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“If Tata can sell its Himalayan Pink Salt by advertising it as natural, free of chemicals, additives, and as being neither processed nor bleached and, therefore, a healthy alternative to common salt, then why Puro cannot do so. Tata cannot seek any injunction against Puro using the very same expressions for its own Puro Healthy Salt, vis-à-vis white salt.”

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“Hotel Corporation of India acted in contravention with Article 14 of the Constitution by creating wrongful classification between retired unionised workers and unionised employees who were currently employed with it.”

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by Sugandh Kochhar†

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The impugned order held that the fathers of the parties were real brothers and so, the marriage between the parties fell within the meaning of sub-clause (f) of Section 3 of Hindu Marriage Act, which defines the terms of degrees of prohibited relationships.

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The issue under consideration was whether the ABC Rules, 2023 unjustly exclude individual veterinarians from the animal birth control programme, thereby infringing upon their constitutional rights.

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“In its zeal to ensure implementation of rule of law, the court cannot hold a person guilty of violation of its orders and proceed punitively against him merely because the circumstances give rise to a strong suspicion of the court’s order been disobeyed.”

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“This Court is of the opinion that the information that is being sought by the petitioner would impede the investigation conducted by the CBI involving a large-scale fraud, including many accused.”

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“Mere creation of the welfare legislation is not enough. A duty is cast upon the State and the subjects of the Act, to uphold the integrity, objective and the provisions of the legislation in its true letter and spirit.”

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“Nurses working in hospitals provide a very valuable humanitarian service. It will be a travesty of justice if such people are denied adequate compensation for their services as they were entitled to.”

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“It is observed that in Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the word “shall” means “it is mandatory for the accused to furnish bail bond with surety”.”

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A court-monitored investigation is a significant measure, typically invoked when there is a palpable sense of governmental neglect or oversight. It is not a mechanism to be employed routinely or without just cause.

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A punishment of censure which is not likely to have any effect on the career of the police officers will not be a sufficient deterrent to the officer. The censure should be of such nature that other officers too must not emulate such actions in future.

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Transparency forms the core of good governance, and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in the functioning of the government

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“While E-Commerce provide new platforms for small designers and businesses, the same ought not to be misused for the purposes of imitating and producing look alike products thereby violating any intellectual property rights.”

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“The issuance of the letter dated 10-05-2016 from Delhi can, at best, be said to constitute a ‘slender part of the cause of action’ and cannot be determinative of the question as to whether this Court ought to entertain the petition.”

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“What in fact, is a matter of concern is not a ban of these activities but to work out the mechanism to ensure that the programs are held in a regulated manner without causing any harm or damage to the environment.”

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“Biosecurity constitutes an integral facet of national security. The inadvertent introduction of invasive alien species or harmful exotic pests, whether through flowers, fruits, vegetables, or other pathways, poses a grave threat to the country’s native agricultural produce and, by extension, its agrarian economy.”

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“The basic requirement of Article 14 of the Constitution is that any action of the State must be non-arbitrary in essence and substance. It is the heartbeat of fair play and State actions are amenable to judicial review to the extent that the State must act validly for a discernible reason and not whimsically.”

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“The High Court would be empowered to exercise the powers when it finds that the decision impugned is so arbitrary and capricious that no reasonable person would have ever arrived at.”

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“The Supreme Court has declined to stay the Order dated 05-07-2023. Therefore, propriety demands that this Court ought not have passed any interim order which had the effect of staying the Order dated 05-07-2023 and other consequential orders.”