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'Yatra' Is A Generic Word, Can't Be Declared Well-Known Mark: Delhi High Court Denies Interim Injunction To Travel Company
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the word “Yatra” is a generic and descriptive word, over which no monopoly can be claimed by travel company Yatra Online Limited. Justice Tejas Karia said that though the mark 'YATRA' is dominant, but the travel company cannot claim monopoly over it as the same is generic and commonly descriptive for the service of travel and tourism.The Court dismissed...
Institutional Preference During Admissions Applicable On All Students, Can't Apply Distinction Based On Passing Year: Rajasthan High Court
While disagreeing with the judgment of a single judge the Rajasthan High Court held that the institutional preferences applied by institutes at the stage of admissions had to be applied to all the students who passed out from that institution, and there could not be any artificial distinction amongst those students based on year of passing.The Court was hearing a petition that challenged a...
Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Sci-Hub, Mirror Websites In India In Publishers' Copyright Infringement Suit
The Delhi High Court has ordered blocking of shadow library website Sci-Hub and its mirror websites in India in a copyright infringement suit filed by publishing houses Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed the DoT and Union Ministry of Information and Technical to issue a notification calling upon the various internet and telecom...
'Govt's Silence Speaks Volumes': Gujarat High Court Slams State For Not Recalling 'Illegal' Pardon Of Murder Convict
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (August 23) cancelled the premature, "illegal" release of a murder convict, following a "pardon" granted by the then Additional DGP Jail in 2018 after observing that the same was granted without authority and without following due procedure. Quoting from the Brihadaranyakopanishad, the high court at the outset said, "Law is the king of kings, far more powerful...
'Court Staff Is Backbone Of Judiciary': Bombay High Court Orders Goa Govt To Extend AC Facilites For Staff Across District Courts
The Bombay High Court bench at Goa recently while directing the State government to extend the air conditioning facilities in the district courts for the supporting staff, held that the supporting staff like the stenographers, court clerks, court managers, bailiff, peon, nazir etc are the backbone of the judiciary. A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita Mehta noted that in a...
Delhi High Court Holds 12 Men Guilty Of Criminal Contempt For Assaulting Lawyers In Kolkata
The Delhi High Court has held 12 men guilty of criminal contempt for assaulting 11 lawyers appointed as Court Commissioners in Kolkata in 2015. A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar imposed fine of Rs.2,000 on each of the Contemnors and sentenced them to undergo simple imprisonment for one day.Though all the contemnors tendered...
Merely Posting 'Pakistan Zindabad' On Facebook Without Denouncing India Is Not Sedition U/S 152 BNS: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a street vendor who was accused of sharing an AI-generated image of the Prime Minister with the caption “Pakistan Zindabad” on Facebook. The Court remarked that merely praising another country without speaking against India does not amount to sedition as it does not encourage rebellion, violence, or separatist activities.Rejecting...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Liviya Jose Accused Of Implicating Beautician Sheela Sunny In False NDPS Case
The Kerala High Court on Saturday (August 23) granted regular bail to Liviya Jose, who was accused of falsely implicating Chalakudy-based beauty parlour owner Sheela Sunny in a fake NDPS case.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed, "The petitioner is a young lady of 21 years...Considering the period of custody already undergone, I am of the view that further detention is not necessary." ...
Procedure U/S105 CrPC For International Service Of Summons Doesn't Extend To Revision Applications: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that though procedural fairness is vital in criminal trials, the application of Section 105 of the CrPC for the service on summons on persons resident outside India in criminal matters does not extend to the service of notice in revisional matters abroad.Justice Bibhas Ranjan De held: "Revision applications, in my humble opinion, are primarily concerned...
DHCBA Condemns Delhi LG Notification Allowing Recording Of Police Officials' Evidence From Police Stations
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has condemned a notification issued by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena declaring video conferencing rooms in police stations as designated places for recording of evidence. The DHCBA has passed a resolution on August 22 saying that the notification issued on August 13 must be withdrawn as it is against the basic tenets of justice and...
Furlough Is Not Matter Of Right, Can Be Rejected In Rarest Of Rare Cases: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that furlough is not a matter of right and can be denied in the rarest of rare cases.Furlough and parole envisage a short-term temporary release from custody.The difference is, while parole is granted for the prisoner to meet a specific exigency, furlough may be granted after a stipulated number of years have been served without any reason as per...
Orissa High Court Imposes Restrictions On Installation Of Huge Puja Pandals, Orders Regulation Of Noise Pollution
The Orissa High Court on Thursday imposed restrictions on erection of huge bamboo structures/pandals on public road, footpath, and installation of electric gates during the festive season starting from Lord Ganesh Puja next week. It has also asked the administration to ensure checks on noise pollution during the festivities.A Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice V....