Delhi High Court Upholds Interim Injunction Against 'Power Flex' In Bata's Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge order granting interim injunction restraining an entity from using the mark “POWER FLEX” for footwear in a trademark infringement suit filed by Bata.A Division Bench comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla dismissed the appeal filed by Leayan Global Private Limited against a 2019 order of a Single Judge. The Bench...

Consumer Commission Holds Star Health Liable For Arbitrary Claim Deductions, Orders Payment Of ₹1.55 Lakh With Interest And Compensation

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, comprising President Amrinder Singh Sidhu and Member B.M. Sharma, has partly allowed a complaint filed by Rama Kant Verma against Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. Ltd., holding the insurer guilty of arbitrary claim deductions and deficiency in service for failing to establish that the policy exclusions relied upon had...

Mere Smell Of Alcohol In Post-Mortem No Grounds To Deny Compensation To Heirs Of Deceased Accident Victim: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the mere presence of an alcoholic smell in the stomach of a deceased accident victim, as noted in the post-mortem report, cannot be a ground to deny compensation to the legal heirs under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury, while dismissing an appeal filed by The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., affirmed an award of compensation granted...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 08 - December 14, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 814 - 823]Manoharan D. and Ors. v. and Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation and Ors. connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 814Mohan Abraham v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 815 M/s T P Trading Company v. The Transport Commissioner (Kerala State), 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 816Sajid Pasha And Ors. V.S.Abdunnasir. P And Ors.,...

NCLT Mumbai Admits Canara Bank's Plea Against SAB TV Group Company Krishna Showbiz Over ₹261 Crore Dues

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has admitted Canara Bank's plea against SAB TV promoter group company Krishna Showbiz Services Pvt Ltd, after finding that the firm had defaulted on dues of over Rs 261 crore. A bench of Judicial Member Nilesh Sharma and Technical Member Sameer Kakar held that Canara Bank had placed sufficient material on record to establish the existence...

Supreme Court Criticises 'Special Pujas' In Temples By Rich Devotees During Deity's Resting Time

The Supreme Court on Monday (December 15) criticised the practice of allowing rich people to do 'special pujas' in temples after paying money, disrupting the resting time of the deity.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi was hearing a writ petition concerning the Banke Bihari temple. The challenge in the plea was mainly...

MP High Court Questions Police Conduct Over Missing Audio-Video Record In Alleged Opium Seizure Case, Summons Principal Secretary

Observing that the police personnel handling an alleged opium seizure case had conveniently forgotten to adhere to BNSS provisions on search and seizure, the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state's Principal Secretary to apprise on steps taken to implement the provisions. In the present matter, the applicant, in custody since August 29, 2025, claimed that he was illegally escorted from...

Kerala High Court Extends Interim Protection From Arrest Granted To MLA Rahul Mamkootathil In Rape & Miscarriage Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday (December 15) extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the rape and miscarriage case alleged against him. Justice K. Babu posted the matter to Thursday (December 18) for consideration and extended the interim order till then.Earlier, he had approached the Principal District and Sessions Court,...

Bombay High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Granting Specific Performance Of Development Agreement Between BTRA & Nilkanth Enterprise

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) upholding a 2017 arbitral award directing specific performance of a long negotiated development transaction concerning 57,000 sq. m. of land in Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan held that “there is nothing on record to show...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused After Police Fail To Produce Him Before Magistrate For Extension Of Remand

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to an accused charged under provisions of the Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, after the police failed to produce him before the court for extension of his remand.The accused was arrested on September 15, for commission of offences under sections 69, 89, 351(2) of BNSS-2023 and Section 3(2)(v) of the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL On Indigo Crisis, Allows Petitioner To Join Delhi High Court Proceedings

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation petition filed in respect of the Indigo Flight crisis, noting that the Delhi High Court is already hearing a similar matter.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi gave liberty to the petitioner to join the proceedings in the Delhi High Court. The...

NCLT Delhi Recalls Insolvency Admission Of V4 Infra After Finding Engineered Default

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at New Delhi has recalled its earlier order that had pushed V4 Infrastructure Pvt Ltd into insolvency, after finding that the process was misused to avoid paying an arbitral award that had already been upheld by the Delhi High Court. The tribunal also imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the lender involved for abusing the insolvency law.A Bench of...