High Courts
Delhi High Court Restrains Cosmetic Company From Copying Visage Beauty's O3+ Facial Kits Packaging And Mark
In a clash over look-alike facial kits, the Delhi High Court has granted Visage Beauty an interim injunction restraining Freecia Professional India from copying its packaging layout, usage instructions, ingredients text and from using the trademark 'DERMOMELAN'. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order on November 21 while hearing Visage Beauty & Healthcare...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Man's Conviction For Strangling Minor Daughter, Says Charges Proven Despite Mother Turning Hostile
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) today upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of a man for the murder of his 17-year-old daughter, who he suspected of having a relationship with a boy from the same locality. A bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Rajeev Singh noted that despite the mother of the victim turning hostile during the trial, the chain...
“No Burials Anywhere Except Designated Areas”: Karnataka High Court On Illegal Burial On Private Premises
The Karnataka High Court on Monday observed that without permission, nobody can be buried anywhere except in designated areas (burial ground).A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj, said, “This is a sensitive issue, if you allow this to happen which you allowed, it would result in a law and order issue...It is not a simple question of one body buried. It would have vast...
“Drug Traffickers Inflict Deadly Blow On Youth”: J&K&L High Court Rejects Bail In Commercial Quantity NDPS Case
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that drug traffickers inflict a deadly blow on the youth and are a hazard to society, and the social cost of permitting such offenders to re-enter the community, even temporarily, is immeasurable.With these observations, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal on Friday dismissed the bail application of a 27-year-old accused from whose possession...
“Toil Without Wages Strikes At Heart Of Human Dignity”: Karnataka High Court Directs Release Of 19 Months' Pending Salary To Govt Teachers
In a case concerning government teachers who had not been paid their salaries for 19 months, the Karnataka High Court recently said, “To force these teachers or indeed any employee, to toil without wages strikes at the very heart of human dignity and stands in stark violation of Article 23 of the Constitution of India, which proscribes begar in all its forms.”Justice M. Nagaprasanna made...
Contracting Second Marriage During Subsistence Of First Constitutes Grave Misconduct Justifying Compulsory Retirement: Andhra Pradesh High Court
A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice Battu Devanand and Justice A. Hari Haranadha Sarma held that contracting a second marriage during the subsistence of the first marriage constitutes grave misconduct under Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules and Rule 18(b) of the CISF Rules, justifying penalties such as compulsory retirement for members of...
Delhi High Court Protects 'Aaj Tak' Mark, Restrains News Agencies From Using It In Source Code And Meta Tags
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained Amar Ujala and News18 from using the trademark 'Aaj Tak' in their website source code or as meta tags, after both companies informed the Court that they had already removed the infringing links and did not wish to contest the trademark suit filed by Living Media India Ltd, owner of the Aaj Tak news brand. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam...
Senior Citizens Playing Cards In Their House Booked Under Gambling Act, Bombay High Court Suggests Them To Settle With Complainants
The Bombay High Court on Monday (November 24) stayed proceedings in an FIR lodged against five senior citizens booked for allegedly playing cards in their house under the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act.The court was hearing a writ petition seeking quashing of the FIR lodged under Sections 4 (which punishes keeping of a common gaming house) and 12(A) of the Act. Section 12A states that a...
'Would Be Menace To Society If Released': SIT Opposes Before Karnataka High Court Prajwal Revanna's Plea To Suspend Sentence In Rape Case
Opposing convicted former MP Prajwal Revanna's plea for suspension of life sentence and grant of bail in a rape case, the Special Investigation Team told the Karnataka High Court on Monday (November 24) that if enlarged on bail he is not only likely to indulge in similar offences but would also be a menace to the society.Special Public Prosecutor Professor Ravivarma Kumar arguing for the...
'Absence Of Rules Can't Justify A Ban; State Can't Go Beyond Motor Vehicles Act': Aggregators, Bike-Taxi Owners To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing the appeals filed by transport aggregators [Rapido, Uber and Ola] against a single-judge order that had barred bike-taxi operations in the State until guidelines were framed under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Before a bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi, Ola, Uber and a group of bike taxi owners, primarily contended...
Police Can't Refuse To Register FIR On Land Dispossession Complaints By SC/ST Community By Terming It As Civil Dispute: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently noted that the police could not refuse to register FIR based on complaint made by members belonging to Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe communities alleging dispossession of land, by terming it as civil disputes. Justice Victoria Gowri noted that as per Section 18A of the Schedules castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989,...
'Investigating Agency Has No Power To Debit Freeze Bank Account U/S 106 BNSS': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an investigating agency has no authority to debit freeze or attach a bank account under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). The Court observed that Section 106 merely empowers the police to seize property for the purpose of investigation, whereas attachment of proceeds of crime can be effected only under Section 107 upon an...