There is a serious dispute on validity of registration of design granted to Plaintiff on 22.04.2016. Defendant, at least prima facie, has been able to rebut presumption of validity of registration. The term ‘proprietor of a new or original design’ is defined in Section 2(j) of The Designs Act, 2000. Plaintiff, being an importer of […]
Read more "Design No. 282812 : LED Surface Light"Three Judges, on 11.01.2021, in Union of India v. M/s. Tantia Constructions Limited, Special Leave Petition (Civil) 12670 of 2020 prima facie disagreed with Three Judges in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV), Civil Appeal No. 9486-9487 of 2019. Three Judges, on 16.08.2022, in JSW Steel v. South Western Railway, Special Leave […]
Read more "Referred to Larger Bench XXX: Section 12(5) of The Arbitration Act V"Section 12A, inserted by The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018, cannot be described as a mere procedural law. Parliament intended to give it a mandatory flavor. It is logical, just and imperative, to attempt and persevere in out-of-the-box thinking. At least when Parliament has decided to […]
Read more "The Drastic Power of Rejecting a Plaint VI"Plaintiffs claim, lock, stock and barrel copying by Defendant. Defendant labels both Plaintiffs and itself as pirates, sailing in high seas of prior art(s). Hipster Bottles were launched by Plaintiff No. 1 in India in May, 2019. Plaintiff No. 1 is Proprietor of Registered Design No. 306577 in terms of Section 2(1)(j) of The Designs […]
Read more "No Bottle, Just Bottle I"Dauvram, for murder of Brother-Dashrath, was convicted under Section 302, IPC. In our opinion, this case will fall under Exception 1 to Section 300, IPC. K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, 1962 Supp (1) SCR 567 interpreted Exception 1 to Section 300. For determining whether or not the provocation had temporarily deprived power of self-control, […]
Read more "Provocation"A cargo containing fruits and vegetables was sent twice from Mumbai to Canada via London by employing services of British Airways. Those aggrieved against air carriers, are barred, even if accompanied by sufficient cause, to bring an action for damages after 2 years. Our task is to decipher Rule 30 of Second Schedule of […]
Read more "The Plea of Limitation XVIII: Air Carriers"Hon’ble High Court Hon’ble Chief Justice Date of Birth Calcutta Prakash Shrivastava 31/03/1961 Bombay Dipankar Datta 09/02/1965 Madras Munishwar Nath Bhandari 13/09/1960 Allahabad Rajesh Bindal 16/04/1961 Karnataka Alok Aradhe [Acting CJ] 13/04/1964 Patna Sanjay Karol 23/08/1961 J&K Pankaj Mithal 17/06/1961 Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath 25/05/1962 Punjab and Haryana Ravi Shanker Jha 14/10/1961 […]
Read more "The Nature of Judicial Power: Chief Justice of India No. 58"Writ of Habeas Corpus has always been given due signification as an effective method to ensure release of those detained in prison. It’s a swift and imperative remedy in all cases of illegal restraint or confinement [Secretary of State for Home Affairs v. O’Brien, (1923) AC 603]. It has through ages been ‘jealously maintained’ by […]
Read more "The Writ of Habeas Corpus"An unfortunate incident took place on 08.09.2017 in an institution in Gurugram. Bholu’s D.o.B. – 03/04/2001. _____ The ‘preliminary assessment’ made by Juvenile Justice Board under Section 15 of The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 is under consideration. A ’preliminary assessment’ decides on transferring the case of a ‘child’ between […]
Read more "Claim of Juvenility III"If criteria for promotion is merit-cum-seniority, comparative merit has to be evaluated. In case of merit-cum-seniority, even a Junior may steal a march over his Seniors for accelerated promotion. _____ What was done in Bimlesh Tanwar v. State of Haryana, (2003) 5 SCC 604 was actually a declaration of law. Therefore, same will have retrospective […]
Read more "The Doctrine of Prospective Overruling II"Since 2019, Courts where IPR cases are being listed in Delhi: District Judges/ADJs (Non-Commercial) for suits valued below Rs. 3 Lakhs; District Judges/ADJs (Commercial) for suits valued between Rs. 3 Lakhs till Rs. 2 Crores; Commercial Division of High Court (Original Jurisdiction) for suits above Rs. 2 Crores. Can District Judges (Commercial) entertain IPR suits […]
Read more "[Intellectual] Forum Shopping III"Hon’ble Justice Anu Malhotra of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, Ebera Nwanaforo v. Narcotics Control Bureau, [Bail Appln. No. 3705 of 2020] and Frank Vitus v. Narcotics Control Bureau, [Bail Application No. 4187 of 2020] decided on 31.05.2022. Directions in Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee v. Union of India, (1994) 6 SCC 731 cannot be […]
Read more "Bail For Narcotics"The principle of a ‘public servant holding office at pleasure’ of a President or Governor is incorporated in Article 310. See, Roshan Lal Tandon v. Union of India, (1968) 1 SCR 185; Union of India v. Tulsiram Patel, (1985) 3 SCC 398; B.P. Singhal v. Union of India, (2010) 6 SCC 331. _____ We have […]
Read more "The Rules of The Game Principle VII"What looms before us is Lord Hale’s Ghost. Exception 2 to Section 375, IPC is referred to as Marital Rape Exception. MRE is bad in law as it violates Article 14. A ‘conjugal expectation’ to have sexual communion is not to be equated with an unfettered right to have sex without consent. J. Sai Deepak’s […]
Read more "Conjugal Expectation of Lord Hale’s Ghost"“Public Servants are like fish in water… none can say when and how a fish drank water.” It may be noted, maintenance of high standard of conduct and character of Judicial Officers has always been a matter of great concern for this Court [C. Ravichandran Iyer v. Justice A.M. Bhattacharjee, (1995) 5 SCC 457; Sadhna […]
Read more "Purity of Character III"The Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopening of Awards Act, 1998 (‘State Act’) was reserved for consideration of President of India and Presidential assent has been obtained. Recently, G. Mohan Rao v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 440 has observed, whole exercise of pointing out any repugnancy, after receiving assent of […]
Read more "The Doctrine of Separation of Powers II"Court in a series of decisions has reiterated, Courts should not rush in where even scientists and medical experts are careful to tread. We cannot evolve a judicial policy on medical issues. However, Court certainly must defend assertion of fundamental rights against Executive tyranny draped in disciplinary power [Pyarali K. Tejani v. Mahadeo Ramchandra Dange, […]
Read more "Dialogic Jurisdiction III / The Revival of Ray LXXXIV"The British School Society [TBSS] runs The British School, New Delhi [TBS]. ‘The British School’-mark has been adopted by Sanjay Gandhi Educational Society [SGES] in relation to identical services, i.e., educational services, for 4 schools. The domain name of TBS is http://www.british-school.org, registered in 1999. TBS also has social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, et […]
Read more "The British School, New Delhi"State Commission relied on principle of ‘res ipsa loquitur’ to affix liability for defect in an airbag system, having regard to nature of collision. National Commission affirmed this finding referring to certain photographs, which showed substantial frontal damage. We do not find any reason to interfere. We are dealing with a case where in a […]
Read more "Compensatory Jurisprudence of Constitutional Courts XIII : Res Ipsa Loquitur II"Bhagwati, CJ in Sheonandan Paswan v. State of Bihar, (1987) 1 SCC 288 observed, a complaint being initiated by reason of political vendetta is not in itself a ground for quashing criminal proceedings. It is well-established, a criminal prosecution, if otherwise justified and based upon adequate evidence, does not become vitiated on account of mala […]
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