Calcutta High Court
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The interaction of patent laws and ethics is an uncomfortable relationship and has always produced difficulties. In such circumstances, section 3(b) ought not to be interpreted to deal with all subjective concerns of morality, public order or health regardless of any scientific or technical evidence or any cogent reasoning.

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Delhi High Court
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“Burden of proof, in any enquiry or trial, keeps on shifting and the moment the averments made in the claim petition were deposed on oath by the respondent in her evidence, it was for the Management to have rebutted and disproved the same.”

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Delhi High Court
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The core dispute between OYO and Zostel arose from a Term Sheet dated 26-11-2015, which proposed OYO’s acquisition of Zostel’s business. While Zostel claimed to have fulfilled its obligations and sought specific performance, OYO argued the Term Sheet was non-binding and lacked enforceable terms.

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Delhi High Court
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The case began with a search and seizure by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 37 of FEMA at the petitioners’ premises and during the operation, the petitioners allegedly confessed to illegal hawala transactions worth ₹3,500 crore routed abroad using fabricated documents to remit money to their companies in Hong Kong and Canada.

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Delhi High Court
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The Courts should exercise restraint in the grant of pre-arrest bail in NDPS cases, however, in the absence of any direct recovery from the applicants and considering that the investigation is already complete, no purpose would be served by subjecting the applicants to incarceration.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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In the case at hand, despite a binding legal heir certificate and multiple court decrees, the petitioner was denied his sister’s death benefits for over three decades. The authorities relied on undocumented claims and misplaced service records to justify non-payment.

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Delhi High Court
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In the last week of March 2025, the plaintiff came across the listing of defendants’ products on e-commerce platforms such as Meesho and TradeRaise for identical products i.e., for cleaners and disinfectants, which was deceptively similar to the plaintiff’s “MAXKITEEN” marks.

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Delhi High Court
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The genesis of the dispute lay in the Notice Inviting Tender by BSNL, acting on behalf of the Universal Services Obligation Fund, for the establishment and maintenance of 2G GSM BSS Network in remote and insurgency-affected areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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The only reference to petitioners 3 and 4 is that, during visits to the accused No. 1 and third respondent’s home, they taunted her for not being able to conceive. Such vague allegations, without specific dates or details, cannot withstand legal scrutiny.

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Delhi High Court
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Despite a settled legal proposition that the courts dealing with bail applications are not forum for recovery of money, indulgence was repeatedly extended to the accused/applicant, apparently keeping in mind the pitiable condition of the victims of the cheating.

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