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[SBI Loan Fraud] Delhi High Court grants default bail to Avinash Jain, Managing Director, Arise India Ltd., due to incomplete investigation by CBI

Permitting the CBI to pick up one aspect of the investigation and file a piece-meal chargesheet with respect to the same and consequently, defeating the right of the applicant to default bail, goes against the mandate of Article 21.

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[Dettol v Santoor Handwash Advertisement] Delhi High Court refuses injunctive relief to Reckitt Benckiser for its alleged disparagement by Wipro product

Delhi High Court observed that it would be reading too much into the impugned advertisement, in my opinion, to extract, from it, anything derogatory or deprecating regarding Dettol.

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Allahabad High Court acquits four accused including MoS Ajay Mishra in Student leader Prabhat Gupta’s murder case

The commission of an offence and complicity of the offenders are two different realities. The complicity of an offender must provenly be established connected to the commission of charged offence, then only it is permissible for a court of law to derive the product of conviction, failing which, the acquittal is the rule.

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Can Judicial officers take recourse to judicial proceedings for arrears of rent? ; Allahabad High Court answers

Allahabad High Court clarified that the decision rendered in Divakar Dwivedi case must apply to all the Judicial Officers, irrespective of the fact that they had not filed writ petitions.

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‘Petition appears to seek Court’s seal on second relation’; Punjab and Haryana High Court refuses Police Protection for Muslim Marriage

“Person who does not do equity with others and even to the life companion, cannot approach the Court to seek approval of his relation under the umbrella of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

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Private institutions affiliated to GGSIPU not entitled to charge higher fees from the students admitted through 10% Management Quota Seats: Delhi High Court

A notice/advertisement inviting applications for admission provides complete transparency in the admission process and all students who meet the eligibility criteria have an equal opportunity to apply for the course. The selection of students should not be based on extraneous factors like personal connections, wealth or social status or other resources of getting limited information of admission notice.

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Request to review trademark ‘HAMDARD’ in ‘HAMDARD ROGHAN BADAM SHIRIN’ for its descriptive use; Delhi High Court directs Trademark Registry to proceed as per law

Under section 3(a) of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, Raughan-E-Badam Shireen/ Badani Shireen is mentioned as Unani Medicine in the authoritative book of First Schedule of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

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Can the Trial Court grant maintenance from the date of the order in view of Rajnesh vs. Neha case? Allahabad High Court answers

Trial Court is not barred from granting maintenance from the date of the order if there are circumstances and reasons for doing the same

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Corruption inquiry directed against Ex-IAS Ramesh Abhishek by Lokpal; Delhi High Court refuses to interfere

Delhi High Court observed that repeated petitions seeking to interdict the proceedings before Lokpal would defeat the very purpose of the legislation.

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[Betnesol v Betnol]: Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction in favour of Glaxo Group Limited on failure to file written statement by Biogen Serums

Delhi High Court observed that the defendant has used the infringing mark ‘BETNOL’, which is identical to the plaintiff’s mark ‘BETNESOL’ with the intent to springboard its business by drawing association with the plaintiff and its trademark to ride on the goodwill and reputation of the mark of the plaintiff.

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Dismissal Procedure under Kerala Education Rules not a mandate if Aided School Teacher’s conduct led to conviction in criminal charges: Kerala High Court

The teacher in the instant matter was convicted in a criminal case for showing obscene pictures to a girlchild, while conducting classes.

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‘Right to life encapsulates right to construction of road, even to a solitary villager’: Punjab and Haryana High Court to Gram Panchayat

Even if a single individual may be benefitted from the construction of revenue ‘rasta’ at the instance of the Revenue Collector, it is not sufficient and well-informed reason for the Panchayat to resist compliance with orders of the Collector.

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Demand notice cannot be faulted if any other sum indicated in addition to said amount under S. 138(b) of NI Act: Allahabad High Court reiterates

Allahabad High Court reiterated that the demand notice should be read as a whole. In the demand notice, the holder or payee can demand to pay out for the said amount, i.e., cheque amount.

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to Infiniti Retail Ltd for its ‘CROMA’ mark

User traffic may be diverted due to the same or similar domain name, which can result in a user mistakenly accessing one domain name instead of the one intended. A domain name might, therefore, have all characteristics of a trade mark and could result in an act of passing off.

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PWD, Religious Committee decides to demolish 55-year-old Kali Mata Mandir at Mayapuri Chowk; Delhi High Court refuses to interfere

Delhi High Court directed that the PWD is free to carry out the demolition and remove the unauthorized construction after 20-05-2023.

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‘Electricity no longer a luxury’; Meghalaya HC directs State to ensure adequate availability of electricity in the State

The Court directed State and Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited to file affidavit indicating the plans for meeting the demands of electricity and actions during accidental shutdown of power plant.

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News articles indicative of wilful campaign launched by Punjab Kesari to lower reputation of Gautam Gambhir in the eyes of public: Delhi High Court

The news articles are prima facie, indicative of a wilful campaign launched by the defendants to lower the reputation of standing of the plaintiff in the eyes of his constituents, supporters and the public at large.

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Challenge against constitution of Selection Committee to appoint Director of School of Planning & Architecture; Delhi High Court issues notice

The challenge is filed by Prof. Dr. Pratap Manohar Raval, an aspirant to the post of Director of School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi.

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Specimen Document and Signature must be admitted by parties before comparing with disputed handwriting under S. 73 of IEA: Orissa HC

In case one party refuses to admit the specimen document, it is incumbent on the Court to first satisfy that the signature or writing on the specimen document is proved to be of the person concerned.

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Formulate programmes to educate teenagers who post intimate content on social media without consent: Delhi High Court directs DSLSA

In a case of consensual adolescent mutual love, there will be no place of abusing, blackmailing, inducement, threat, violence, pressurizing and threatening the prosecutrix to convert her religion for forcibly getting married even when she wanted to get out of the abusive relationship.