Ensure Main Contesting Defendant Is Listed As Defendant No 1 In IPR Cases: Delhi HC To Registry

The Delhi High Court has issued a circular directing the Registry to ensure that the main contesting Defendant is listed as Defendant No. 1 in all IPR cases. To this end, plaintiffs are now required to furnish an undertaking clarifying that the Defendant No 1 listed by them is in fact the main contesting Defendant. The notice cites the court's judgment in Microlube India Ltd....

CBI Must Share Info On Corruption Or Human Rights Violation Cases Under Its Scanner; CPIOs Need Sensitization On Sec 24 RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

Holding that the CBI is bound to share information relating to corruption or human rights violation, irrespective of whether the information pertains to the CBI or its officers or to other persons under its scanner, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised the CBI Director to "appreciate the necessity of sensitizing their CPIOs regarding the scope and ambit of RTI Act and that...

Remembering Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon: The Grand Patriarch Of Legal Education

The life of Prof. Madhava Menon is a great book of teachings: vision, values, dedication and integrity. Prophet and a pragmatist, architect and a mason. Historical narratives attempt to catalogue great teachers, those who spent their life as passionate social investments: investments for no material returns or offices. One indelible common characteristic of any of them is that they were drawn to changing the world, the specific world which they encountered. If biographies of such wonderful and...

Successive Bail Applications Should Be Placed Before The Same Judge Who Considered The First One: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that successive bail applications filed by an accused should be placed before the same Judge who had refused bail in the first instance, unless that Judge is not available. In this case (Gati Limited vs.T. Nagarajan Piramiajee), the FIR was registered against the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 472 of...

Young Lawyers Send Copies Of POSH Act To SC Judges In Protest Against Clean Chit To CJI

Disillusioned with the manner in which the in-house panel cleared the name of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi from the sexual harassment allegations, a group of young lawyers have devised a novel way of protest.They have started a "May It Please Your Lordship" campaign by sending the copies of The 'Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,...

'Violation Of Journalistic Ethics': Asianet & Suvarna News Held Liable For Defaming Divya Spandana; Rs 50 Lakhs Damages Awarded [Read Judgment]

A Bengaluru Civil Court has found both Asianet and Suvarna News liable for defaming actor turned politician Divya Spandana by wrongfully linking her to 2013 IPL spot fixing scam and directed the TV channels to pay damages of Rs.50 lakhs. The Court also allowed the prayer of the former Member of Parliament for a permanent prohibitory injunction restraining these news networks from telecasting...

Unregistered Family Settlement Will Operate As A Complete Estoppel Against The Parties To It: SC [Read Judgment]

"Even without registration a written document of family settlement/family arrangement can be used as corroborative evidence as explaining the arrangement made thereunder and conduct of the parties."

Not Only Must Justice Be Done; It Must Also Be Seen To Be Done

I request the Honorable Supreme Court to make Report public to be fair and reasonable, because: We don't know what the truth is! Entire law and procedures are made only to find out the truth. If CJI is innocent he should not be embarrassed. At the same time if the complainant has complaints about the process of inquiry, it is the duty of the institution to assure the integrity of the process. The judiciary shines as a credible pillar of constitutional democracy because of its openness of trial,...

Judicial Emergency: Justice and Country Blindfolded

Panel for enquiry submitted its report to the CJI and says report will not be made public and copy will not be given to the erstwhile lady employee. Report was given soon after Justice DY Chandrachud 's letter to the panel saying do not proceed ex parte. Whether Full Court would get to see the report , we have to wait and see. So the CJI, the person complained against, would get to see the report but not the complainant, not the nation ( maybe not the full court ) but only the CJI or a few...

Comply Terms Of Compromise Or Face Contempt Of Court, SC Tells Mutual Divorce Couple [Read Order]

Comply terms of Compromise of Face Contempt of Court, the Supreme Court told a couple who obtained a divorce by mutual consent from it. The husband had approached the Apex Court as the Allahabad High Court upheld the District court order refusing his plea for divorce. During the pendency of appeal, the bench referred the couple to mediation. The parties then agreed to...

SC Collegium Recommends 4 Judicial Officers As Delhi HC Judges [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 4 judicial officers for appointment as Judges of Delhi High Court.The recommendees are (1) Talwant Singh, (2) Rajnish Bhatnagar, (3) Ms. Asha Menon,and (4) Brijesh Sethi.These names were recommended to the SC Collegium by the High Court collegium in November, last year.The collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and NV Ramana...

Justice Ravindra Bhat's Lasting Contribution To Indian IP Jurisprudence

Last Friday marked the final day of Justice Ravindra Bhat at the Delhi High Court before he takes over as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Over the last 15 years, Justice Bhat has penned landmark judgments in several different areas of law ranging from constitutional law to right to information to administrative law to intellectual property rights. While most of his judgments are intellectually rigorous and lucid, I would like to write a few words about his outstanding...