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Intellectual Property Rights Weekly Round-Up: December 29, 2025 - January 04, 2026
NOMINAL INDEXSun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Oziel Pharmaceuticals P. Ltd. & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1799Meta Platforms Inc. v. Noufelmalol & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1801Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1804SNV Aviation Private Limited v. Alaska Aviation Academy Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Del)...
Mere Apprehension of Business Loss In State Does Not Confer Writ Court Territorial Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that a petitioner's mere apprehension of business loss in West Bengal is not enough to invoke the court's territorial jurisdiction in a writ petition. A single-judge bench of Justice Om Narayan Rai, while dismissing a plea filed by a Kuwait company said that it is the infringement of a legal right that gives rise to a cause of action."The lis before...
'Prima Facie Discloses Fund Siphoning': Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Quash Cheating FIR Against Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, Others
The Rajasthan High Court rejected pleas filed by filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and other persons seeking quashing of a cheating FIR lodged against them, observing that the FIR at this stage "prima facie" disclosed allegations of siphoning, diverting and misappropriation of funds which cannot be treated as "mere breach of contract". The matter related to a FIR being filed against the...
Custodial Death Compensation: Kerala High Court Seeks Expeditious Finalisation Of SOP For Collection Of Prisoners' Legal Heirs Data
The Kerala High Court on Monday (05 January) directed the stakeholders to furnish their inputs to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the collection and verification of nominee/ legal heir details at the time of admission of prisoners in the State, so that the SOP can finalised at the earliest.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V M...
ITAT Annual Digest 2025
Transactions Between Holding & Subsidiary For Issuance Of Shares Not Covered U/S 56(2)(viib) Of IT Act: Delhi ITAT Quashes Revision Against OYOCase Title: OYO Hotels vs Principal CITCase Number: ITA No.2611/Del/2024The Delhi ITAT held that the transactions between holding and its wholly owned subsidiary entity towards issuance of shares are not covered within ambit of Sec 56(2)(viib)...
Mandatory Pre-Deposit For Customs Appeal Cannot Be Waived For Financially Sound Appellant: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the mandatory pre-deposit required to pursue a customs appeal cannot be waived for a financially sound appellant/importer. In a recently uploaded order pronounced on November 7, 2025, Justice M. Nagaprasanna said the pre-deposit under Section 129-E of the Customs Act does not deny access to justice. “It is a statutory discipline that applies uniformly...
Karnataka High Court Asks Centre To Consider Cashless CGHS Treatment For Emergencies, Critical Care Cases
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the Union of India to examine and consider, at the appropriate administrative level, the feasibility and phased implementation of a cashless medical treatment mechanism under the Central Government Health Scheme, particularly for emergency and critical care. A single judge, Suraj Govindaraj said, “A cashless treatment mechanism, particularly...
'Bhagavad Gita Reminds State Of Its Duty To Common Good': Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Regularisation Of Daily Wagers
Emphasising that Indian constitutionalism is rooted in the civilisational idea of Rajdharma, where governance must be guided by justice, fairness and compassion, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a welfare State cannot, in good conscience or law, continue to extract uninterrupted service from workers while keeping them in perpetual insecurity.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, "There...
Long Incarceration No Ground To Allow Successive Bail When First Plea Rejected By Passing Detailed Order: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a second petition filed by an accused in the SFIO investigation into the Adarsh Group of Companies seeking regular bail, holding that while a successive bail application is not barred per se, however mere long incarceration cannot be the sole ground to allow the plea.Justice Manisha Batra said, "Though, a second/successive regular bail...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Juvenile In POCSO Case After 'Out Of Court Settlement' With Complainant
The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to a juvenile in conflict with law who was accused of rape under POCSO Act, after noting that the juvenile and the complainant had arrived at an "out of Court settlement" where she had expressed no objection to his release. Justice P.M. Raval while considering the general principles to be followed in administration under Section 3 of the...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Practice Of Prime Minister Offering Chadar At Ajmer Sharif Dargah
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the extension of State-sponsored ceremonial honour and symbolic recognition to Islamic scholar and mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and to the Ajmer Dargah by the Union and its instrumentalities. The petitioner had also sought to bar the Prime Minister from offering chadar at the Ajmer Dargah.A bench comprising Chief Justice of...