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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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“It cannot be lost sight of the fact that the kind of consumer who would purchase these infringing goods would not enter into a detailed enquiry as to whether these infringing products are genuinely those of the plaintiff or not. The plaintiff is most likely to suffer on financial account too.”
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“Filing of an application for rejection of plaint by Defendant 2 after lapse of statutory period for filing written statement, will not entitle Defendant 2 for grant of any extension of time for filing written statement on that ground.”
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“The DNRs continue to promote alternative infringing domain names, several of which are clearly prima facie infringing the trade marks of the plaintiffs. In such a situation, not only shall the concerned DNRs lose the safe harbour protection, the said DNRs would be liable to be treated as infringers against whom reliefs would be liable to be claimed.”
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“Plaintiff is entitled to complain that any content which is set in obscene backdrop or shows her in inappropriate clothing and/or which falsely portrays her as endorsing brands, where there is no authorisation and/or which uses attributes and elements of her persona such as her images, voices, etc. is liable to be forthwith taken down from the public space.”
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The Delhi High Court examined multiple suits involving misuse of well-known trademarks through fraudulent domain names used for impersonation and consumer deception.
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Court restrained defendants from circulating videos that falsely linked the plaintiff’s mouth freshener product with tobacco-related health risks.
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