Written by Neena Nagare The Mumbai High Court last week in a landmark judgement established that simply because a girl is friendly with a boy, does not enable him to interpret it as a consent to instigate sexual relationship with her. The accused pleaded for an anticipatory bail on the understanding that an FIR was lodged against him by the […]
Written By- Pretika Tiwari On June 19, the Central Government announced the appointment of five new Chief Justices to various High Courts. The five judges who have been elevated to the position of Chief Justice of the High Courts are: Justice Rashmin M Chhaya (presently Gujarat) – Gauhati High Court Justice AA Sayed (presently Bombay) – Himachal Pradesh High Court […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The Delhi High Court in the case of MakeMyTrip India Pvt Ltd v. Booking.com BV and Ors expressed a prima facie view that the use of a registered mark like ‘MakeMyTrip’ as a keyword on Google Ads by a competitor in this case Booking.com would amount to trademark infringement under intellectual property law. The bench comprised Justice Prathiba M Singh. It […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Chhattisgarh High Court in the case of Deepa Nayak v. Pitamber Nai held that if a wife doesn’t squeeze into the mould as per the desire of husband, it would not be a decisive factor for her to lose the custody of her child. With this, the Court set aside an order of the Family […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The Madras High Court in the case of A. Periyakaruppan v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Another invoked the “parens patriae jurisdiction” and declared “Mother Nature” as a “Living Being”, having a legal entity and having the status of a legal person, with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of an l living person, to […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Yesterday, the Chhattisgarh High Court in the case of Jaanki Yadav v. Gorakhnath Yada, decided, that the law presumes in favour of marriage and is against concubinage. The judgement was given by a division bench of the court, comprising Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay Agrawal. The court took note that the presumption of marriage has to […]
By – Arshita Anand The Kerala High Court has declared that gifts provided to the bride for her wellbeing at the time of her marriage will not be considered dowry under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Allowing a petition brought by a disgruntled spouse to be heard, “…presents given at the time of marriage to the bride without any demand […]
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