Litigation
Madras High Court Quashes COVID-19 Lockdown Case As Time-Barred; Notes State Policy To Withdraw Such Cases
The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings arising out of alleged violations during the COVID-19 lockdown period, holding that the prosecution was barred by limitation and that the case ought to have been withdrawn in terms of the State Government's policy.Justice M. Nirmal Kumar allowed a Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and set aside the proceedings in S.T.C. No. 873 of 2025 pending before the Judicial Magistrate,...
Supreme Court Upholds Calcutta HC Order Refusing Stay On WB Election Webcasting Tender; SLP Dismissed
The Supreme Court of India on April 13, 2026 dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by I-Net Secure Labs Private Limited, thereby affirming the April 2, 2026 order of the Calcutta High Court which had refused to stay work orders issued in a tender for providing surveillance systems for live web streaming during the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, 2026.A Bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India and Justice Joymalya Bagchi held that no case for interference with the High...
NCLT Kolkata Dismisses Section 9 IBC Plea Against Bridge & Roof Co., Cites Pre-Existing Dispute Over Defective Work & Pending Final Bills
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Kolkata Bench-II, comprising Labh Singh (Member Judicial) and Rekha Kantilal Shah (Member Technical), has dismissed a Section 9 application filed by Cross Marketing (Operational Creditor) seeking initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd. (Corporate Debtor), holding that the petition was not maintainable due to the existence of a pre-existing dispute between the parties.The Tribunal...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Patanjali Foods' Plea Against Telangana Factory Zone Cancellation; Orders Status Quo
The Supreme Court has issued notice in a special leave petition filed by Patanjali Foods Limited challenging the cancellation and re-allotment of its factory zone in Suryapet district, Telangana, and directed the parties to maintain status quo in the meantime.A Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan passed the interim order on 9 February 2026 while hearing the petition arising out of proceedings before the Telangana High Court.The Court directed that notice be...
Karnataka HC Orders Status Quo In Commune-1 Dispute; Earlier Interim Stay On Maintenance By Co-operative Society To Continue
The Karnataka High Court has directed parties to maintain status quo in a dispute concerning the “Commune 1” residential apartment project at Marasur Village, Anekal Taluk, while staying further proceedings pursuant to a RERA order that permitted a Co-operative Society to take over the project.A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha, in Writ Appeal No. 1347 of 2025, passed an interim order directing that the earlier interim arrangement shall continue...
Scope Of Quashment Petition Distinct From Bail Cancellation For Violation Of Conditions: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has observed that the scope of a petition seeking quashment of criminal proceedings is entirely distinct from that of a petition seeking cancellation of bail on the ground of violation of bail conditions, and that an interim stay granted in a quashment petition cannot come in the way of proceedings relating to cancellation of bail.Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira made the observation while hearing a Criminal Original Petition filed by Alex Pandian seeking quashment of...
Delhi High Court Restores Interim Injunction In Favour Of Mold-Tek Packaging; Remands Patent Validity Issue For Fresh Consideration
The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla has partly set aside an order of the Commercial Court and restored the ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of Mold-Tek Packaging Ltd. in a patent infringement dispute against Neway Industries Pvt. Ltd.The Court clarified that once a prima facie case of patent infringement is established, the burden of raising a credible challenge to patent validity under Section 107 of the Patents...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction In Author–Publisher Copyright Dispute Involving 'Petits Pas' And 'Allez-y' Series
The Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Jyoti Singh, has set aside an arbitral order refusing interim relief in a copyright dispute between authors and a publishing house, holding that the Arbitrator's decision was perverse and failed to apply settled principles governing interim injunctions in intellectual property matters.The appeal arose from a dispute between the Appellants, Preeti Bhutani and another, and the Respondents, Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd. and others, concerning...
Calcutta High Court Orders Removal Of HSIL's “A Somany Enterprise” Trademark For Non-Use
The Calcutta High Court, exercising jurisdiction through its Intellectual Property Rights Division, by an order passed by Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, has directed the removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise” from the Register of Trade Marks on the ground of non-use.The Court allowed a trademark rectification petition filed by Somany Ceramics Limited under Sections 47 and 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, seeking removal of the registered device mark “A Somany Enterprise”,...
Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Injunction Against Unknown Entities for Running Fraudulent Investment Schemes Using 'SUEZ' Trademark
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favor of Suez International and its group companies, restraining unknown entities from using the "SUEZ" trademark to operate fraudulent investment schemes. The order, passed by Justice Tejas Karia on December 8, 2025, in CS(COMM) 1304/2025, targets a "John Doe" operation involved in trademark infringement and passing off.Factual BackgroundThe Plaintiffs have been active in the Indian water and waste-water management sector...
Cryptocurrency Blanket “Inducement” Allegations Don't Survive: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR
A recent decision of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) is a timely reminder that cryptocurrency-linked complaints do not dilute the basic criminal law threshold. Even where a complainant alleges a high-return “crypto/token” pitch and a large number of investors, the prosecution must still show, for each accused, what they actually did that amounts to cheating or criminal breach of trust. In this case, the Court quashed the FIR against four accused because the allegations against them stayed...
Delhi High Court Dismisses UoI Plea Against CAT Order Quashing Penalty Imposed On DRDO Scientist
The High Court of Delhi has dismissed a writ petition filed by the Union of India and others, upholding the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had set aside the penalty imposed on Dr. Anil Kumar Tyagi, a scientist previously serving in the Defence Institute of Advance Technology (DIAT).The Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Saurabh Banerjee found no reason to disagree with the Tribunal's finding, noting that the Disciplinary Authority's order imposing the...