Delhi High Court Sets Aside IPAB Order Removing Swiss Luxury Brand 'Davidoff' From Trademark Register

The Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of the Swiss company which owns luxury coffee brand Davidoff, whose trademark was removed from the register over alleged delay in seeking renewal of the mark.Justice Amit Bansal noted that the Trade Marks Registry had admitted to not having any records indicating that form O3 notice was issued to the petitioner prior to the removal of the...

Delhi HC Upholds Dismissal Of CAPF Constable Who Remained Absent From Duty On Health Grounds, Says He Had Duty To Seek Leave After Surgery

The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a CAPF personnel for failing to intimate the force about his absence from duty due to his health condition.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur was of the view that being in a disciplinary force, a high level of accountability was expected from the personnel and “it was incumbent upon him, post-surgery, to apprise...

Delhi High Court Orders Adequate Legal Representation To Three Indians On Death Row In Indonesia

The Delhi High Court has ordered that adequate legal representation be provided to three Indian nationals who are on death row in Indonesia.Justice Sachin Datta directed the Indian Consulate in Indonesia to take requisite steps for ensuring that the convicted Indian nationals are afforded adequate legal representation and to render appropriate assistance to them for pursuing...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Discrepancies In JEE (Main) 2025, Grants Interim Relief To Aspirant

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by a candidate alleging discrepancies in the conduct of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2025 held last month.Justice Vikas Mahajan sought response of the National Testing Agency (NTA), Union Government and JEE (Advanced) and listed the matter on May 19. The Court also granted interim relief to the petitioner candidate by permitting him...

Delhi High Court Directs CBI To Conduct Preliminary Enquiry Into Alleged 'Extortion Racket' Inside Tihar Jail

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 2) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary enquiry over the allegations of extortion racket being run inside the Tihar jail. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela also directed Delhi Government's Principal Secretary (Home) to conduct a fact finding enquiry to find out...

GST Dept Expected To Empathetically Consider Assessees' Requests To Adjourn Personal Hearing On Medical Grounds: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Goods and Services Tax authorities are expected to empathetically consider an assessee's request for adjournment of personal hearing on medical grounds.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta said the Department should not proceed to pass adverse orders in such matters.The development comes in a petition filed by...

Rule 86A CGST Rules | Credit Ledger Can't Be Blocked For More Than One Year : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ordered unblocking of an enterprise's Electronic Credit Ledger following the lapse of one year since its initial blocking.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta cited Rule 86A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 which lays down the conditions of use of amount available in electronic credit ledger. It...

Delhi High Court Denies Relief To Firm Allegedly Involved In ₹550 Crore GST Fraud, Questions Its Conduct Before Dept

The Delhi High Court refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a Noida based firm allegedly involved in GST fraud of over Rs. 550 crores.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta were unappreciative of the Petitioner's conduct in responding to the Department's proceedings.A demand of over ₹550 crores has been raised from various firms including...

Delhi High Court Rejects Saket Gokhale's Plea To Recall Order Asking Him To Apologize, Compensate Lakshmi Puri For Defamation

The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale seeking recall of a ruling asking him to put an apology on social media and pay Rs. 50 lakh damages to Lakshmi Puri, former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, in a defamation case filed by her. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also dismissed Gokhale's application for condonation...

Courts Should Actively Protect Right To Speedy Trial Of Accused Instead Of Waking Up Too Late And Lamenting The Delay: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it is crucial for courts to recognise and be conscious of the right of an accused to speedy trial and to prevent the same from being defeated, rather than wake-up much too late and lament that such right has been defeated.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani granted bail to a man in a cheating case, observing that trial will take a long time to conclude....

After Delhi High Court Warns Of Contempt Action, Ramdev Agrees To Delete Objectionable Video Against Roohafza

After the Delhi High Court's warning of initiating contempt action, Baba Ramdev on Thursday agreed to delete a video containing objectionable content against Hamdard National Foundation India's Rooh Afza product.Earlier in the day, Justice Amit Bansal was irked over another video of the yoga guru making objectionable remarks against Rooh Afza, despite a previous order of the Court restraining...

'Not In Anyone's Control, Lives In His Own World': Delhi High Court Raps Ramdev Over 'Sharbat Jihad' Row

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rapped yoga guru Baba Ramdev over the Sharbat-Jihad controversy, saying that he lives in his own world and is not in anyone's control.Justice Amit Bansal made the remark after he was informed that Ramdev again published a video containing objectionable remarks against Hamdard's Rooh Afza product. The Court found Ramdev to be prima facie in contempt of its...