Simranjeet, Author at SCC Times

[Typo-squatting] Delhi HC restrains P. Rajesh Ram from using GOOCLE, GOOGLE, GIPAY, GEOGLE marks in a trade mark infringement plea by Google LLC

The present case is a classic example of typo-squatting, which relies on mistakes or typos made by internet users at the time of entering a website address/URL on the web browser and is bound to create confusion in the minds of the consumers.

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Delhi High Court directs rogue cyberlocker websites to take down listings of copyrighted content of Warner Bros, Netflix, Universal City Studios

The rogue cyberlocker websites provide an infrastructure specifically designed to incentivize hosting, uploading, storing, sharing, streaming, and downloading of copyrighted material unauthorizedly.

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Cheating in government exams undermines principles of meritocracy, equal opportunities; effects not limited to individual but impact society: Delhi High Court

Cheating in government exams perpetuates inequalities by favoring those who can afford to pay for leaked exam papers or engage in fraudulent activities, while disadvantaging those who rely on their hard work and merit to succeed.

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Forcing wife to do household chores when her health does not permit, amounts to cruelty: Delhi High Court

The allegations which assassinate the character of the spouse amounts to the highest level of cruelty, which no doubt shall shake the foundation of their marriage.

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Elections to Executive Committees of all Bar Associations to be held on one day, for a uniform period of two years: Delhi High Court

No member of any Bar Association or body, such as the Bar Council of Delhi or Bar Council of India will contest or hold post simultaneously in two different Bar Associations/bodies.

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‘Ensure that transparent attempts to abuse legal process are nipped in the bud’; Delhi HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on advocate for resuscitating same plea for third time

When the legal process is abused by the members of the legal fraternity, who are supposed to be its protectors and preservers, the Court must take an extremely stern view of the matter.

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Delhi High Court orders removal of mark ‘BE THE BEER’ from the register in a plea by ‘The Beer Café’

Respondents are operating in the same industry of food and beverages and running cafes, and simply prefixing the word ‘BE’ is obviously causing deceptive similarity with petitioner’s registered mark having a prior user.

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Delhi High Court directs blocking of website, mobile application using ‘IKEA’ mark to mislead people to invest money

It is alleged that Defendants 1 and 2 are perpetrating fraud on the public by creating a false association with plaintiff, resulting in grave financial losses to the public.

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‘Bail Order is forged/fabricated’; Delhi High Court passes directions for public to check authenticity of the Court’s orders/judgments

It is a serious matter of prima facie forgery and fabrication of order of Delhi High Court which requires investigation, the forged/fabricated order had been allegedly handed over to an undertrial prisoner by a jail visiting advocate, who has been appointed to assist and help the undertrials.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

Never Reported Judgment | A reversioner, under Hindu Law, only entitled to challenge an alienation made by a limited owner [(1953) 1 SCC 112

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on alienation of property under Hindu Law.

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Delhi High Court dismisses Bloomberg’s appeal against ADJ’s order to take down defamatory article against Zee Entertainment

“Appellants rushed to this Court without exploring the option of filing their reply to the application under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (‘CPC’) and/or application under Order XXXIX Rule 4 of the CPC for modification of the ex-parte ad-interim order.”

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Delhi High Court dismisses petition to allow Overseas Citizen of India to participate in the International Maths Olympiad on behalf of India

“The courts have often held that having undertaken a chance at an examination, or in an interview, a candidate cannot later seek to question the rules applicable to that examination.”

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[RALEIGH v. RALLEYZ] Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to Swiss Bike Vertriebs for mark ‘RALEIGH’ in relation to bicycles

“Defendant’s mark ‘RALLEYZ’ is constituted in such a manner so as to phonetically sit remarkably close, if not together, and squeezed with, plaintiffs’ mark ‘RALEIGH’. It is clearly in the core zone of deceptive similarity, likely to cause confusion and likely to have an association with plaintiff’s mark.”

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‘No coercive action to be taken’; Delhi HC directs DDA to stay demolition of Pakistani Hindu Refugee Camp at Majnu Ka Tilla

“A public notice dated 4-3-2024 is pasted in the area asking the residents of the Pakistani Hindu Refugee Camp to vacate the place by 6-3-2024, failing which Delhi Development Authority will demolish their Camp.”

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Married lady staying in the house of father’s friend of different religion, after being left by husband, does not amount to adultery: Patna High Court

“If this Court is persuaded to hold that staying in the house of an old man of different religion by a married lady amounted to adultery, then the entire social relation between man and man, man and women, is to be looked into only in terms of sexual relationship.”

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Merely writing the expression “Yes” cannot be considered a valid approval u/s 151 of Income Tax Act 1961: Delhi High Court

“The satisfaction arrived at by the prescribed authority under Section 151 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) must be clearly discernible from the expression used at the time of affixing its signature while according approval for reassessment under Section 148 of the Act.”

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‘Not a case of innocent adoption’; Delhi High Court rules in favour of Hero Investcorp for mark ‘HERO’ in relation to engine oil

“The findings of the reports of the Local Commissioners also clearly indicate that defendants are actively involved in the sale, distribution, and manufacturing of counterfeit HERO Oil, thereby infringing upon plaintiffs’ registered HERO marks.”

pre-arrest bail to Amanatullah Khan denied

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[Money Laundering] ‘Cooperating with Investigating Agency by public figure is public service’; Delhi HC denies pre-arrest bail to Amanatullah Khan, MLA from AAP

“Being a public figure in politics, petitioner is first and foremost in the public service and it is natural that he will always have something or other happening in his constituency. It is for the public figure to find time and appear before the investigating agency, when so required as per the law.”

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‘Right to use one’s name on one’s goods cannot be compromised’; Delhi HC denies injunction to Jindal Industries for mark ‘JINDAL’ against mark ‘RN JINDAL SS TUBES’

“The risk of having others bona fide using ‘JINDAL’ as a name for their products, and in the marks used on their products, is a risk that plaintiff consciously took, when it obtained registration of the mark ‘JINDAL’.”

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Ration Card cannot be considered as address proof; Issued exclusively for obtaining essential commodities from shops: Delhi High Court

“The term “Ration Card” is defined under Section 2(16) of National Food Security Act, 2013 as a document issued under an order or authority of the State Government for the purchase of essential commodities from the fair price shops under the Targeted Public Distribution System.”