Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTube Channel Using Deepfake Impersonations Of Aaj Tak's Anjana Om Kashyap

The Delhi High Court has ordered Google LLC to take down a “fake” YouTube channel using news clipping, videos and deepfake impersonations of Anjana Om Kashyap, anchor and Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Aaj Tak news channel. Vacation judge Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that such fake YouTube pages or fake profiles being made using the goodwill of Kashyap and the news...

Once AO Scrutinises Identity & Creditworthiness Of Shareholders, No Reassessment Action Without 'Additional Info' About Income Escapement: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently rejected Revenue's appeal against deletion of additions made to the income of an assessee-company alleged to have evaded tax, observing that the AO had already scrutinised the identity and creditworthiness of the shareholders and in the absence of any additional material coming to light, reassessment action could not have been initiated.A division bench of...

Reassessment Notice Can't Be Based On 'General Information' From Investigation Wing Of Income Tax Dept: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the Income Tax Department cannot issue reassessment notice to an assessee based on general information shared by its Investigation Wing, until the Assessing Officer forms definite 'reason to believe' escapement of income.A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia observed,“It is clear from the information received from the...

Threshold Of 'Deceptive Similarity' Is Lower For Food Products: Delhi HC Directs Swiggy, Zomato To Delist Restaurants Infringing Domino's Trademark

The Delhi High Court has restrained fifteen entities from infringing the trademark of famous pizza chain Domino's or its erstwhile trade name Dominick's Pizza, by using deceptively similar marks.In doing so, Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that in disputes involving edible products, the threshold for establishing deceptive similarity is lower than that applied in other cases.“In essence,...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against 'Excessive' Counselling Fee For CLAT-PG, No Interim Relief

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the “excessive” counselling fee to be paid by candidates for admissions to Common Law Admission Test Post-Graduate (CLAT-PG) courses.Vacation judge Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought response of the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), Bar Council of India (BCI) and University Grants Commission (UGC).The plea has...

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Laying New Sewer Line Across AIIMS To Prevent Water-Logging In Green Park Extension, Surrounding Areas

The Delhi High Court has issued directions for laying down a new sewer line across AIIMS premises to control the waterlogging in Green Park Extension and surrounding areas in the national capital.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that the new sewer line is required to be laid across AIIMS Residential complex, considering...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 16 To June 22, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 682 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 695NOMINAL INDEXManoj Saw v. Ramneek Sabarwal & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 682 INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED versus M/S CHINTAMANI FOOD AND SNACKS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 683 Shakila v. State (NCT of Delhi) 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 684 NKJ v. State NCT of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 685 Lovee Narula v. ED 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 686 Barun Bhanot v. M/S...

Delhi High Court Allows Actor Rajpal Yadav To Travel Abroad For Attending Promotional Events Of Film 'Mera Kale Rang Da Yaar'

The Delhi High Court on Monday (June 24) allowed Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav to travel abroad to Melbourne, Australia between June 27 to July 5 for attending promotional events of the film “Mera Kale Rang Da Yaar”.Vacation judge Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta permitted Yadav to travel abroad from June 27 to July 05, subject to him furnishing an FDR of Rs. 1 lakh which shall...

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Phrases 'Derogatory' To Surf Excel From Ghadi Detergent's Ads

The Delhi High Court in an interim order has ordered removal of phrases which are “derogatory” to Surf Excel detergent from the advertisements issued by Ghadi detergent powder. Vacation judge Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that though comparative advertising by itself could be healthy, remarks that are derogatory and defamatory, would not be permissible.“…. therefore, as an...

Online Gaming Platform Winzo Moves Delhi High Court Against Removal Of YouTube Channel Over Alleged Gambling Activities

Online gaming platform Winzo Games has moved the Delhi High Court against removal of its YouTube channel “WinZOOfficial” by Google LLC. Vacation judge Justice Prathiba M Singh on June 20 issued notice on Winzo's interim injunction plea seeking to restrain Google from blocking its access from YouTube platform.The suit has been filed by WinZO Games Private Limited and its Director, Saumya...

'NOC For Inter-Country Adoption Held Up For Over 4 Years': Delhi High Court Directs CARA To Take Steps Within 4 Weeks

The Delhi High Court recently came to the rescue of an Australia-based couple, who were precluded from taking their adopted son back to the country for over 4 years, due to inaction of CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority).Justice Sachin Datta observed that the Adoption Deed was executed in 2020 and thus directed the Authority to forthwith issue a NOC enabling the Petitioner-couple to...

Valuation Of Company's Unquoted Equity Shares By 'Discounted Cash Flow' Method Permissible Under Income Tax Rules: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently rejected the appeal preferred by the Income Tax Department against an ITAT order allowing the valuation of a software company's unquoted equity shares by discounted cash flow [DCF] method.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia held that DCF method “is one of the methods that can be adopted by the Assessee under Rule 11UA(2)(b) of...