Habit Of Releasing Pleadings And Documents To The Media Before They Are Considered By The Courts Not Acceptable: Delhi HC

                                                                             It is entirely in the fitness of things that while taking strong exception to the growing nefarious tendency among lawyers and litigants to release petitions, documents, affidavits etc to the media even before they are considered by the courts, the Delhi High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest oral judgment

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SpicyIP Tidbit: The “Evergreen” Conundrum: DHC Grants Interim Injunction to Evergreen Sweet House in a Trademark Dispute

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] Images from here and here In a recent trademark dispute between Evergreen Sweet House v. JV Evergreen Sweets and Treats & Ors., the Delhi High

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Criminal Conspiracy: Legal Framework, Key Elements, and Landmark Judgments under BNS | Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Criminal conspiracy, as a concept, can be legally defined as a situation wherein two or more individuals collude together to accomplish any specific object through unlawful means or commit a criminal act together. It is a settled position of law that any conspiracy turns into an offence once such agreement between the individuals is duly

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Delhi High Court: Moratorium Under Section 14 Of IBC Does Not Exempt Promoter From Pre-Deposit Requirement Under Section 43(5) Of RERA

Delhi High Court: Moratorium Under Section 14 Of IBC Does Not Exempt Promoter From Pre-Deposit Requirement Under Section 43(5) Of RERA The Delhi High Court bench, comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur, recently held that the moratorium imposed under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), does not exempt a promoter

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SpicyIP Interview: Justice Prabha Sridevan on Evolving Roles of Expert Evidence in Indian IP Litigation

Justice Prabha Sridevan (Photograph: Personal on request) Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Justice Sridevan as part of my doctoral research and I found it to be exceptionally insightful. She shared several pertinent points on issues concerning expert evidence in IP litigations and what she thinks is the best way forward for the Indian

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NCLAT Overturns Rs.55,000 Penalty On Mudra Denim Lenders

NCLAT Overturns Rs.55,000 Penalty On Mudra Denim Lenders States they were not responsible for the delay in the insolvency process A three-member Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside the Rs.55,000 penalty against the Committee of Creditors (COC) of the debt-ridden Mudra Denim. The appellate tribunal imposed the fine

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Case Summary: Harshit Harish Jain & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. (2025) | Applicability of Limitation Period in Refund Claims

The case revolved around the refund of stamp duty under the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958. The judgment addressed the applicability of an amended limitation period for claiming refunds and the statutory powers of the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (CCRA) to review its orders. Case Title: Harshit Harish Jain & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra &

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