{"id":261246,"date":"2022-02-06T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T04:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=261246"},"modified":"2022-02-07T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:02:40","slug":"8-legal-stories-of-the-week-from-high-courts-to-district-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/06\/8-legal-stories-of-the-week-from-high-courts-to-district-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to District Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;For a contract to be enforceable, the restraint of trade clause must be reasonable.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">[Rajesh Kumar Gandhi v. Mukesh Dutt]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Read the interesting picks from the stories eported in first week of February.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Delhi High Court<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Baazi v. WinZo| Trademark is used by a manufacturer or service provider to distinguish products from those of competitors: Here\u2019s how Winzo appeared dishonest and unfair in adopting Baazi<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining the significance of a trademark, Asha Menon, J., observed that,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When people are satisfied with the products supplied by a manufacturer or service provider, they buy them on the basis of the trade mark and over time it becomes popular and well known. Thus, the use of a similar or identical trademark by a competitor in the same product would lead unwary customers to believe that it originates from the same source.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/01\/trademark-is-used-by-a-manufacturer-or-service-provider-to-distinguish-products-from-those-of-competitors\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Whether a \u2018blade\u2019 would be covered under S. 397 IPC as a deadly weapon? Del HC explains in view of settled position of law<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukta Gupta, J., explained under what circumstances would Section 397 of penal Code, 1860 would be attracted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/04\/whether-a-blade-would-be-covered-under-s-397-ipc-as-a-deadly-weapon\/\">Rae full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Court under maintenance proceedings under S. 125 of CrPC, can usurp jurisdiction of Civil Courts? Del HC decides<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chandra Dhari Singh, J., decided a maintenance case wherein the marital status of the parties was the crux of the matter and expressed that,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026there is no straight jacket formula for judging the validity of the marriage between the parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/31\/section-125-crpc-2\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Kerala High Court<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Is not taking treatment for mental illness to bring out a peaceful family atmosphere a form of cruelty and thus, a ground for divorce? Kerala HC answers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interesting case the Division Bench of A.Muhamed Mustaque and C.R. Sophy Thomas, JJ., held that not taking treatment for mental illness in order to bring out a peaceful and harmonious family atmosphere can also be counted as cruelty to the persons at the receiving end. Upholding the Family Court\u2019s order granting divorce on the ground of cruelty, the Bench remarked,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is no merit in preserving intact a marriage, when the marital tie becomes injurious to the parties. When there is no rose, and only thorns left, and there is no scope for the plant to sprout again, there is no meaning in watering the same, knowing that it is dead forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/01\/is-not-taking-treatment-for-mental-illness-to-bring-out-a-peaceful-family-atmosphere-a-form-of-cruelty\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Andhra Pradesh High Court<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>LGBTQ+ community\u2019s right to reservation; Can a transgender claim to be appointed by reservation in spite of failure to secure minimum cut off marks in screening test? AP HC answers<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a significant case wherein, a transgender had approached the Court seeking benefit of reservation for appointment in police department, M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., denied to issue direction to the State in favour of the petitioner. The Bench, however, remarked,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe State is unconscious of the directions issued by NALSA and failed to provide a specific column meant for gender identity for transgender in the proforma of application in the Notification dated 01.11.2018 and did not provide any reservation to transgenders, as they are socially and educationally backward and not in a position to compete with ordinary men and women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/29\/ap-hc-lgbtq-communitys-right-to-reservation-can-a-transgender-claim-to-be-appointed-by-reservation-in-spite-of-failure-to-secure-minimum-cut-off-marks-in-screening-test-hc-answers\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">National Company Law Tribunal<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Operational Creditor is under obligation to recover money from its client and not agent: NCLT decides while dismissing a petition filed under S. 9 IBC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Coram of H.V. Subba Rao (Judicial Member) and Chandra Bhan Singh (Technical Member) dismissed a petition filed under Section 9 of the IBC while noting that no operational debt existed under Section 5(8) and expressed that,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOperational Creditor being the principal was always under obligation to recover the money from the client and not from his agent unless the agent failed to perform his duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/02\/operational-creditor-is-under-obligation-to-recover-money-from-its-client-and-not-agent\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tis Hazari Court<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>For a contract to be enforceable, restraint of trade clause must be reasonable: Post-termination non-compete clauses are permissible in employment contracts under S. 27 of Contract Act? 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