Swami Ramdev Personality Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plaintiff, Swami Ramdev is a known and renowned personality in the fields of yoga and ayurvedic medicine, in India and abroad. Through several institutes, he is advancing yoga education, healthcare and Ayurvedic treatment and is also engaged in various philanthropic endeavours. Owing to his contributions in these fields, Swami Ramdev has earned a formidable goodwill and reputation and has received several awards, honours and accolades.”

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Jubin Nautiyal personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Jubin Nautiyal is a well-known, popular and well-accepted personality and if the ex-parte ad-interim injunction and other directions, as sought, are not passed, irreparable loss and injury which may not be compensated in monetary terms.”

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Ancestral property attachment under PMLA
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plea of the property being ancestral does not ipso facto grants immunity from attachment under the PMLA.”

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ANN patentability UK SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

“It is sufficient to show that the subject matter of the claims has technical character and is not to a computer program “as such”. It follows that the UKIPO was wrong to decide, for the reason it did, that the application for a patent should be refused.”

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charging high interest not abetment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Although much emphasis is laid on the calls received by the deceased on the day of his death and the petitioner has sought to argue that the manner of demanding repayment constitutes as harassment, in the opinion of this Court, even if the allegations are taken at the highest, such incessant pestering still falls short of instigation.

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ndps case involving trafficking substances to USA
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“No recovery of any contraband has been effected from the personal or conscious possession of the accused. The recoveries were made from the premises of third-party i.e. courier companies upon the disclosure statements of the co — accused”

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State Gratuity authorities lack jurisdiction for multi-state establishments-State establishments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fundamental error permeating both the impugned orders is the assumption that merely because the claimant worked or claimed to have worked in Delhi, the Controlling Authority appointed by the State Government and the Appellate Authority derived jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute.”

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Remuneration to junior resident doctor counts as salary
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fact that the remuneration was reflected in the pay slips as ‘gross salary’, subjected to statutory tax deductions and reported through Form-16, fortifies the conclusion that the payment was compensatory in nature and not a scholarship granted solely to defray educational expenses.”

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Vivek Oberoi personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The copyright of the plaintiff over his own personality, which include, amongst others, his image, likeness, voice, name, signature, which are distinctive and exclusively associated with him, cannot, prima facie, be doubted at this stage.”

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passing off action against registered proprietor
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A textbook case of the ‘Kerly impasse’ where infringement and passing off coexist as concurrent causes of action”

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SSC lapses in CGLE 2024
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The magnitude of these revisions is not merely incidental; it bespeaks a systemic lapse in the framing, vetting, and finalisation of the question papers and answer keys, including issues of translation parity, which should have been unambiguous from the outset.”

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enforcement of judicial orders
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The extraordinary delay of 13 years indicates the deficiencies in the post-conviction/bail follow up and lack of coordination amongst the Trial Court, Jail Administration and the Police. It portrays a serious systemic failure in ensuring enforcement of judicial orders. Such like episodes corrode the credibility of the Criminal Justice System.”

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MCD survey near heritage properties
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioners argued that in several cases, while approving the building plan, the MCD ignored the relevant building bye-laws as well as the advice tendered by the Heritage Conservation Committee.

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Rajpal Yadav surrender in cheque bounce case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This Court finds no justification to continue the indulgence granted to Rajpal Yadav earlier, especially in the case as the present one, where he himself has admitted the liability and undertaken to repay the amount.”

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Akira Nandan personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Defendant 1 had created and circulated AI-morphed content of the plaintiff including a movie titled ‘AI Love Story’

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error in recruitment notice no vested right
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once, a vacancy under the reserved category does not exist, the candidate cannot be considered against the reserved category vacancy, which, in fact, does not exist.”

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Physics Wallah defamation case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Disparagement through misleading and/or abusive statements, constitutes an unlawful interference in other party’s commercial goodwill and is actionable in law.”

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removal of disability data from online records
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner argued that his disability details should be removed from online records under the right to be forgotten, claiming the disclosure caused stigma, discrimination, and violation of his privacy and dignity.

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TIGER BRAND trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The mark ‘TIGER’ is publici juris and common to trade and is not uniquely identifiable with a particular goods or services of the Plaintiff.”

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relief against IRCTC's termination of catering contract
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There are multiple complaints of over-charging, service quality, hygiene, food quality, etc. against the appellant, which presents a troubling state of affairs as regards the on-board catering services being offered by the appellant on the subject train.”

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