Ex parte injunction against Xiaomi, Delhi HC directs Customs to stop import under IPR Rules [Read the order]

The Delhi High Court yesterday injuncted the Chinese phone manufacturer from selling, advertising, manufacturing or importing devices that infringe the Standard Essential Patents in question. The Court passed the e-parte order while hearing a suit filed by Ericsson.As per SpicyIP, "The patents in question are Standard, Essential Patents (SEPs) which are subject to FRAND (Fair, Reasonable...

High Powered Committee likely in IPL spot fixing case

The Supreme Court while hearing the IPL spot fixing case observed that it was concerned about maintaining “purity” of the game. It also hinted towards a high powered Committee which will be authorized to take action against Mr. Srinivasan and his son-in-law Meyiappan.The Supreme Court had earlier observed that there exists a question on conflict of interest in relation to his being the...

Kerala High Court orders demolition of DLF project in Kochi: Held Indiscriminate invasion of nature to the detriment of others is an invasion of right to life

The Kerala High court ordered the demolition of the DLF project in Kochi which was constructed in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (CRZ Notification).The Court held that authorities are constituted under various enactments to see that the environment is protected and to see that the present topography which keeps the ecological balance is not disturbed. The purpose of...

Parliament continues to repeal “Obsolete laws”, Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 passed by Lok Sabha

The Union Law Minister today informed the Parliament that the Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 need not be sent to the Standing Committee of the Parliament, as it is not going to repeal any principal Act.Mr. Gowda reportedly also talked about the Prime Minister’s view of repealing obsolete laws. He also added that pendency of cases in courts was an issue and certain...

A Delhi Court has held four men for murdering the then Union Railway Minister L.N. Mishra in a bomb blast at a function in Samastipur, Bihar on January 2, 1975 after 40 years

A Delhi Court has held four men for murdering the then Union Railway Minister L.N. Mishra in a bomb blast at a function in Samastipur, Bihar on January 2, 1975. This trial took 40 years for completion. It is one of the most long drawn trials. Over 200 witnesses, including 161 prosecution witnesses and more than 40 defence witnesses, were examined in the case. The charge sheet in the case...

Supreme Court dismisses plea of Tata Steel and others seeking re-look of Coal Block judgment

“We are not going into it. Whether your case was considered by the screening committee or not is not an issue. We have already held that the entire process was flawed and illegal,” said the Bench consisting of Justices Madan B. Lokur, Kurian Joseph and A.K. Sikri. The Bench was hearing pleas for impleadment and quashing of an earlier judgment of the Supreme Court, wherein the Court...

CIC orders disclosure of information regarding spending on residences and offices of TDSAT, RTI Activist alleges that Ministers using resources of PSUs for spending on residences and offices [Read the Order]

https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-380579.pdfRTI Activist and Guinness World Record holder Subhash Chandra Agrawal has alleged that, "There are reports that even in present Narendra Modi regime, some of Union ministers have misused their position by getting their official residences and office-complexes renovated and refurnished at expense of public-sector undertakings under...

No two Bar Councils until AP High Court is created orders High Court

The Division Bench of the High Court ordered that two Bar Councils could not be created unless the Andhra Pradesh HC was created.This order was passed by Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice Sanjay Kumar while  hearing an appeal filed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) against the order of a single judge of the High Court. Reportedly, S. Prabhakar, a law graduate, and Ch....

Union Law Minister says there is no proposal to increase retirement age of Supreme Court Judges

Replying to a question in the Parliament, the Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda reportedly said that there is no proposal to increase the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court from the present 65 years to 68 years. He said that as on December 1, there exist 3 vacancies in the Supreme Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 31.He also said that the number of High Court judges in...

Former CJI Bharucha recuses himself from KG basin Arbitration

In a fresh turn of events in the Krishna Godavari basin arbitration between Reliance Industries Limited and the Government, former Chief Justice of India S.P Bharucha has recused himself from the arbitral panel.Former CJI Bharucha was nominated by Reliance Industries, but the government had contested the same. As per the Government, the former CJI had not disclosed his previous association...

Issues of Climate Change: on the international and National Agenda, NGT has sought a response from the Centre, States and Union Territories about the measures adopted to check climate change

India has been declared the worst hit country by climate change at the conference in Peru on climate change. The report released at the conference took note of the natural disasters faced by India. The two weeks of talks in Peru are intended to deliver a draft text to be adopted in Paris next year that will commit countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions without compromising...

Central Government constitutes one more EPF Tribunal for Southern States as per the direction of the Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has issued a Notification on 7.11.2014 constituting one more Employees’ Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal at Bangalore, based on the mandamus issued by the High Court of Karnataka in Writ Petition Nos 14378/2006 and connected matters. The Writ Petition was filed seeking Constitution of one more Tribunal as per 7D of the Employees' Provident funds and...