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Bengaluru Court Confirms Ex-Parte Temporary Injunction Restraining ACC Steel From Using Trademarks ACC, ACC TMT 500
A Commercial Court in Bengaluru has confirmed the ex-parte temporary injunction issued in 2020 restraining ACC Steel Pvt. Ltd., from using the marks ACC, ACC TMT 500 or any other mark/logo/name, similar and/or deceptively similar to the marks of ACC Limited. The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Basavaraj Chengti allowed the applications filed by ACC Limited and...
"Idea Is To Make Citizens Independent": Delhi High Court Seeks Clearing & Levelling Of Footpaths To Enable Movement Of Wheelchair Bound
The Delhi High Court has directed the various departments of the Delhi Government to work in tandem and ensure that footpaths and pavements in the Vasant Vihar area are made accessible for persons with physical disabilities, using wheelchairs for their movement.Justice Najmi Waziri directed the authorities to ensure that the facilities are such that those on wheelchair do not require...
UP Assembly Polls 2022: State Bar Council Urges Political Parties To Consider Its 7-Point-Demand For UP Advocates
The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has raised 7-points-demand and has urged the political parties contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 to consider those demands.In this regard, a press note has been released by the Council signed by its Chairman, Shireesh Kumar Mehrotra raising the following 7 demands:Cashless medical assistance of Rs 10 lakh should be provided to the advocates...
Former Chief Airport Officer Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Pre-Arrest Bail In Sexual Assault Case
Former Chief Airport Officer (CAO) of the Trivandrum International Airport, Giri Madhusudana Rao has moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case where he was accused of raping a lady staff working under him.A woman had come forward with rape allegations against Rao alleging that he seduced her to come over to his flat and thereby engaged in sexual intercourse without...
'Bona Fide Mistake': Calcutta High Court Refuses To Initiate Suo Moto Proceedings Against Advocate General For Allegedly 'Misleading' Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently declined a plea to initiate suo moto proceedings against Advocate General S.N Mookherjee for purportedly 'misleading the Court' by making an incorrect averment that a Bill passed in the West Bengal assembly to bifurcate Howrah Municipal Corporation into Howrah Municipal Corporation and Bally Municipality had received the assent of the Governor of West...
Maharashtra Govt Seeks Recall Of Supreme Court Order To Notify OBC Seats As General For Local Body Polls
The State of Maharashtra has approached Supreme Court seeking recall of order dated December 15, 2021 by which the Top Court had directed the State Government and State Election Commission to notify the 27% seats reserved for the Other Backward Classes in Maharashtra local body elections as general seats and take forward the election process.When the matter was called for hearing, Senior...
Covid Vaccination For Children: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Disclosure Of Clinical Trial Data, Stay On Vaccine Mandates
A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court of India seeking disclosure of clinical trial data for the vaccines that are being administered to children in India and a stay on the coercive COVID-19 vaccine mandates introduced in various states and by private establishments for children in the age group 15-18 years.The application has been filed by Dr Jacob Puliyel, a former member of...
Police Expected To Be The Most Accessible, Interactive & Dynamic Organisation Of Any Society: Chhattisgarh High Court
Stressing that the Police are one of the most ubiquitous organisations of the society, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that the police are expected to be the most accessible, interactive and dynamic organisation of any society. The Bench of Justice Rajani Dubey further emphasized that in an hour of need, danger, crisis, and difficulty, when a citizen does not know, what to...
De-Register Political Parties Which Fail To Publish Candidates' Criminal Antecedents : PIL Before Supreme Court
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to de-register political parties which fail to publish details regarding criminal cases of its candidates. The Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought directions to the Election Commission of India to take steps to ensure that...
Mere Chance For Occupation Of Premises Via Licence Not Sufficient To Make One Necessary/ Proper Party In Appeal Between Licensor & Licensee: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court on Friday ruled that a mere possibility of an individual occupying the premises through a licence is not adequate to make them a necessary party or a proper party in an appeal pending between the licensor and the licensee.Observing so, Justice A. Badharudeen rejected the application filed by the petitioner to get impleaded as an additional respondent in the above appeal....