blanket injunction in trade secret
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The impugned order is thus not only vague but draconian and contrary to a party’s constitutional and legal right to carry on any trade or business.”

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YouTuber restrained
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The test reports and regulatory clearances from FSSAI and BIS prima facie establish compliance with standards for safety and quality of the Indospirit Beverages’ Product ‘BROCODE’.”

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pre-arrest bail in digital fraud case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There were serious allegations of digital frauds where complex technological mechanisms were employed to defraud gullible victims.”

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Constable accident compensation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The claimant stated that he incurred heavy medical expenses and suffered disability, resulting in a downgrade from B-1 to C-1 position and a monthly income loss of Rs 7,000, and therefore sought enhancement through a cross-objection.”

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subsisting first marriage maintenance claim
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“However, even presuming that for the sake of discussion the marriage between the husband and wife is void, still the wife is entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.”

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JIO trade mark infringement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The defendants were engaged in providing taxi services across Dehradun and Delhi and were marketing themselves as an inter-state national level service, using the name ‘JIO’.

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Anil Ambani RCOM
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Personal hearing cannot be demanded as a matter of right, unless specifically mandated by statute or rules. The principles of natural justice cannot be applied in a straitjacket formula; their application depends on the facts and circumstances of each case”

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father's murder conviction
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“We are of the view that in ordinary circumstances, no parent would cause fatal injury to their children, howsoever frustrated or dejected he or she may be.”

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ill-treating stepchildren is cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the wife ill-treated the children, it would certainly cause an apprehension in the husband’s mind that it would be harmful or injurious for him to live with her where the expression ‘harmful or injurious’ was not confined to physical acts alone, but extended to mental torture as well.”

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Unclaimed Notice Not Valid Service
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A refusal for the purpose of service of notice should be taken to be a sufficient service, if such refusal is by the addressee or by the noticee himself/herself.”

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mechanical approach in process patent registration order
Case BriefsHigh Courts

An invention must show an inventive step over prior art. However, the Patents Act, 1970 lacks clear guidelines to assess this, leading Examiners to decide applications and oppositions in a rule of thumb manner, purely based on their subjective opinions. This is, clearly, a thoroughly legally unsatisfactory position.

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Bail to 25-year-old murder accused
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The victim tried hanging herself due to the trauma caused because of the accused’s attempt to commit penetrative sexual assault. He brought her down, but when she started shouting, he smothered her which led to her brain death.”

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husband who shirked responsibility of wife & children
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The wife was facing the challenges against all odds, but the father, who should take on more challenges or at least support the wife, was shirking the liability for one reason or another.”

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Ravi Mohan Bro Code infringement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ravi Mohan Studios produced an additional typed-set showing that the attempted registration of the trade mark ‘BROCODE’ by Indo Bevs beverage company had been objected to and is pending consideration. Hence the Court issued interim relief.

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Rajasthan to establish Trauma Centres
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“We are of the view that the two centres cannot be developed by the Nathdwara Temple Board on its own and they can only help the State Government/State functionaries for setting up of these two centres of the national level.”

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Bail Denied to 68-year-old
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The act of committing sexual assault on the victim by taking advantage of her poverty and her innocence and also particular community is ruthless act.”

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Exploitation in Surrogacy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“For want of better words, prima facie, we can only say that we are shocked by what we have seen within the factual matrix of this case.”

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ex-employee declared persona-non-grata
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The petitioner cannot be given free hand to visit the public offices which would certainly, affect the public administration. Even fundamental rights guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution of India are not absolute and are subjected to reasonable restrictions”.

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denying bail for lack of permanent residence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘In our country, there are hermits and sages who do not have permanent homes or residences and stay in ashrams, and even those people can be and have been arraigned as accused.’

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law to protect men from illegal prosecution by women
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A perusal of the petition indicates that except for reference to certain news items, wholly cursory averments have been made in the petition.”

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