edge servers dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“TCS should consider itself lucky that Inspira was successful in selling TCS’s user-specific Servers… Otherwise, TCS would have been liable to pay the entire price.”

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Delhi HC upholds constitutional validity of 2013 guidelines disqualifying colour-blind personnel in Central Armed Forces
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If any of the personnel not fully fit, he will either not be able to protect himself or his colleagues in a battle or he will run the risk of killing innocent people especially if his eyesight is weak and he cannot distinguish between uniforms, etc.”

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Marathi Language Row
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a proceeding under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, this Court is not required to conduct a mini trial or get into nitty-gritties of the evidence.”

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Himalaya trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plaintiffs are the prior adopters and long-standing users of the subject mark ‘HIMALAYA’ since 1930 in connection with ayurvedic, wellness, pharmaceutical and personal care products.”

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Preliminary enquiry for finding guilt
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fact that the same authority first remanded the matter for enhanced punishment and then, being dissatisfied even with the enhanced penalty of four increments, proceeded suo motu to impose the maximum penalty of dismissal, raises a serious doubt regarding the objectivity and fairness of the process.”

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Enforcement of Foreign Award
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The jurisdictional pre-condition for reference to arbitration is the concluded contract between the parties and their intention to refer the dispute to arbitration and in absence of the same, a foreign award would run contrary to the Public Policy of India.

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Conditional liberty over statutory restrictions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused had been apprehended with pouches of MDMA, charas and ganja. The MDMA was later found to be methamphetamine by the forensic lab report.

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withhold certificates non-payment of fee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is no lien on the certificate of the students since the certificate of the student is his/her property.”

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plea seeking to prevent dishonor of deities
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The relief sought is not in respect of any specific incident or against any person who may have committed any such incident as is alleged in the writ petition or the relief clause.”

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Eviction under Senior Citizens Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be used for summary property disputes.

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Nescafe Premix is Instant Coffee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that Nescafe Premix is classifiable under Entry C-II-3 and not under the general Entry C-II-18(2) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959.

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canned Pineapple fruit cocktail not 'Fresh Fruits'
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In interpreting items in statutes whose primary object is to raise revenue and for which purpose they classify diverse products, articles and substances, resort should be had not to the scientific and technical meaning of the terms or expressions used, but to their popular meaning.”

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Rahul Gandhi's win in Lok Sabha elections
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The moment a higher court stays a conviction, the anathema of conviction goes out of the window and the person against whom such conviction is stayed, though not absolved, cannot be stated to be a convicted person.”

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CCI power to probe anti-competitive practices
Case BriefsHigh Courts

CCI has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of abuse of dominant position in the broadcasting market, irrespective of TRAI’s regulatory framework.

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prior relationship no defence for objectionable posts
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Even assuming the married lady had some relation prior to her marriage with the applicant, and that the applicant had lent money to her on assurance of marriage, that cannot be construed as giving a license to the applicant to post objectionable post over the social site.”

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No fundamental right to use loudspeakers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“No religion prescribes that prayers should be performed by disturbing the peace of others nor does it preach that they should be through voice amplifiers or beating of drums.”

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findings on provisional specification
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court ordered reconsideration of a herbicidal composition patent application.

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registration of artistic work
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Copyright protection is granted to an artistic work under the Act, only if the said work meets the threshold of originality.”

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Bhima Koregaon
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Prolonged incarceration without trial amounts to infringement of right of an accused enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

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Sri Devarajaswamy Temple
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Only the Southern Cult residents of Kancheepuram are entitled to Adhiapaka Mirasi. Northern Cult members may join only as ordinary worshippers.”

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