The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an ad interim protection to teachers employed in the Government primary & secondary schools in West Bengal from getting terminated from service in accordance with the Calcutta High Court judgment in School Jobs for Cash Scam case. The SC further made a clarification that the application of ad interim … Continue reading SC grants interim protection to teachers in School Jobs for Cash Scam case

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai (NCLT-M) while dealing with an application filed by a Homebuyer seeking directions to the Resolution Professional to condone the delay of 1 year, 11 months and 11 days in filing the claims, has held that any claims submitted after the approval of resolution plan by the Committee of Creditors … Continue reading Claims cannot be admitted, after approval of Resolution Plan by CoC but before approval by Adjudicating Authority: NLCT-M

The Australian Federal Court, acting on an action filed by Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has imposed a penalty of $100 million on Qantas Airlines (Qantas) for selling tickets of flights (‘Ghost Flights’) that Qantas had already decided to cancel. Further, Qantas has accepted to have misled consumers by advertising tickets to more than … Continue reading Australian Federal Court imposes $100 million penalty on Qantas for selling tickets of ‘Ghost Flights’

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed an information filed by a purchaser of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.’s (MSIL) Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) – Jimny, alleging that MSIL abused its dominant position by selling a limited edition ‘Thunder’ variant of Jimny at a lower price, thereby, cheating their initial customers to the tune of … Continue reading CCI dismisses abuse of dominance case against Maruti Suzuki

The Supreme Court (SC), while dealing with the issue of whether the principles of lis pendens applies in relation to transfer of immovable property situated in a state where the provisions of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (TPA) are not applicable, has held that “since the explanation to Section 52 is based on equity and … Continue reading Non-applicability of S.52 of TPA in a state does not bar principles of lis pendens: SC

The Supreme Court (SC), while dealing with the issue of whether plea of juvenility taken by the accused, purportedly, a child in conflict with law, can be denied on the ground that such plea was taken at a belated stage, has held that, as per Section 7-A of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of … Continue reading Delay in raising plea cannot be a ground denial of juvenility: SC

The Delhi High Court (DHC), in a trademark infringement suit filed by BVLGARI S.P.A (BVLGARI) seeking temporary injunction against the Amaris Flagship Store (Amaris) from manufacturing, marketing, selling etc. products similar to BVLGARI’s SERPENTI trade-dress, noting the visual & structural similarity, “with similar colour combinations and placement of elements/ ornamentation,” has issued a temporary injunction … Continue reading Copying trade-dress of BVLGARI: DHC injunct Amaris

The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has formed a prima facie opinion that the acquisition of Serato Audio Research Limited (Serato) by AlphaTheta Corporation (ATC) is likely to result in substantial lessening of competition in the market for supply of Disc Jockey (DJ) software globally and DJ hardware globally. ATC manufactures DJ hardware by … Continue reading Supply of DJ products likely to be impeded if AlphaTheta-Serato deal is allowed: UK CMA

The Supreme Court (SC) while dealing with the issue of whether the trial court is barred from exempting personal appearance of the accused under Section 205 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Code) prior to obtaining bail has held that, such a power to grant exemption should not be read in a restrictive manner … Continue reading Trial courts can grant exemption from personal appearance to accused, even before grant of bail: SC