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The Court stated that it is open for the intermediaries to communicate with the YouTubers to adjust their accounts to remove infringing content. A large following or long-standing channel is no defence unless prior use before the National Stock Exchange (NSE) can be proven.
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“Such unauthorized use does not only lead to unjust commercial enrichment but also infringes on the individual personality rights and in cases of a pornographic content tarnish the plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill.”
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The FIR alleged that he was operating a fake Embassy illegally in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad, by hoisting flags of various countries and putting diplomatic number plates on vehicles to defraud people. The Embassy did not have the permission of the Ministry of External Affairs.
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“There is no question of vesting any unfettered, untrammelled, or unchanneled discretion in the governmental authority, as the discretion must be exercised judiciously, after due application of mind and for the public good.”
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“Prima facie, it emerges that the IO is acting under pressure or is ‘persuaded’ by some other factors. We need not say anything more at this stage.”
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“Prima facie, the State Government had acted based on the liberty granted by the Coordinate Bench, since the earlier Government Orders had failed due to lack of proper gazette notification. However, the State Government had acted bona fide based on the earlier judicial pronouncement.”
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Kerala HC, in suo motu proceedings on complaint regarding Kodungallur Temple, directs comprehensive scheme for sanitation, drinking water, and devotee management across all temples under Board control
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“We must be alive to the situation that UPPUCRA was enacted to curtail an emergent situation in society, where, certain persons go about not professing or propagating their religion, but thrusting it upon others in the belief that the religion they believe in must be followed by others.”
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“If the press and the media are doing their duty fairly and accurately … the courts should restrain itself from dragging them into courts on the mere asking.”
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The petitioner highlighted issues pertaining to widespread creation and circulation of AI generated videos on digital platforms posing serious threat to public order and functioning of a healthy democracy.
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Minor differences and addition of house mark cannot outweigh phonetic and structural similarity between competing marks.
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“A fatal impulse or ill-fated thoughts of the suicide, however unfortunate and touchy it may be, cannot fray the fabric of the provision contained in Section 306 IPC.”
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“While the organised sectors may be regulated through government orders and legislative intervention, the unorganised sector requires a more facilitative mechanism. However, beyond regulatory frameworks, what remains imperative is, a sustained and pervasive effort to sensitise all segments of society, reaching every corner of the State to foster awareness, empathy and compliance.”
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“An advocate, who is approached by his clients for redressal of the grievance, cannot be permitted to become a petitioner and file PIL advancing cause of his clients. The conduct may amount to professional misconduct.”
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“The object of prescribing disqualification upon competition of a cumulative period of 9-years coupled with a cooling-off period, is to avoid development of vested interests over the administration and management of cricketing bodies.”
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“Every resident of the local self-government has a right to participate in the electoral process and the only condition is that he should be on the electoral roll.”
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“In the case at hand, the issue is not purely civil in nature, it has all the hues and forms of cyber crime and not a run on the mill allegation. It is the allegation of downloading, copying, deletion of source code, proprietary data, and confidential digital assets. All these are hues and forms of cyber crime and cyber crime investigations are highly technical and complex involving forensic reconstitution of data.”
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The accused persons had posted an Instagram reel where they, along with others, stating, “Iran Ka Sath Dene Ja Rahe Hai Sab Milkar Allahu Akbar Hindustan Ka Musalman Na Kal Dara Tha Na Ham Aaj Darengey.”
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The Court held that there was no error in the jurisdiction or reasoning in the impugned order because as per admitted income of the wife, her monthly income would be Rs 1.66 lakhs, and even if it had been reduced, it would still be 1.25 lakhs.
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“The allegations, on the face of record, appear to be trivial in nature and arise out of a domestic dispute, having no bearing on the discharge of duties attached to the post in question.”
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