FIRs Shouldn’t Be Registered Against Law Students For Posing As Lawyers Before Courts, Counselling Preferable: Delhi High Court

Observing that FIRs should not be registered against law students for posing as lawyers before the courts, the Delhi High Court has said that they should be counselled instead."It is understandable that Presiding Officers take an objection where law interns tend to pose as lawyers, but on the other hand, these law interns, who are merely students, should be counselled, properly informed...

Commercial Courts Act | Pre-Institution Mediation Is A Pre-Suit Legal Drill, Cannot Be Post Suit Exercise: Madras High Court

While rejecting a plaint by Aachi Spices and Foods seeking an injunction restraining Karaikudi Achi Mess from using a trademark name or similar sounding expression in any media, websites and other platforms, the Madras High Court has highlighted that “pre-institution mediation” mandated under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act is a pre-suit legal drill and it cannot be ordered as...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Revise Minimum Wages Of Nurses In Private Sector

The Kerala High Court has directed the State government to revise the minimum wage of nurses working in the private sector in the State. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Amit Rawal has directed that the said exercise ought to be undertaken within a period of 3 months. The Court has added that the said decision has to be taken after hearing the submissions of the hospital Management and...

'Yoko' and 'Yokoso' May Have Different Meanings in Japanese, Doesn't Make Marks Dissimilar: Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Yoko Sizzlers

The Bombay High Court has restrained a Pune-based restaurant from using the mark 'Yokoso Sizzlers', observing that prima facie it is deceptively similar to the registered trademark 'Yoko Sizzlers'. Justice Manish Pitale granted interim relief to Yoko Sizzlers in an intellectual property rights suit filed by it against Yokoso Sizzlers."Merely because Yoko and Yokoso have different meanings...

Senior Citizens Act | Maintenance Tribunal Has Power To Order Eviction Of Children From House Of Parents: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that Maintenance Tribunal possesses power under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (‘the Act’) to order eviction of children from the houses of their parents. While rejecting arguments advanced to the contrary, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari said, “…this Court does not find any...

Delhi High Court Notifies Rules For Live Streaming Of Proceedings, Prohibits Unauthorised Sharing Or Recording By Public, Media

The Delhi High Court has notified 'Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules of the High Court of Delhi, 2022' for “imbuing greater transparency, inclusivity and foster access to justice.”The Rules were notified in the official gazette on January 13. They have been introduced to set up infrastructure and framework to enable live streaming and recording of proceedings.Live...

Three Additional Judges Of Kerala High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government has issued a notification appointing Justices Abdul Rahim Musaliar Badharudeen, Viju Abraham, and Mohammed Nias Chovvakkaran Puthiyapurayil, as permanent Judges of the Kerala High Court. Justice A. Badharudeen, Justice Viju Abraham, and Justice Mohammed Nias were additional judges earlier. The Supreme Court collegium on December 9, 2022, had approved the proposal for...

S.9(2) JJ Act | Court Must Undertake Inquiry Before Rendering Decision On Plea Of Juvenility Of Accused: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has clarified that when a plea of juvenility is made before a Court, other than a Juvenile Justice Board, it must undertake an inquiry and take evidence, if any as per the mandate of Section 9(2) of the Juvenile Justice Act, before rendering any decision on the application. While setting aside an order for non-compliance of the above provision, the...

Judges Don’t Have To Face Elections Or Public Scrutiny But People Are Watching Them: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that judges do not have to face elections or public scrutiny after their appointment but they are being watched by the people as nothing is hidden in the age of social media.Judges are appointed once, they don't face elections. Judges can't even be scrutinised by public. Public can't change judges but it is looking at them, their judgments and their way...

Supreme Court Refuses To Vacate Stay On Restoration Of Criminal Case Against Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

On Monday, the Supreme Court of India rejected an application seeking to vacate an earlier order of the Court which stayed the restoration of a criminal case against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and former State Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani in an alleged illegal land de-notification case. A three-judge Bench of the Court had passed the stay order on April...

“Generations Pass Without A Home": Bombay HC Initiates Suo Motu Case Over Developers Abandoning Cessed Building Redevelopment Projects In Mumbai

The Bombay High Court has initiated a suo-motu writ petition to develop a mechanism for situations where the developer stops re-development midway, leaving tenants without a home or transit rent for decades. The division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and SG Dige observed this was an “increasingly common problem of the human condition” in Mumbai, where projects were left abandoned....

‘COVID-19 Vaccination Cannot Be Insisted Upon By Employer’: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Lecturer

Observing that COVID-19 vaccination cannot be insisted upon by the employer, the Delhi High Court has granted relief to a government school lecturer seeking permission to teach and undertake other responsibilities without being forced to take the vaccine.Noting that the teacher, who moved court in 2021, was now vaccinated, Justice Prathiba M Singh permitted her to make a representation to...