The Delhi High Court has restrained Cartel Bros, a company backed by actor Sanjay Dutt, from manufacturing, marketing and selling whisky under the trademark “Godfather” during the pendency of a trademark infringement suit filed by Devans Modern Breweries. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed an interim injunction in favour of Devans Modern…
The Calcutta High Court will hear on June 25 a petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) challenging the freezing of debit operations in three of its bank accounts by the Bidhannagar Police and seeking quashing of the FIR registered in the matter. The single-judge Bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya is scheduled to…
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a writ petition filed by a Class XII private candidate after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Union Government informed the Court that a fresh national assessment policy had been formulated to evaluate private candidates whose examinations were cancelled in several Gulf countries due to…
The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to stay criminal proceedings initiated against a Bengaluru-based dermatologist accused of disseminating allegedly misleading and defamatory content about Nandini dairy products through social media posts and Instagram reels. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna declined to grant interim protection to dermatologist Dr Sharanya Padma, a medical practitioner…
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent out-of-turn hearing to two public interest litigations seeking an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of donations and valuables at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya. The Vacation Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai orally observed…
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an Allahabad High Court direction requiring the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a man who was allegedly kept in illegal detention by the state police for more than three months. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva passed the interim…
The Karnataka High Court recently permitted the parents of a 23-year-old woman with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities to proceed with a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy after concluding that the surgery was necessary for her overall health, dignity and well-being. The single-judge Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj exercised the Court’s parens patriae jurisdiction (legal doctrine that…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant urgent listing to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an independent investigation into the alleged fake encounter of 28-year-old Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, along with broader concerns regarding alleged extra-judicial killings and the growing “encounter culture” in the country. The single-judge Bench of Justice…
The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the state government’s Priyadarshini Scheme, which grants free travel in ordinary KSRTC buses to all women and transgender persons. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Muhammed Firdouz challenging the validity…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant relief to Himachal Pradesh judicial officer Arvind Malhotra, who had sought consideration of his name for elevation to the High Court, orally observing that no judicial direction can be issued to a High Court Collegium regarding recommendations for judgeship. A Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice…