Delhi High Court
Must Stop 'Unabashed Abuse' Of Protected Content: Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Plus Injunction Against Piracy Of 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
The Delhi High Court has granted Dynamic+ injunction in favour of British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform Dazn Limited, restraining rogue websites from infringing its exclusive rights to air FIFA Club World Cup 2025, being played in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025.In doing so, Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed,“The present case, prima facie, appears...
Non-Compete Clause Can't Curtail Right Of Employee To Get Employment After Notice Period: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 25) held that terms the of an employment contract that impose restriction on the right of employee to get employed post-termination of contract are 'void', for being contrary to Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act.Section 27 declares agreements in restraint of trade as void.Justice Tejas Karia held that after termination of employment, the...
Delhi High Court Seeks HDFC's Response On Customer's Plea Alleging ₹74 Lakhs Fraud Transaction Through Unauthorised 'Virtual Debit Card'
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Reserve Bank of India, RBI Banking Ombudsman and the HDFC Bank on a customer's plea alleging that he was defrauded of ₹74 lakhs, by creation of a virtual debit card without his authorisation.Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the respondents to file their counter-affidavits in the matter in four weeks.As per Petitioner-Manmohan Kumar,...
'No Intention To Infringe': Lenskart Tells Delhi High Court Over 'Mistake' In Using Titan's Trademarks On Website & As Meta Tags
Indian multinational eyewear company Lenskart recently admitted to its mistake in using Tata owned eyewear brand Titan's trademarks on its website and in meta tags.Titan Company Limited had sued Peyush Bansal's Lenskart for infringement of its trademarks Titan, Titan Eye+ and Fastrack.The company claimed that its registered marks are used on Lenskart's website and also as meta tags to the...
'Exclusivity May Vanish': Delhi High Court While Granting Interim Relief To Volvo Against Knock-Off Indian Buses
The Delhi High Court recently issued an ex-parte ad interim injunction restraining a bus manufacturer and two inter-city bus service providers, from infringing the 'grille slash' trademark of Sweden-based renowned Volvo buses.Justice Amit Bansal noted that the Defendants deliberately and dishonestly created buses bearing lookalike of Volvo's trademark to encash upon the company's good...
High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan's Bail Plea In MCOCA Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Delhi Police on a plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan seeking bail in a case registered against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, related to an alleged organised crime.Vacation judge Justice Manoj Jain issued notice to the Delhi Police on Balyan's fresh regular bail plea....
Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTube Channel Using Deepfake Impersonations Of Aaj Tak's Anjana Om Kashyap
The Delhi High Court has ordered Google LLC to take down a “fake” YouTube channel using news clipping, videos and deepfake impersonations of Anjana Om Kashyap, anchor and Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Aaj Tak news channel. Vacation judge Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that such fake YouTube pages or fake profiles being made using the goodwill of Kashyap and the news...
Once AO Scrutinises Identity & Creditworthiness Of Shareholders, No Reassessment Action Without 'Additional Info' About Income Escapement: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court recently rejected Revenue's appeal against deletion of additions made to the income of an assessee-company alleged to have evaded tax, observing that the AO had already scrutinised the identity and creditworthiness of the shareholders and in the absence of any additional material coming to light, reassessment action could not have been initiated.A division bench of...
Reassessment Notice Can't Be Based On 'General Information' From Investigation Wing Of Income Tax Dept: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the Income Tax Department cannot issue reassessment notice to an assessee based on general information shared by its Investigation Wing, until the Assessing Officer forms definite 'reason to believe' escapement of income.A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia observed,“It is clear from the information received from the...
Threshold Of 'Deceptive Similarity' Is Lower For Food Products: Delhi HC Directs Swiggy, Zomato To Delist Restaurants Infringing Domino's Trademark
The Delhi High Court has restrained fifteen entities from infringing the trademark of famous pizza chain Domino's or its erstwhile trade name Dominick's Pizza, by using deceptively similar marks.In doing so, Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that in disputes involving edible products, the threshold for establishing deceptive similarity is lower than that applied in other cases.“In essence,...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against 'Excessive' Counselling Fee For CLAT-PG, No Interim Relief
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the “excessive” counselling fee to be paid by candidates for admissions to Common Law Admission Test Post-Graduate (CLAT-PG) courses.Vacation judge Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought response of the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), Bar Council of India (BCI) and University Grants Commission (UGC).The plea has...
Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Laying New Sewer Line Across AIIMS To Prevent Water-Logging In Green Park Extension, Surrounding Areas
The Delhi High Court has issued directions for laying down a new sewer line across AIIMS premises to control the waterlogging in Green Park Extension and surrounding areas in the national capital.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that the new sewer line is required to be laid across AIIMS Residential complex, considering...