Delhi High Court
Sadhguru Moves Delhi High Court Against Infringement Of Personality Rights By Rogue Websites, Use Of AI
Jagadish Vasudev popularly known as Sadhguru moved the Delhi High Court on Friday (May 30) in a suit seeking protection against infringement of his personality rights by rogue websites through the use of Artificial Intelligence. The counsel appearing for Sadhguru submitted before Justice Saurabh Banerjee that Sadhguru's name and likeness is being used by rogue websites to sell products. He...
Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai Moves Delhi High Court Against Single Judge Ruling In Defamation Case By BJP Leader Shazia Ilmi
Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Friday moved an appeal before the Delhi High Court against a single judge ruling granting partial relief to BJP leader Shazia Ilmi in her defamation case over a video posted by Sardesai on 'X'— alleging that she abused a video journalist of India Today during a televised debate.The single judge had confirmed an earlier order passed in August last year,...
Saket Gokhale Moves Delhi High Court Against Direction To Apologise, Pay Damages To Lakshmi Puri For Defamation; No Interim Relief For Now
All India Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Friday moved the Delhi High Court against the ruling directing him to pay Rs. 50 lakhs damages and to apologize to former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, Lakshmi Puri, in her defamation suit against him.Gokhale has also challenged the ruling rejecting his plea to recall the said decision. The main ruling was passed by...
After Delhi High Court Flak, Youtuber Mohak Mangal Agrees To Take Down 'Offending Portions' From His Video On ANI
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) directed YouTuber Mohak Mangal to take down specific portions of his video on ANI, while hearing the news agency's defamation suit alleging that his recent video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency.Prior to lunch hour, the high court had after watching the video, asked Mangal's counsel senior advocate Chander Lall to take instructions...
Mohak Mangal Row: Delhi High Court Directs Kunal Kamra To Take Down Tweet Calling ANI 'Thugs & Mafia'
While hearing news agency ANI's defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal alleging that his recent YouTube video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) directed comedian Kunal Kamra to take down a tweet posted in connection to Mangal's video. Justice Amit Bansal was informed by Kamra's counsel that without prejudice to the rights...
Liquidated Damages Clause Does Not Permit Automatic Recovery Of Full Amount, Actual Loss Must Be Proven: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has held that the law mandates proof of actual loss despite the presence of an Liquidated Damages (LD) clause and does not allow automatic recovery of the entire LD amount upon breach. Therefore, the Petitioner's unilateral adjustment without adjudication was unlawful. The AT rightly held that such unilateral recovery does not obviate...
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of CBI FIR In Land For Jobs Scam Case
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged land for jobs scam case.Yadav has also sought quashing of the three chargesheets filed by CBI in the case as well as the trial court orders taking cognizance of the said chargesheets.Justice Ravinder Dudeja...
Remove Words Like "Hafta Wasooli", "Gunda Raj" From Video Against ANI : Delhi High Court Tells Mohak Mangal
While hearing news agency ANI's defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal alleging that his recent YouTube video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) orally suggested that certain words used by the YouTuber in his video were "offending". While rising for lunch hour, Justice Amit Bansal after watching the video asked Mangal's...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against LG Notification Granting Takedown Powers To Police For Removal Of Online Content
The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice on a plea challenging a notification issued by Lieutenant governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena empowering the Delhi Police to issue takedown orders for removal of online content from social media. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notice on the plea moved by Software Freedom Law Centre...
'Anti-Dissection Rule' Doesn't Bar Comparison Of Dominant Parts Of Trademark To Ascertain Similarity: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that even though similarity in two competing trademarks cannot be ascertained by dissecting and comparing their parts, the “dominant parts” of the trademarks can be compared.A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Sachin Datta observed,“It is well settled that the question whether competing trademarks are similar cannot be decided by...
Delhi High Court Allows DPS Dwarka Students To Continue Studies On Parents Depositing 50% Of Hiked School Fee
The Delhi High Court has directed that students of Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka, whose names were struck down from the school rolls, shall be allowed to continue their studies, subject to the parents depositing 50% of the hiked school fee for the academic years 2024-25 onwards.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the interim order in a plea moved by over 100 parents over the issue of school fee...
Not Necessary To Use Trademark In Physical Form, May Be Used In Any Other Relation To Goods: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that it is not necessary that a trademark must be used in a physical form in relation to the goods.While referring to Section 2(2)(c) of the Trademarks Act 1999, a division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur held that the mark may be used in any other relation whatsoever to such goods.It observed, “The “use of a mark” in relation...