome ore from its Sukinda Chromite Block, granting the company interim protection until the next hearing on December 3. In its November 21 order, the bench of the Chief Justice Harish Tandon and...