Month: January 2021

Image from here In this post on the recent Delhi High Court order in Interdigital v. Xiaomi, I highlight how the common practice of courts granting confidentiality in commercial litigation without much reasoning does not augur well for transparency, judicial accountability and the citizens’ right to be informed of Court processes and reasoning as part

Recently, Nikhil covered InterDigital’s ongoing SEP (Standard Essential Patents) infringement dispute with Xiaomi, wherein a Confidentiality Club was proposed for sharing confidential documents to assess whether the licensing terms being offered by InterDigital were on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) basis. The Delhi High Court in its recent order in the case rejected the plaintiff’s proposal to restrict

BCI has a new idea The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced its intention of banning fresh law graduates from joining the judicial services directly and instead making them slog it out in the courts for three years first. Live Law had first tweeted the BCI press release, noting: Bar Council of India to

Topical Highlight Image from here Sci-Hub and Libgen Up against Academic Publishers: A Death Knell for Access to Research? – Part I In this three-part post, Nikhil dissects the ongoing copyright litigation in the Delhi High Court by three big publishing houses, namely Elsevier, Wiley and ACM against the shadow libraries Libgen and Sci-Hub, alongwith the

Geeta Institute of Law is organizing an International Seminar on “Protection of Human Rights in the Era of Globalization: Contemporary Issues and Challenges” and the same will be held on 3rd February 2021. About International E-Seminar The gradual waves of development around the world have not only brought changes in terms of different sciences and

Case: Madhu Devi v. Union of India and others  Citation: [OWP No. 1440/2017] Coram: Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Dhar “A person, whose whereabouts are unknown and who has not been heard of for the last more than 10 years, cannot be stated to have illegally run away from his service,’’ Justice Dhar said. The Jammu &

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by the Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay so as to direct the centre and states for publishing draft legislation 60 days in advance before introducing the same in the State Assemblies and Parliament on public websites. The plea has been filed in relation to the decision

Keeping in view the needs of service sector, the Ministry of Labour and Employment proposed Work from Home idea for Manufacturing Sector and Mines. The draft Model standing orders state that matters such as appointment or agreement between workers and employer, time will be determined by the employer for work from home. Based on section

Udit Mendiratta joins Argus Argus Partners has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) counsel Udit Mendiratta as a partner in its Delhi office’s disputes practice. Mendiratta had been at SAM since July 2019, having joined from Trilegal where he had worked since 2013. He is a 2010 Amity Law School graduate. Managing partner Krishnava Dutt commented

Introduction The word euthanasia is derived from the Greek terms Eu meaning ‘well’ and Thanatos meaning ‘death’. The Oxford Dictionary defines euthanasia as the practice of killing a person suffering from a disease that cannot be cured without pain. Thus it is projected as mercy killing of an unbearably suffering patient by the physician upon