Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Calls Upon Bar Councils To Frame Policy For Financial Assistance To Deceased Lawyers' Families
The Delhi High Court has called upon the Bar Council of India as well as the Bar Council of Delhi to frame a policy providing financial aid to the families of deceased lawyers.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that a lawyer's earnings are totally dependent on his professional expertise and on its lapse upon his demise, the...
Contractual Dispute Between Rehabilitation Council Of India & Organisers Of Aptitude Test Cannot Stall Admissions: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to stall the admissions of specially abled candidates to diploma courses amid a contractual dispute between the examining body— Rehabilitation Council of India and a private entity— which won the tender to organise the exam.Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that staying admissions would directly impact the academic and professional futures of thousands...
Delhi High Court Says ED's Approach Of Not Arresting Main Accused 'Arbitrary', Grants Bail To Others
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to three men in a money laundering case, while saying that the approach of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in not arresting the main accused with graver role was “manifestly arbitrary.”“Having not arrested an accused who appears to have a graver role than the applicants and not even arraigned a person named to have facilitated in arranging the...
Use Of Another Company's Registered Trademark As Trade Name Amounts To Infringement: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that under Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, the use of a registered Trade Mark as a Trade Name itself amounts to infringement of the registered Trade Mark.Justice Tejas Karia thus granted interim injunction in favour of global integrated security company 'G4S' and restrained '4GS', also engaged in providing security services and registered with...
Cruelty After Marriage Robs Women Of Dignity, Fight Against Domestic Violence Far From Over: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that cruelty in the matrimonial homes robs women of their dignity, underscoring that fight against social evils like dowry and domestic violence is far “from over.”“It is profoundly unfortunate that, even in present times, many women continue to suffer cruelty within their matrimonial homes, inter alia, for demand of dowry. Such cruelty not only robs...
Confirmation Of Attachment Under PMLA Does Not Authorize Property Retention, Valid Order Must: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the confirmation of attachment of property involved in money laundering under Section 8(3) of PMLA does not authorize retention of such a property, as the process requires a valid order to be passed under Section 20. A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that the procedural safeguards...
Delhi High Court Grants Relief To 'Crocs', Cancels Registration Of Deceptively Similar "Croose" Trademark
Granting relief to multinational footwear manufacturer Crocs, the Delhi High Court has ordered cancellation of trademark registration granted to mark 'CROOSE' in Class 25 which includes footwear for human use.Justice Tejas Karia found the CROOSE mark to be “deceptively similar” to the US-based footwear brand's Crocs.The bench observed, “the placement of the Impugned Mark is identical...
Delhi High Court Restrains Princeton Schools & Colleges From Opening New Institutions In Plea By US-Based Princeton University
The Delhi High Court has granted partial relief to prestigious Princeton University in the United States, by restraining Hyderabad based educational institutions using the name 'Princeton' from opening any new institutions with the said name.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Renu Bhatnagar passed the order while hearing the US varsity's appeal against a single bench order...
Delhi High Court Allows Withdrawal Of Plea Over False Citation Of Case Laws, Paragraphs From Non-Existing Judgments
The Delhi High Court has allowed withdrawal of a petition which relied upon case laws which did not even exist, including some of the fake paragraphs quoted from judicial precedents.Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed as withdrawn a plea filed by Greenopolis Welfare Association against various homebuyers, after the Court was informed that the case laws cited in the petition were false....
Delhi High Court Upholds Retired Judge MM Dhonchak's Suspension From DRT Over 'Behavioural Issues'
The Delhi High Court has upheld the suspension of MM Dhonchak, a retired judicial officer and former Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chandigarh, following various complaints alleging behavioural issues.Justice Prateek Jalan dismissed a plea moved by Dhonchak challenging the order passed by Union Government placing him under suspension on February 13 last year. The Court...