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N95 Is A Generic Term: IPAB Stays Operation Of Registration Of N95 Trademark
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has stayed the operation of registration of 'N95' as trademark.The term N95 is a generic term in the mask industry, the same is not capable of being neither registered or protected as trade mark nor the same can be appropriated by any one entity, the Board observed while considering a Rectification Application is filed by SASSOON FAB International...
'State Duty Bound To Protect Right To Shelter' : Karnataka High Court Directs Govt To Reconstruct Migrants' Huts Burnt Down During Lockdown
Asserting that the State is bound to protect the right to shelter, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the state government to reconstruct at its own cost the huts/shanties of migrant workers in Bengaluru, which were burnt down by unknown miscreants when the occupants had left for their native places after the announcement of the lockdown.The Court direct that the State, within...
Delhi High Court Directs RBI To Reconsider Jindal Steel And Power Ltd Application To Remit $300 mln To Mauritius Subsidiary
The Delhi High Court today remanded to the Reserve Bank of India, an application by Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) to transmit $300 million to its wholly owned subsidiary Jindal Steel and Power (Mauritius) Ltd (JSPML). Directing the central bank to reconsider its decision on JSPL's application, the court noted that the RBI's order dated 30.12.2019, vide which it had rejected...
Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court Directs Shifting Of Jamia Student Asif Iqbal Tanha To Guest House For Writing Exams
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the jail authorities to forthwith take Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student Asif Iqbal Tanha, to a guest house located in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi so that he is able to study and appear in examinations scheduled from 04th December. The Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing an application filed by Tanha under Section 439 Cr.P.C. read with...
"Public At Large Has Been Callous, Negligent & Irresponsible": Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Directions For Govt. To Tackle COVID19
Noticing the steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday (03rd December) issued ssveral directions for the State Government to tackle COVID cases in the State.While observing that it is not the Government which is solely responsible for the rise in COVID Cases, the Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also...
"Reckless And Ill Founded Allegations Against A Woman Who is Not A Party": Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Against Alleged Sex Racket
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday strongly reprimanded a writ Petitioner for disclosing the identity of a woman, both to the Police and in the judicial proceedings, allegedly involved in a sex racket. "The woman against whom allegations are levelled is not party to the proceedings. Even otherwise we are of the view that minimum standard of decency demands that identification of a...
'Not Inclined To Multiply Litigation': Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Judicial Enquiry Into Hathras Case
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking Judicial Enquiry under Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 into Hathras case. A Bench led by Chief Justice Govind Mathur said that the case is already pending before a Division Bench at Lucknow which took suo moto cognizance of midnight cremation of the victim's body and thus, it shall not...
RERA Does Not Bar Consumer Fora From Entertaining Complaints By Allottee, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that Section 79 of the RERA Act does not bar the Consumer fora from entertaining complaint on behalf of an allottee.In this case, the issue before the Delhi High Court was whether the proceedings under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 can be commenced by home buyers (or allottees of properties in proposed real estate development projects) against...
Kerala High Court Stays Govt Decision To Blacklist Pricewaterhouse Coopers From IT-Related Projects
The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the decision of the Kerala Government to blacklist premier consultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers Private Ltd (PwC) from IT-related projects for two years.A single bench of Justice PV Asha stayed the decision for a period of two weeks while issuing notice to the Kerala Government and the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd(KSITIL) on the writ petition...
Karnataka High Court Directs Holding Of Elections To 198 Wards In Bengaluru Civic Body Expeditiously
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State Election Commission to hold elections of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as expeditiously as possible by publishing election program within six weeks from the date of publishing of final list of Electoral rolls. Election shall be held for 198 wards, as per notification of delimitation of ward already published. A...
Delhi High Court Restrains Publishers From Creating Audio Books From The Novels Of Hindi Novelist Anil Mohan
In a first, the Delhi High Court recently restrained publishers (5 in number) from creating audiobooks from the plaintiff's (Anil Mohan Bhardwaj) novels in which he claimed that he has subsisting valid copyright without his written consent. The Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta also restrained the defendants from publishing or re-publishing the novels, without the written consent of...