Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Online Sale Of Medicines & Scheduled Drugs

Expressing concern over the health and well being of citizens, the Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notice on a writ petition against online sale of medicines and scheduled drugs.The single bench comprising Justice A.S. Supehia directed the concerned authorities of the Centre and State to file appropriate affidavits dealing with all the contentions made by the Petitioner.The Petitioner...

Delhi High Court Injuncts A Party Indulged In Trafficking/Hoarding Of Trademarks, Imposes Cost Of 10 Lakhs

The High Court of Delhi has injuncted a party from using the mark 'OSRAM' on the ground that it indulged in the trafficking/hoarding of the trademarks. The Single Bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh held that it cannot turn a blind-eye to large scale illegality committed by the defendant who had admittedly filed 416 trademark applications and was not doing any genuine business under any...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: June 2022 [Citations: 193 - 252]

NOMINAL INDEX Tejal Pareshbhai Pathak W/O Chirag Prabhashankar Trivedi V/S State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 193 Pravinsinh Jhala V/S State Of Gujarat & 3 Other(S) 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 194 Nirmal Jagmohan Sharma Versus High Court Of Gujarat & 1 Other(S) 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 195 Iqbal Hasanali Syed V/S State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 196 Rajeshkumar Umeshgiri...

If Essential Features Of The Registered Trademark Are Infringed, The Difference In Layout, Packaging, Etc Is Of No Consequence: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that in an action for infringement of a trademark once it is shown that essential features of the trademark are adopted by the defendant, the difference in layout, packaging etc. would be of no consequence. The Single Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with a suit for permanent injunction filed by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Plaintiff)...

Parliament Has Responsibility To Restrain Criminals From Entering Into Politics, Legislature To Save Democracy: Allahabad HC

In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has said that it is the responsibility of the Parliament to show its collective will to restrain the criminals from entering into the politics, Parliament, or legislature to save democracy and the country governed on democratic principles and rule of law.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh observed thus while denying bail to a...

Delay In Reporting Sexual Offences To Be Viewed Differently, Can't Be Equated With Delay In Other Cases: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court last week observed that the delay in reporting sexual offences should not be viewed as strictly as in other offences and that it would only become fatal in a case where the authenticity of the prosecution version is uncertain.Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked that this was so because, in a traditional society like ours, it was not reasonable to disbelieve the...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Vacate Stay On Direction To Enforce CM's Speech Promising Rent Relief

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging an order passed last year which had temporarily stayed a single judge order making promises extended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for payment of rent on behalf of poor tenants enforceable.The stay was granted in an appeal preferred by the Delhi Government against the single judge order.A division bench comprising of Chief...

S.116 Evidence Act | Tenant Who Accepts Induction Into Premises By A Landlord Can't Dispute Landlord's Title: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that in a tenancy dispute, when the tenant does not dispute his induction into the said property by the plaintiff (landlord) under a lease agreement, the question of doubting the title of plaintiff would not arise. A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda while dealing with the second appeal filed by Church of South India Trust Association...

Grant Reservation To OBCs In Local Body Elections, Bring Census Under Concurrent List: DMK MP Wilson Writes To Prime Minister

Senior Advocate P Wilson, also a Member of Parliament from DMK party, has addressed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging for due representation of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies, like Municipalities and Panchayats.He states that the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments made way for establishment of local self governments at the grass root level, with an...

Filings Without Mandatory Documents Not Valid, Date Of Filing To Be Considered When Petition Is Re-Filed With All Materials: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an initial filing unaccompanied with mandatorily required documents could not be considered as a valid filing. Thus, the first date of filing has to be considered the date on which the petition is re-filed with all valid documents. In this case, the petition was filed against an Arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,...

Heroin Smuggling Case: Gujarat High Court Grants 3 Days' Bail To Accused Rafik Adam Sumra On Daughter's Nikaah

The Gujarat High Court has granted temporary bail of three days to Rafik Adam Sumra, accused in the infamous heroin smuggling case of 2018, for attending the marriage ceremony of his daughter. A Bench comprising Justice Vipul Pancholi and Justice Sandeep Bhatt ordered that Rafik shall be released on temporary bail during the period from July 16 to July 18, 2022, with police escort, on...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 27 To July 3, 2022

Nominal Index Gopi Kishan v. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp with connected matter 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 197 Pradeep Kumar Sharma & Anr. v. Municipal Corporation, Jaipur 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 198 Pooja Gurjar & Anr. v. State Of Rajasthan & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 199 Jaswant Singh & Ors. v. Staff Selection Board, Jaipur & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 200 Puneet...