Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Orders Permanent Injunction Against Use Of 'Miss India' Mark by Planet Media Group In Case Filed By Times Group
The Delhi High Court has restrained the use of “Miss India” by Planet Media Group in relation to the beauty pageants organized and promoted by it under the mark “MISS INDIA WORLD” and “TAJ MISS INDIA/MISS INDIA TAJ”.The bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula remarked that Planet Media had been dishonestly using “MISS INDIA”- the registered mark of Bennett, Coleman and Company, in...
Delhi High Court Seeks Status Report From Tihar Medical Superintendent On Health Condition Of Prisoners Aged Above 75-Years
The Delhi High Court recently sought status report from the Medical Superintendent of Tihar Jail regarding the present medical condition of all convicts and under-trial prisoners aged above 75 years.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the status report must also include the complete details of treatments, if any, being provided to the prisoners....
Invention Shouldn't Be Deemed ‘Computer Program Per Se’ Only Due To Algorithms & Computer-Executable Instructions: Delhi High Court To Patent Office
The Delhi High Court has observed that an invention should not be deemed as a “computer program per se” under the Patents Act merely because it involves algorithms and computer-executable instructions but the decision should be based on the technical advancements it offers and its practical application in solving real-world problems.Justice Sanjeev Narula said that it is essential for...
High Court Orders Assistant Controller General Of Patents To Undergo Course On Passing Judicial Orders At Delhi Judicial Academy
The Delhi High Court has directed an Assistant Controller General Of Patents to undergo a course on passing judicial orders at the Delhi Judicial Academy as it was “seriously disturbed” about an order passed by the officer while rejecting an application for grant of patent.Justice C Hari Shankar said that the order was nothing less than a “total mockery” of the functions which are...
Delhi High Court Reserves Order On PIL Demanding Complainants Be Asked About Willingness To Undergo Narco Analysis, Polygraph Test
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its decision on a public interest litigation seeking directions on the Delhi Police to ask the complainants if they are willing to undergo scientific tests like Narco Analysis and Brain Mapping during the investigation to prove the allegations, to control “fake cases.”"We are not lawmakers," said the division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra...
Consider Installing Advanced Cardiac Life Support Facility At Three Major Interchange Metro Stations: High Court To Delhi Govt, DMRC
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to explore the possibility of installing advanced cardiac life support facility at three major interchange metro stations, namely, Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk and Hauz Khas.While hearing a suo motu matter initiated in 2018, a division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Saurabh Banerjee directed the...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 08 To May 14
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 377 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 400NOMINAL INDEXDharampal Satyapal Sons Private Limited vs Google L.L.C. & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 377AARSHI R KAPOOR & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR and other connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 378Virander Kumar Sharma Punj & Anr v. GNCTD & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 379INDEPENDENT THOUGHT v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR....
Need To Have A Relook At Patent Law’s Provision On Exclusions In View Of Growing Innovations: Delhi High Court To Union Govt
The Delhi High Court has observed that there is a need to re-look at Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, in view of growing innovations. Section 3(k) states that a mathematical or business method or computer programe per se or algorithms will be excluded from patentability under the Patents Act.Justice Prathiba M Singh took note of the 161st Report of the “Review of the Intellectual...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea For Retrospective Effect Of S.23 Senior Citizens Act Which Renders Property Transfer By Elderly Void In Certain Situations
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking retrospective effect of section 23 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 which provides certain circumstances in which transfer of property by an elderly person will be void.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed the plea moved by one Chiranjit Singh...
Article 226 | Interference In Proceedings Before Lokpal Must Be Avoided Unless Something Is Palpably Wrong Or Contrary To Law: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that interference in the proceedings pending before Lokpal of India, while exercising writ jurisdiction, ought to be avoided unless there is something palpably wrong or contrary to law. Justice Prathiba M Singh added that repeated petitions seeking to interdict in the proceedings before the anti corruption body would defeat the purpose of the Lokpal...
Delhi High Court Stays Demolition Of Wazirabad Road Hanuman Temple, Seeks Status Report From Police
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the demolition of an old two-storey Hanuman temple situated at Loni road of city’s North-East region.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the authorities to not take any coercive action of removing the temple in terms of a letter issued by Public Works Department on May 03. “In the meanwhile, no cocrcive action will be taken by any of the...
Formulate Programme To Educate Teenagers About Criminality Of Posting Intimate Content Online Without Consent: Delhi High Court To DSLSA
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to formulate a programme to educate students, potential vulnerable victims and teenagers about criminality of posting intimate content on social media platforms without consent of the person concerned. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that in a large percentage of cases of sexual assault before the court, victims...