Pranav Shukla The Delhi High Court on December 23, 2024, has strongly criticized the practice of non-lawyers and agents representing litigants in Consumer Courts based on authorization letters. The Court was considering a petition filed by several practicing lawyers registered Read more
Alok Singh Twenty Four Seven Retail Store Pvt. Ltd. has sued Godfrey Phillips India Limited before the Delhi High Court allegedly for unauthorized use of the trademark “24Seven”. The case highlights the complex issues involved in Intellectual Property Rights, especially when a business Read more
Aastha Pareek The Delhi High Court on December 17, 2024, has taken a strong stance against the increasingly prevalent tendency of litigants to shift the blame for inordinate delays in filing petitions onto their counsel, describing the practice as “unwholesome.” Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 25th December 2024 has sent shockwaves as the Additional District Judge of Kozhikode, M. Suhaib, has been suspended following allegations of his misconduct towards a female office assistant. The suspension was ordered by the High Court Administrative Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Calcutta High Court has cleared Prof. (Dr.) Nirmal Kanti Chakraborti, the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, of sexual harassment allegations. The court found no credible evidence to support the claims and upheld Read more
Alok Singh Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia has been appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The central government finalized on Monday on 23 December, 2024, following the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation in September 2024. Before this, Justice Sandhawalia Read more
Pranav Shukla The Delhi High Court on 18th December, 2024, issued an interim injunction in favor of Swedish multinational IKEA in a trademark infringement case against the Indian firm IKEY Home Studio in Inter Ikea Systems BV vs. IKey Home Read more
Alok Singh The Allahabad High Court recently intervened in a case affecting three minor children expelled from a private school in Amroha, UP. They were allegedly expelled for bringing non-vegetarian food in their tiffins. On December 17, 2024, the Court passed Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale On 18th December, 2024, the Delhi High Court passed an order granting Senior Journalist Rajat Sharma rights over his personality to avoid its misuse. The bench comprising of Justice Amit Bansal passed an order directing the removal Read more
Pranav Shukla The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently highlighted the underuse of virtual court facilities by lawyers, pointing out that many were not taking advantage of the video conferencing (VC) option available for hearings. In response, the Punjab and Read more