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IndiGo moves Delhi High Court seeking ₹900 crore Customs duty refund

IndiGo has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a refund of over ₹900 crore paid as customs duty on aircraft engines and parts re-imported after repairs abroad, alleging double levy and illegality

Larger HC Bench clears way for export of semaglutide generics by Dr Reddy's

Novo Nordisk's appeal was listed for hearing on Friday before a bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla

Novo Nordisk challenges HC order permitting Dr Reddy's semaglutide exports

Novo Nordisk's appeal is listed for hearing on Friday before a bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla

Delhi HC refuses to halt order allowing Dr Reddy's to export Semaglutide

The Delhi High Court refused to stop an earlier order that lets Dr Reddy's make Semaglutide in India only for export, saying Novo Nordisk's patent challenge needs a full hearing before any decision

HC directs social media platforms to act within week on Pawan Kalyan's plea

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed social media intermediaries to act within seven days on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan's plea seeking protection of his personality rights. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted that the politician has already approached the social media intermediaries with his grievances. In a similar matter concerning actor Ajay Devgn, the court clarified while granting him interim relief that the plaintiffs in such matters would have to first lodge their protest with the social media intermediaries and then approach the court. The court directed the social media intermediaries to treat Kalyan's plea as a complaint under the Information and Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, and take the necessary steps within seven days. It said that in case the social media intermediaries have any reservations about any links given by Kalyan, they should inform him. Senior advocate J Sai Deepak, ...

Gavaskar personality rights: HC tells social platforms to act within 7 days

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed social media intermediaries to act within seven days on former cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar's plea seeking protection of his personality rights. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Gavaskar's counsel to first approach the social media intermediaries with his grievances. The high court directed the social media intermediaries to treat Gavaskar's suit as a complaint under the Information and Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 and take the necessary steps within seven days. The court said in case the social media intermediaries have any reservations to any weblink given by Gavaskar, they should inform him. It directed the plaintiff to provide within 24 hours the URLs in respect of which take down is sought to the social media intermediaries. Gavaskar approached the high court seeking to prevent the unauthorised use of his name, images, persona and likeness by social media platforms

Delhi HC flags lack of repeal notification as Centre enforces labour code

Delhi HC flagged concerns that the Centre may have enforced the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 without formally repealing older labour laws, and has sought clarity on how the transition was notified

Delhi HC pulls up Centre over IndiGo crisis; orders passenger compensation

Delhi High Court criticised the Centre and DGCA over the IndiGo disruptions and directed airline to immediately begin compensation under the DGCA's 2010 circular, with the next hearing on Jan 22, 2026

Delhi HC allows Sun Pharma to export semaglutide, restricts sale in India

The Delhi High Court has allowed Sun Pharma to manufacture and export semaglutide-based drugs to countries where Novo Nordisk holds no patent, but barred sales in India until March 2026

DGCA summons IndiGo CEO; court raps govt, airline over crisis: Top points

On Wednesday, IndiGo cancelled over 60 flights from Bengaluru airport, even as CEO Pieter Elbers claimed yesterday that the airline's operations were back on track

Delhi HC asks Centre why IndiGo flight chaos escalated into 'crisis'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Central government as to why the situation that led to cancellation of a number of IndiGo flights precipitated, and termed it a crisis. The high court said besides trouble and harassment caused to the stranded passengers, the question is of the losses caused to the economy. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela also asked how could other airlines take advantage of the crisis situation and charge hefty sums for tickets from the passengers. The court was informed by the counsel for the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that statutory mechanism is totally in place and a show-cause notice has been issued to Indigo, which has apologised profusely. The government's counsel also said the crisis precipitated on account of various non-compliances of the guidelines issued by the authorities from time to time, including flight duty hours of the crew members. The court was hear

Delhi HC allows Sun Pharma to manufacture, export its weight loss drug

The approval marks a major win for Sun Pharma in its patent dispute with Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the company that manufactures weight loss drug Ozempic

Novo Nordisk moves HC to stop Sun Pharma's weight-loss drug launch

The dispute centres on Novo Nordisk's Indian patents for semaglutide, which it markets globally as Ozempic and Wegovy for Type 2 diabetes and weight management

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking govt assistance amid IndiGo crisis on Dec 10

The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for hearing on December 10 a plea seeking directions to the Centre to provide support and refunds to passengers affected by the cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo. The petition was mentioned for urgent hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The counsel for the petitioner said they have filed a PIL on the IndiGo crisis issue. "Several people are stuck. The ground situation at airports is inhumane. We are expecting the court to pass orders to IndiGo and ground support staff for people stranded at the airports. There is no proper system for refunds," he said. When the court pointed out that the government has already passed some directions in the matter, the counsel responded in the affirmative. The bench said the PIL will be listed for hearing on Wednesday. Over 250 IndiGo flights were cancelled from Delhi and Bengaluru airports on Monday as the disruptions in the crisis-hit ..

Foreign firms' remote services not taxable in India without presence: HC

The ruling came while dismissing appeals filed by the Income Tax Department, which had challenged the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's decision in favour of a Singapore-based legal services firm

Patient bodies seek Russia-like funding for rare diseases treatment

A leading rare disease group urges India to adopt a Russia-style dedicated fund and tax-based model to ensure sustained treatment support beyond the current ₹50-lakh cap

Delhi HC upholds termination of CISF recruits for colour blindness

The Court noted that judicial review of policy is limited and may be invoked only where the policy is capricious or violates fundamental rights

DRL semaglutide ruling may set precedent for generic makers: Experts

Ruling enables production for non-patented markets but bars India sales till 2026; experts say it may shape future drug access cases

K-G gas dispute: SC to hear pleas of Reliance Industries, others in Feb

RIL has also pleaded that the order passed by the international tribunal was binding on the parties under the terms of the production-sharing contract (PSC)

HC dismisses petitions filed by Bajrang, Vinesh challenging WFI elections

The Delhi High Court has dismissed petitions filed by top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Satyawart Kadian challenging the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) December 2023 elections, after they failed to appear before the court on multiple dates. Back then Sanjay Singh had become the president beating Anita Sheoran, a candidate backed by the three Olympians. Justice Mini Pushkarna, hearing the matter on November 27, noted that none of the petitioners were present when the matters were taken up, and recorded that they had also remained absent for the previous two hearings. The petitioners do not seem to be interested in prosecuting the present matters, the court said in its order. The wrestlers had moved the High Court, alleging that the WFI elections were not conducted in a fair and transparent manner. Their plea sought intervention against what they claimed were procedural lapses and irregularities in the election process. With continuous non-appearan