Delhi High Court
High Court Transfers ANI's Copyright & Trademark Infringement Suit Against YouTuber Mohak Mangal From Delhi Court To Itself
The Delhi High Court has transferred to itself the copyright and trademark infringement suit filed by Asian News International (ANI) against YouTuber Mohak Mangal before city's Patiala House Court.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed that the suit be tried along with ANI's defamation and disparagement suit against Mangal pending before the High Court on September 08. “Having...
Maintenance | Wife Can Seek To Summon Bank Authorities As Witness To Determine Husband's Real Income/Assets: Delhi High Court
Observing that it is not uncommon for husbands to suppress their real income in order to avoid paying maintenance to their wives, the Delhi High Court has held that a wife can seek to summon bank officials as witness to the husband's actual income/ assets.Justice Ravinder Dudeja thus allowed Petitioner-wife's plea against a Family Court order dismissing her Section 311 CrPC application to...
Mere Public Outcry, Media Coverage Can't Diminish Gravity Of Offence: Delhi High Court Denies Bail In POCSO Case
While denying bail to a man in a POCSO case, the Delhi High Court has observed that mere public outcry and media coverage of the incident cannot diminish the gravity of the offence. “Merely because there was public outcry and media coverage of the incident, gravity of offence does not get diminished,” Justice Girish Kathpalia said. The FIR was registered in 2016 for the offences under...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Cordelia Cruises In Trademark Infringement Suit Against Rishikesh-Based Hotel
The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of luxury sea and ocean cruise operator 'Cordelia Cruises', restraining a Rishikesh based hotel from operating under a similar name.Justice Saurabh Banerjee restrained 'Cordelia Inn' from using the said mark, stating that merely adding a prefix/ suffix (Inn in this case) to an existing mark does not make the offending mark...
Delhi High Court Reprimands GST Dept For Raiding Lawyer's Office, Seizing Computer Over Client's Tax Case
The Delhi High Court has pulled up the GST Department for harassing a tax lawyer, by raiding his offices and seizing his files and electronic gadgets, in connection with alleged GST evasion by one of his clients.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed that unless the Department has some material to indicate the lawyer's involvement in alleged tax evasion, it...
Will Expeditiously Notify Minimum Standards For Diagnostic Sample Collection And Transport Policy: Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Central Government recently informed the Delhi High Court that it will expeditiously notify the minimum standards for diagnostic sample collection and sample transport policy. In an order passed on July 18, Justice Anish Dayal noted that that the minimum standards have been approved, are only awaiting the notification and that the process may be accomplished within the next three...
'Violates Right To Take Marriage Decision': High Court Grants Relief To Inter-Faith Couple After Delhi Police Fails To Provide Protection
The Delhi High Court has recently granted relief to an inter-faith couple after the Delhi Police failed to grant them protection by facilitating their stay in a safe house, and rather allegedly and forcibly separating them and detaining the woman in a shelter home. Justice Sanjeev Narula recorded the argument of the man who claimed that the said action was taken by the Delhi Police despite...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Ching's, Restrains Local Manufacturer From Using 'Schezwan Chutney' Mark
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Capital Foods Private Limited- known from the brand “Ching's”, and has restrained a manufacturer from manufacturing and selling products under the mark “Schezwan Chutney.”Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora granted ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of Ching's and restrained the manufacturer- Pitambari Products Private Limited...
Stop Unauthorised Construction Or Encroachment In Sarojini Nagar Market: Delhi High Court To NDMC
The Delhi High Court has directed the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to forthwith stop the unauthorised or illegal construction in city's Sarojini Nagar market.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response of the NDMC on the action taken by it against alleged illegal encroachment by the shopkeepers in the Sarojini Nagar market. The Court issued notice on a plea filed by Sarojini Nagar...
Marriage With Minor Invalid, Can't Be Invoked To 'Sanitize' Rape Offence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that since marriage with a minor is legally void under Indian law, it cannot be invoked to “sanitize” the offence of rape.“Moreover, a marriage with a minor is not only invalid under Indian law but also irrelevant for the purpose of determining the applicability of the offence of rape when the prosecutrix is under the age of consent. In other words,...
Delhi High Court Quashes FIR Against Employer Over 'Sexual Harassment', Asks Him To Do 6 Months Community Service At Govt Hospital
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered against an employer over allegations of sexually harassing and stalking a female employee, while asking him to do community service at a government hospital in the national capital every Sunday for the next six months.Justice Ravinder Dudeja quash the FIR registered by the woman after the parties entered into a compromise in July...
Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence Of Company Official In Coal Block Scam, No Suspension Of Conviction
The Delhi High Court on Friday suspended the sentence of one Ramesh Kumar Jayaswal, former Director of Abhijeet Infrastructure Private Limited (AIPL) in an alleged case of irregularities related to the allocation of three coal blocks in Jharkhand.Justice Amit Sharma partly allowed the plea filed by Jayaswal seeking ad-interim ex-parte stay of the trial court order convicting him in the case...