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PPL Copyright Issue | Third Parties Not Exempt From Paying License Fee To PPL Because Of Stay In Azure's Favour : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified that its interim stay order dated April 21, 2025, in the dispute between Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) and Azure Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. will apply only between the parties to the suit pending before the Delhi High Court and not to third parties.On April 21, 2025 the Supreme Court had stayed the direction of the Delhi High Court ordering Azure to pay...
Decision To Remove Glass Panels Taken By Full Court To Restore Original Grandeur : Supreme Court
The decision to remove the glass glazing installed in front of courtrooms 1 to 5 was taken by the Full Court of the Supreme Court based on the representations by the SCBA and the SCAORA after consideration of issues such as “original grandeur, visibility, aesthetics and court room accessibility”, said the Supreme Court in a press release.The glass panels were installed in the corridors...
Police Lapse In Seizing Cash Was 'Slipshod', But Doesn't Aid Justice Varma's Defence: Inquiry Committee
The 3-judge committee, which held the inquiry against Justice Yashwant Varma, criticised the Delhi police for not seizing the currency notes which were discovered during a firefighting operation at the storeroom of his official bungalow.The failure of the police and fire personnel in leaving the spot without preparing any panchnama or seizure memo was termed by the committee as...
Beneficiary Of Fraud Can't Be Supported By Public Money: Calcutta HC Restrains State From Paying Stipend To Staff Whose Jobs Were Cancelled By SC
The court noted that by providing stipend to those whose appointments were deemed fraudulent by the Supreme Court, the State was attempting to overreach the order of the Apex Court.
Karnataka Govt Proposes Crowd Control Bill To Manage Mass Gatherings In Aftermath Of Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede
The Karnataka Government has proposed the Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd At Events And Venues Of Mass Gathering) Bill, 2025, to effectively manage and control crowds at sponsored events and venues of mass gathering pertaining to political rally, jatra, conference, etc, in the State. .The proposed bill is likely to be discussed in the next cabinet meeting. The Bill is proposed in...
No Summons To Lawyers Without Prior Permission Of Director: ED Issues Circular
Following a backlash over issuance of summons to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate has come out with a Circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to advocates in connection with their legal opinions.If any summon is to be issued as per exceptions available under law, the same shall be with prior permission of...
Special NIA Court Dismisses Gautam Navlakha's Plea To Reside In Delhi
A special NIA court in Mumbai on Thursday (June 19) rejected an application filed by human rights' activist Gautam Navlakha, who sought permission of the court to leave Mumbai and reside in Delhi permanently till the culmination of the trial in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case. Special Judge Chakor Baviskar said traveling beyond the jurisdiction of the Court is one thing and...
After Supreme Court Bar Body's Protest, ED Withdraws Summons Issued To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal
In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has withdrawn with immediate effect the summons issued by it to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap, on June 18, ED issued summons to Venugopal over legal advice given by him to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock ownership) issued to former Religare Enterprises chairperson...
Supreme Court Stays Declaration Of Results Of Trained Graduate Teachers(Special Educators) Recruitment Exam In Delhi
The Supreme Court on June 19 stayed the declaration results for the exam to recruit Trained Graduate Teachers(Special Educators) by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board, set to begin from June 24.A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan initially stated that even though the Court will issue notice, the process must continue. "It is your case that they have not...
Kerala Court Awards ₹1 Crore Compensation To 'MILMA' In Trademark Dispute Against 'MILNNA'
The Principal Commercial Court, Thiruvananthapuram, has passed a judgment in favour of the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (plaintiff), popularly known as Milma, in a trademark dispute initiated by it against the defendant's brand “MILNNA”.The judgment was passed by Smt. Mariam Salomi, Principal Commercial Judge, Thiruvananthapuram.FactsThe plaintiff is a...
Odisha High Court Bar Association Condemns Police Action Against 70-Yr-Old Lawyer At Behest Of Lady IAS Probationer
The Odisha High Court Bar Association has severely condemned the alleged ill-treatment and abuse meted out by the police, at the behest an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Probationer, to an elderly septuagenarian member belonging to the District Bar Association, Balasore.On the evening of June 06, 2025, Advocate Purushottam Das (70) had reportedly gone to meet an MLA in the Circuit...