Delhi HC restrains two Indian manufacturers from infringing Toyota trademarks [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi recently restrained two Indian auto-spare parts manufactures from using Toyota’s trademark TOYOTA, the Toyota Device mark, TOYOTA INNOVA and from passing off of the mark PRIUS.“In light of the fact that the plaintiff is the true and first proprietor of the well-known mark PRIUS all across the world, as well as in India and that the defendants' adoption of the...

Madras HC allows Cultural shows in Temple Festivals, with strange conditions [Read Order]

‘No dance or songs, touching upon the conduct of any political party or community or caste be played’ states the Order.Madras High Court has allowed petitions seeking permission to conduct cultural shows in Temple Festivals with stringent conditions. The Orders came in Petitions which challenged the orders of Police refusing to accord permission to conduct dance and songs programme...

First paperless e-court to start functioning in Hyderabad High Court

First paperless e-court in High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, common High court for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was inaugurated by Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur today. Justice P Naveen Raowill preside over the e-court from tomorrow.It is not only the e-court in the sense it is fully computerised but it also a paperless court. We spent few minutes understanding...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court dismissed an Election petition filed by a resident of Rae Bareli challenging the election of Sonia Gandhi to Lok Sabha. Justice Tarun Agarwala held that grant of citizenship to Sonia Gandhi cannot be challenged at this belated stage.Bombay High CourtBombay High Court upheld an order by lower court wherein it had restrained feeding of birds and...

Mere registration of criminal case could not be a ground to revoke Arms license: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The provisions of Arms Act with regard to suspension or cancellation of Arms licence cannot be invoked lightly in an arbitrary manner, said the Bench.In a recent Case, the Bombay High Court has held that  merely because a criminal case is pending against a person, Arms Licence granted to him by the licensing authority  cannot be cancelled.The petitioner contended that during the relevant...

No highly developed computer can replace a Judge: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has criticised a Principal Sessions Judge for acting like a motionless machine for cancelling Anticipatory Bail given to a Couple in a Criminal Case even without hearing the Petitioners.The Anticipatory Bail was granted to the Couple on certain conditions which were subsequently relaxed. But the Police had approached the Sessions Court for cancellation of bail on the ground...

Police Atrocity against lawyer; HC Advocate’s Association demands stringent action [Read Petition]

The Kerala High Court Advocate’s Association (K.H.C.A.A) has demanded the Advocate General, to take stringent action against police officers who had caused the arrest of lawyer violating and disregarding all statutory norms and procedures.The incident pertained to the arrest of a lawyer / Government pleader over an alleged incident of misbehaving with a woman in a public road.The incident...

Widow of an employee, who was missing for 7yrs and declared dead by Court, entitled to Compensation: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

Calcutta High Court has held that compensation is payable to the widow of an employee working in the collieries who was missing for seven years and was declared dead by the Civil Court.The Division Bench of Justices Nishita Mhatre and Tapash Mookherjee has dismissed the Appeal filed by J. K. Ropeways, Subsidiary of Coal India Ltd against the order of Single Judge,which held that the widow...

Ernakulam Law College union Chairman dies in bike accident

The Chairman of student’s union, Government Law College Ernakulam ,has died in an road accident yesterday. Mr Anantha Vishnu ,aged 21 was knocked off his bike, by an unidentified vehicle at Pulipparakunnu near Kodakara. He was found lying in a pool of blood at the place of incident. Though the passersby (two auto rickshaw drivers) rushed him to the nearest hospital , his life could not...

An advocate cannot plead and argue a case solely on the basis of a power of attorney: Kerala HC [Read Order]

A two judge bench of the High court of Kerala, comprising of Justice V Chitambaresh and Justice K Ramakrishnan in Brenda Barbara Francis v Adrian Miranda has ruled that an advocate cannot plead and argue a case as a power of attorney holder on behalf of the parties.The petitioner who was represented by a power of attorney holder , who was also an advocate by profession, sought permission...

Asking Wife to work, earn and feed herself is against Hindu Philosophy: Madars HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has dismissed a Criminal Revision Petition filed by a Husband against the order of Family Court which directed him to grant maintenance at the rate of Rs.5,000/- per month to his wife and daughter.The Counsel for the Petitioner argued that his client is a poor postman and he is taking care of a very big family, consisting of aged old mother, widowed sister, their children....

Justice Karnan adopted legally impermissible course, says Calcutta HC (Full Bench) [Read Judgment]

There cannot be two orders of two different Judges of a Division Bench in the same set of matters on two different dates…Legally impermissible course was adopted by the Hon’ble Companion Judge to revive jurisdiction over matters which was already lost, the Full Bench observed.The subsequent order (7th June) by Justice Karnan allowing bail applications which were rejected eighteen days...