Delhi High Court bars infringement of ‘Naukri.com’ Trademark

A Delhi High Court Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Pathak, has issued ex-parte orders against a Noida- based job portal from using the trademarks 'Naukri' and 'Naukri.Com' belonging to Info Edge (India) Limited.Info Edge (India) Ltd. is a private limited company which owns a job portal website under the trade-mark- “Naukri.com” since 1997. This is an online recruitment classifieds...

Supreme Court rejects PIL on FYUP of Delhi University

The Supreme Court today rejected a PIL over the UGC-Delhi University row over the four-year undergraduate program (FYUP) and directed the petitioner, a Delhi University Professor who challenged the Commission's direction for scrapping the course to approach the Delhi High Court.A division bench consisting of JusticesVikramajit Sen and S K Singh asked Prof Aditya Narayan Mishra to go to High...

Gopal Subramanium denied meeting lawyer in 2G Case in a letter to Sibal in 2011

With the Government turning down Gopal Subramanium’s elevation as a Supreme Court judge on the basis of a ‘negative’ CBI report which alleged his meeting with a lawyer  of 2G scam accused A Raja, a clarification has reportedly come from Subramanium’s side, claiming that he had no such meeting and that he had made it clear in a letter addressed to the then telecom minister, Kapil Sibal...

Postal Department backs out from Commitment on RTI Stamps and RTI Petitions in all post-offices without postal-charges

Postal department has backed out from its commitment on RTI stamps and accepting RTI petitions in all post-offices without postal-charges. RTI Activist Subhash Chandra Aggarwal recalled the postal department's acceptance of the full-bench CIC-verdict dated 27.08.2013 recommending issue of RTI stamps as mode of payment of RTI fees, and accepting RTI petitions addressed to...

Former SC Judge Krishna Iyer Appeals for Subramanium's elevation as SC Judge [Read the Letter]

In a statement issued on Sunday, former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer expressed his dismay over the Government's stand against elevation of senior advocate Gopal Subramanium as a Supreme Court judge. He said that he regards PM Narendra Modi as a great statesman, good administrator and a wonder as the ruler of the State, that he expected a great Gandhian ruler from him; however,...

Law Ministry against Appointment of ex-SC Judge Radhakrishnan as Chairman of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

The Law Ministry has reportedly advised against the appointment of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan as the first chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, to be setup by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The Tribunal is a statutory body under Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly, the Chairperson is prescribed to be a judge of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of a High...

Suggestions invited on the Proposed Amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and regulation) Act, 1986

Ministry of Labour and Development has proposed to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. The observations and recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour (2013-14) under the chairmanship of Dara Singh Chauhan, have been considered and most of them have been included in the proposed amendment.The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence of Sonu Sardar, convicted and sentenced for killing five members of a scrap dealer’s family in Chhattisgarh. He had put forward a new plea that at the time of committing the offence, his age was 18 years and two months, based on information furnished by some student researchers of NLU-Delhi.A Supreme Court bench comprising...

President gives assent to Senior Lawyer Nariman, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Arun Misra for SC

President Pranab Mukherjee has given the Presidential assent to the the names of senior advocate Rohinton Nariman and the Chief Justices of the Calcutta and Orissa High Courts, Arun Mishra and Adarsh Kumar Goel respectively, for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court. Their names were forwarded to the President by the Law Ministry a few days ago even as it turned down the elevation of...

Supreme Court stays Death Sentence of Sonu Sardar, Who killed five members of the family

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence of Sonu Sardar, convicted and sentenced for killing five members of a scrap dealer's family in Chhattisgarh. He had put forward a new plea that at the time of committing the offence, his age was 18 years and two months, based on information furnished by some student researchers of NLU-Delhi.A division bench comprising of...

Failure of Live-in Relationships, major reason for increased rape cases: Delhi HC [Read the Judgment]

A Delhi High Court Bench comprising of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta, while upholding the life term awarded to four members of a Delhi-based girl's family for killing her lover showing their resentment towards the relationship, observed that one of the major reasons contributing increase in the rape cases is a failure of live in relationship or any immature decision on the...

A New Juvenile Justice Act is Coming ; Ministry Invites Comments

The demands for amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000) (JJ Act) have been in the alley for a while now. The protest began in the wake of the brutal Delhi Gang-rape incident, wherein the juvenile who as described as the vilest of the accused, was awarded three year imprisonment, the maximum tenure prescribed under the JJ Act, in a...