United Nations designates JeM Chief Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi as a “Terrorist”
On 1 May 2019, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida
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Ori HC | Possession of land taken under Land Acquisition Act cannot be restored to tenure holder even if it is not used for the purpose it was acquired for
Orissa High Court: The Bench of S. Panda and P. Patnaik, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the petitioner for the cancellation
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Trade Secrets — Intellectual Property’s Underdog
Hetvi Trivedi, Research Associate, GNLU-GUJCOST Research Centre of Excellence in IP Laws, Policies & Practices
Cite as: (2019) PL (IPR) April 90
Pat HC | Immoral Trafficking: Hotel owner present in room adjacent to rooms from where couples found in semi-naked condition – matter requiring complete trial
Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed a hotel owner’s petition assailing dismissal of the application for his discharge,
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Euro Patent Office | Ex-post facto analysis with benefit of hindsight knowledge of invention not a correct approach to decide patent application
Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office: A Bench of B. Stolz, Chairman and M.R. Vega Laso and J. Geschwind, members allowed
Continue readingChh HC | Govt. servant cannot make Will of family pension; guiding principles regarding retiral benefits vis-a-vis testamentary disposition recapitulated
Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has held that a Government servant is not entitled to make a Will of the family
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TDSAT | Previous Judgment applicable as the same was not put on stay by the Court, rates of infrastructural charges can be revised
Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), New Delhi: Petitioner prayed before Shiva Kirti Singh, Chairperson and A.K. Bhargava, Member to set
Continue readingPat HC | Cut-off date for calculating pensionary benefits of a teacher, to be counted from the date of grant of permission for establishment of school
Patna High Court: The Three-Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Birendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ. dismissed a letters patent appeal
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SL CoA | Order finally disposing dispute is a final order, but an order that allows action to go on is an interlocutory order
Court of Appeal for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Bench of M.M.A. Gaffoor, J. dismissed an appeal against an
Continue readingDel HC | Expenses of the child cannot be equally divided between parents; amount payable by husband under S. 125 CrPC towards maintenance of child increased
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. partly allowed a revision petition against the order of the trial court passed under Section 125 CrPC
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Supreme Court of India | Advocates-on-Record Examination dates changed : [10-06-2019 to 13-06-2019]
G.S.R. 338(E)—In the Notification F.No. AOR Exam/June/2019 dated 1st April, 2019, Para 1 shall be read as follows: As existing in Notification
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Karnataka HC | Appointment of Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka as Chief Justice
President appointed Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Judge of the Bombay High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
Continue readingChhattisgarh HC | Justice Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra Menon appointed as the Chief Justice
President appointed Justice Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra Menon, Judge of the Kerala High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh
Continue readingRajasthan HC | Appointment of Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat as Chief Justice
President appointed Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat, Judge of Delhi High Court, to be the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court with effect
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