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In a rectification petition filed by Burger King Co. LLC against a family restaurant, the Delhi High Court stayed the operation of the mark ‘BURGER KING’ in Class 43 as it was identical to the well-known mark ‘BURGER KING’ and was likely to deceive public and create confusion.
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The Delhi High Court held that the Special Commissioner Transport; the Chief Secretary; and the Secretary Labour of the Delhi Government were guilty of Contempt of Court for wilful disobedience of High Court’s order, directing them to enhance staff’s minimum wage.
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The Delhi High Court extended the scope of Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870 by holding that the cases in which suit is stayed due to imposition of moratorium would fall within the ambit of Section 16.
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The Delhi High Court holds that there is no requirement in law to implead the victim to any criminal proceedings, whether instituted by the State or by the accused. The Court further directed the Registry to ensure that anonymity of the victims is strictly maintained.
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The Delhi High Court held that the Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise cannot continue the proceedings for adjudication of the impugned show cause notice, after the lapse of thirteen years.
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The Delhi High Court opined that the defendants took unfair advantage of the reputation and goodwill of Louis Vuitton (LV) marks and deceived the unwary consumers of their association with the LV marks.
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The Manipur High Court took suo motu cognizance of a news report published in Imphal Free Press, titled “State facing water scarcity due to deforestation in hill areas”.
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The Delhi High Court restrained 40 rogue websites from illegally streaming original copyrighted cinematographic work of Universal City Studios, Warner Bros, Netflix, Disney, and other entertainment companies.
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The writ court should not exercise its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution which will obstruct contractual rights between the parties.
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The Patna High Court opined that when guidelines for providing toilets and sanitary napkin dispenser facilities for girls in schools were issued, the District Administration or the local bodies could be entrusted with the establishment and maintenance of such facilities in a seamless manner.
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The Patna High Court observed that the daughter wanted to reside with her brother and father and was not comfortable in staying with her mother, thus, the Court upheld the Family Court’s decision of giving the daughter’s custody to her father.
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The Delhi High Court holds that pursuing Master of Law Program would not be considered as a break in practice of an advocate as per Resolution No. 160/2009 passed by Bar Council of India. Further, the advocate is not required to suspend his enrolment to pursue the said program.
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The Delhi High Court set aside the demand for service tax of Rs. 56 crores against MTNL holding that the surrender of any right to use the spectrum before 14-5-2016, the date on which the Finance Act, 2016 came into force, will not be chargeable to service tax.
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The Telangana High Court quashed ED case against Sukesh Gupta and opined that the differential amount of rupee dollar fluctuation could be termed as an outstanding which could be recovered in a civil suit but could not be termed as ‘proceeds of crime’.
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The Delhi High Court held that Ernst and Young Ltd. is not an ‘intermediary’ under the IGST Act, as it does not arranges or facilitates services to overseas EY entities from the third parties but only renders services to them.
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The Patna High Court held that the trial in the POCSO case was vitiated as it was commenced, conducted, and concluded in just one working day, in violation of principles of natural justice and in disregard to the provisions of CrPC. Thus, the matter was remanded to the Trial Court for fresh trial.
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The Delhi High Court granted permanent injunction in favour of Google LLC for its mark “GOOGLE” and awarded Rs. 10 lakhs as damages to Google LLC which was to be paid jointly and severally by the defendants.
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The Manipur High Court upholds the notice issued by District Magistrate to arms holders for submitting their arms and licenses and the Court further opines that the issuing authority has a right to re-verify the arms licenses so granted.
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The Delhi High Court quashes and sets aside summons issued to the editor and deputy editor of “The Wire” in a criminal defamation case filed by the former Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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The Delhi High Court suspended the sentence of a man who was convicted for raping the minor girl after noting that the girl herself had misrepresented her age and showed herself to be a major.
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