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Delhi HC Restrains Use Of ‘Ilmcampus.com’ For Infringing IILM’s Trade Mark [Read Judgment]
In a suit filed by Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) against ILM Consulting Pvt Ltd, the Delhi High Court has ordered the latter to not to use ILM as its trade name and also restrained it from using website with the domain name www.ilmcampus.com.In an ex parte decree, Justice Deepa Sharma observed that the defendant is using the said websites and also using the...
SEBI Court Rejects Subrata Roy’s Application For Exemption As He Fails To Appear Again
Sahara Group Founder Subrata Roy failed to appear before the Special SEBI Court in Mumbai on Thursday citing health reasons.Roy’s advocate, Ashok Saraogi submitted a medical certificate stating that Roy is suffering from gastroenteritis.An application seeking Roy’s exemption from appearing personally for the hearing was also filed. Judge MG Deshpande rejected the application and...
CIC Seminar On RTI Tomorrow
The Central Information Commission is organising a seminar on implementation of the Right to Information at New Delhi on 19.05.17. The Inaugural Address will be delivered by the Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur. Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Information Commissioner, will talk about the “Scope of Privacy of Public Servant”. Yashovardhan Azad, Information Commissioner,...
MP HC Directs MCI And DCI To Give Benefit Of Mid-Session Migration To Students Without Bias [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the MCI and the DCI to give benefit to students seeking migration from one college to another during mid-session by strictly adhering to norms in a uniform manner without discrimination.With this direction the court disposed of a petition claimed the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI) had granted benefit of...
Five New High Court Judges Appointed
President of India has appointed (i) Shri Lanusungkum Jamir, (ii) Shri Manash Ranjan Pathak, (iv) Shri Hitesh Kumar Sarma and (v) Shri Mir Alfaz Ali, as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court.Shri Prakash Chandra Jaiswal is appointed as an Additional Judge of the Patna High...
Bombay HC Grants Bail To 93 Yr Old Who Allegedly Duped Man Of Rs 22 Lakh Posing As Lawyer [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Balasaheb Choudhary, who claims to be 93 years old and has been accused of cheating a man of Rs 22.5 lakh by posing as a lawyer.The complainant, Rameshchandra Bafna, who himself is 73 years old, knew Chaudhary as someone who worked at the Income Tax Department.Assuming that Chaudhary was an advocate, Bafna engaged him in a couple of cases and paid up...
Unmarried 2nd Daughter Eligible For Family Pension Upon Disqualification Of The 1st: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court, in the case of SP Jothi vs the Accountant General & Anr, has held that family pension may be transferred to unmarried second daughter upon the disqualification of the first daughter.In this case, SP Jothi, a 68-year-old woman, was claiming her deceased father’s family pension. Upon the death of her mother, her elder sister was receiving the pension. The elder...
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Proposes To Introduce E-Hearing From June [Read Notification]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed to introduce e-hearing facility from June, 2017. The facility will enable stakeholders to present their case, during the hearing, through soft-copies of the pleadings.A stakeholders/advocates interaction has been organized for the purpose on 22 May, at 15.00 hours. Those interested in participating in the discussion are required...
Salary Accounts With Employer’s Official Bank Not Mandatory: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
The Kerala High Court, in the case of TM Dinesh Kumar & Ors vs Malabar Cancer Centre & Ors, held that all employees need not have salary accounts with the official bank of the employer and that the official bank can transfer the salaries of the employees to the existing accounts of employees in other banks.Justice PV Asha further noted that the employees cannot be compelled to open...
Delhi Judge Accepts Whatsapp Blue Double Tick As Receipt Proof Of Notice
Senior Civil Judge cum Rent Controller (North) Sidharth Mathur in Rohini Court recently accepted Whatsapp blue double-tick as receipt proof of notice on the Respondents.The case concerned an Appeal filed by a Model Town resident, seeking an injunction against his son and daughter-in-law, her parents and her friend from “trespassing into the suit property”. During the hearing, the Court...
I Want To Show He (Jaitely) Is A Crook: Jethmalani, Jaitely Warns Of Claiming ‘Aggravated Damages’
Jaitley asks whether Kejriwal told him to use the word: Senior counsel says yes, but instructing counsel says ‘no’.The Jethmalini vs Jaitley battle has become more chaotic as the cross-examination continued on Wednesday in Delhi High Court.Most of the questions revolved around an article written by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, which appeared in The Indian Express, containing...
Vexatious Criminal Proceeding Can Be Quashed Even Post-Cognizance: Patna HC [Read Judgment]
The Patna High Court, in the case of Dr. Syed Mohhammad Azfar vs The State Of Bihar & Anr, shed light on the wide-ranging powers of the High Court under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code and noted that even those complaints of which the Magistrate has taken cognizance of, but are of a private and vexatious nature, can be quashed by the High Court.In this case, an appeal had...