HUL vs Emami : Bombay HC Temporarily Restrains Emami From Using The Mark "Glow And Handsome" [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted a temporary injunction against Emami Ltd, restraining the Kolkata based conglomerate from using the mark "Glow and Handsome" noting that the plaintiff Hindustan Unilever was prima facie the prior adopter and user of the said trademark. Justice SC Gupte was hearing an interim application in a commercial suit filed by HUL, who claims to be a...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Moved By Air India Pilots Challenging Their Termination [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by certain pilots of national carrier Air India challenging the termination of their services with effect from August 13. The Single Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh has issued notice to Air India, directing it to file its response within two weeks.Moved by four pilots of Air India, the petition challenges the decision of the national carrier...

Aarogya Setu App Not Mandatory But Optional For Passengers: Airports Authority Of India Tells Karnataka HC

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday told the Karnataka High Court that use of Aarogya Setu Application by passengers is optional and not mandatory.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi, while recording the statement made by the counsel for AAI, said that it will now decide on the interim relief sought in the petition filed by Anivar A...

Chattisgarh HC Upholds Dismissal Of Judicial Officer Who Lodged Criminal Case Against HC Judges [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the dismissal of a judicial officer who had filed criminal cases against the former Chief Justice and Judge of the High Court.Prabhakar Gwal, who was a judicial officer in Chhattisgarh, was dismissed from after the Full Court recommended his dismissal without inquiry after it found that he, through his wife, filed a criminal case against many...

'Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan Are A Travesty Of Justice': Chennai Lawyers Write To SC [Read Statement]

A Group of Advocates from Chennai have addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court, raising their concerns over the manner in which Advocate Prashant Bhushan was held guilty of contempt for his tweets over the CJI and functioning of the Supreme Court. "Lawyers, being stakeholders and integral to the justice delivery system, have...

Telangana HC Dismisses PIL Challenging the Constitutional Validity Of Sections 376, 376A OF Indian Penal Code

The Telangana High Court last week has dismisses a PIL challenging the Constitutional validity of certain Sections in the Indian Penal Code.The Prayers in the PIL are the following ;(a) To declare Section 376 and Section 376A of the Indian Penal Code, in so far as it does not award death penalty for the offence of rape on woman under the age of 16 years as being violative of Articles 14 and 21...

SC To Impart Training To Registered Clerks Of AORs On E-Filing System [Read Circular]

'Training is for promoting paperless filing, processing & create time and cost saving efficiencies'

[Online Education] Calcutta HC Appoints Committee To Ascertain Schools Fees

The Calcutta High Court on Monday appointed a Committee to receive the accounts pertaining to the income and expenditure of schools to get an idea as to what the normal income and expenditure ought to be and what it has been after the lockdown started, to ascertain the variable costs involved and the extent of concession that ought to be passed on to students and parents for not incurring...

Adoption Does Not Sever Relationship With Biological Father, Even If He Renounces Right As Father: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, in a judgment delivered recently, refused to substitute in the birth certificate of a minor girl the name of her adoptive father, who is her biological mother's second husband, in place of her deceased biological father's name. The court was hearing the plea under Section 56 (2) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 read with...

Rajasthan HC Finds The Online Seat Allotment Process For Medical PG Admissions Arbitrary, Orders Relief To Be Provided In The Pending Mop-up Round Of Counselling [Read Order]

Rajasthan High Court has found the allotment process of seats for admission to PG Courses 2020 by the State of Rajasthan, on the basis of the National Eligibility Entrance Test- 2020 (NEET), to be arbitrary and unreasonable. In response to petitions filed by grieved students, the Court looked into the manner of allotment of seats for admission to Medical PG Courses-2020 and noted that...

Madras HC Junks Vedanta's Plea To Reopen Its Sterlite Copper Plant In Tamil Nadu [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by Vedanta Limited, against closure of its Sertlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, and other consequential orders passed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The Division Bench comprising Justices TS Sivagnanam and V. Bhavani Subbaroyan junked the Company's plea for reopening of its plant based...

Place On Record SOP For Disposal Of Used PPE Kits : Karnataka HC To State [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to place on record Standard Operating Procedure or Guidelines issued for disposal of used PPE kits and accessories used by people who are dealing with Covid-19 patients. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi directed the registry to place the petition filed by Advocate K B Vijayakumar for hearing...