Law Pickle

The Delhi High Court recently granted interim relief to Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) against Kwick Living (BECO) in a commercial disparagement suit [CS(COMM) 904/2026] regarding BECO's "#WarOnWhatsHidden" campaign. The Court ordered BECO to immediately pull down and recall the offending advertisements across all media platforms. Key Facts BECO launched a campaign across social media, hoardings,…

In a significant ruling with far-reaching implications for the insolvency and real estate sectors, the Supreme Court on 03.09.2026 has held that time-extension penalty charges levied by a land-owning authority on a defaulting developer cannot be passed on to homebuyers or a Successful Resolution Applicant (‘SRA’) once the developer enters Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (‘CIRP’). Background…

In a recent judgement, the Delhi High Court dismissed an application under Order XXXIX, Rule 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (“CPC”) seeking an interim injunction in a suit for permanent injunction filed by ANI Media (“ANI”) against OpenAI OPCO LLC (“Open AI”).  ANI sought to restrain OpenAI from the unauthorized storage…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon Delhi High Court | Division Bench | Pronounced: 1 July 2025 Background An appeal was filed by Amazon Technologies Inc. before the Delhi High Court Division Bench challenging an ex parte money decree of ₹336 crore passed by a Single Judge. The dispute related to the alleged unauthorised…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon Star India Pvt. Ltd. v. IPTV Smarter Pro & Ors., CS(COMM) 108/2025, decision by the HMJ Saurabh Banerjee, Delhi High Court Key-Facts A suit was filed by Star India Pvt. Ltd. (‘the Plaintiff’) in February 2025 seeking a permanent injunction against rogue mobile applications and their associated domains/…

Aniruddh Bhatia & Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon IndiaMART Intermesh Ltd. v. Puma SE, 2025: DHC:4819-DB, decision by the Hon’ble Division Bench (“DB”), Delhi High Court Key-Facts Dispute related to the infringement of “PUMA” trademark by being used in IndiaMART’s drop-down menu. Initially, the Ld. Single Judge (“SJ”) held that the provisioning of PUMA as one…