(This post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight Swaraj covered all the adjournments issued by the various IP offices in India due to the COVID-19 outbreak. First, he notes the adjournment of all in person hearings in various Patent Offices in India till April 15, 2020,
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By Tanvi Loond Every business entity has a principal place of business which defines the identity of the entity and its place of domicile. In the case of a company, this principal place of business is called registered office and in case of partnership or other business form it is call its head office. The
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Early bonus at CAM Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has paid out bonuses to fee-earners yesterday, this year around a week earlier than usual, due to the national COVID-19 lockdown. Update 26 March, 12:10: L&L Partners had also paid out its partial bonus early before its standard bonus time of 31 March. “We closed our offices from
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March 27, 2020 Delhi High Court restrains automobile company from using the trademark DMW in E-rickshaws [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Delhi High Court passed an ad interim injunction to restrain a company from using the trademark DMW in its E-rickshaws. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), a German company that manufacturers motorcycles
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A Bench of the #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices D.Y Chandrachud, and Ajay Rastogi has recently in the case of Punjab & Sind Bank and Others vs. Mrs Durgesh Kuwar, Civil Appeal No 1809 of 2020, arising out of SLP(C) No 11985 of 2019 upheld a Judgment of the Indore Bench of the #MadhyaPradeshHighCourt
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NLU Delhi’s admissions exam, the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2020, has been postponed to 31 May (10am to 11:30am), following suit of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which we had first reported yesterday to have postponed its exam to 24 May. The deadline for applications for the AILET is now 30 April
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Allahabad HCBA requests BCI to create a fund for lawyers affected by coronavirus Newly elected president Of Allahabad High Court Bar Association, Amarendra Nath Singh wrote to the chairman of the Bar Council of India demanding a corpus for providing urgent medical help and compensation to the needy lawyers in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
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March 27, 2020 China refuses discussion on Coronavirus and blocks draft calling for transparency at the UNSC [ by Legal Era News Network ] China, which is being held responsible for the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak throughout the world is reportedly not refusing to discuss the issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The Coronavirus
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Image from here Earlier this month, the Supreme Court held that legal pleadings/court records cannot be accessed through the Right to Information Act if the procedure for obtaining them is provided for under the procedural rules of the court (for a wonderful summary of the decision, see Prashant’s piece in The Hindu here). Pleadings are
... Continue Reading.[Ankesh Kumar is a IV Year student at NLIU Bhopal] Anuj Jain v Axis Bank Limited witnessed the Supreme Court ruling on two important matter in Indian insolvency law. As summarized in this post, while the Court set aside the transactions in question as being preferential within the meaning of section 43 of Insolvency and
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