Bikram Choudhury's YOGA SEQUENCE cannot be copyrighted; U.S. Appeals Court

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Yoga Guru Bikram Choudhury's sequence of 26 yoga poses and two breathing exercises, cannot be copy righted.The Court was hearing an appeal filed by Choudhury against a lower court decision in which he sued two persons who took his training course and then founded their own business instructing the same yoga technique.“We must decide whether...

Delhi HC in Ajay Makan's PIL directs AAP Govt. to ensure that the funds for Dengue are properly utilized [Read Order]

While disposing a PIL filed by Congress Leader Ajay Makan , a two Judge Bench of Delhi High Court asked the Delhi Government to ensure that the grant-in-aid released is properly utilized by the Corporations for taking all the necessary measures for controlling and prevention of the dengue cases. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also directed the Government...

Allahabad High Court dismisses PIL Challenging Photo Identification System [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on 7th October, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Uma Shankar Mishra, a High Court lawyer, directed that the photo identification system by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) to continue as it was earlier.Earlier, the Court had on September 29th, stayed photo identification system and also use of identification numbers, the...

Law Students highlight inconsistency of Delhi High Court RTI Rules with the RTI Act

In a representation made to Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini, four law students Aastha Sharma, Ishwin Mehta, Paras Jain and Kumar Shanu have highlighted the inconsistency of the Delhi High Court's RTI rules with the Right to Information Act, 2005. The students have claimed that the discrepancies and incompatibility have worked against the purported objective of the Right to Information Act, denying access to information and affecting Fundamental Rights of citizens.Rule 10 of the High...

Delhi HC finds patent infringement by Glenmark, restrains from business of anti-diabetes drug [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained Indian Mumbai based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from selling, distributing, marketing or exporting its anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met, holding that they were infringing the patent granted to US-based Pharmaceuticals Company, Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp.Restraining Glenmark, Justice A.K. Pathak observed, "it emerges from the comparison of the...

Everyone has a fundamental right to be recognized in their chosen Gender: Delhi HC allows transgender student to return to US [Read Judgment]

"Shivani is a brave-heart," observed Justice Siddharth Mridul, coming to the rescue of a 19 year old NRI transgender, who had approached the Court alleging that her parents had forcibly brought her to India and got her enrolled in an educational institution in Agra so that she could be reformed and taught to be a "normal girl". The Court directed the Police to escort her to the Delhi Airport...

SC sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order upholding Bar Association (Constitution and Registration) Rules, 2015

Supreme Court has set aside the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dated August 4, 2015, wherein Bar Association (Constitution and Registration) Rules, 2015 framed by the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana were upheld by consent between the parties.The Court ruled that the order of the High Court was passed without hearing the parties and in violation of principles of natural justice....

SC refuses to modify order linking Aadhaar cards only to LPG, PDS distribution; says constitution bench will decide further pleas

Refusing to modify its August 11 interim order allowing linking Aadhaar cards with only public distribution system for distribution of food grains, cooking fuels and LPG cylinders, the Supreme Court today said demands to extend it to more schemes shall be dealt with by the larger constitution bench to which the matter is being referred to.Despite fervent pleas by Attorney General Mukul...

SC notice to WB govt, prosecution on plea by Irish rape case accused against allowing victim to depose through SKYPE

Admitting a petition filed by the accused challenging the permission given to the victim in the 2013 Kolkata Irish rape case to depose from her country through Skype, the Supreme Court has issued notice to the West Bengal government and prosecution in the case.Significantly, a bench of Justice J S Khehar and Justice R Banumathi also agreed to delve on an important question raised in the...

SC imposes costs of Rs. 5 lakh for withdrawing appeals, in view of "judicial time expended" [Read Order]

In an order delivered last week, the Supreme Court imposed a cost of Rs. 5 lakh on Kerala State Electricity Board and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited for withdrawing their appeals, without circulating a letter before the Bench notifying it of the withdrawal.Granting the permission to withdraw, the Bench, comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N.V. Ramana ordered payment of costs by the...

"My grandson has started wearing a mask and looks like a Ninja", says CJI Dattu Favours pollution compensation tax on trucks coming into Delhi

"The situation is alarming indeed. Even my grandson has started wearing pollution masks", Chief Justice H L Dattu said as he favoured imposition of hefty pollution tax ranging from rs 600 -1,200 on nearly 60,000 trucks from outside passing through Delhi spewing harmful pollutants.A bench headed by Justice Dattu on Monday sought positive views of Centre, Delhi government and MCD on the proposal...

Madras High Court on finding unrecognised partnerships of Legal Practitioners

The Madras High Court has cracked down partnerships of legal practitioners, which had been filing cases without recording the names of all its members with the Registrar of the High Court as well as the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, although it is a requirement under the Rules of the High Court, Madras, Appellate Side, 1965.Making it clear that, henceforth, they shall not hear...