Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Grants Temporary Injunction In Favor Of Pidilite In Infringement Suit For Cement Container Design
The Bombay High Court recently granted ad interim injunction in favour of Pidilite Industries Limited (Pidilite) restraining Astral Limited (Astral) from infringing Pidilite's registered design of Coex plastic containers of its M-SEAL PV SEAL products. Justice Firdosh Pooniwalla held, “the Plaintiff has made out a prima facie case for grant of ad-interim reliefs in terms of prayer (a) of...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: May 2024
Nominal Index [Citation 237 - 277]Balkrishna Barsha Sutar v. Income Tax Officer 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 237Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd v. Shivkranti Kamgar Sanghatana 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 238Pradeep Hiraman Kale v. State of Maharashtra 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 239Bhatewara Associates v. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 240Navi Mumbai Hotel Owners Association...
Similar Trademark For Drug Treating The Same Ailment But Having Different Composition From Already Registered Trademark Is Deceptive: Bombay High Court
A single judge bench of the Bombay High Court comprising ofJustice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla, held that structurally & phonetically similar trademark can't be registered for drug treating similar ailment but having different composition from already registered mark, as it may create confusion for consumers leading to potential side effects. Background Facts Glenmark Pharmaceuticals...
Bombay High Court Allows Slaughtering Of Animals For Bakri Eid In Protected Area Around Vishalgad Fort
The Bombay High Court has permitted the slaughtering of animals for the festival of Bakri Eid on June 17, 2024, in the protected area around the Vishalgad Fort in Kolhapur District. A division bench of Justice BP Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla granted interim relief to petitioners in petitions challenging the ban on animal slaughter in the area issued by various...
Pune Porsche Accident | Bombay High Court Denies Urgent Relief To Minor's Aunt Seeking His Release From Custody
The Bombay High Court on Friday declined urgent relief for the minor accused in the Pune Porsche crash case while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by his paternal aunt, seeking his release claiming that he is unlawfully and arbitrarily detained in an observation home. A division Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande said that as the minor had been in the observation...
Bombay High Court Orders Bank of Baroda To Refund Rs 76 Lakh, Says Account Holder Not Liable For Unauthorized Transactions Due To Third Party Breach
The Bombay High Court has directed the Bank of Baroda to refund Rs. 76,90,017 to a company and its director who lost the amount in a cyber fraud incident involving unauthorized electronic banking transactions for which no OTP was sent. A division bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla allowed a writ petition seeking refund of the amount observing – “both...
Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Ban On Hijab At Mumbai's NG Acharya And DK Marathe College
Nine students from Mumbai's NG Acharya and D. K. Marathe College of Art, Science and Commerce have approached the Bombay High Court challenging a recently implemented dress code by the college authorities prohibiting students from wearing hijab on the campus.The petitioners, students in their second and third years of B.Sc and B.Sc (Computer Science) programs, claim that the new dress...
Substituting Legal Representative Of Deceased Employee By Another For Compassionate Appointment Is legal: Bombay High Court
A full bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Anil S. Kilor, Anil L. Pansare and M.W.Chandwani, JJ., while answering the questions of law in the case of Kalpana and Ors. vs. State of Maharashtra, held that the prohibition on substituting name of one legal representative of deceased employee for compassionate appointment, by another legal representative is arbitrary...
Blatant Contravention Of Provisions For Maintaining Case Diary: Bombay High Court Seizes Case Diary From Police, Directs DGP To Take Remedial Action
Taking serious note of “blatant contraventions of the Circulars issued by the DGPMS as well as other statutory requirements” for maintenance of case diaries by the police, the Bombay High Court on Thursday seized the improperly maintained case diary of a criminal investigation from the police and sent it to the DGP for remedial action.A division bench of Justice AS Gadkari and Justice...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: June 3, 2024 To June 9, 2024
Nominal Index [Citation 278 - 283]Airports Authority of India Workers Union & Anr v. Under Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 278Omkara Assets Reconstruction In the matter of ICICI Bank Ltd. v. Classic Diamonds (India) Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 279Azhar Basha Tamboli Ltd & Ors v. Ravi S Gupta & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 280Azhar Basha Tamboli v. Ravi S Gupta...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Stay BMCs Permissions For Animal Sacrifice At Shops And Markets On Bakrid
The Bombay High Court has declined to stay the implementation of a circular issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) permitting animal sacrifices at 67 private meat shops and 47 municipal markets during Bakrid on June 17, 2024.A division bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice Kamal Khata, while dealing with petitions seeking urgent stay on the BMC circular, noted that the...
Prima Facie Unauthorised Use Of Karan Johar's Name: Bombay High Court Restrains Release Of Film "Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar"
The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the release of the upcoming film “Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar”, and any promotional material finding a strong prima facie case that the makers have made unauthorised use of filmmaker Karan Johar's name and personality.The court also restrained the makers from using Johar's name or any other attributes or reference to the name...