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HC stops sale of items under Royal Enfield trademarks on ebay

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The Delhi High Court has restrained two persons from marketing or selling on ebay, products under the name of ‘Royal Enfield’, ‘Bullet’ or any other trademark deceptively similar to the ones coined by Eicher Motors Ltd which makes the Royal Enfield motorbikes. Justice Manmohan Singh passed the interim order saying Eicher has made out a […]

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No copyright exists on the title of literary work: SC

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The Supreme Court has held that no copyright exists on the “title” of a literary work while quashing a criminal case against the producer of a Bollywood movie. A bench comprising justices M B Lokur and S A Bobde passed the order on an appeal filed by Krishika Lulla and others against an order of […]

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HC quashes Gujarat govt’s ordinance to delay local body polls

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The High Court today quashed an ordinance issued by it to pave way to delay local bodies polls, terming it as “unconstitutional”, and directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to “conduct polls before the expiry of their terms.” The court also came down heavily on the Gujarat SEC for using government ordinance to postpone local […]

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Centre ready to look into complaints on adoption rules, HC

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The Centre has informed the Bombay High Court that it was ready to look into the grievances of people about the new guidelines on child adoption issued by Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. This was conveyed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh yesterday […]

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HC asks state not to act on sedition circular

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The Bombay High today extended its interim order restraining Maharashtra government from acting on its controversial circular issued to prevent misuse of IPC section 124-A which deals with sedition. A bench of Justices V M Kanade and Shalini Phansalkar- Joshi extended the interim order till the government files a reply to two petitions challenging the constitutional […]

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Hardik moves Gujarat HC to set aside sedition charges

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A day after he was arrested, Patel quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Tuesday moved a petition before the Gujarat High Court seeking to set aside the sedition charges filed against him in Surat. Hardik’s father Bharat Patel moved the plea on behalf of his son through his advocate B M Mangukiya and stated that […]

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Court summons Sports ministry for CWG files

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A special court conducting trial in the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG)-related corruption case in which Suresh Kalmadi and others are accused today directed Sports Ministry to produce some files pertaining to electronic scoring system used during the mega sporting event held here. The court asked the ministry to produce the files after the then CWG […]

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Salman wasn’t drunk and was not driving car: lawyer

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There was no evidence to prove that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan had taken drinks and was driving the car on the day in 2002 when it rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one and injuring four, his lawyer argued in the Bombay High Court today. Justice AR Joshi is hearing an appeal filed […]

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What action taken on witness claim agnst Tytler

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A Delhi court today asked CBI to inform it about the efforts made by it to ascertain claims of controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who was given a clean chit in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, influenced a witness and made hawala transactions. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate SPS Laler asked […]

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Examining if docs are relevant to case, says CBI

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CBI today informed a special court here that they were examining whether some of the documents, which were sought to be inspected by the accused in a coal scam case, were relevant to the matter or not. Special public prosecutor R S Cheema told the court that they need some time to file a reply […]

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File prayers of pleas pending before SC on Art 370

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The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to file the prayers of petitions pending in Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The court’s direction came on a similar PIL filed before it challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 after the Centre submitted […]

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Police can take suo moto action against builders: HC

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The Bombay High Court today said the Navi MumbaiPolice should take suo moto cognizance and file FIRs against builders responsible for illegal constructions there instead of waiting for some aggrieved person to come forward and lodge a case. A division bench of justices A S Oka and V L Achiliya was hearing two PILs by […]

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