Delhi High Court Slaps ₹1 Lakh Cost On Litigant For Misusing Writ Jurisdiction To Stall DRT, NCLT Proceedings

The Delhi High Court recently imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh on a litigant while dismissing his writ petition that sought to halt proceedings pending before two Debts Recovery Tribunals and the National Company Law Tribunal. The Court held that the petitioner, Sanjeev Krishan Sharma, had failed to show any violation of fundamental rights, statutory mandate or natural justice that could...

Delhi High Court Slams GST Authorities For 'Mechanically' Cancelling Registration Of BoAt's Parent Company

The Delhi High Court has slammed the GST authorities for cancelling the registration of Imagine Marketing Ltd., the parent company of smart wearables brand boAt, without considering the company's replies.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain further criticised the GST Appellate Authority, which upheld the cancellation in a 'cavalier' manner. The judges...

GST Migration Not Taxpayer's Burden: Delhi HC Directs CESTAT To Hear Appeal After Pre-Deposit Was Made Under Excise Head Due To Portal Failure

The Delhi High Court has held that where the Service Tax portal had become non-functional after the migration to the GST regime, the taxpayer cannot be compelled to make the mandatory pre-deposit strictly under the Service Tax ledger for maintainability of an appeal. The Court observed that once the deposit has already gone to the Government exchequer under the Excise Head. A...

Delhi High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On Customs For “Harassing” Companies Importing Body Massagers

The Delhi High Court has slammed the Customs Department for “unnecessarily harassing” two entities involved in import of body massagers.Petitioners' import goods were confiscated for alleged mis-declaration of sex toys as body massagers. While ordering their provisional release, the Court had previously asked the Department to come up with a uniform policy permitting or prohibiting the...

Delhi High Court Finds No Similarity Between 'OPAL' and 'SHEOPAL'S' Mark, Denies Injunction to OPAL Cosmetics

The Delhi High Court has upheld a Commercial Court order refusing interim injunction to cosmetics brand OPAL, holding that its mark is not deceptively similar to “SHEOPAL'S,” a mark used by Sheopals Pvt. Ltd. (SPL), which also manufactures beauty and wellness products. Delivering judgment on November 26, 2025, a Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla...

Any Interpretation Diluting Commercial Courts Act Defeats Its Purpose; No Leniency For Litigants Who Protract Proceedings: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Commercial Courts Act was enacted with a specific aim of expediting commercial disputes and the processes adopted by them can't be in such a casual manner, so as to convert them into general civil suit.“Any interpretation of any legal provision that dilutes the provision would militate against the basic philosophy behind creation of...

'Forum Shopping': Red Chillies Argues Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit Against 'Bads Of Bollywood' Belongs In Bombay, Not Delhi High Court

Red Chillies Entertainment on Wednesday 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 Neeraj Kishan Kaul appearing for the production company submitted before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav that the suit...

Delhi High Court Protects Gaay Chhap Detergent, Restrains Use Of 'Gopal Gai Chhap' and 'Cow Brand' Marks

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of Gaay Chhap, a Kanpur-based detergent brand, restraining a Uttar Pradesh trader from using the marks “Gopal Gai Chhap” , “Cow Brand,” and similar labels for detergent soaps, cakes, and washing powders. Justice Tejas Karia passed the order on November 24, 2025, after finding that Gaay Chhap had shown prior and...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Academic Nitasha Kaul's Plea Challenging Cancellation Of OCI Card

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (November 26) issued notice on a plea filed by academic and writer Nitasha Kaul challenging the cancellation of her OCI card as well as prohibition on her travel to India. Justice Sachin Datta sought response of the Union Government within four weeks and listed the matter for hearing on January 28, 2026. Kaul has challenged the order passed on March 06...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Medilabo's Patent For Neurodegenerative-Disease Drug

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Patent Office order refusing Medilabo RFP's patent application for a pharmaceutical composition used in treating neurodegenerative diseases, holding that the authority rejected the application without examining the amended claims and without explaining how the invention fell within the bar on “methods of treatment” under Section 3(i) of the Patents...

High Court Refuses To Restrain Delhi Race Club From Enforcing 'Family Unit' Cap In Horse Races

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim order restraining the Delhi Race Club from enforcing 'family unit' cap qua the number of horses for races for Delhi Meeting 2025-2026. Justice Amit Bansal rejected the interim injunction filed by a horse owner- Ravinder Pal Singh Chauhan in his suit seeking to restrain the Club from enforcing the concept of 'family unit'. He...

Customs | Oral Waiver Of SCN Untenable In Law, Continued Detention Of Goods Illegal: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that continued detention or seizure of goods by the Customs Department would be untenable in law, where the Show Cause Notice or the personal hearing have been waived via an oral waiver.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain was dealing with a challenge to detention of Petitioner's gold chain weighing 54 grams.Briefly put, Petitioner...