Trademark Rules, 2017 Notified: Forms Reduced From 74 To 8, Fee Increased [Read Rules]

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on Monday notified the Trademark Rules, 2017. The Rules bring about two major developments- they slash the number of trademark application forms from 74 to 8, and hike the fee for trademark applications to from Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 10,000. The fee for e-filing has, however, been fixed at Rs. 9,000, in order to promote e-filing of...

Borrower Can Prefer Appeal To DRT Even If Mortgaged Property Belongs To Guarantor: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

It is nowhere provided that when secured asset belongs to the guarantor, only the guarantor can prefer an appeal and not the borrower, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court, in Manik Mehta vs. UCO Bank, has observed that even when the secured asset belongs to the guarantor, the borrower can also prefer an appeal to the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT).In the present case, the Debts...

Delayed Disclosure By Witnesses About Extra-Judicial Confession Untrustworthy: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court, in Radheshyam Kashyap vs. State of Chhattisgarh, has observed that delayed disclosure by witnesses to the police about alleged extra-judicial confession made by the accused, despite their prior meeting with the police, would make the evidence untrustworthy.In the instant case, the witnesses, parents of the deceased, made a statement that the accused had confessed...

Former Promoters Of Ranbaxy Told To Disclose Asset Details

Justice Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court has asked former promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to disclose details of their assets.The direction comes in a foreign arbitration case in which Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has sought to restrain the formers promoters - Malvinder Singh and Shivender Singh - from selling their assets.A Singapore-based arbitration tribunal had ruled...

All Educational Certificates To Be Verified Before Enrolment Of New Lawyers: BCI

The Bar Council of India has reportedly directed all State Bar Councils to enroll fresh law graduates only after verifying all educational certificates, including Class 10, Senior Secondary, Graduation, if any, and the LL.B. degree certificates.The State Bar Councils have been directed to send photo copies of the certificates to the concerned Board/Universities for verification, within five...

Bombay HC Upholds Principle Of “No Work No Pay”, Refuses Relief To State Government Employee [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court refused to grant relief to a MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd) employee who was charged with accepting a bribe of Rs.5000 in 2007.The concerned employee was a Junior Engineer with MSEDCL, he sought directions from the court to his employers to pay a sum of Rs.20 lakhs (approx.) towards his salary and other allowances from December 2008 to...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court  transferred probe into the JawaharBagh massacre to the CBI, citing a flawed and unscientific investigation on part of the state government.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court deferred the final hearing in the matter regarding the Maharashtra government’s decision to reserve a quota in government jobs and seats in education institutions for...

Don’t Charge Over Rs.130 For 100 SD Channels: TRAI Tells Cable TV Distributers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked cable TV operators not to charge subscribers more than Rs.130 for 100 standard definition channels.The Supreme Court recently lifted a stay which had prevented Trai from notifying the tariff order, in a case filed by Star India Pvt. Ltd and its subsidiary Vijay Television Pvt. Ltd, challenging Trai’s jurisdiction to regulate...

CIC Rejects Plea Seeking Copies Of PM Modi’s Applications For Obtaining Passport [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has upheld the CPIO’s refusal to provide to an RTI applicant copies of applications submitted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for obtaining his first passport and subsequent renewal or fresh applications for obtaining diplomatic passport.GM Chauhan, an RTI activist and member of the Congress in Gujarat, had sought information pertaining to the...

Former CJ Acted ‘Unconstitutionally’ To Promote HC Employee Out Of Turn: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The then Hon'ble Chief Justice, while promoting the third respondent relaxing the seniority criteria is incorrect, in not complying Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution, the court saidThe Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that a former chief justice of the high court acted unconstitutionally while relaxing the seniority criteria to promote a person ‘out of...

Prosecution Of Doctors Accused Of Death Due To Negligence: MP HC Issues Guidelines [Read Order]

A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan has laid down seven-point landmark guidelines for the police and the subordinate courts over handling of cases in which the government doctors are accused of patient’s death due to negligence.“Looking at the rising trend of roping in doctors working in the Government Hospitals by the next of kin of persons dying during the course of treatment at...

Lawyer Seeks Equal Opportunity For Lawyers Practicing In Subordinate Courts/Tribunals For HC Judgemenship [Read Petition]

Legal talent equally, if not more matching than these elite class of lawyers, is available among those who practice in the subordinate courts and tribunals, the lawyer contends.A lawyer practicing in subordinate courts has approached the Kerala High Court seeking an equal opportunity to lawyers practicing in the subordinate courts and tribunals for appointment as the judges of high...