HIGH COURT JUNE 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Burger Singh’s Trade mark; News Minute’s Gag Order; Idol Immersion; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Gag order
‘Injunction granted without adhering to established legal principles’; Telangana HC quashes gag order passed against The News Minute in MEIL defamation case
“The ad-interim ex-parte injunction is not only unreasoned but also does not specify the time period during which it would be in force.”
‘Distributor contractually obliged to maintain favourable reflection & protect goodwill’; Bombay HC injuncts distributor from damaging Wonderchef’s reputation
The Court granted injunction in favour of Wonderchef while bearing in mind that free speech cannot be lightly proscribed, and commercial speech formed a part of it.
Bar Council of India cannot ostensibly pass any gag order which takes away an Advocate’s fundamental right: Karnataka HC
The Court further stated that power of the Courts either competent Civil Court or Constitutional Court cannot be permitted to be usurped by the Chairman of the Bar Council of India, as was done in the instant case.
Criminal justice machinery relentlessly employed against Zubair; process itself has become a punishment: SC
The Court refused to bar Mohd Zubair from tweeting as it would amount to an unjustified violation of the freedom of speech and expression, and the freedom to practice his profession
Gag order issued in Yogi Adityanath’s hate speech case
Allahabad High Court: Recently, the High Court issued gag order in Yogi Adityanath’s hate speech case of 2008 stating clearly that no