Can a third party take back goods from a company in CIRP? NCLT dismisses Ancile’s Claim to pharmaceutical goods
NCLT Mumbai found the Istisna and Wakala arrangement financial, and the claimed goods could not be found.
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Examination evaluation records are “information” under S. 2(f), RTI Act; Confidentiality or fiduciary claim can’t be invoked mechanically: CIC
The Central Information Commission held that “a general assertion of confidentiality or fiduciary capacity cannot substitute the statutory requirement of demonstrating the applicability of an exemption”.
“That time belonged to other litigants”: SC imposes ₹5 lakh cost on Advocate and Client for prolonging litigation for 11-year
The Court observed that both parties had “occupied the time of the Bar Council of India, a High Court and this Court for eleven years”, time, it noted, “that belonged to other litigants, waiting for reliefs they genuinely need.”
Allahabad High Court: Marks in Recruitment Exams disclosable under RTI, not Photocopies of other candidates’ answer sheets
The High Court clarifies what constitutes “public activity” in exam-related disclosures while drawing limits on access to confidential material like answer sheets.
‘Classic case of honey trap’; Bombay HC grants bail to former Navy apprentice accused of sharing sensitive information
Honey trap typically involves an individual, often an intelligence agent, who assumes a false identity and cultivates a relationship with the target. Such a relationship is built on the foundation of trust and intimacy exploiting the target’s vulnerability and desires.
Bombay HC quashes FIR against Go Air’s former MD/CEO allegedly involved in sending confidential information in emails
Petitioner’s emails are related to preparation for briefings and presentations and have information about Engines and meetings with the Airbus. Further, emails that are forwarded to his attorney in Austria after resignation, seek legal advice on the issue, relating to his exit from the company and has no concern with the Company’s information.
Delhi High Court dismisses Mahua Moitra’s plea to restrain media from privacy infringement; upholds freedom of press
Delhi High Court acknowledged the importance of balancing freedom of press and expression with the right to privacy, particularly for public figures like Mahua Moitra, the petitioner, a former elected Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar, West Bengal, affiliated with the All-India Trinamool Congress Party (AITC).
Patent infringement requires copying only ‘essential features’ of suit patent; Delhi High Court refuses to grant injunction
The Delhi High Court observed that “Dichotomizing the claims and the accompanying specifications is, therefore, contrary to the most fundamental canons of patent law.”
NLUJ International Deal Negotiation Competition, 2023
National Law University Jodhpur (“NLUJ”) in collaboration with Allen and Overy (“A&O”) is hosting the first edition of the International
Right to Information vis-a-vis Right to Privacy; SC invokes doctrine of ex debito justitiae to hear HDFC’s plea challenging RBI directions mandating disclosure of confidential & sensitive information
“If a man has been wronged, so long as the wrong lies within the human machinery of administration of justice, that wrong must be remedied.”
Safeguarding Different Parties’ Interests in Non-Disclosure Agreements
Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Corp Comm Legal
Cite as: (2022) PL (CL) April 97
Insider trading: Recipient of ‘confidential information’/’Tippee’ can be held liable for fraud
Supreme Court: Dealing with the legality of ‘non-intermediary frontrunning’ in security market under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of
Rule 7 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 to be interpreted literally
Supreme Court: Interpreting the anti-dumping provisions of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty