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Karnataka Court Restrains Shimogga Based Restaurant From Infringing Trademark Of Bengaluru's Famous Vidyarthi Bhavan
A civil court in Bengaluru has passed a permanent injunction order and restrained a restaurant in Shimogga from infringing and using the registered trademark Vidyarthi Bhavan, which is a famous restaurant in Bengaluru. Additional City Civil Judge Padma Prasad passed the order and partly allowed the suit filed by M/s Vidyarthi Bhavan, through its partner S.Arun Kumar Adiga. It was said that...
'Prima Facie Ram Navami Violence Was Pre Planned': Calcutta HC Reserves Order In LoP Suvendu Adhikari Plea Seeking NIA/CBI Probe
The Calcutta High Court today reserved its order on West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a probe by NIA/CBI into the incidents of violence which took place in the state during the Ram Navami procession.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya reserved its order after hearing...
Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March, 2023 [Citations: 1-166]
Nominal Index Citations [2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 1-166]XXXX v. Union Of India and Connected Cases 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Sali M.N. v. State of Kerala & Ors. and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 2T. A. Abdul Sathar v. The State of Kerala and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw(Ker) 3Lt. Col. E.V. Krishnan & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Laila Bhagaval Singh v. State of Kerala...
Arbitration- Limitation Starts From Failure Of Settlement Talks: Calcutta High Court
The High Court of Calcutta has held that the period of limitation will only begin to run when the talks of amicable settlement between the parties fail.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf held that the period of limitation for referring a dispute to arbitration would be calculated from the date of the breaking point i.e., the date of failure of settlement talks, when the parties were trying...
Be Careful Of Complaints Filed By Parties To Judicial Proceedings To Settle Personal Scores: Karnataka High Court To BBMP
The Karnataka High Court has advised the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to be careful with complaints made by a party to a civil proceedings against its opponent, and initiate action only in accordance with law.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by one Ramamurthy N and quashed the order passed by the corporation issued under Section 321 (3)...
Senior-Most High Court Judges Have Constitutional Right To Be Appointed As Chief Justices, Transfer Policy Can't Ignore Seniority: Ex-CJI GB Patnaik
Former CJI Justice Gopala Ballav Patnaik has opined that the senior-most Judge of every High Court has a constitutional right to be appointed as Chief Justice of a High Court. He said that merely because of introduction of the transfer policy, the appointing authorities must not ignore seniority of Judges.“How is it possible that more than two or three Judges from the same High Court are...
Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March, 2023 [Citation 1 - 108]
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 108 NOMINAL INDEX Manikandan v. State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 P Geetha v. V. Kirubaharan , 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 M/s.Tirupur Sree Annapoorna Versus Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Easwaran Brothers India Private Limited Versus The Assistant Commissioner (ST) (FAC), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 4 M Kannadasan...
Orissa High Court Felicitates Its Former Chief Justices & Judges While Celebrating 75th Year Of Its Establishment
As a part of celebration of 75th year of its establishment, the Orissa High Court on Saturday felicitated its former Chief Justices and Judges in a function held at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack. The event was presided over by Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge, Supreme Court of India in the presence of Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and...
Delhi Court Restrains Aaj Tak From Telecasting Evidence Related To Shraddha Walkar Murder Case
A Delhi Court has restrained Aaj Tak news channel from telecasting or publishing any material in relation to the Shraddha Walkar murder case.Aaftab Poonawalla allegedly killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in May last year. It has been alleged that Aaftab allegedly chopped her body into 35 pieces and disposed the pieces in batches in forests of Delhi.Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh...
Our Dignity Doesn't Come From What People Say, It Comes From Duties We Discharge: Delhi High Court
Discharging filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in a contempt case on Monday, the Delhi High Court said the dignity of courts does not come from what people have to say about the judiciary but from the duties the courts discharge. "Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a contempt rendered a decision... courts do not punish for contempt to secure their dignity. Our dignity doesn't come from what people have...
Proceedings Before Mediator Confidential, Parties Can't Be Compelled To Abide By Offers Made During Negotiations: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that proceedings conducted before a Mediator are confidential in nature and the parties cannot be compelled to abide by what was offered by them during the negotiations before the Mediator. A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar made these observations while hearing petitions under Article 227 of Constitution through the medium of...
Environmental Law Weekly Round-Up [02 -08 April,2023]
A weekly round-up of development in environmental law jurisprudence.Nominal IndexRavinder Chanana & Ors. v. The State of Delhi Delhi Secretariat Chief Secretary Rajiv Dutta v. GNCTD & Ors.Mrinmoy Khataniar & Anr. v. Union of India & 9 Ors.State of Kerala V Shefy Joseph [2023 (Ker) LiveLaw 176]Sushant Subhash More v.M/s Hotel Sahyadri Puspa and Ors.Haider Ali v. UOI...