Bombay High Court Rejects Interim Injunction Sought by Sun Pharma Against “RACIRAFT” Rival “EsiRaft”

The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has refused to restrain Gujarat based-Meghmani Lifesciences Limited from using the trademark “EsiRaft” for its pharmaceutical product used to treat heartburn and indigestion. The court held that the mark is not deceptively similar to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited's “RACIRAFT.”A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the...

Employee Who Forgoes Earlier Promotion Can't Claim Reconsideration Within One Year: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Indu Sharma, a retired Junior Assistant, challenging the placement and promotion of her juniors to the post of Senior Assistant in the Department of Language and Culture.Justice Ranjan Sharma remarked that: “If an employee was promoted to a higher post and such an employee refuse or foregoes his promotion then, the said...

RERA Cases Annual Digest 2025- Part 1

Haryana Real Estate Regulatory AuthorityHaryana RERA Directs Ansal Builders To Hand Over Possession And Pay Interest For DelayCase Title: Sanjeev Ganguly & Anr Versus M/s Ansal Townships Infrastructure Private LimitedCase Number: Complaint No: 7354 of 2022Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Authority) bench, comprising Ashok Sangwan (Member) has directed M/s Ansal...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: December 2025

Nominal Index:Sarwa Zahoor & Anr. vs Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement and another, 2025 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 292Union of India vs Nirman Singh Jamwal & Connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 293Abdul Rashid Khan Vs State of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 294MRS. SHABEENA IBRAHIM THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMIT Vs MIR USMAN DISOOKI 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 295Mohd...

Insolvency Threshold For Transferred Cases Depends On Filing Date, Not Transfer Date: NCLT Bengaluru

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Bengaluru has recently held that winding-up and insolvency cases transferred from High Courts continue to be governed by the monetary threshold that applied when they were first filed, and not by the higher limits introduced later. The tribunal made this ruling in a dispute between logistics firm Schenker India Private Limited and Lapp India...

Supreme Court Annual Round Up 2025: Civil Procedure Code, 1908

1. Order XLI Rule 27 CPC | Appellate Courts Must First Examine Pleadings Before Allowing Additional Evidence : Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court held that appellate courts cannot permit additional evidence under Order XLI Rule 27 of the CPC unless such evidence is supported by proper pleadings. It emphasized that before allowing additional evidence at the appellate stage, courts must first...

No Proof Of Refund, Seller Liable: Chandigarh Consumer Commission

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-II, U.T. Chandigarh, comprising Amrinder Singh Sidhu (President) and B.M. Sharma (Member), partly allowed a complaint against a seller for failing to substantiate its claim that a refund had been processed, holding that the burden of proof lies on the party asserting a fact and that mere bald averments without cogent documentary...

Kerala High Court Stays Appointment Of KMML Law Officer After Plea Alleges Favouritism In Recruitment Process

The Kerala High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (December 30) stayed the appointment of the law officer of Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) while considering a plea alleging favouritism by the company in its recruitment process.The plea was preferred by an aspirant to the post and originally, prayers in the plea were for directions to correct the illegality in the conduct of...

UP Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act Can't Be Applied To Determine Market Value Under Stamp Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 cannot form the basis of determination of market value under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi held,“There is no doubt that the provisions of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 encompasses different object and cannot be applied for the purpose of...

Negligence Not Bona Fide: Himachal Pradesh High Court Rejects Plea To Extend Time For Depositing Deficient Court Fee

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a petition filed by Satish Kumar, refusing to interfere with the Trial Court's order which denied extension of time for depositing deficient court fee in a decree for specific performance. The Court held that the petitioner failed to establish bona fide reasons or absence of negligence and therefore did not deserve discretionary relief under Article...

If No Permission Needed To Erect Stone Pillar For Stan Swamy, No Permission Required For Erecting War Memorial Stupa: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that if no permission was necessary to erect a stone pillar for honouring Stan Swamy in patta land, no such permission was necessary for erecting a war memorial also.Justice GR Swaminathan thus allowed the construction of a stupa for honouring the Natham Kanawai War.The judge recalled that in a recent order, the High Court had allowed construction of...

Sweeping Allegations On 'Bad Reputation' Without Service Record Cannot Sustain Premature Retirement Order: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that a government servant cannot be prematurely retired merely on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated allegations regarding his “bad reputation,” especially when such observations are not supported by any cogent material from the service record. The Division Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Parihar upheld the writ court's decision quashing...