Delhi HC restrains DPS World Foundation from using brand name “DPS” on Delhi Public School’s Plea [Read Order]

Delhi High Court, in an interim order, has restrained DPS World Foundation from using the registered mark/name “DPS” or any other mark identical or deceptively similar to the registered mark of the plaintiff Delhi Public School, amounting to infringement and passing off the plaintiff’s registered trademark till the disposal of this suit.Delhi Public School had filed an application in...

Mental agony of being arrested and detained in Section #498A IPC case amounts to cruelty against husband: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Since the marriage between the parties is dead for all practical purposes and there is no chance of it being retrieved, the continuance of such marriage would itself amount to cruelty, said the Court The Allahabad High Court has observed that the mental agony of being arrested and detention in a Section 498A IPC case filed by wife against husband resulting into loss of reputation and prestige...

Former Madhya Pradesh HC Judge passes away; HC honours her by not conducting Death Reference [Read Letter]

In 2014, Former Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Manjusha P. Namjoshi wrote a letter to the Administrative Judge requesting not to conduct death reference on her death, and not to suspend judicial work either.She had written further in the letter “what I feel is that we as a public or government servants or constitutional authorities are trustees of the public as such...

No compassion can be shown to a person who has no will to work: Delhi HC [Read Order]

No compassion can be shown to a person who has no will to work, the Delhi High Court has observed while upholding a termination order against a clerk of District Court who was accused of absenting herself from duty frequently.One Suman Taneja, who was working as Lower Division Clerk in the office of District Court had approached the Delhi High Court against the termination order passed...

15 Judges in UP given compulsory retirement for “doubtful integrity”, “negligence” and “poor performance”

Full Court of Allahabad High Court has reportedly punished 15 Judicial Officers with compulsory retirement for “doubtful integrity”, “negligence” and “poor performance”.The meeting, conducted on April 14, and presided over by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud divested twelve Additional Judges and three Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates, of their charges and stopped them...

Bombay HC imposes 1Lakh cost on Reliance Infrastructure for abusing process of Law [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rupees One Lakh on Reliance Infrastructure Limited for approaching it under Article 226 of the Constitution under the garb of violation of statutory and constitutional right, despite filing an appeal.Division Bench comprising of Justices G.S.Kulkarni and S.C.Dharmadhikari dismissing the petition filed by the company said that such tendencies of abusing...

Amendments in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today gave its approval to move official amendments in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015.The legislation will ensure expeditious utilization of accumulated unspent amounts available with the ad hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), which presently is of the order of...

Co-accused also entitled to benefit of the right exercised under Section 13(2) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act: SC [Read Order]

Supreme Court, in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. vs. State of Rajasthan, has held that once right is exercised under Section 13(2) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 by any of the accused leading to a certificate from the Director of the CFL, the co-accused, who did not exercise that right is also entitled to benefit of its consequence, i.e. supersession of the report given earlier by...

Transfer of share or interest in a cooperative society by its member in favour of nominee, binding on it: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Indrani Wahi vs. Registrar of Coop. Societies & Ors has held that that transfer of share or interest in a cooperative society, based on a nomination in favour of the nominee, is binding on the said society. Justices J.S. Khehar and C. Nagappan allowed the appeal filed by Indrani Wahi, and directed the society to transfer the share or interest of the society in...

Trial Court can recommend action against Police Officers flouting provisions of POCSO Act while recording Child Victim’s Statement; Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

Orissa High Court in a recent order it is held that if the Trial Court is of the opinion that the police officer while recording the statement of the child victim had deliberately flouted the provisions prescribed under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO), in appropriate cases the Court can recommend for initiation of departmental proceeding against such erring...

All is not well with NLU Delhi PhD Admissions; Delhi HC directs to revisit the Admission Process [Read Order]

Delhi High Court Today has reproached National Law University Delhi (NLU-D) for its faulty PhD admission Procedure. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said that all does not appear to be well with the admission process of National Law University, Delhi at least qua admission to Ph.D. programme. The Court was considering a Writ Petition filed by one PhD Aspirant Amita Agarwal challenging the list...

US Human Rights Report criticises India for Extra Judicial Killings etc [Read report]

The 2015 report from US Govt department on human rights, slams India for judicial killings and other atrocities by Indian armed forces and police. The report has mentioned several incidents that happened in India and even accused the National Investigation Agency for “going soft” on Hindutva elements for their involvement in Malegaon blasts.The report states that “Rohini Salian, the...