Virtual Services Rendered By Foreign Law Firms In India Not Taxable Under India-Singapore DTAA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that in the absence of any physical presence, virtual services rendered by a foreign law firm in India would not constitute taxable service under India-Singapore Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar observed,“Article 5(6) of the DTAA only contemplates rendering of services by employees present within...

'Revenge Is A Powerful Instinct': Delhi High Court Cites S.8 Evidence Act To Uphold Conviction Of Sentry For Killing Colleague

While upholding the conviction of a sentry for vengeful murder of his colleague, the Delhi High Court observed that revenge is a powerful, instinctual and momentarily rewarding emotional response that rarely translates into genuine, lasting peace or well-being. Cautioning the citizens against giving into such emotions, a division bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav further observed,“While revenge can provide a temporary rush of satisfaction by resorting to a perceived...

Delhi High Court Cautions GST Dept Against Errors In Mentioning Financial Years, Due Dates In SCNs & Orders

The Delhi High Court has asked the GST Department to exercise caution when mentioning financial year, other relevant dates in the show cause notices and orders issued by it to a taxpayer.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Renu Bhatnagar sounded the note of caution after coming across a case where the authority inadvertently mentioned the due date for filing reply to the show...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Facilitate Actor Celina Jaitly's Contact With Her Brother Detained In UAE

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (December 4) asked the Ministry of External Affairs to help facilitate contact between actor Celina Jaitly with her brother, a retired Indian Army officer, who was arrested and detained in UAE. The court was hearing a plea by Jaitly seeking effective legal representation for her brother. After hearing the matter for some time Justice Sachin Datta orally said:"I have issued these two directions. Number 1 the consulate officer will inform the...

Delhi High Court Upholds ₹29.23 Crore Encashment Of Vedanta's Performance Bank Guarantee For Missing CMDPA Milestones

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed of a Writ Petition, upholding the Government's order to deduct Rs. 29,23,55,117.68 from Vedanta Limited's Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) for non-compliance of the Milestone period prescribed under the Coal Mine Development and Production Agreement. Justice Amit Sharma on 2nd December, 2025 rejected the Writ Petition of Vedanta Limited,...

Delhi High Court Asks CCI To Expeditiously Hear Cinema Equipment Makers' Plea In Virtual Print Fee Probe Against PVR

The Delhi High Court on Thursday requested the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to expeditiously consider an application filed by the Association of Digital Cinema Technology seeking to be heard in the ongoing investigation against PVR Inox over the alleged abusive levy of the Virtual Print Fee (VPF). The order was passed by a single bench of Justice Sachin Datta. The association, which represents digital cinema equipment manufacturers, approached the court after the CCI on September 30...

Delhi High Court Restores Kohinoor Seed's Trademark Suit Against Veda Seed; Says It Has Territorial Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court has restored a trademark infringement suit filed by Kohinoor Seed Fields India Pvt. Ltd. against its earlier marketer, Veda Seed Sciences Pvt. Ltd., setting aside a 2025 Single Judge decision that had returned the plaint for lack of territorial jurisdiction. A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla delivered the judgment...

Award Liable To Be Set Aside When Arbitrator Fails To Consider Whether No Dues Certificate Was Voluntary Or Not: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Sachin Dutta has observed that where a party raises an objection that the “No Dues Certificate” was given under duress, it is incumbent upon the Arbitrator to give a finding on the issue of voluntariness of the “No Dues Certificate”. The Arbitrator is required to consider the divergent factual positions contended by the parties in their...

'In Poor Taste': Delhi High Court Expresses Displeasure After Lawyer Appears With Red Tape On Lips Claiming He Was 'Silenced' In Court

The Delhi High Court expressed "strong displeasure" with the conduct of a lawyer appearing in a contempt matter with red tape on his lips, which he claimed symbolized that he had been "silenced" during arguments in the hearing of the case. During the hearing on December 1, the senior counsel appearing for the Delhi government had apprised the Court about the re-consideration of proposal by...

Delhi High Court Rejects Novo Nordisk's Injunction Plea, Allows Dr. Reddy's to Manufacture and Export Semaglutide

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant Novo Nordisk an interim injunction against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. and OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd. over semaglutide, the active ingredient used in its anti-diabetic and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. It held that the Danish company had failed to establish a prima facie case of infringement of its species patent IN'697. A...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea Alleging Arbitrariness In Appointment Of Panel Counsel Before Supreme Court

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging arbitrariness and unfairness in the appointment of lawyers as Union Government's panel counsel before the Supreme Court.Moved by First-Generation Lawyers Association (FGLA), the plea seeks quashing of the empanelment list published on November 21, alleging that it includes names of lawyers who are ineligible for...

Delhi High Court Suggests Litigant To Approach Supreme Court For Air Quality Measures, Cites Pending Matters

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday advised a litigant to approach the Supreme Court for seeking urgent measures to control and reduce the air pollution levels and Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the Apex Court has been monitoring the issue pertaining to the air quality...