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State of Maharashtra v. M/s Patwardhan Infrasturcture Pvt. Ltd.
The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award that wrongly converted a force majeure clause into a guaranteed minimum return clause, holding such interpretation manifestly perverse and contrary to public policy.
M/S ABL BIOTECHNOLOGIES LTD & ORS v. M/S TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD & ANR
The Delhi High Court set aside an arbitral award passed by an arbitrator unilaterally appointed by one party, holding such appointment invalid even before the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration Act.
Piramal Enterprises Limited v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the taxability of transfer of intellectual property rights in a slump sale under the MVAT Act, affirmed the reviewing authority's jurisdiction, and dismissed the writ petition challenging the review order and demand notice.
Lotus Logistics and Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Evertop Apartments Co-operative Housing Society Limited
The Bombay High Court upheld an arbitral award directing specific performance of a terminated development agreement based on the developer's admissions and ordered damages for failure to procure occupation certificate.
Jalaram Ashish Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. v. The Competent Authority and the District Deputy Registrar and Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that the Competent Authority must convey the entire land as per MOFA agreements and condoned delay caused by management issues and COVID-19, setting aside the partial conveyance order and remanding for fresh decision.
Babasaheb Bhau Kamble v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
The High Court set aside the promotion of respondent No.4 to Health Executive Officer for non-fulfillment of eligibility service and directed reconsideration of the petitioner’s promotion based on seniority and merit.
Ashok Kumar Kharya v. State of NCT of Delhi
The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of a supplementary chargesheet filed without prior court permission and dismissed the petition seeking quashing of the summoning order against the petitioner accused of criminal breach of trust and cheating in a housing society land fraud case.
S Rajagopal v. Union of India and Ors.
The High Court held that disputes regarding entitlement to Ex-Serviceman status and ESM identity cards for retired armed forces personnel drawing pro-rata pension fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Armed Forces Tribunal, and the writ petition is not maintainable before the High Court.
C.S. Malik v. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research & Anr
The Delhi High Court quashed a hastily issued charge sheet against a retired CSIR officer for violating natural justice and directed payment of interest on delayed retirement benefits, while upholding procedural safeguards for post-retirement disciplinary action.
The Statesman Limited v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the review petition challenging an award under the Working Journalists Act, upholding the original decision for lack of grounds to interfere.
Shri Bipin Badani v. Union of India
The Bombay High Court held that denial of cross-examination of witnesses in Customs adjudication proceedings does not violate natural justice when ample corroborative evidence exists and an efficacious statutory appeal remedy is available.
The Trustees of American School Bombay Education Trust v. The Union of India
The Bombay High Court held that an educational institution existing solely for education and not for profit is entitled to exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) of the Income Tax Act despite part of its income and expenditure occurring outside India, limiting the scope of inquiry at approval stage to existence alone.
Union of India v. Cairn India Ltd & Ors.
The Delhi High Court held that challenges to an arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction post-final award must be pursued in the courts of the seat of arbitration, dismissing the suit for lack of territorial jurisdiction.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Smt. Maya Govind Patel
The Bombay High Court dismissed the insurance company's appeal, upholding the Tribunal's award of compensation for death caused by rash and negligent driving of an insured vehicle, emphasizing the insurer's failure to disprove vehicle involvement or breach of policy.
Shiv Prakash Katiyar v. Jawahar Lal University & Ors.
The Delhi High Court held that an interlocutory order issuing notice without deciding any controversy is not a "judgment" under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent, and thus the Letters Patent Appeal against such order is not maintainable.
Zenith Dance Institute Pvt. Ltd. v. Zenith Dancing and Music
The Delhi High Court upheld the plaintiff's priority and injunction against the defendant's use of the mark "ZENITH" for dance education services, applying estoppel principles to limit claims based on the plaintiff's registered word mark but allowing infringement claims based on the device mark.
Vinod Kumar Yadav v. Central Board of Secondary Education and Anr
The Delhi High Court held that permanent debarment for unfair means requires an independent inquiry and opportunity of hearing, and set aside the CBSE order against the petitioner for reconsideration.
Ashok Kacharu Gaikwad v. Rev. Samuel Shankar Chandekar & Ors.
The Bombay High Court upheld a decree under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act restoring possession to Plaintiffs, holding that mere occupation as a caretaker does not confer settled possession.
Sanjiv Mittal v. The Registrar of Trade Marks and Ors.
The Delhi High Court set aside the Trade Marks Registry's order substituting registered proprietors without hearing the original registrants and remanded the matter for fresh consideration after affording an opportunity of hearing.
M/S G.S BERAR AND CO. PVT. LTD. & ANR v. M/S TRANS ASIAN INDUSTRIES EXPOSITIONS PVT. LTD
The Delhi High Court dismissed a Section 340 CrPC application for initiating criminal proceedings under Section 209 IPC against a respondent, holding that disputed civil claims without clear evidence of dishonesty do not constitute a criminal offence.