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Delhi High Court grants ex-parte ad-interim injunction to American Eagle against Ektarfa Garments in a trademark and copyright infringement suit

Delhi High Court: In a case where application was filed under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section

Divesting DRTs of their pecuniary jurisdiction without any amendment to RDB Act 1993 is unsustainable; Bombay HC stays notification changing DRT jurisdiction in matters above ₹100 crores

Bombay High Court: While hearing a challenge to the Government Notification dated 04/10/2022 changing the jurisdiction of Dept Recovery Tribunals

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Clarifying the scope of Rina Devi Case, Delhi High Court rules ‘Railway not liable where initial burden of bona fide passenger is not proved by claimant’

Delhi High Court: In a case, wherein an appeal was filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (Act)

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Allahabad High Court| Conditions required for granting permission to a bhumidhar, clearly specified under the U.P Revenue Code and Rules; Other reasons to reject the application, renders discretionary power ultra vires and invalid

Allahabad High Court: In a writ petition filed against the order passed by the Collector under Section 98(1) of U.P.

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Delhi High Court upholds 12-year imprisonment awarded to father guilty of raping his minor daughter

Delhi High Court: In an appeal challenging the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge convicting the Father (Appellant) under

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Unexplainable delay in considering detenu’s representation is fatal to continued detention; Bombay High Court quashes preventive detention order

Bombay High Court: In a preventive detention case, the Division Bench of A.S. Gadkari and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., held that any

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Delhi High Court awards Rs. 20 lakhs costs to Louis Vuitton in a trade mark infringement case against Club Factory

Delhi High Court: In a case where Club Factory was involved in the sale of various unauthorized/ counterfeited products, bearing

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to Star India Pvt. Ltd. against 700 rogue websites accused of illegally streaming cinematograph film ‘Bhuj: The Pride of India’

Delhi High Court: In a suit for permanent injunction restraining the websites from retransmitting, broadcasting, streaming or in any manner

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Delhi High Court denies bail to a Nepalese citizen accused of passing sensitive information of national security to Chinese Intelligence

Delhi High Court: In a case where a Nepalese citizen moved the bail application in relation to FIR registered under

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Can officers under Maharashtra Money Lending Act, 2014 pass orders contrary to decree of a Civil Court? Bombay High Court decides

Bombay High Court: In a unique case where the officers exercising powers under the Maharashtra Money Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014

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Gauhati HC refuses to consider a ‘scientific-minded’ advocate’s petition challenging constitutionality of administering oath in the name of God

Gauhati High Court: While deciding this interesting writ petition praying for the issuance of the writ of Mandamus directing to

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Delhi High Court awards Rs. 25 lakhs damages to ‘Daawat’ Basmati Rice in a trade mark infringement suit; restrains manufacturer from selling counterfeit ‘Daawat’ Products

Delhi High Court: In a suit for permanent injunction and damages for infringement of marks, passing off and unfair competition

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Allahabad High Court| Secretary of the High Court Legal Services Committee must ensure that POCSO victims are represented by diligent practitioners

Allahabad high Court: In a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (‘POCSO’ Act), Ajay Bhanot, J.

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[M-seal v. R-seal] Can Trademark owner make “user claim” prior to acquisition of the mark from its predecessors? Bombay HC answers

“Disclaimers do not go to the market and a common man of average intelligence or the average consumer would have no knowledge of any disclaimers present in a trademark registration.”

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Delhi High Court directs Amazon to take down Pakistani Rooh Afza from its website; grants permanent injunction to the Hamdard Group

Delhi High Court: While deciding a case related to the product and mark ‘ROOH AFZA’, the Single Judge Bench of

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Madras High Court| Preventive detention laws are being misused by State; Compensation can be imposed, if there is an infraction of Article 21 of Constitution

Of all the things a system should fear, Complacency heads the list. The case in hand gave us a wake-up call and made us question ourselves as to whether we have become complacent and conditioned while dealing with preventive detention cases. Having got that call from within, we decided to shake up and wriggle out of the complacency and do a reality check.

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Application for registration of trade mark “BRAZZERS” to proceed for advertisement on the claim of the mark being “proposed to be used”; Delhi High Court directs

Delhi High Court: While deciding a case in which an appeal was filed challenging the order passed by the Senior

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Allahabad High Court dismissed PIL as Petitioner fails to establish that process of determination of tariff by Regulatory Commission was vitiated due to conflict of interest

Allahabad High Court: In a public interest litigation filed by a Non-Governmental Organization (‘NGO') for restraining the Regulatory Commission from

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“Definition of ‘victim’ as found in CrPC cannot be rendered a restrictive meaning”; Karnataka HC holds that legal heir has locus to continue the case initiated by the deceased complainant

Karnataka High Court: In the instant petition for quashment, the issue arose that whether a legal heir should be permitted to come

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POCSO meant to protect and not criminalize consensual relationships between young adults; Delhi High Court grants bail

Delhi High Court: While granting bail to the person accused of offences under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO),