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Canada | Excess claim fee introduced in Canadian Patent Laws

On 2nd June, 2022, Canadian Minister of Industry notified amendments to Patent Rules. Formulated under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the recent

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Canada SC | Imposing consecutive 25-year parole ineligibility periods cruel and unusual by nature, cannot be justified in a free and democratic society

Supreme Court of Canada: A full bench comprising, Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal JJ unanimously

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Psychiatric & Psychological Evaluation of death row convicts| Supreme Court mandates call for mental health report before pronouncing death sentence

“Implicit in this shift is the understanding that the criminal is not a product of only their own decisions, but also a product of the state and society’s failing, which is what entitles the accused to a chance of reformation.”

Case Briefs High Courts

A suit cannot be summarily decreed until the claim stands duly proved; Mad HC analyses Rules of Evidence Vis a Vis Order XIII A CPC

Madras High Court: Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy, J. remarked that a suit cannot be summarily decreed at the instance of a plaintiff unless

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether the credit availed by bank on service tax paid for insuring deposits, eligible for CENVAT Credit or not? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The coram of Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member)

Legislation Updates Notifications

Cost Inflation Index for Assessment Year 2023-24 updated

On 14th June, 2022, Central Board of Direct Taxes notified amendment in Notification S.O. 1790(E) of Income Tax Department, dated 5th June

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC │ Custody of the minor with the maternal grand-parents does not amount to illegal confinement; Petition by father dismissed

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench Vipul M. Pancholi and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the father under

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC sets aside assessment notice sent under S. 148 Income Tax Act, 1961 to a dead person for being null and void

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Jyoti Singh and Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, JJ. sets aside notices sent to a deceased assessee

Case Briefs District Court

Can charges under S. 138 of NI Act sustain in case of non-compliance with the clauses of a Non-competing Agreement? Tis Hazari Court elucidates

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: While deciding the instant complaint filed under S. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, wherein the dispute revolved

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC │ Transfer order of Central Bank of India employee quashed considering 100% disability of wife

Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a petition which was filed assailing order dated 16-04-2022 passed by the opposite party

Book Review

“This is one to relish!” – A review of Sanjoy Ghose’s How Gourango Lost his O

by Chandrahas Choudhary

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC │ Court finds rape charges “vexatious and frivolous “; FIR quashed after delay of 18 years to file a case

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. allowed a petition which was preferred under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking

Case Briefs High Courts

Does advertisement issued in a newspaper with barely any circulation affect fair opportunity to candidates? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Rajesh Bindal, CJ. and J.J. Munir, J. dismissed an appeal which was filed against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC │ Reasonable opportunity should be granted to the assessee to produce the document impacting tax liability

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Debangsu Basak and Bibhas Ranjan De, JJ. disposed of a appeal which was directed against

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Major setback to Amazon as NCLAT upholds CCI’s decision to impose Rs. 200 crore penalty vis-a-vis the Amazon-Future Deal

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): While deciding the instant appeal filed by Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC challenging the order passed

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC grants ex-parte ad-interim injunction in trademark infringement of Glaxo’s BETNESOL and BETNOVATE

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J. granted ex-parte ad-interim injunction and remarked that stricter approach is required in cases of medicinal preparations

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Online Proficiency test mandated for databank registration vide Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) 2nd Amendment, Rules, 2022

On 10th June, 2022, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) 2nd Amendment, Rules, 2022. These rules

Case Briefs District Court

Tis Hazari Court| Contract between parties determines Territorial jurisdiction; Non-mentioning of words “only” or “exclusively” before name of place of jurisdiction immaterial

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi : Vinod Kumar Gautam, Additional District Judge, while addressing the matter regarding the question of territorial jurisdiction, has

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC │ PIL admitted considering the revolutionary improvement required in health-care facilities in the State

Meghalaya High Court : The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. took cognizance of a petition in relation

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Right to organ donation is personal and inalienable; Spousal consent is ultra vires the provisions of Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Verma, J. disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondent hospital to process the application and