WHY IN NEWS?Regarding the alleged misbehavior of a practicing court counsel, a resolution or complaint was filed with the Patna High Court.The court ordered the Registry to process the resolution or complaint that was brought before the court as a Pu ..
Why in newsThe Delhi High Court found that registering a tread pattern as a design would not automatically prevent it from being treated as a "trade mark" within the meaning of the Trademarks Act, 1999 in a case involving the alleged copyin ..
Why in newsThe Travancore Devaswom Board, which oversees the Sabarimala temple, was recently ordered by the Kerala High Court to take all necessary measures to ensure that pilgrims worship at the temple grounds in a proper manner. The decision was ma ..
Why in newsThe Bombay High Court recently dismissed a man's petition contesting the award of maintenance to his wife, noting that it is insufficient to draw a negative inference from a claim that the wife's former spouse refused to submit to ..
According to the business creating the technology, a robot lawyer can "fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the click of a button."In a courtroom setting, a "robot lawyer" will represent a human for the first ti ..
The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989's Sections 3(1)(v) and (va), were the subject of criminal proceedings that the Supreme Court annulled because they amounted to an abuse of the legal system by turning a private civil dispute into ..
While considering 14 years of imprisonment for premature release, the Supreme Court ruled that the Parole time must be deducted from the period of punishment under the Goa Prison Rules, 2006.A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar ruled that if ..
The Supreme Court combined and transferred to itself all petitions for legal recognition of same-sex marriages pending before other high courts across the country. A bench composed of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha, and JB Pardiw ..
According to the Supreme Court, it is the borrower's responsibility to demonstrate that the secured properties are truly being used as agricultural lands and/or for agricultural purposes in SARFAESI proceedings.In this instance, the DRT noted tha ..
The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Act of 2006 fees, according to the Supreme Court, would not trump the SARFAESI Act.The MSMED Act shall take precedence over the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement ..