Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News
“Provisional participation does not grant the applicants any indefeasible right to claim appointment, even if they are deemed meritorious.”
Continue reading
The Bombay High Court held that as ‘Body Building’ had state recognition earlier and is nationally recognized, its exclusion violated Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
Continue reading
“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.”
Continue reading
“When there are provisions for imposing a heavy fine on a quasi-judicial officer, it is expected that they would decide the matter in a judicial manner”
Continue reading
“Chapter V, NDPS Act, of which Sections 41 and 42 comprise an important part, sets-out the procedure mandated by the Legislature for entry, search, seizure and arrest in relation to offences under that statute.”
Continue reading
‘A requisition is not a voluntary arrangement; it is a command issued under statutory authority.’
Continue reading
“The informant and his brother were allegedly abused and assaulted by the accused persons, but the allegations were denied, and documents were tendered in evidence claiming that the witnesses were the informant’s relatives, and they made false statements against them because of a land dispute. Himachal Pradesh High Court declined to interfere with the trial court’s order of acquittal finding no perversity therein.”
Continue reading
“Jurisdiction especially at the level of the trial courts is a creation of specific statutes and the learned judges must be cognizant, always of the differences in the jurisdiction conferred upon them thereby.”
Continue reading
“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.”
Continue reading
“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.”
Continue reading
“The responsibility lies with the employer, and if the employer has failed in maintaining records or producing them, then the consequence cannot be shifted upon the employee.”
Continue reading
The Court held that a de novo trial cannot be ordered merely on technical grounds, particularly when the trial had substantially progressed and no real miscarriage of justice is shown.
Continue reading
“The law protects childhood, so that it may blossom into informed adulthood. This Court will not permit this protection to be diminished.”
Continue reading
The Court said that the assurances provided by Government of India were detailed and reliable. Since they were given at a diplomatic level, any breach would seriously harm trust between India and the UK, especially in a high-profile case like Nirav Modi’s.
Continue reading
“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.”
Continue reading
The Supreme Court was examining the legality of a dismissal order passed by invoking Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution without holding a departmental inquiry.
Continue reading
The Delhi High Court examined multiple suits involving misuse of well-known trademarks through fraudulent domain names used for impersonation and consumer deception.
Continue reading
“Once a judgement or an order passed by a court in a particular case has attained finality and is not the subject matter of further challenge before a prescribed forum, a subsequent change in the judicial interpretation would not entail a reversal of such decision inter-se the parties to that case.”
Continue reading
“Where potentiality of the act is to disturb the even tempo of the life of the community, it would be prejudicial to the maintenance of public order”
Continue reading
“The bottom line of the Shoe-Shine Licence Policy, 2018 is to generate employment opportunities for persons belonging to the lower strata of society, which may include members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, not merely on the basis of their caste, but because they belonged to lower strata of society.”
Continue reading