Advancing Forensics Can Crack Cases Even After Decades, 'Never Too Late To Seek Truth': Delhi High Court Orders CBI Probe Into 2017 Death

The Delhi High Court has ordered Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into death of a 23-year-old hotel manager in 2017, while flagging lapses in the investigation conducted by the Delhi Police. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that there are various cases of crime where the investigations overcame the challenges and finally fructified after decades, due to advancements in...

Delhi High Court Cancels 'BLUE SPOT' Mark Of Local Spirits Company After Finding It Unused For Five Years

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of the trademark “BLUE SPOT” registered to Stardford Spirits Pvt. Ltd.,a local spirits company after finding that the alcohol brand had not been used for more than five years. In an order dated November 19, 2025, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora allowed a rectification petition filed by Irish Distillers International Limited, part of the...

Plea In Delhi High Court Alleges Govt Inaction Amid 'Hazardous' AQI Levels, Seeks Urgent Pollution Control Measures

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction on the city authorities to take effective measures, both immediate and long-term, for controlling and reducing air pollution levels and Air Quality Index (AQI).The plea has been filed by Greater Kailash-II Welfare Association, through its General Secretary- Sanjay Rana, through Advocate Udian Sharma. The petition states...

Delhi High Court Declines To Return Plaint In Sun Pharma's Trademark Suit Against Artura, Says Cause Of Action Partly Arose In Delhi

The Delhi High Court has refused to return the plaint in a trademark infringement and passing off suit filed by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., holding on a prima facie basis that part of the cause of action arose in Delhi through the defendant-Artura Pharmaceuticals' online presence. A single bench of Justice Tejas Karia, in an order dated November 24, 2025, held that the question...

Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Strengthen RBI Ombudsman Complaint System, Calls For Safeguards To Avoid Misuse

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued directions to strengthen the system to deal with customer complaints by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Ombudsman.Justice Prathiba M Singh said that the intent of all financial regulatory mechanisms, including banks, financial institutions and regulators, must be to put in place adequate safeguards to avoid misuse, take stringent actions against...

Delhi High Court Quashes Patent Office Order, Sends Trident's 'Air Rich Yarn' Patent Plea Back For Review

The Delhi High Court has overturned a Patent Office decision that refused Trident Limited a patent for its “air rich” yarn and fabric technology. The court said the Patent Office failed to properly examine the key feature of the invention, which is the “homogeneous distribution of pores across the radial cross-section of yarn”, and had not correctly assessed obviousness under...

Marketing For Foreign University Prima Facie Constitutes 'Export Of Services'; Entitled To GST Refund: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently said that a private consultancy providing marketing services to a foreign university is prima facie covered by its decision in Delhi Goods and Service Tax DGST v. Global Opportunities Private Limited (2025).Vide the said decision, the division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain had held that foreign education consultancy services to students...

Delhi High Court Upholds GST Notice Based On Income Tax Intelligence; Cautions Dept Against AI-Generated Fake Citations In SCN

The Delhi High Court in a writ petition has upheld Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued by the GST Department which was based on an intelligence, by the Income Tax Department The Division Bench, comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain held the challenge to the SCN as 'premature' and noted existence of a clandestine server that revealed a parallel accounting system and...

'High Threshold For Defamation, Must Prove Malice': Netflix Opposes In Delhi High Court Sameer Wankhede's Plea To Restrain Aryan Khan's Series

Netflix Entertainment on Thursday opposed before the Delhi High Court the defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in the Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayyar appearing for the OTT platform submitted before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav that the threshold of defamation in such...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actor Ajay Devgn, Orders Take Down Of Obscene Content

The Delhi High Court on Thursday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of bollywood actor Ajay Devgn.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora restrained the defendants from using the personality traits of the actor, including his images and other personal elements, without his consent.The defendants are also refrained from misusing the actor's personality traits through use...

Long-Pending GST Refund Appeals Hurt Businesses: Delhi High Court To Appellate Body

The Delhi High Court has observed that long pendency of GST appeals seeking tax refund can hurt financial front of businesses.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain made the observation while dealing the plea of a foreign education consultancy company, whose appeals for tax refund have been pending since four long years.The High Court had recently held that...

Apple Moves Delhi High Court Against CCI's 'Global Turnover' Penalty Rule; Claims Exposure To $38 Billion Penalty

Apple INC has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the amendment to the Competition Act, 2002, allowing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to impose penalties based on a company's global turnover.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will be hearing the matter on December 03. Apple has challenged the 2023 amendment to...