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The Court held that while prosecuting offences arising out of the alleged sale or use of Chinese manjha, a Magistrate must record reasons demonstrating application of mind before taking cognizance and issuing summons.
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The Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, held that the absence of a registered trade mark does not bar an existing company from seeking rectification of a later company’s identical or deceptively similar name under Section 16(1)(a), Companies Act, 2013, and directed the respondent company to change its name within 3 months.
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In a Section 9 plea under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Court holds that the Heads of Terms constitutes a prima facie binding commercial arrangement warranting interim protection, leaving questions of enforceability and entitlement to specific performance to the arbitral tribunal.
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The Court examined the scope of Section 29-A, Representation of the People Act, 1951 and reaffirmed the limited circumstances in which deregistration is legally permissible.
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The Court held that deduction for shortfall in Minimum Guaranteed CENVAT Credit (MGCC) could not be made from the net contract value, as such an interpretation would effectively result in a double deduction unsupported by the contract terms.
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The Court ordered removal of identical “ALPHARD” registrations, recognising Toyota’s trans-border reputation and spillover goodwill in India.
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories of April 2026 on Intellectual Property Rights from all High Courts; covering key updates on Personality Rights, Trade mark and Copyright infringement.
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In exercise of parens patriae jurisdiction, Court permits operation of bank account for medical needs; frames interim safeguards in absence of statutory mechanism.
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The Court granted interim protection to IRCTC, holding that tariff-linked revision of licence fee raises a prima facie case and warrants a stay on the arbitral findings impacting IRCTC’s policy framework.
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The accused, a third year LLB student, had been found in possession of a Bar Council identity card with an enrollment number, along with case registers, seals of various police stations, notary seals and notarial registers.
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Unfilled vacancies do not entitle non-selected candidate to appointment where cut-off and 10% waitlist rule duly applied
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Guidelines issued by Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswami, the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham state that persons who have travelled aboard, or have undergone shaving or haircutting contrary to traditional norms and persons who do not adhere to the prescribed spiritual practices shall not enter the sanctum sanctorum and participate in the worship of the deity.
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Minor differences and addition of house mark cannot outweigh phonetic and structural similarity between competing marks.
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“Every resident of the local self-government has a right to participate in the electoral process and the only condition is that he should be on the electoral roll.”
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“When the executive authority, entrusted with the implementation of the Service Rules, concedes their incompatibility with the governing constitutional instrument, the Court cannot sustain their validity.”
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The host and owner of the InControversial podcast had filed a petition for quashing of proceedings under a criminal defamation complaint.
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories of March 2026 on Intellectual Property Rights from all High Courts; covering key updates on Domain name fraud, Trade mark and Copyright infringement.
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“It is a settled position of law that till such time a final order is passed in the proceedings of this nature, any interference without waiting for the final decision on the proceedings by the High Court in a writ petition is uncalled for.”
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“The Family Court is expected to adopt a sensitive, humane, and child-centric approach in a child custody matter keeping in mind that such proceedings concern the welfare and future of a minor rather than the legal victory of fighting litigants.”
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The Delhi High Court has issued wide-ranging directions to curb fraudulent domain name registrations used for impersonation, phishing, and financial scams.
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