Bombay HC Refuses To Stay Streaming Of Netflix Series "Betaal" On Allegations Of Copyright Infringement

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed an interim application filed by one Sameer Wadekar who alleged that one of his scripts registered in 2015 with the Screen Writers Association with the title 'Vetaal' was copied by the makers of the upcoming Netflix series 'Betaal' and sought a stay on the release of the series. Justice KR Shriram heard the interim application filed by Wadekar and...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing May 18, 2020 To May 24, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Directs UP Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustees Committee To Take Loan If It Doesn't Have Enough Funds To Support Lawyers [In Re - Assistance To The Needy Advocates And Registered Advocate Clerks] A bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma directed the Trustees...

Gujarat HC Further Extends The Interim Bail Granted to 1198 Undertrial Prisoners For a Period of 45 Days [Read Order]

On Friday, the Gujarat High Court extended the period of interim bail for prisoners released pursuant to the recommendations of the High Power Committee, as a measure to decongest jails and curb the spread of Covid infection. The order for extension has been passed by a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ilesh J Vora in the suo moto case registered on the issue of migrant workers...

DGCA Direction To Keep Middles Seats Empty Applicable To Air India's International Flights : Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered that Air India should comply with the directions in the circular issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry on March 23 to keep middle seats empty with respect to its international flights.The Court however clarified that the direction was not applicable to domestic flights. The direction was passed in a writ petition filed by a pilot from Air India who...

Punjab & Haryana HC Cancels Summer Vacation for HC & Subordinate Courts [Read Notification]

In view of loss of court work due to the national lockdown, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has cancelled the summer vacation scheduled from June 1, 2020 to June 26, 2020. It has been intimated that the High Court will function with the continuation of present arrangement of filing, listing and hearing of the cases through video conferencing. The vacation for Subordinate Courts in...

Delhi HC Suspends The Order of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Which Had Directed For Filing of Documents and Fees By June 01 [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has suspended the operation of the May 18 order of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, which had directed litigants and advocates to complete various acts/proceedings, filing of any reply/document, payment of fees, etcetera in the matter of any intellectual property applications/actions by 01.06.2020. Justice Jyoti Singh noted that the...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018 Will Not Affect Offences Committed Prior To Its Enactment: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday held that the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, so far as it substitutes Section 13(1)(d) of the principal Act, does not operate in a retrospective manner. The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru has held that the purpose for introducing the amendment was to ensure that the actions of a public servant that may appear to be against public interest...

NCLAT Substitutes IRP On The Ground That He Was Financial Creditor's Ex-Employee [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a recent decision upheld the direction of the Adjudicating Authority to substitute the Interim Resolution Professional on the ground that he was an ex-employee of the Financial Creditor. The financial creditor in the present case, State Bank of India (SBI), had initiated insolvency proceedings against one M/s. Metenere Ltd (the...

"MCGM & State Have Lived Up To The Expectations Of The People" : Bombay HC Asks To Consider Exclusive Helpline For Pregnant Women [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court while hearing a public interest litigation alleging that a pregnant woman was denied admission at JJ Hospital for not carrying a negative Covid-19 report, observed that the State and MCGM have lived up to the expectations of the people after being informed that more than 10,000 deliveries have taken place since March 2020. Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar...

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Seeking Scrapping of Delhi Govt's Death Audit Committee Which Scrutinises Data on COVID19 Deaths [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea seeking the scrapping of Delhi Government's Death Audit Committee which was set up to scrutinise the data pertaining to deaths caused by COVID19. While holding that the present petition has been filed on the basis of presumption and without any proper research, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted...

Madras HC Grants Bail To Persons Accused Of Disrupting Burial Of Covid Affected Doctor [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Monday allowed the bail applications of 11 persons accused of disrupting the burial ceremony of a doctor, who succumbed to a heart attack after contracting the COVID-19 infection. The single-Judge bench of Justice M. Nirmal Kumar observed that the accused acted in an irrational manner as they were "scared by the rumours" about the deadly virus. Justice...

All Courts In UTs Of J&K And Ladakh To Follow Uniform Court Timings From June 1 [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday abolished the practice of separate Court timings for summer and winter sessions for Courts. The elaborate administrative order issued by Chief Justice Gita Mittal in this behalf states, "Looked at from all aspects, any practice which reduces court timings from the required five hours, or results in wastage of court time, cannot...