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“The purpose of display of distasteful, gross, graphic anti-tobacco imagery in health spots played during the screening of movies and TV programmes is only to make people aware of the ailments and ill-effects of consuming tobacco and tobacco products and to show them what tobacco can do to their health.”
As on date, there are no rules prescribed by the State Government which provide a particular method of communicating the complainants/informants as per Section 173(2)(ii) CrPC to ensure uniformity, transparency and effective implementation of the provision, in its letter and spirit.
“No party shall oppose each other’s marks or object to the same, in any manner, so long as the same are in compliance with the terms of this settlement.”
“Where the marks in question pertain to food items, or eateries where food items are dispensed and served, a somewhat higher degree of care and caution is expected to be observed.”
Under Section 42 of the Act, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 making available tools to provide access to information and communication technology to persons with disabilities is mandatory in law and not providing the same would also constitute an offence under Section 89 and 90 of the said Act.
“If the defendants are not blocked from disseminating the copyrighted material of the plaintiff, the plaintiff would suffer enormous monetary loss apart from loss of subscribers and of goodwill.”
Merely because the condition imposed by the Court as per law is causing inconvenience to the petitioner, it can neither become a ground for deletion of the condition nor it can be said that the same amounts to violation of her fundamental right to travel abroad.
“The child has not only been totally alienated, but has also been used as a weapon against the father. Nothing can be more painful for a parent to see the child drifting away and being totally against the father.”
The World Cup matches form an important and integral part of the events over which the ICC exercises rights which have been licensed to Star India Private Limited. An injunction is called for in the present matter as these are one-day international matches and any delay in blocking the rogue websites would, result in considerable pecuniary loss and result in irreparable violation of the Broadcast reproduction rights.
“The different eligibility conditions prescribed by different institutions under the same Board are not comprehensible as it keeps out large number of eligible candidates.”
“As per Clause 31.16 of Letter of Intent between parties, place of arbitration was Faridabad (Haryana), which will be chosen as the seat, since seat has not been separately named and there are no other contrary indicia to show that place of arbitration is not intended to be seat of arbitration.”
The Court is not meant to act as a Court of first appeal and cannot supplant its view over that of the Arbitral Tribunal.
“If during the pendency of this petition, in case a pilot acts in breach of the minimum contractual notice period as specified under his/her employment agreement, then such an action will be at pilot’s own risk and will remain subject to the outcome of the present petition.”
“Subsistence allowance is not a largesse, but the statutory right of an employee, and any denial of the same would amount to violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.”
The PIL was filed highlighting the inaction of the University Grants Commission (‘UGC’) with respect to Universities/ Institution/ Colleges providing unspecified courses.
“In view of the fact that parties have mutually settled their disputes, in order to put a quietus to the litigation pending between them, this Court sees no reason to continue the proceedings as no useful purpose will be served in doing so.”
“It is incumbent upon educational institutions to make the necessary allowances to ensure that students, who are disadvantaged due to medical reasons, are also provided quality education.”
The present case highlights the precarious position in which artists, film producers, companies who manage rights in music, and others are placed due to the execution of multiple agreements in respect of the same work.
“There can be no copyright claimed in the Scriptures. However, any adaptations of the said work including providing explanation, summary, meaning, exegesis/interpretation or creating any audio-visual works being transformative works, will be entitled to copyright protection.”
“The essence of good governance lies not just in holding individuals accountable, but in creating an environment where unnecessary litigation is avoided. It is against this backdrop that the call for a ‘National Litigation Policy’ gains urgency.”