Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 10, 2022 To January 16, 2022

A weekly round-up of important cases from Madras High Court and its subordinate courts.1. SpiceJet Vs Credit Suisse AG- Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Airline's Admission Of Winding Up Case Title: SpiceJet Limited v. Credit Suisse AG Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 11 Madras High Court has dismissed the appeal preferred by SpiceJet against a single-judge bench order...

Fixed Deposits Or Electronic Transfers A Bail Condition Likely To Improve Possibility Of Accused's Attendance: Punjab And Haryana High Court

The likelihood of an accused to attend the Court will increase if the accused knows that their money is safe and accruing interest and thus, fixed deposits or electronic transfer or creating lien over the bank, instead of cash or sureties as conditions for bail are better mediums to ensure that the accused does not flout Court's Order. A single judge bench of Punjab and Haryana...

Delhi Court Denies Bail To Aumkareshwar Thakur, Accused Of Creating 'Sulli Deals' App On GitHub

A Delhi Court has denied bail to to Aumkareshwar Thakur, who is accused of creating the 'Sulli Deals' app on Github. Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhra Chhaunkar said "misuse of technology and the impact of the alleged acts on the larger section of society cannot be reduced to negligible when being compared to the other offences with harsher punishment."Thakur was reportedly arrested by...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 10 To January 16, 2022

Judgments/Orders of the Week 1. Gangasagar Mela Monitoring Panel Reconstituted, Negative RTPCR Report Made Mandatory: Calcutta HC Modifies Event ConditionsCase Title: Dr. Avinandan Mondal v. State of West Bengal & OrsCitation: 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 1The Calcutta High Court modified certain conditions imposed earlier while allowing the State Government to hold this year's Gangasagar Mela...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: January 10 To January 16, 2022

Judgments/Orders of the Week1. S. 482 CrPC Plea Maintainable To Quash Proceedings Which Are Ex Facie Bad For Want Of Sanction: Allahabad High CourtCase title - Mahendra Pal Singh Lekhpal And Another v. State of U.P. and AnotherCase Citaiton: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 9The High Court observed that an application under Section 482 CrPC is maintainable to quash the proceedings, which are ex facie bad...

Non-Reporting Of 'POCSO Case': "Sometimes Such Matters Aren't Reported To Save Girl's Reputation": Rajasthan HC Suspends Sentence Of Faculty, Hostel Warden

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence awarded to a Faculty Member in the college and the Hostel Warden booked under Section 21 of the POCSO Act (among other offences) for their alleged failure to report a 'POCSO Case' of the hostel involving a scheduled caste minor girl, as it noted thus:"Incidents are not uncommon where after deliberations, it is decided in a...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: January 10 to January 15, 2022

Judgments1: Karnataka High Court Upholds GST & Central Excise Duty On Tobacco; Says 'Articles 246 & 246A Can Be Simultaneously Exercised' Case Title: M/s.V.S.Products v. Union of India Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 7 The Karnataka High Court upheld the notification dated July 6, 2019 issued by the Union of India by which Central Excise Duty has been levied on tobacco and...

Deliberate And Wilful Non-Compliance Of Undertaking Is Contempt Under Contempt Of Courts Act: Rajasthan High Court

A single bench of Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench observed that breach of written undertaking given to the Court is contempt and is liable to be punished under the Contempt Courts Act, 1971. Justice Sudesh Bansal, ruled, "As per Definition of civil contempt, described in Section 2 (b) of the Contempt of Court Act 1971, the civil contempt means willful disobedience of...

Sun TV Network Has Exclusive Broadcasting Rights Over 'Jilla' Movie: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has allowed a civil suit that sought a declaration of the exclusive copyright of Sun TV Network over the broadcast of 'JILLA' movie, while granting permanent injunction against the defendants from exhibiting/ exploiting the movie in a similar manner. A single-judge bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed that the second defendant, United India Exporters,...

A Successful Bidder Cannot Be Permitted To Wriggle Out Of Its Bid Claiming His Bid To Be A 'Conditional Offer'; NCLAT

The NCLAT, Principal Bench consisting of Justice Anant Bijay Singh and Ms. Shreesha Merla in the case of M/s. Visisth Services Limited v. S.V. Ramani held that a Successful Bidder cannot wriggle out of the contractual obligations and withdraw the bid after payment of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and seek refund of the amount on the ground that the offer made by the Bidder was a...

Bombay High Court Allows Age-Barred Law Graduate To Participate In Judges Selection As Recruitments Got Stalled Due To COVID

In an interim relief to a law graduate from Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has allowed him to participate in the ongoing recruitment process for post of Civil Judge (Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrate (First Class), despite being "age-barred." The petitioner contended that he was age-barred as the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) did not issue any...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 10 To January 16, 2022

JUDGMENTS/ ORDERS THIS WEEK1. Delhi High Court Upholds Interim Injunction Against Cigarette Brand TOPAZ For Using 'Similar Trade Dress' As TOTALCase Title: VST Industries Ltd. v. Rudra Ventures Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 15The Delhi High Court has upheld the ex-parte interim injunction order against TOPAZ, a cigarette brand, allegedly passing off its goods as that of...