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In light of the Delhi High Court’s recent orders in Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Ankur Warikoo cases, SpicyIP intern Anureet Kaur highlights how, instead of building a principled framework for assessing personality rights, the courts are granting injunctions without a firm doctrinal grounding. Anureet is a second year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Rajiv Gandhi

After three years of negotiations, the WHO was finally able to come up with a final version of the Pandemic Agreement last month. SpicyIP Intern Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada takes a look at the key provisions of the Agreement and highlights how the instrument might not be able to overcome the challenges it originally aimed to

REDEFINING CONSENT WITHIN MARRIAGE: A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF UNNATURAL OFFENCES AND CRUELTY Introduction In Banti Jatav v. State of M.P (Misc Criminal Case No. 32576 of 2024) before Justice G.S. Ahluwalia of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, A Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR, in Gwalior. The

LEVY OF EVACUATION FACILITY CHARGES AS ‘CHANGE IN LAW’ UNDER POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT The Judgment in the Case of “Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. v. Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd. & Anr.CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4336 OF 2025 (Arising out of CIVIL APPEAL DIARY NO. 26876 OF 2024) was delivered by a Division Bench of

TESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADEMARK LAW: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF TRADEMARK DOCTRINES Introduction In the Case of Under Armour Inc. v. Anish Aggarwal [FAO(OS) (COMM) 174/2024 & CM No.46175/2024 & 52564/2024] a Division Bench (consisting of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Sachin Datta) of the Delhi High Court laid down certain principles regarding trademark infringement

PRESUMPTION CANNOT REPLACE PROOF: SUPREME COURT ON THE LIMITS OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the case of Vaibhav v. State of Maharashtra (Criminal Appeal No. 1463 of 2012, decided on 04.06.2025), acquitted a student previously convicted of murdering his friend, holding that the prosecution had failed to establish a

NLU Meghalaya’s Faculty Hiring Policy Sparks Debate on Constitutionality and Academic Integrity A recent recruitment notification issued by the National Law University Meghalaya (NLU Meg), Shillong, has triggered widespread concern in legal and academic circles. As per the advertisement (Ref. No. NLUM/09/Estt/Advt./2022/894) dated June 9, 2025, all faculty positions are reserved exclusively for domiciles of

SUPREME COURT RULES ON LEGALITY OF CORPUS FUND FROM NRI FEES IN KERALA MEDICAL COLLEGES The Judgment in the Case of “The State of Kerala and Ors. v. The Principal, KMCT Medical College and Ors” Civil Appeal No.  ___ / 2025 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 9885 – 9888 / 2020) was

IN A 2:1 MAJORITY SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT AIR FORCE SCHOOLS DO NOT FALL UNDER THE AMBIT OF ‘STATE’ UNDER ARTICLE 12 Introduction On May 21st, 2025, the Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Masih, Justice Oka, Justice Amanullah, dismissed the appeals arising out of the Decision of a Division Bench of Allahabad

In the realm of freight transportation by Indian Railways, a persistent legal question has been whether liability for misdeclaration of goods ends with the delivery of the consignment. Does the conclusion of a delivery transaction terminate the railway’s authority to impose punitive charges? Or can post-delivery scrutiny still attract financial penalties? The Supreme Court of