High Courts
Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Fake Websites From Infringing Trademark Of Tata Group's Ginger Hotels, Imposes ₹20L Costs
The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of the Tata Group's Indian Hotels Company Limited, which owns the Ginger chain of hotels, against trademark and copyright infringement by fake websites.Noting that the fraudulent websites are bound to deceive a large number of customers into believing that they are associated with Ginger hotels, Justice Mini Pushkarna...
Adoption Of Mark Intended To Encroach On Built-Up Reputation Of Mankind Pharma: Delhi HC Directs Registry To Remove 'Kindpan' Trademark
The Delhi High Court has directed the removal of 'Kindpan' trademark, in a petition filed by Mankind Pharma Limited against a proprietorship firm which was granted registration of the mark in the medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations category.Mankind Pharma Limited (petitioner) submitted that it is the owner of 'Mankind' and 'Kind' marks. It stated that the respondent trading as M/s...
Bombay High Court Slaps ₹25K Costs On Industrialist Anil Ambani For Seeking 'Urgent Hearing' In Tax Case
In a setback for industrialist Anil Ambani, the Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on him for seeking an urgent hearing of his petition challenging the April 2022 notice issued to him by the Income Tax Department.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Jitendra Jain said it cannot consider the 'artificial urgency' made up by Ambani, who urged the judges to urgently...
High Court Asks Senior Advocate To Enquire Into Genuineness Of Exam Conducted By Madras University Upon Student's Plea
The Madras High Court has asked Senior Advocate AK Sriram to investigate the veracity of a student's claim that the Madras University had conducted an examination for the History of Communication subject on May 11, 2024. Justice N Mala asked the Senior Advocate to enquire into the veracity of the contention made by the Student regarding the conduct of the examination. The court also...
Failure To Communicate Rejection Of Detenue's Representation In Time Vitiates Detention Order: J&K High Court
Emphasizing the importance of procedural safeguards in preventive detention cases, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that the government's failure to communicate the rejection of a detenue's representation in a time-bound manner is sufficient to vitiate the detention order.Justice Sanjay Dhar, while quashing the detention of one Mohd Iqbal Koka under the Jammu &...
Intelligence Officer Allegedly Involved In Colleague's Death Approaches Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail
Sukanth Suresh P. who is alleged of being involved in the death of his 24-year colleague and girlfriend Megha Madhusoodhanan has approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail.Megha Madhusoodhanan, a Security Assistant/ Executive with the Bureau of Immigration at Trivandrum Airport reportedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a train in Pettah Railway station. The family...
Punjab & Haryana HC Declines To Expunge Trial Court's Remark Against Cop For Prima Facie Implicating Innocents In Rape Case For Extortion
The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to expunge remarks against a police officer who was "prima facie" found to be involved in implicating innocents in a rape case by his alleged partner for extorting money.Justice Jagmohan Bansal differentiated the High Court Rules which states that the Judges conducting trial are advised not to make adverse observations against Police Officers and...
Kancha Gachibowli Tree Felling: Telangana High Court Extends Interim Order Halting Deforestation; Next Hearing On April 7
The Telangana High Court on Thursday (April 3) extended its interim order of status quo with respect to tree felling at State's Kancha Gachibowli forest area near the Hyderabad Central University campus.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara further granted time till April 7 to the State, to file its counter affidavit in the matter. On Wednesday the court...
'CCTV Shows Assault By Police, Harsh Steps Must Be Taken': Calcutta HC Orally Remarks In Plea By Students Who Were Allegedly Beaten In Custody
In a matter concerning the brutal assault meted out to protesting female students from a university in North Bengal at a Women's Police Station, the Calcutta High Court has expressed its concerns regarding the way the police station had been functioning.While addressing the Advocate General, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh orally remarked, "I am expressing my mind...that police station is not well....
Co-Opted Members Of Bar Council Cannot Be Considered As A Separate Class From Elected Members: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court recently held that co-opted members of the Bar Council cannot be considered as a separate class from elected members.Justice C. S. Dias made this observation in a petition filed by 2 co-opted members of the Bar Council of Kerala (BCK) who challenged the decision of the Council to keep them away from its meeting after the Bar Council of India (BCI) extended the term of...
Witness Does Not Agree To Terms & Conditions Of A Document, Person Executing It Does: Allahabad High Court
While drawing a distinction between a witness to a document and a person who executes such document, the Allahabad High Court held that a witness does not agree to the terms and conditions of the document, whereas a person executing the same does.Respondent no.3 was allotted the property in question in an auction for retail outlet dealership. Petitioner filed a complaint against the...
Naxal Attacks Are Distinct From Ordinary Crimes, They Aim To Overthrow Democracy With Violent Means & Destabilise State: Chhattisgarh HC
In a significant ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held that naxal attacks are politically and ideologically driven acts of insurgency that aim to destabilise the State and are different from ordinary crimes.Explaining the difference between naxal attacks and ordinary crimes, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, stated,"The attacks...