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Bombay High Court grants bail to a woman accused of throwing her newborn child from the top of the building

Bombay High Court: In an application filed seeking bail against FIR registered for the offense punishable under sections 317, 302,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Termination of a Swiss national's widower's pension: ECHR finds no weighty and convincing reasons for such differential treatment on grounds of gender

“References to traditions, general assumptions or prevailing social attitudes in a particular country are insufficient justification for a difference in treatment on grounds of sex, whether in favour of women or men”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Singapore Court of Appeal clarifies the proper interpretation of ‘reasonable costs’ under Order 110 Rule 46 and the way it needs to be assessed

The issue of cost recovery in various forums could impact the choice of dispute resolution forum by parties seeking to resolve their international commercial disputes in Singapore. This is a chief judgment for thirdparty funders, funding disputes in Singapore, as the degree to which costs may be recovered would be a relevant factor in making the commercial decision to fund a dispute.

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court directs every station house officer to record FIR within an hour from the time information is received regarding an attack on a healthcare professional

Kerala High Court: In a case filed concerning recurring violence against Doctors and Healthcare Professionals, a Division Bench of Devan

Case Briefs High Courts

POCSO| Getting date of birth changed in Aadhaar to establish that minor victim was a consenting adult is a serious offence; Delhi High Court denies bail to a married man

Delhi High Court denied bail to a married person as he wanted to take advantage of the complainant by getting the complainant’s Date of Birth on the Aadhar Card changed so that when the applicant established physical relationship with the complainant, she would not have been a minor.

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

High Court Monthly Roundup| November 2022| 60+ Legal Stories including Default Bail, Babri Masjid Demolition, Kashmiriyat, Muzaffarnagar Riots and more

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court dismisses appeal against acquittal order in Babri Masjid Demolition Case In an appeal against

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds appointment of candidate holding Master’s Degree in Public Administration as a Political Science Lecturer

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a Letters Patent Appeal, filed against the order which set aside the appointment of

Legal RoundUp Legislation Roundup

[NOVEMBER 2022] Legislation Monthly Roundup | 15+ Stories relating to E- Waste Management Rules & new emission standards notified by MoEFC; Amendment of Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations by UIDAI; Rate of Family Pension revised by SIDBI and may more

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE Government notifies E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 The Central Government has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules,

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction in favour of Dream 11 in a trade mark infringement suit

Delhi High Court granted permanent injunction in favour of Dream 11 against the person who was operating under the domain name ‘www.dream11.bet’ and held that the domain name adopted by the defendant was deceptively similar to that of the plaintiffs and was clearly intended to ride on the goodwill and reputation of the plaintiff’s marks.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court holds revision order defective for admitting without condoning the delay

The Court, not doubting the bona fides of the District Judge, maintained the legal position of Section 5 stating that revision order was a defective one without condoning the delay. There may be instances where the interest of justice may demand Court’s interference to avoid frustration of proceedings due to technicalities, however, in the present instance nothing restrained the District Judge from deciding Section 5 application.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court orders social media platforms to block circulation of sexually explicit video involving a judicial officer

The application was filed to restrain social media platforms from sharing the sexually explicit video of a judicial officer that was being circulated over the internet. Therefore, the Delhi High Court had taken up the suit on urgent mentioning and in the light of imminent and irreparable harm that was likely to be caused to the plaintiff.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court directs Registrar of Trade Marks to add ‘BUKHARA’ mark to the list of ‘well-known trade marks’

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by ITC Ltd. seeking protection of the trade mark ‘BUKHARA', the Single Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

Accessible tourism is integral for equal participation of persons with disabilities; Madras High Court directs State to ensure easy accessibility of tourist places for physically challenged persons

Madras High Court: In a case filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to take necessary steps

Legislation Updates Notifications

Chapter for restrictions on communication in relation to and trading by insiders in the units of mutual funds introduced vide SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

On 24-11-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) has issued the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations,

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court directs Medical Termination of Pregnancy of minor rape victim

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the writ petition, a bench of Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., directed the Medical Board to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“Supreme Court acted in violation of the provisions of the Constitution”; CIC on SC’s 1993 ruling on payment of honorariums/salaries to Imams

Zee news-report stating that the Delhi CM declared that the salaries to Imams and others in mosques under and outside the purview of the DWB will be increased from rupees 10,000 to rupees 18,000 per month for Imams and from rupees 9000 to rupees 16,000 for helpers. CIC observed that same was virtually being paid by the Delhi Government using the tax payer’s money.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court awards cost of Rs. 9 lakhs to a US based company to protect its well-known mark ‘JOHN DEERE’ and ‘TORQ-GARD’

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a US based company for protection of its mark ‘JOHN DEERE’ and

Case Briefs District Court

A woman can be held guilty for committing offence under Section 354 IPC; Bombay Court convicts a woman for outraging modesty of another woman

Metropolitan Magistrate, 70th Court, Mazgaon, Mumbai: In a case filed against the accused for offences punishable under Section 324, 354, 504, 509

Case Briefs High Courts

Love affair traversed beyond the legal and moral bounds; Rajasthan High Court quashes Rape and POCSO case against the 22-year-old

Rajasthan High Court: The Court exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (Code), quashed the First

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court refers Parle-G and Britannia to Mediation; restrains Britannia from publishing print advertisements against Parle-G

Delhi High Court: In a dispute between Parle-G and Britannia regarding the video and print advertisements published against Parle-G, the