Patanjali Promoter Baba Ramdev, doctors The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered Patanjali Ayurved and its promoters, including Baba Ramdev, to take down claims that allopathy doctors were responsible for the deaths of lakhs of people during the COVID-19 pandemic, while promoting Patanjali’s Coronil as a “cure” [Resident Doctors Association, AIIMS and Ors v. Ram …
A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the local Station House Officer (SHO) and the District Judge to keep a watch on the petitioner, Captain Deepak Kumar and exercise their powers under the Mental Healthcare Act, if necessary. The Court passed the order after Kumar alleged that the …
Tesla trademark Global electric vehicles manufacturing giant Tesla has sued an Indian company Tesla Power India Private Limited for trademark infringement, passing off and unfair trade practices over the use of TESLA trademark [Tesla Inc v Tesla Power India Private Limited]. The Elon Musk owned firm moved the Delhi High Court aggrieved by the use …
Arvind Kejriwal Facebook A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking “extraordinary interim bail” for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in all criminal cases till he completes his tenure in office or till the time trials are complete in the cases. The petitioner has filed the plea in the …
Oppo with Delhi High Court The Delhi High Court recently expressed strong displeasure with mobile phone maker Oppo for causing delays in its ongoing patent dispute with InterDigital and directed the Chinese company to deposit all pending royalties as interim security with the High Court [Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors v Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp …
BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs suspended from the Delhi legislative assembly told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is giving the issue a political colour by comparing it to the suspension of AAP MP Raghav Chadha from parliament. BJP has eight MLAs in the 70-member Delhi …
Rohingya refugees and Facebook The Delhi High Court refused to pass any orders directing social media company Facebook (Meta) to change its algorithm and prevent hate speech against the Rohingya community [Mohammad Hamim and Anr v Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd and Ors]. In an order passed on January 30, a bench of Acting …
Delhi High Court The Delhi High Court recently passed an interim order restraining certain private parties (defendants) from using the “Khadi Organic” name and associated marks on a trademark infringement suit filed by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (plaintiff) [Khadi and Village Industries Commission v. Ashish Singh and ors]. Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the …
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and cricketer Mihir Diwakar Mahendra Singh Dhoni and cricketer Mihir Diwakar (Facebook) The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it would be appropriate that cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is informed of the defamation suit filed against him before the Court hears the case [Mihir Diwakar & Anr v Mahendra Singh Dhoni & …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) cannot order a commercial enterprise like the Pacific Metro Mall to provide free parking to visitors just because it cannot control traffic and wants to stop people from parking their vehicles on road, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday [Pacific Development Corporation Limited vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation …