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Can litigants save court fees by simply joining hands in a single writ petition? The Bombay High Court answered with a qualified no, holding that court fees on joint writ petitions are payable per petitioner when each petitioner seeks an individual benefit.
The Court clarified that the safeguards against arrest laid down in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273 shall be strictly followed. No live-in partner or relative should be arrested without the mandated preliminary safeguards.
The Supreme Court clarified that the observations made in this judgment shall apply prospectively.
There is nothing inherently illegal in IIL providing a drop down menu from which prospective sellers, on the Indiamart platform, can select the brand which they intend to sell. If, however, there are not, in place, sufficient checks and balances to prevent counterfeiters from misrepresenting themselves as genuine sellers, the protocol cannot withstand judicial scrutiny.
Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ., reversed the impugned order of the High Court