Police’s Assault Against Lady lawyer: Delhi HC Orders Inquiry

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) observed a flash strike on Tuesday post-lunch in protest against the police high-handedness Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry in to the incident relating to the assault on a 60yr old lady lawyer by Police.The case pertains to 60-year-old advocate Deepa Arya who has been accused in certain cases of threats, stalking etc filed against...

Solar Scam-Relief For Oomman Chandy: Kerala HC Restrains Publication, Discussion On Saritha Nair’s Letter For 2 Months [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has restrained the publication and media discussion on the contents of the letter dated 19.07.2013 allegedly written by Saritha S Nair, which has been referred by the Justice Sivarajan Commission’s report.  The report of the Justice Sivarajan Commission, which was tabled in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in November 2017, had found that the former Chief Minister...

Split Verdict On Sentence: Orissa HC ‘Finally’ Decides Not To Hang A Youth Accused Of Murdering 16-Year-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

Brutality of the crime committed is not the sole criteria for judging the case to be within the category of “rarest of rare” cases; it has to be one of extreme brutality and exceptional depravity so as to avoid the criticism that the death penalty has been taken as the norm and not the exception, the court said.The Orissa High Court has finally decided not to sentence a man accused...

Why No Law For Preventive Detention Of Corrupt Govt Officials: Justice N Kirubakaran Asks 15 Questions To TN Govt [Read Order]

Corruption is said to become order of the day and the people seems to have been driven to level of accepting it as normal. Corruption erodes and corrodes our administration. Demand of bribe itself is breach of trust of the State, the judge said.Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court asked 15 questions to Tamil Nadu Government observing that corruption is said to become order of the...

Delhi Footwear Dealers To Pay Damages To Christian Louboutin For Infringement Of Trademark Of Luxury Footwear ‘Red Sole’ [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has awarded damages to famous French fashion designer Christian Louboutin for infringement of trademark of luxury footwear ‘ Red Sole ’. ‘ Red Sole  is a signature design by him for high-end stilettos, which has shiny, red-lacquered soles and has found favour with his celebrity clientele. The distribution of his product is through a limited authorized...

Discrimination In Schools Against Students Of Indigenous Faith: Meghalaya HC Raps School Authorities

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Husband Can’t Complain Of Wife’s Visits To Parents’ Home: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A wife is certainly entitled to visit her parents’ home and such a visit per se cannot be the reason for a husband to complain, the bench said.The Delhi High Court has refused to grant divorce to a man who complained of his wife’s frequent visits to her parental home.A wife is certainly entitled to visit her parents’ home and such a visit per se, cannot be the reason for a husband...

Discrimination In Schools Against Students Of Indigenous Faith: Meghalaya HC Raps School Authorities [Read Judgment]

The Meghalaya High Court came down heavily on the headmistresses of two schools, the students of which took part and raised slogans against the cremation of a person belonging to the indigenous faith.Justice SR Sen reiterated the observation made in an earlier judgment wherein the problems faced by members of indigenous faith (Seng Khasi) with regard to cremation of their dead was...

Bombay HC Issues Notice To Centre, CAG, Finance Commission & GST Council On PIL Challenging GST(Compensation to States) Act,2017

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 14th Finance Commission of India, GST Council, State of Maharashtra on a PIL filed by one Ashrita Prasad Kotha, a law professor at Jindal Global Law School challenging the constitutional validity of  GST(Compensation to States) Act,2017 and 15 other Acts.A bench of Justice SS...

No Cure/ No Success Is Not Negligence, Says NCDRC; Sets Aside Rs 15L Liability On Doctor For IVF Failure [Read Judgment]

No cure/ no success is not negligence and fastening the liability on the treating doctor is not justified, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held as it took judicial notice of the fact that increasing number of people are opting for in-vitro fertilization due to growing problem of infertility while acknowledging that its failure cannot be attributed to the...

MCA Constitutes Insolvency Law Committee, Invites Suggestions from Stakeholders

The Insolvency Section, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, in a notice dated 12th December 2017, has announced the constitution of the Insolvency Law Committee. The Committee shall be chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, as per a notification dated 16th November 2017.The Committee has been constituted to take stock of the functioning and the implementation of the Insolvency...

‘BOOKMY’ In ‘BOOKMYSHOW’ Has No Trademark Protection As It Is Descriptive, Lacks Distinctiveness: Delhi HC

Dismissing an application made by the trademark owner of “ BOOKMYSHOW ”, the Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim injunction restraining the use of prefix “BOOKMY” by “ BOOKMYSPORT ”. The application for interim injunction was made in the suit filed by Bigtree Entertainment Private Ltd,  which is the registered owner of trademark “ BOOKMYSHOW ”, which runs a...