Advertising Campaign Can Be Protected Under Intellectual Property Law If It Has Become Distinctive, Threshold High: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an advertising campaign can be granted protection in law, if it signifies the source and has become distinctive of the party while adding that the threshold for establishing distinctiveness would however be quite high in such a case. Justice Pratibha M Singh was of the view that while distinctive elements in advertising campaigns can be protected by...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Enhancement Superannuation Age Of State Govt Employees From 60 Yrs To 62 Yrs

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the State Government to enhance the age of superannuation of the employees of the State of U.P. from 60 years to 62 years.Stressing that in service matters, no public interest litigation is maintainable, the Bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Rajnish Kumar dsimissed...

Private Negotiations Between Two Govt Agencies For Land Transfer Does Not Determine Its True Market Value: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that private negotiations between government agencies for land transfer does not determine the true market value of the land. Thus, the High Court expressed doubt over an Arbitral award which granted compensation in favour of the private landowners ('Claimants'), whose lands were acquired by Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Of India,...

Motor Accidents | Compensation For Actual Damages Includes Value Of Spare Parts To Be Repaired: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday, while allowing a motor accident claims appeal, held that in Motor Accident Claims the claimant is entitled to get compensation for 'actual damages', which includes the value of spare parts as well.Justice Badharudeen opined that the claimant is entitled to compensation for the value of spare parts incurred for repairing the vehicle which got damaged as...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Parole Extension To Prisoner Who Miscommunicated Eye Operation As Brain Tumor Surgery

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a prisoner seeking extension of his parole to undergo surgery of brain tumor on the ground that the status report by the Investigating Agency clearly reflected that the petitioner was to undergo an eye surgery and not surgery of brain tumor."Apparently, the report furnished by the Investigating Agency reflects...

Trial Court Can Frame "Additional Issues" Based On Disputes Between Parties: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a revision petition against the order of the Trial Court wherein defendants' application for framing of an additional issue with regard to plea of adverse possession was allowed, has held that if defendants took a specific plea that was controverted by the plaintiff and the trial Court felt that both the parties were at issue, striking...

Delhi High Court Directs Controller General's Office To Ensure Recommendations Are Duly Signed By Members Of Opposition Board Under Patents Act

The Delhi High Court has directed the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) to ensure that the recommendations are duly signed by the members of the Opposition Board under the Patents Act, 1970. As per rule 56 of the Patents Rules, 2003, the Opposition Board shall conduct the examination of the notice of opposition along with documents filed and submit a report...

Delhi High Court Directs ED To Decide Vivo India's Representation Against Freezing Of Bank Accounts

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Enforcement Directorate to take a decision on the representation made by Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, seeking permission to operate its frozen bank accounts.Justice Yashwant Varma also asked ED's counsel to obtain instructions in the petition challenging the agency's action in connection with a money-laundering probe initiated by it, by...

Sri Ram Janma Bhumi Trust Not 'State' U/Art 12: Karnataka High Court Declines Plea By 71-Yr-Old Seeking Appointment As Chief Engineer

The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by a 71-year-old retired Engineer in Chief of Central Government seeking a direction to appoint him as the Chief Engineer at Sri Rama Janma Bhumi Theertha Kshethra on honorarium basis.Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra is a trust set up for the construction and management of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya by the government of India in...

Grandmother Claiming To Be Indian Resident Since 56 Yrs Approaches Bombay High Court For Citizenship

A 66-year-old grandmother, who claims to have come to India as a ten-year-old from Uganda, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking Indian Citizenship. Ila Jatin Popat says she married an Indian in 1977, and has challenged a 2019 order of the Deputy Collector of Mumbai Suburban District rejecting her application for citizenship and declaring her a "stateless woman". Popat claims...

MCA Appoints Smt. Anita Shah Akella As Ex-Officio Member In The IBBI

Ministry Of Corporate Affairs vide notification dated 05.07.2022 appointed Smt. Anita Shah Akella, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs as ex-officio member in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India to represent the Ministry in the Board. MCA Notification No. S.O.3069 (E ) Dated 05.07.2022 Click Here To Read/Download ...

Manual Scavenging | "Tragic Accidents In Sewers & Septic Tanks Have Come Down Significantly Due To Govt Initiatives": Centre To Delhi High Court

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that due to various initiatives brought in by the Government, the number of tragic accidents while cleaning sewers and septic tanks have come down significantly. The short affidavit has been filed by the Central Government through its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in a PIL filed in 2019 by Advocate Amit Sahni, seeking strict...