Recently, the Delhi High Court referred 3 questions regarding the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear trademark rectification applications, to a larger bench. Discussing this controversy along with his thoughts on the probable solution, we are pleased to bring to you this post by SpicyIP intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year law student
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Hogan Lovells Advised Flaxtec on Hyundai’s Investment In Subsidiary Company The move will offer a solution to one of the most pressing problems in the future of renewable energies Global law firm Hogan Lovells has advised Flaxtec GmbH on investment by the Korean Hyundai Group in Flaxres GmbH, its subsidiary technology company. The Dresden-based recycling
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NCLT Admits 104-Year-Old Government Company Bridge and Roof Into Insolvency Ahmedabad-based Chevrox Constructions had approached the tribunal for alleged default in repayment The Kolkata bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has admitted a century-old government entity Bridge and Roof into insolvency for a debt of over Rs.4 crores. In the Chevrox Construction Private
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Eminent Jurist Fali S Nariman Passes Away Renowned jurist and Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman has passed away at the age of 95. He was widely recognized as a distinguished constitutional lawyer, having argued numerous landmark cases, including the notable NJAC verdict and the pivotal SC AoR Association case, which led to the establishment of
... Continue Reading.[Bhaskar Vishwajeet and Abhinav Shankarraman are final year law students at Jindal Global Law School] The recent judgement of the Supreme Court in Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India has stirred the hornet’s nest on electoral financing in India. At the heart of this judgement lay the controversy surrounding unlimited corporate funding of
... Continue Reading.Nature of crime In ancient time any act by a person or even an animal which caused harm to any other person was considered as punishable crime. The punishments at earlier times were way different that it is now. The wrongdoers were beheaded or thrown out of the country as per their acts. To punish
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This case concerns Article 113 of the Limitation Act, 1963, which pertains to residuary provisions and its legal implications in application. Case Title: State of Punjab v. Gurdev Singh Court: Supreme Court of India Citation: (1991) 4 SCC 1 Judges: Justice K.J. Shetty, Justice V. Ramaswami and Justice Yogeshwar Dayal Facts The case revolves around
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It is most significant to note that while ruling on a very vital legal point, the Jharkhand High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest oral
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PREFACE While setting the record straight and dispelling away all the doubts that were hovering on which mode the prosecution under the Water and Air Act can be launched, the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in a most learned, laudable,
... Continue Reading.Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts on the E&Y’s report on music publishing in India, MHC’s judgement clarifying the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear writ petitions against orders of the Patent Office and the CGPDTM’s open house help desk portal. Anything we are
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