Trademarking the Transcendent: The Battle to Protect Osho’s Spiritual Legacy
In a bid to protect the legacy of spiritual leader Osho, ‘Osho Friends International’, a global collective of his disciples, urged authorities to block trademark registrations of the name “Osho.” Justice Saurabh Banerjee of Delhi High Court , presiding over the case, directed the Central government and the Trademark Registry to respond to the plea, […]
Bombay HC Sets Aside Disqualification of Managing Committee for Failure to Hold AGM Under MCS Act
In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Marne quashed the disqualification of members of a managing committee of a co-operative society, holding that the orders passed by the Deputy Registrar and subsequently upheld by the Divisional Joint Registrar suffered from jurisdictional errors and non-application of mind. The case involved allegations of […]
Delhi HC Orders BCI to Enroll A South Korean Lawyer
The Delhi High Court division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, has recently directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) (Petitioner) to enroll Daeyoung Jung, a South Korean national (Respondent No.1), as an advocate within two days. The bench held that withholding the respondent’s enrollment was impermissible since there was […]
PIL Against MEIL In Bombay HC Dismissed
The Bombay High Court division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Bharti Dangre, dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)seeking an investigation into bank guarantees provided by Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) for the Rs 16 Crore Borivali- Thane Twin Tube Tunnel project. The PIL filed by senior journalist, Ravi Prakash, questioned the legitimacy […]
Spare The Rod & Spoil The Child: Kerala HC Protects Teachers from Unfair Criminal Cases
Granting relief in the form of bail to a teacher accused of assaulting a 6th standard student with a cane, Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan of the Kerala HC, emphasised that a preliminary enquiry is necessary before registering any criminal case against a teacher in connection with his/her actions in the educational institutions to maintain the discipline, […]
BRIBE FOR BAIL STORM: Bombay HC Denies Bail To Satara Sessions Judge
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Satara District and Sessions Judge, Dhananjay Nikam, accused of demanding a ₹5 lakh bribe in exchange for granting bail in a cheating case. [Dhananjay Nikam v. State of Maharashtra] Justice B.R. Borkar rejected the Judge’s plea after hearing arguments from both the […]
Cutting Through the Medical Fraud: Delhi HC Slaps Rs. 3.34 Cr Penalty on Counterfeit Surgical Device Racket
In a significant ruling, Delhi High Court protecting Intellectual Property Rights and public health, has issued a permanent injunction in favor of Johnson & Johnson, restraining a New Delhi-based entity from infringing its trademarks and distributing counterfeit surgical devices. Justice Amit Bansal, who presided over the case, not only granted Johnson & Johnson’s plea but […]
Karnataka HC Applies Temporary Brakes on Consumer Commission’s Order Against PVR
The Bangalore District Consumer Commission's ruling that PVR Cinemas must compensate a complainant for displaying lengthy advertisements rather than showing films at the scheduled time was temporarily stayed by way of interim relief till March 27 by the Karnataka High Court single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna. The case in contention was that a […]
Delhi HC Axes ‘ZEPTO’ Trademark, Clears Path for Kiranakart
The Delhi High Court recently ruled in favor of Kiranakart Technologies Private Limited, the company behind the quick-commerce platform Zepto, by ordering the removal of the ‘ZEPTO’ trademark registered in the name of Mohammad Arshad. The court’s decision came after it found that Arshad had failed to demonstrate any genuine use of the mark despite […]
Punjab & Haryana Court Corrects Its Own Wrong: Fines Itself For Pension Delay.
In a recent ruling, the bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, directed the state government and High Court on its administrative side, respondents in the present case, to compensate the widow of a retired civil judge by paying interest on the arrears of both […]