Delhi Court Lets Izuk Impex Challenge Validity of Health-Care Firm's '5 STAR' Trademark

A Delhi District Court has allowed Izuk Impex, a herbal hair product manufacturer to challenge the validity of the “5 STAR” trademark owned by Five Star Health Care LLP, saying objection appears prima facie tenable. District Judge Pritam Singh of the Saket Courts passed the order on November 7, 2025, in a trademark infringement case filed by Izuk Impex. The company has accused Five...

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection To 'Bokashi Bucket' Mark, Bars Sale Of Identical Compost Bins

The Kerala High Court has put a temporary restraint on a Kozhikode-based business from making or selling compost bins using the name “Bokashi Bucket,” after finding that the term is a registered trademark owned by Global Pharmaceuticals. A single bench of Justice S Manu passed the order on November 18, 2025, overturning a Additional District Court order refusing to grant protection to...

Call For Application: Constitution Defenders Fellowship At The Centre For Law And Policy Research

The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) invites applications for the Constitution Defender Fellowship, a 33-month (2.75 years) litigation fellowship for practising lawyers committed to advancing constitutional rights and social justice. Name of the Post: Constitution Defenders Fellowship No. of Post: 14 Fellows from the southern states – Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and 4 Fellows nationally from the rest of India. Remuneration: Fellows will...

Senior Citizens Act | Assistant Commissioner Empowered To Issue Eviction Order Where Rights Of Elderly Need Protection: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Assistant Commissioner under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act can issue an eviction order reiterating that this "jurisdiction is extraordinary" and must be invoked where rights of the elderly need protection.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while dismissing a petition filed by a daughter-in-law who had challenged an...

Delhi High Court Orders MEA To Ensure Safety Of Woman Allegedly Held Captive By Foreign National In Dubai

The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take urgent steps to ensure safety of a 25-year-old Indian woman allegedly being held captive and physically abused by a foreign national in Dubai.Justice Sachin Datta directed MEA and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take immediate steps to ensure the safety...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 769 - 786]Vyshna S.L. v. State Election Commission and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 769Natural Wood & Veneers Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 770Pranav Mohanan v The District Geologist and Anr, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 771Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 772Rajeevan M. v. Rantin P. and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 773Muhammed Nashif U....

Renewal Application Within One Year Saves Insurance Claim Despite Expired Transport Licence, Holds Punjab Consumer Commission

The Chandigarh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, comprising Justice Daya Chaudhary (President) and Vishav Kant Garg (Member), held that although the driver's transport licence had expired on the date of the accident, his application for renewal had been filed within the one-year statutory window under Section 15(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and therefore the lapse...

Petition In Supreme Court Challenges ECI's Decision To Hold Only Special Revision Of Assam Electoral Rolls Instead Of SIR

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to conduct only a “Special Revision” of the electoral roll in Assam instead of a “Special Intensive Revision” ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. The petition argues that this move is arbitrary, discriminatory, and inconsistent with the Commission's own policy for several...

Gujarat High Court Stays Probe Against Man In FIR Over Alleged Honour Killing Of 'Live-In' Partner

The Gujarat High Court in an interim order stayed a Tharad sessions court direction ordering probe against a man in a case concerning the alleged honour-killing of his "live-in" partner by her kin. Justice MR Mengdey in his order observed that from the record it appeared that the petitioner was the complainant in the FIR registered by Tharad Police Station wherein one of the co-accused in...

23 Yrs On, Gujarat High Court Finds Man Guilty Of Wife's Murder; Says Stereotype Of Community Men Having 'Inflated Ego' Can't Explain Killing

The Gujarat High Court set aside a 2002 trial court order convicting a man for culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC Section 304 part 1) in a case concerning the death of his wife. The high court instead convicted the accused for murder of his wife, observing that the trial court's reasoning on evidence–the involvement of accused, the nature of injuries inflicted and the...

Income Tax Act | Refund Can't Be Withheld U/S 245 Unless Department Establishes Tax Liability: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court stated that the Income Tax Department cannot withhold a refund under Section 245 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, unless it establishes tax liability. The Bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury observed that it is true that Section 245 of the said Act authorises the Income Tax Department to set off a refund against remaining tax payable. Unfortunately, in this...

Mediation Can't Be Seen As A Threat To Judiciary : CJI Surya Kant

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said that the old belief that mediation would weaken the judiciary is now an unacceptable perception. He was speaking at a felicitation organised by the Bar Council of India in his honour yesterday. Recalling an invitation from the Federal Court of Malaysia to inaugurate a Mediation Centre established by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Association, the CJI said he...