After November 12, the matter came up today afternoon for hearing before the Bombay HC seeking bail of poet-activist Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds. The Rao’s counsel Indira Jaising has contended that the state has not submitted a complete medical report except a one-page report which has been forwarded. And the same is taken on record
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Recently, an Additional Sessions Court at Jammu called on the State Government to establish marriage counselling centres in all districts of Jammu and Kashmir to provide marriage and relationship counselling to couples and their families in view of the rising crimes related to dowry demands. While hearing an anticipatory bail petition moved by a woman
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The Delhi High Court restrained a bakery from using the mark ‘FACEBAKE’ in a trademark infringement suit filed by Facebook. Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher noted while issuing notice to the defendant bakery that if interim relief is not granted, Facebook’s legal rights and business interests will get impacted. In a civil suit filed by
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries’ retail arm Reliance Retail Ventures has bought a 96 per cent stake in online furniture retailer Urban Ladder for Rs 182.12 crore ($24.4 million), in an attempt to expand its presence in India’s online retail market. — Ndtv IndusLaw advised Urban Ladder Home Decor Solutions Private Limited and its promoters
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Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Manvee Kumar Saidha, analysing the effect of ‘first to use’ and ‘first to file’ regimes on trademark trolling, in light of the attention that the the recent PS5 case has drawn towards the possibility of such trolling becoming a menace in India.
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The reservation policy in India has been the subject of various legal battles and court cases. Mukesh Kumar And Anr v. State of Uttarakhand And Ors is one such well-known case. Yugandhra SR explicates the details of this case. I. Introduction In the democracy of India, reservation has always played one of the most pivotal
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On Tuesday, the Central Government appointed 28 Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court as permanent Judges of the High Court. All of the Twenty-Eight Judges were appointed at the High Court on November 22, 2018. Pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegiums vide Resolution dated August 24, 2020 the decision was
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Today, the Central government has sought more time from the Delhi High Court to clarify whether or not the Government of India would challenge the arbitral award against it in the proceedings initiated by Vodafone under the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA). As the same has to go through the Empowered Committee of the cabinet.
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On Thursday, 12 November, the Meghalaya High Court observed that, The Court deems it fit and proper to call upon all the Juvenile Justice Boards in the State to strictly adhere to the statutory provision of Section 12 of the JJ Act, 2015 while considering the issue of grant or refusal of bail for a
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“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim we have heard too often. With soaring crime rates and an abject failure of the legal machinery to dispense justice in a timely fashion, people have taken it upon themselves to mete out their own idea of justice. Extra-judicial killings like fake encounters and mob lynching have
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