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Bombay High Court temporarily injuncts Griffon Biometrix Pvt Ltd. from using the word GRIFF or GRIFFON; Usage of the same amounts to infringement and passing off

Prima facie, it appears that the defendant entered the market with the impugned mark in the year 2018, only to ride upon the goodwill earned by the plaintiff over a considerable period.

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court grants compensation to an unmarried daughter under Motor Vehicles Act

Punjab and Haryana High Court while disposing of the appeals challenging compensation awarded by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal held, unmarried daughter is financially dependent on her deceased father and entitled for compensation.

Case Briefs High Courts

Opinion of the Medical Board in cases of termination of pregnancy is of considerable importance; Delhi High Court enlists standard factors on which the Opinion should be given by the Board

Delhi High Court: In a case filed seeking termination of pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP

Case Briefs High Courts

[NOXGUARD v. NONS] Bombay HC denies interim relief to Canadian pharmaceutical company in a confidentiality agreement breach suit

Bombay High Court: While addressing a case relating to confidentiality agreement breach, the Division Bench of Arif S. Doctor and K. R.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Timeline laid by Supreme Court cannot be extended by NGT: National Green Tribunal

National Green Tribunal | A bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member), JJ., and A. Senthil

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Date of default and acknowledgement are two different events; NCLAT imposes penalty of Rs. 25 lakhs for attempting to stop implementation of a RERA order

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal | While dealing with an appeal challenging the impugned order passed by NCLT, Ashok Bhushan*, J., Dr.

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka HC | Healthcare Global Enterprises’ loss of profit due to price regularisation of essential anti-cancer drugs, is not a ground for judicial review of a Government Policy

A Government Order regulating, and rationalising prices of essential anti-cancer drugs was challenged before the Karnataka HC. The Court clearly stated that the challenge vis-a-vis petitioner’s loss of profit, cannot be sustained

Case Briefs High Courts

Reappointment is not a vested right; Gujarat High Court denies to grant any direction to complete the reappointment process of a Judicial Member at NCLT

Gujarat High Court held that a writ cannot be issued to direct the authorities to complete the reappointment process on time

Case Briefs Supreme Court

POCSO| Supreme Court grants pre-arrest bail to a public servant accused of rape

The accused had argued that the complainant and her family, out of ill will, had orchestrated the complaint and were extorting the petitioner for their own means and benefits. Rajasthan High Court, however, did not appreciate the fact that the previous complaints filed by the prosecutrix was closed on account of being frivolous and a closure report was also filed in the matter.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Levana Suites Fire Case] Knowledge of an accused that his act would likely cause death is necessary to attract S. 304, IPC; Allahabad High Court grants bail in absence thereof

Allahabad High Court: In an application filed under Section 439, Criminal Procedure Code seeking bail in FIR No. 317 of 2022, registered

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Contradictory Dying Declarations containing consistent statements about abuse and cruelty can be considered’;Telangana High Court upholds conviction of husband

The Telangana High Court upheld the conviction of a husband under Section 498A of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) despite there being contradictions in the dying declarations as there were consistent statements about abuse and cruelty committed on the wife in all the dying declarations.

Case Briefs High Courts

Family Courts are reluctant to release maintenance amount and unwantedly insist for release orders; Kerala High Court directs Family Courts to release the arrears of maintenance

Kerala High Court: In a case filed seeking the release of maintenance amount as in the instant set of facts

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court sets aside conviction 19 years after the verdict over lost Trial Court’s records

The conviction and sentence awarded to a man in 2003 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been set aside by the Delhi High Court more than 19 years after the appeal was filed, due to the persistent inability to locate or reconstruct the trial court record.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court issues directions to State highlighting the non-implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the State of Maharashtra

Bombay High Court: In a PIL filed highlighting serious issues of the non-implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, in

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Canada SC | An accounting of profits requires that the infringer disgorge all profits causally attributable to infringement of the invention after the grant of patent

The Supreme Court of Canada was deciding a dispute between Nova Chemicals and Dow Chemicals, where the issue revolved around accounting of profits as a remedy for patent infringement.

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court directs Jharkhand Public Service Commission and State to complete the process of appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutor within a period of two months

Jharkhand Public Service Commission and State were directed to complete the process of appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutor pursuant to Advertisement No. 03/18 within a period of two months.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants Rs. 2 Crore damages to Adobe in a trade mark infringement suit against a cyber squatter

The Delhi High Court, in a suit for trade mark infringement by a habitual cyber squatter, Namase Patel over Adobe’s marks ‘ADOBE’, ‘PHOTOSHOP’ and ‘SPARK’, granted Rs. 2 Crore as damages to Adobe.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court imposes restrictions on the usage of cell phones by the priest, devotees, and public inside Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur

Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 praying to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents

Case Briefs High Courts

Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be filed for seeking alteration in contract: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that a borrower cannot ask for alteration of contract by way of a writ petition and a contract can only be altered through mutual consent between the parties.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to man accused of rape after 10 years of courtship; sets aside Rajasthan High Court’s order

The Supreme Court, while allowing the special leave petition filed by the petitioner, set aside the order passed by the Rajasthan High Court which had dismissed the anticipatory bail application without considering the facts and circumstances of the case.