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Division Bench of Delhi High Court restrains Glenmark from manufacturing Anti-Diabetes drugs over patent infringement claimed by US Company
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court today restrained Indian firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from manufacturing, marketing or selling its anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met, reasoning that it has prima facie infringed the patent of US drug major Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD). Both sides were represented by a battery of senior advocates including Kapil Sibbal, A.M.Singhvi...
Black Money bill tabled in Lok Sabha
After nationwide debate for many years, promises made serially by governments, petition in the Supreme Court by Ram Jethmalani and consequent appointment of Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Court, today the current Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015, popularly known as the Black Money Bill in the Lok Sabha....
Plea against Defence Lawyers in Nirbhaya; Women Lawyers Association approached SC for barring them from entering Court
The Supreme Court Women Lawyers’ Association has approached the Supreme Court of India with the prayer that the defense lawyers in the Nirbhaya case, who also featured in the BBC’s Documentary, India’s Daughter, Advocates M.L. Sharma and A.P. Singh be barred from entering the Court.The petition, reportedly also states that the comments made by the Advocates, which were shown in...
Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking cancellation of registration of Aam Aadmi Party, imposes cost of Rs. 5,000/- on the petitioner
The Delhi High Court through a judgment delivered today rejected a public interest litigation that sought cancellation of registration of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the ground of party having obtained registration using forged, wrong and incomplete documents. The petition had also prayed for setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to inquire into the forgedand fabricated documents filed...
Name, designation and address of the members of the Selection Committee of UPSC cannot be provided under RTI Application rules Delhi High Court
Hearing an appeal against the order passed by the Central Information Commission, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Name, designation and address of the members of the Selection Committee of UPSC cannot be provided under RTI Application.Earlier, the Central Information Commission had accepted the plea of Dr. Mahesh Mangalat who had sought such information through a RTI Application.The...
No night shifts for women at work beyond 10PM: Kerala HC
While disposing of the petition filed by women employees of Sitaram Textile Mill at Thrissur questioning the management's decision to make women employees work during night shifts, the Kerala High Court held that women employees will work only till 10 pm. It was also alleged in the petition that the management didn’t yield to the demand of not fixing night shifts for the women employees....
Home Ministry issues Guidelines on Citizenship to Children Born to a Surrogate Indian Mother
The Ministry of Home Affairs has developed guidelines for the foreign nationals intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy. These guidelines have been notified vide MHA letter no. F No.25022/74/2011-F.I dated 9th July 2012 and have also been circulated to all the Indian missions/posts.The following provisions have been made under these guidelines for the foreign nationals coming...
HP High Court directs state government to implement Shetty Commission report within 2 weeks
The First National Judicial Commission, known as Shetty Commission may be implemented in the State of Himachal Pradesh soon as the High Court on Monday directed the State government to implement it within two weeks for the employees of subordinate courts.The Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan also acted on a contempt petition filed...
Relief for MNCs as Delhi High Court lays down rules regarding tax on advertisements [Read the Judgment]
Addressing the issue of taxation of advertising and marketing spends by multinational companies; the Delhi High Court today laid down rules regarding the same. The dispute before the Court involved questions regarding applicability of transfer pricing rules, which apply to transactions between multinational companies and their Indian arm.The court decided that promoting and...
Over 8.80 Lacs Cases Related Land Acquisition, Revenue and MNREGA, Involving Rs.200 Crores were Settled at National Lok Adalat Yesterday
Over 8.80 lacs land acquisition, revenue and MNREGA related cases were settled involving over Rs.200 crores at a National Lok Adalats that were held across the country yesterday. This is the second in a series of National Lok Adalats which are being organized one a month on a specific subject matter. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) had drawn up a Calendar for this purpose under...
All India Judicial Service, an unending wait
An idea mooted in 1960s that is still to see the light of the day, All India Judicial Service is unlikely to shape soon. As in earlier years, there are States that oppose the idea and the issue is all set to come up for discussion in the meeting of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers next month.The meeting, scheduled for April will see the Chief Justices of various High Courts meet the...
Government notifies Email Policy but is it an eyewash?
The Centre informed the Delhi High Court that “Office memorandum (O.M.) dated 30.09.2014 has been issued by the Department of Electronics & IT (DietY) to all Government Ministries and Departments advising them to comply with “Framework & Guidelines for Use of Social Media for Government Organizations” notified by DietY” and that “Email policy of the Government of India has...









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