The Attorney General also assured that the government will process and send to SC 44 of the pending 104 recommendations for elevation to HCs by weekend.
The HC has clarified that trademark registration must be seriously guarded, and any instance of a false trade description is not registrable
The bench also held that statements made by ministers in relation to government or public affairs cannot be held against the government.
The majority judgment upheld demonetisation after considering six primary issues. Justice B.V. Nagarathna wrote a dissenting opinion holding the demonetisation notification to be unlawful.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions against demonetisation and held it was legal and constitutional. Six years after the event, one wonders what impact any ruling could have. By holding the demonetisation as valid in law, this ruling has created a precedent for future demonetisation
The project is freely available to all on the Supreme Court’s website and mobile application.
The dissenting judgement will rank among the famous dissents recorded in the history of the Honorable Supreme Court, says former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
The constitutional validity of demonetisation was challenged in the Supreme Court through a series of writ petitions as early as November 2016.
From WhatsApp’s privacy policy to the right to die, two constitution benches will hear a range of cases that have a bearing on fundamental rights.
The apex court, which heard the case for five days, has directed the government and the RBI to submit relevant records pertaining to demonetisation.
Justice Prathiba M Singh, while hearing a petition by a Bihar resident who alleged the city government-run Lok Nayak Hospital provided free MRI test facility only to the residents of Delhi, said hospitals cannot deny treatment to those coming from outside.
The high court also directed the authorities to avoid giving long dates to prisoners for medical check-up and instead act with promptness to ensure they are examined early.
Subramanian and the Indian Awake for Transparency, the NGO supported by him, ran into a legal wrangle with Premji over alleged illegality in the transfer of assets from three companies to a private trust and a newly-formed company.
The complainant, who was informed earlier this month that the senior partner was no longer with BDO India, said she felt vindicated.
The bill was introduced to make a correction in the drafting of the law post its amendment in 2014, and introduces a change to Section 27A which deals with punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.
Raj Kundra’s lawyer refuted charges on the classification of pornography and what would constitute as merely vulgar. What do the Indian laws have to say about it?
The Supreme Court, on July 14, took suo motu cognisance of Uttar Pradesh government's decision to allow Kanwar Yatra amid the COVID-19 pandemic and sought responses from the state as well as the Centre on the matter.
The new rule says that in cases where a person eligible to receive family pension is charged with the offence of murdering the government servant, the payment of family pension to him or her shall remain suspended.
Epic is trying to prove that the store has morphed into a price-gouging vehicle that not only reaps a 15% to 30% commission from in-app transactions, but blocks apps from offering other payment alternatives.
The court also heard a few public interest litigations on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The digital ecosystem draws support from being the currency of last resort
The star resorted to approaching the court since the last day to pay the property tax amount on his asset is October 15. The judge was not sympathetic, and asked the star to send a reminder to the Greater Chennai Corporation.
Three episodes of Bad Boy Billionaires: India based on Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy are available for streaming.
This followed an appeal by the Income Tax Department alleging that Rahman had evaded tax by routing his income of over Rs 3 crore via his charitable trust
An Indian national, Ashish Sawhney also allegedly attempted to naturalise as a US citizen by submitting an application containing false statements.