Business Law Daily Round-Up: November 27, 2025

IPR Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Tesla Inc, Extends Bar on Indian Company's Use of 'Tesla' Marks In EV MarketDelhi High Court Rejects Philips' Plea For Perjury Action Against Ex-Employee In Software Piracy CaseMadras High Court Quashes Order Allowing Pfizer To Seek Documents From Indian Drug Manufacturer For US SuitDelhi High Court Declines To Return Plaint In Sun Pharma's Trademark...

Executive Has Tendency To Encroach Upon Fundamental Rights, Only Fearless Judiciary Can Keep It Within Bounds: Justice Abhay S. Oka

Retired Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Abhay S. Oka has said that the executive has a tendency of trampling upon citizens' fundamental rights and it is only a strong judiciary, which can keep the executive in check.The judge was delivering a lecture on the topic 'Holding the executive to account – responsibility and duty of the judges' at an event organised by the Kerala High...

Orissa High Court Orders ₹20 Lakh Compensation To Wife Of Undertrial Who Died Of High Blood Sugar Due To Jail Authorities' Negligence

The Orissa High Court has ordered rupees twenty lakh compensation to the wife of an under-trial who died in 2017 due to negligence of prison authorities in providing required medical attention despite having knowledge of his chronic diabetes and high blood sugar.Referring to the last-minute-effort made by the jail authorities in seeking judicial leave to shift the deceased to hospital, the...

Madras High Court Temporarily Restrains Makers Of "Dude" Movie From Using Songs Of Ilaiyaraaja

The Madras High Court, on Friday (28th November), temporarily restrained the makers of the "Dude" movie from using the songs of renowned musician Ilaiyaraaja. Justice N Senthilkumar granted an interim injunction in a plea moved by the musician seeking to restrain Mythri Movie Makers, producers of the "Dude" movie, from using his songs unauthorisedly. The court had reserved orders on November...

Delhi Court Closes ANI's Copyright Infringement Suit Against YouTuber Thugesh After Settlement

A Delhi Court has closed the suit filed by news agency Asian News International (ANI) alleging copyright infringement by YouTuber “Thugesh Unfiltered Channel”, following settlement between the parties. District Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Patiala House Courts decreed the suit against Thugesh, whose real name is Mahesh Rajesh Keshwala.The counsel appearing for both the parties said that...

Supreme Court Dismisses Byju Raveendran's Appeal Against NCLAT Order Mandating CoC Nod For BCCI's Plea To Withdraw CIRP

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Byju Raveendran, suspended director and promoter of Think and Learn Private Ltd (which ran the Ed-Tech firm Byju's), challenging an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal which held that the approval of the Committee of Creditors is necessary for the application filed by the BCCI to withdraw the insolvency proceedings...

Abhijit Iyer Mitra Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Rejection Of Newslaundry Journalists' Defamation Suit Over Alleged Abusive Tweets

Abhijit Iyer Mitra has moved the Delhi High Court seeking rejection of the defamation suit filed by nine women employees of digital news platform Newslaundry alleging that he had posted sexually abusive social media content against them on X.Mitra has filed the application under Order 7 Rule 11 of Code of Civil Procedure, along with an application seeking condonation of delay. The matter came...

Delhi High Court Condones Company's Delay In Filing GST Appeal On Ground Of Director's Illness

The Delhi High Court recently condoned the delay made by a company in challenging the GST demand of over ₹75 lakhs, on grounds of illness of its Director.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain, after considering the facts of the case and on the basis of the medical records, were of the view that the lapse was “bonafide”.As per Section 107 of the Central Goods...

'Lame Excuses': Gujarat High Court Upholds GST Authority's Rejection Of Appeal Filed Beyond Limitation

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (November 27) upheld order of the appellate authority under the GST Act which had dismissed a partnership firm's appeal on the ground that it was filed beyond the limitation period prescribed under the statute. The court held that the Act prescribes a maximum limitation period of 120 days which can be condoned by the appellate authority in entertaining...

Investment On Profit-Sharing Basis Does Not Qualify As Financial Debt : NCLT Delhi Reaffirms

The National Company Law Tribunal at New Delhi has recently reaffirmed that an investment made on a profit-sharing basis does not constitute a financial debt under Section 5(8) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and therefore cannot be used to initiate insolvency proceedings under Section 7. The ruling came in a case where Modern Solar Private Limited sought to treat Rs 20 lakh advanced...

Arrested At 1AM In Violation Of CrPC Safeguards, Gauhati High Court Grants Bail To Woman After 2.5 Years In Custody

The Gauhati High Court recently granted bail to a woman doctor, booked for ill-treating her foster child, after finding that she had been arrested at night without prior permission of the Judicial Magistrate of the first class, in violation of the mandatory safeguards prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure.Dr. Sangeeta Dutta was arrested in 2023 along with her husband Dr. Walliul...

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...