Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 2 October To 8 October, 2022

Delhi High Court Rate Reduction Benefit By Reduction In Prices: Delhi High Court Directs Loreal To Deposit Principal Profiteered Amount Case Title: Loreal India Private Limited Versus Union Of India The Delhi High Court has directed Loreal to deposit the principal profiteered amount after deducting the GST imposed on the net profiteered amount in six equal instalments. The...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 3 To October 9, 2022

Citations 2022 [LiveLaw (Kar) 386 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 392]Nominal Index: V. SRINIVAS v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 386 ASSOCIATE LUMBERS PRIVATE LIMITED v. STATE BY CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 387 GHODAWAT PACKERS LLP v. UNION OF INDIA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 388 K S MAHADEVAN v. CYPRIAN MENEZES. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 389 THE...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 3 to October 9, 2022

A weekly round-up of important cases from Madras High Court and its subordinate courts. Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 419 To 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 424 NOMINAL INDEX P Senthil v. State, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 419 Kaladi v. District Collector and others, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 420 K Seeni Thevar v. The Joint Commissioner and others, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 421 M/s. Macro...

[Senior Citizens Act] What Are The Factors Appellate Authority Needs To Consider While Dealing With Application Seeking Stay On Eviction Order? Delhi High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has set out the various factors that are necessary to be taken into consideration by the appellate authority under the Senior Citizens Act, 2007 while dealing with an application seeking stay in a pending appeal against an eviction order.Justice Yashwant Varma observed that in such cases, the appellate authority would have to consider the nature of evidence that was...

Not Open For Court To Suo Motu Question Validity Of Trademark Registration If Not Disputed By Defendant: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that it is not open for a court to suo motu question the validity of the registration of a trademark if the same is not disputed or brought in question by the defendant in a suit. Observing that Section 9 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 does not embody any statutory interdictions at the post registration stage, a division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice...

Madurai Bench Of Madras High Court Disposes Of 2000 Cases In 20 Days

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently disposed of over 2000 cases in just 20 working days. This speedy adjudication in the cases was done by the division bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice J Sathya Narayana Prasad of the Madurai Bench. The bench disposed of 2085 cases since its sitting on September 5. Of these, 938 were main cases including 776 writ petitions, 147...

ApplesTree vs ApplePlant: How Delhi High Court Interpreted Synonymy In A Trademark Infringement Suit

Interpreting synonymy in a matter related to two similar trademarks - APPLESTREE and APPLEPLANT, which belong to different manufacturers, the Delhi High Court in a recent order said the words 'plant' and 'tree' are a classic example of synonymy where reading one would bring in mind the other and lead to confusion in the mind of purchasers.Justice Jyoti Singh noted that the study of...

Section 119 Evidence Act | Madras High Court Lays Down Principles For Examining Witnesses Who Are Unable To Speak

The Madras High Court, in a judgment delivered in a criminal appeal, laid down certain significant principles relating to the examination of witnesses (who are unable to speak) under Section 119 of the Indian Evidence Act.For context, as per Section 119 of the Indian Evidence Act, if a witness cannot speak he/she can give evidence in any manner which can make it intelligible, such as by...

J&K&L High Court Weekly Round-up: October 3 To October 9, 2022

Nominal Index :Citations 2022 [LiveLaw (JKL) 168 TO 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 177] Mushtaq Ahmad Pandit Vs Addl Deputy Commissioner & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 168 Mohd Hussain Vs Shabnam Ara 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 169 Custodian General Vs J&K Special Tribunal 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 170 Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd Vs Drug Inspector Kathua 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 171 Cipla Ltd Vs State...

Arbitration Cases Weekly Round-Up: 2 October To 8 October, 2022

Supreme Court: Arbitral Tribunal Must Give Reasons For Fixing Interest Rate; Award Holder Not Entitled To Interest For Delay Caused By It : Supreme Court Case Title: Executive Engineer (R and B) versus Gokul Chandra Kanungo The Supreme Court recently held that a case where the award holder was responsible for delaying the proceedings which led to a huge lapse of time would be a...

Essence Of Woman's Modesty Is Her Sex, Use Of Filthy Or Abusive Language Alone Cannot Be Equated With Insulting Her Modesty: Delhi Court

Observing that the "essence" of a woman's modesty is her sex, a Delhi Court has said that use of abusive or filthy language alone cannot be equated with insulting modesty of a woman within the meaning of Section 509 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. Metropolitan Magistrate Devanshu Sajlan of Tis Hazari Courts said that the ultimate test for ascertaining if a woman's modesty has been outraged is...

Delhi High Court Weekly Roundup: October 3 To October 9, 2022

Citations 2022 [LiveLaw (Del) 927 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 945]NOMINAL INDEXMICROMAX MEDIA PVT LTD v. M/S HEWLETT PACKARD INDIA SALES PVT LTD & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 927PAWAN RELEY AND ANR. v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. and other connected matters 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 928PADMA DOONGA vs GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 929ABC v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS 2022 LiveLaw...