Case Briefs Archives

Causing impairment to product constitutes infringement under Sections 29 & 30 TM Act; missing price tags from ARMANI products lend credence to claim of counterfeiting: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh, J. decreed a suit in terms of granting a permanent

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC pulls up Hockey India for non-disclosure of expenditure and lawyers’ fee; issues show cause notice stating that sports cannot be used for profit-generation

Central Information Commission (CIC): A Single-Judge Bench comprising of Central Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu issued a show-cause notice to Hockey

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK SC | Direction restricting period of accommodation in HMO to 10 months in a year for students held irrational

United Kingdom Supreme Court: A Five Judge Bench comprising of Lady Hale, President, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black and Lord Lloyd-Jones

Case Briefs High Courts

Adjudication of a case must be after due consideration of oral and documentary evidence adduced by both the parties to the lis

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kumar, J. while hearing an appeal against dismissal of application for setting

Case Briefs High Courts

Order of suspension: A tool to facilitate unhindered and fair inquiry into the alleged misconduct of the employee

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition filed against the order of

Case Briefs High Courts

Order granting land title found illegal, implementation disallowed, petition dismissed: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court: In this petition, petitioner wanted to bring on record certain orders passed in proceedings under Section 122-B of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Charge to be framed not on suspicion simpliciter but on grave suspicion of involvement in alleged offence; order of discharge upheld: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed by the prosecution against the order

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Solitary confinement need not leave physical scars that leave the offender dead to everything but torturing anxieties: SCOTUS

United States Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Sotomayor, Breyer and Kennedy, JJ., denied the writ of certiorari but gave directions for

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Party within his rights to cancel a conditional transfer deed executed for consideration before completion of condition: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee, JJ. allowed an appeal while setting aside the judgment and order

Case Briefs High Courts

Securing ends of justice ultimate guiding factor; continuation of criminal proceedings where complainant herself approached the Court held to be exercise in futility: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition for quashing of an FIR registered under Section

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Rebutting presumption under Section 18(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act: Statement about absence of knowledge of nature of drugs not sufficient

Supreme Court of Singapore: The Bench comprising of CJ Sundaresh Menon and Judith Prakash JA and Tay Yong Kwang, JJ., allowed an

Case Briefs High Courts

An order of preventive detention passed, without supplying the relevant materials to the detenue, is illegal

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Rashid Ali Dar, J., allowed a petition filed against the order of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Incumbent upon Division Bench to record findings on all issues carried in intra-court appeal: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of a Division Bench

Case Briefs High Courts

Application to set aside ex-parte divorce decree by a spouse is not rendered infructuous by remarriage of opposite spouse

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. while hearing a matrimonial appeal ruled

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Salesman not a ‘workman’ but entitled to relief for dismissal of service under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division Bench comprising of Mushir Alam and Munib Akhtar, JJ. while hearing an appeal in relation to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Proceedings under Section 125 CrPC summary in nature; no strict proof of marriage required: SC

“When the parties live together as husband and wife, there is presumption that they are legally married couple for claim of maintenance

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CBI Tussle| SC lays down interim arrangement; M. Nageswara Rao directed not to take policy decisions

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ., laid down some interim arrangement

Case Briefs High Courts

Objector claiming arms length distance from judgment-debtors can’t represent their interest; held “abuse of process of Court”: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J., dismissed an execution first appeal filed against the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Local self government officials concerned personally liable for unauthorised removal of billboards: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Devan Ramachandran J., ordered for the removal of all unauthorised advertisement boards, billboards, flex

Case Briefs High Courts

Disputes arising out of an agreement containing arbitration clause, must be settled through arbitration

Karnataka High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Dinesh Maheshwari, J. while hearing a petition praying for the appointment of an