According to the source, Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija has claimed that her mother was again put under house detention yesterday. She said, a few days ago, Mehbooba was not allowed to visit the Waheed Para (youth-wing president), arrested by the NIA. However, there is no official confirmation on house dentition claim. But, Iltija said that
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The National Green Tribunal (or otherwise called as the Green Tribunal) is a specialised forum for effective and speedy disposal of cases pertaining to environment protection, conservation of forests and for seeking compensation for damages caused to the people/property due to violation of the environmental laws or conditions specified while granting permissions. The National Green
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A patent is perhaps the most important form of IP right granted to people. It grants exclusive rights to the inventor to exploit the invention to the exclusion of all others for a period of 20 years. It is a strategy for protecting inventions without secrecy. In this article, the author seeks to briefly analyse
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The patent law in India has undergone significant changes since it was first enacted in 1970 so as to comply with the international standards and fulfil India’s obligation under the TRIPS Agreement. In this article, the author seeks to conduct a brief overview of the Patent Law in India. The author looks at the background
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[Megha Mittal is an Associate at Vinod Kothari & Co] In a first of its kind, the National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench (‘NCLT’), by way ofits order dated 16 November 2020 in Synew Steel Private Limited, has ordered for direct dissolution from a corporate insolvency resolution process (‘CIRP’), thereby waiving the mandatory requirement to
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Image from here Recently, Allied Blenders and Distillers Pvt Ltd filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit before the Delhi High Court protecting their ‘Officer’s Choice’ mark from the defendant’s ‘Chetak Whisky’. The court granted an ad interim injunction in the plaintiff’s favour. An interesting question that came up before the court was regarding its
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On Wednesday 25th November, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to interfere in ongoing investigation in relation to an FIR registered against Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat for her tweet on Navaratri/Naratras. Justice Sanjay Dhar specifically observed, “At this stage, it may not be appropriate to go into the merits of the rival contentions of
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Q – Should the Requirement of Natural Justice be satisfied before a man is deprived of Life and Personal Liberty? Introduction: “Justice should not only be done but seen to be done.” This well-recognized principle is considered to be the very basis of the ‘Administration of Justice’ system. Consequently, the establishment of the Concept of
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In a bail plea moved by Religare Finvest’s ex-promoter Malvinder Mohan Singh, Delhi High Court has issued notice. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate. The Court has also directed the petitioner to submit the orders of the Supreme Court in the similar case filed by his brother and co-accused Shivinder
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On 26-11-2020, the #farmers from Punjab and Haryana started their movement against the three contentious #FarmLaws promulgated by the Centre. The ‘#DelhiChalo’ Protest or the ‘head towards #Delhi’ was organized where tens of thousands of farmers marched towards the National Capital. Despite heavy deployment of security personnel and use of water cannons and tear gas,
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