2026 (2) TMI 573

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....SH MEHTA AND HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR For the Petitioner Through: Ms Ananya Kapoor, Ms Soumya Singh and Mr. Aanjul, Advs. For the Respondents Through: Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Sr. SC, Mr. Shivendra Singh & Mr. Yojit Pareek, Jr. SC with Mr. Surya Jindal, Adv. DINESH MEHTA, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has preferred the present writ petition laying challenge to an order dated 05.01.20....

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....cannot take defence as required inasmuch as the 'parties involved in the agreements' and the 'nature of agreements' so also the 'activities involved' may differ from business to business and country to country and in absence of supplying clauses of such agreements, the petitioner's right to file reply and defend its cause more particularly in relation to the price to be charged by the so called si....

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....etitioner to unsettle the same even before the DRP and again in absence of the copies of the relevant agreements, nothing can be challenged. 6. Learned counsel submitted that the apprehension of the respondents' counsel that the petitioner wants to buy time is absolutely misplaced. She submitted that the petitioner won't mind if the Court provides a timeline for providing copies of the agreemen....

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....' and the 'nature of transactions' and the 'goodwill involved' of a contracting party. Since the issue raised by the respondent is that the petitioner had paid excess royalty, we are of the view that unless copies of the agreements, on the basis whereof, the TPO is proceeding against the petitioner are provided to the petitioner, its right to defend his cause will be adversely impacted. 9. We a....