Delhi High Court Sets Aside Trade Marks Registry Order Refusing Mankind Pharma's PETKIND Trademark

The Delhi High Court has overturned an order of the Trade Marks Registry refusing registration of Mankind Pharma Limited's trademark “PETKIND” for animal and agricultural products. The relief was earlier denied on the ground of similarity with an earlier “PETKIND” mark filed by Petkind Pet Products Inc.Justice Tejas Karia, by a judgment dated January 9, 2026, allowed the appeal filed by Mankind Pharma, holding that the refusal of the trademark was unjustified in view of the company's...

Delhi High Court Orders Deutsche Bank To Refund Rs 3.45 Crore To MSME Exporter

The Delhi High Court has ordered Deutsche Bank to refund Rs 3.45 crore to an MSME exporter, M D Overseas Private Limited. The court held that the bank wrongly recovered interest subvention benefits that had already been given upfront under the Interest Equalization Scheme. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Bansal said the bank's move defeated the purpose of the scheme. The scheme, the court noted, was meant to "enhance the global competitiveness of Indian exports by lowering the cost of...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Arbitration Against Bhushan Steel Following Tata Steel Takeover

The Delhi High Court has set aside an arbitral tribunal order that allowed arbitration to continue against Tata Steel, formerly Bhushan Steel, even after its resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was approved. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Sharma allowed Tata Steel's writ petition and quashed the tribunal's October 7, 2020 order. The court said that once a resolution plan is approved, it binds all creditors. “The Resolution Plan had attained finality and would be...

Delhi High Court Declines To Cancel 'Patanjali Gonyle' Trademark On Plea By Holy Cow Foundation

The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to cancel the trademark registration of “Patanjali Gonyle Floor Cleaner,” holding that the mark lawfully belongs to Patanjali Gramodyog Nyas and does not infringe the rights claimed by Holy Cow Foundation. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia, in a judgment delivered on January 9, 2026, dismissed a trademark rectification plea filed by Holy Cow Foundation, which also sells a cow-urine-based cleaner product under thr same name, seeking removal...

Delhi High Court Declares “SOCIAL” A Well-Known Trademark, Bars Rival Café From Using “The Shake Social”

The Delhi High Court has declared Impresario Entertainment's “SOCIAL” mark a well-known trademark in India and barred a Gujarat-based café from using the name “The Shake Social.” Justice Tejas Karia passed the order on January 9, 2026, in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit against a café operating in Valsad and Navsari, Gujarat.Granting permanent injunctive relief in favour of Impresario, the Court observed, “A clear case of infringement of the Plaintiff's Marks is made out. The...

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Income Tax CPC For Tax Recovery Despite Stay, Issues Directions For Coordination

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department's Centralised Processing Centre for recovering tax dues from a taxpayer even though a stay on recovery was already in place, saying such lapses are unacceptable in a fully digitized system. A division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar said the department cannot plead ignorance once a stay order is passed. “In the era of computerization, where even assessments are made online, Income Tax returns are filed online, appeals...

Delhi High Court Rejects Former Cineyug Employee's Claim Over 'IPL Awards' Copyright, Moral Rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a long-running copyright dispute over the “IPL Awards”, holding that Gaurav Garg, a former employee of Cineyug Films Pvt. Ltd., cannot claim authorship or moral rights over the event's concept and presentations. The court ruled that the copyright vested in the company, not in Garg. A single-judge bench of Justice Tejas Karia delivered made the ruling while deciding a suit filed by Garg against filmmaker Aly Morani, Mohomed Morani, and Cineyug Films,...

Delhi High Court Gives Customs One Last Chance Over ₹5,000 Costs In Touch Screen Tariff Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (January 6) gave the Customs Department one last chance to clear objections to its plea seeking recall of Rs 5 thousand in costs imposed for not filing replies in a batch of petitions challenging a customs duty hike on Interactive Flat Panel Displays.The court warned that if the objections are not removed within a week, the recall application will stand rejected automatically.A division bench of Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Ajay Digpaul noted that the...

Delhi High Court Temporarily Restrains Zee Media From Using “Duniyadari” Label Similar To Lallantop Show

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Zee Media Corporation Limited from using the “Duniyadari” label for its news programme in a manner that is deceptively similar to the registered device mark of Living Media India Limited, part of the India Today Group. A single-judge bench of Justice Tejas Karia passed the order on January 9, 2026, while deciding an interim injunction plea filed by Living Media. The Court held that Zee Media's use of the disputed label was likely to cause...

Delhi High Court Orders Destruction Of Counterfeit Nutella-Shaped Glass Jars Seized In Trademark Case

The Delhi High Court has partly modified an order directing the handover of over three lakh seized infringing Nutella-shaped glass jars to registered proprietor Ferrero S.p.A. The court held that while seizure and delivery-up of the jars was justified, they must be destroyed and not put to any commercial or other use. A division bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, in a judgment dated January 6, 2026, disposed of an appeal filed by Firozabad-based glass jar...

Delhi High Court Quashes Higher 3.5% TDS On GE Group Payments, Restores 1.5% Rate

The Delhi High Court has quashed the certificates issued by the Income Tax Department directing deduction of tax at source (TDS) at a higher rate of 3.5% on payments made to two GE group entities, and directed the authorities to issue fresh certificates prescribing deduction at the rate of 1.5%.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar allowed the writ petitions filed by GE Energy Parts Inc. and GE Global Parts and Products GmbH, challenging certificates issued under Section 197...

Income Tax | Delhi High Court Bars Tax Recovery After Taxpayer Pays 20% Of Disputed Demand

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Income Tax Department from taking any recovery action, including adjusting refunds, after it orally observed that the taxpayer had already paid 20% of the disputed tax demand and had the balance stayed during the pendency of the appeal. A Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition filed by a trader who had filed his return for Assessment Year 2021–22. The tax demand arose after additions were made to the...