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'Factually Correct Reporting Not Defamation': Delhi High Court Quashes Case Against Journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick
The Delhi High Court has recently quashed a defamation case filed against journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick over an article published in 2010 in the Times Magazine, observing that factually correct reporting cannot be termed as defamatory. “The manner in which a Journalist or an Article Writer presents the facts, is his skill of writing, but when the reported matter is factually correct, then...
Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief To 'JIO'; Restrains Taxi Operator From Using 'JIO Taxi' Mark
The Bombay High Court has barred a Jharkhand-based taxi operator from using the name “JIO TAXI” after finding that it prima facie infringes Reliance Industries Ltd.'s well-known “JIO” trademark. A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the order on November 24, 2025, granting an ad-interim injunction in Reliance's favour. The restriction will remain in force until...
US Court Orders EscapeX, Lawyers To Pay Google USD 2.5 Lakh As Cost For Frivolous Patent Suit
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a California court's order requiring a mobile app developer- EscapeX to pay Google more than USD 2.5 lakh in attorneys' fees and costs after finding that the company filed a frivolous patent infringement lawsuit and then tried to prolong the case with an equally baseless post-judgment motion. This included a USD 63,525 that EscapeX...
'Teachers Must Maintain Safe Distance From Politics': Orissa HC Quashes Govt Order Empowering MPs/MLAs To Recommend Teachers' Transfer
The Orissa High Court has set aside a State Government order empowering Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of State Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to recommend inter-district and intra-district transfer of teachers bereft of any statutory scheme to that effect.A Bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad stressed that unnecessary nexus between politicians and teachers can have a devastating...
Delhi High Court Directs Tihar Jail Authorities To Provide Adequate Medical Treatment To Yasin Malik
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Tihar Jail authorities to provide appropriate medical treatment to convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik sentenced to life imprisonment in a terror funding case.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna took note of Tihar jail authorities report which said that Malik does not seem to be suffering from any life threatening ailment. The Court said that...
Sabarimala Gold Theft Case: Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict In Pre-Arrest Bail Pleas Of Former Devaswom Board Officials
The Kerala High Court on Friday (November 28) reserved its verdict in the anticipatory bail pleas of former Travancore Devaswom Board officials, S. Jayasree and S. Sreekumar, who are arraigned as the 4th and 6th accused in the Sabarimala Gold theft case. The interim protection from arrest would remain until the judgments are pronounced.Justice A. Badharudeen today conducted the...
No Service Tax On Income Received From Joint Venture: CESTAT Kolkata Sets Aside ₹5.72 Crore Demand
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that an assessee's/partner's share of income from a joint venture is not consideration for any taxable service and therefore not liable to Service Tax. R. Muralidhar (Judicial Member) and K. Anpazhakan (Technical Member) observed that the activities undertaken by a partner/co-venturer for...
Delhi High Court Restrains Knam Foods From Using 'AL-BUSTAN' Rice Packaging, Terms It 'Slavish Copy'
The Delhi High Court has barred Knam Foods Pvt. Ltd. from using the “AL-BUSTAN” brand name and its blue-and-yellow rice packaging after finding that the company had “slavishly copied” the design, layout, Arabic script, and even the mobile number printed on the bags of rival rice exporter Amir Chand Jagdish Kumar Exports Ltd. The ex-parte ad-interim injunction, passed on November 24...
Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Moves Kerala Court For Pre-Arrest Bail In Rape, Miscarriage Case
Rahul Mamkootathil, Member of Legislative Assembly from Palakkad constituency, has moved the Sessions Court in Thiruvananthapuram district seeking anticipatory bail in a rape and miscarriage case.The former Youth Congress president is arrayed as the sole accused in the crime registered by the Nemom Police and is accused of the offences under the Sections 64(2)(f), 64(2)(h), 64(2)(m) [Rape],...
Cancellation Of GST Registration Announces Economic Death Of Business Entity; Reasoned Order Needed: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the cancellation of GST registration of a business entity leads to it economic death and it is sine qua non that a reasoned order is passed by the authority for cancelling the registration of an assesee. The bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla observed: “We are equally mindful that the order of cancellation...
Illegal Encroachment Over Pond: Gujarat High Court Dismisses Residents' Plea Challenging Notices To Vacate Govt Land
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (November 28) dismissed pleas by 77 individuals challenging notices to vacate possession of a premises stated to be water body in Ahmedabad, observing that the construction was unauthorized, done without any permission and the occupants lacked ownership. Justice Mauna M Bhatt in her order noted that the pleas were filed challenging notices dated 6-11-2025...