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Income Tax Disputes Before HCs Doubled In Value Over Past Four Financial Years: Govt Tells Rajya Sabha
A sharp escalation in the value of income tax disputes pending before High Courts has emerged from fresh data placed before Parliament, with the total disputed amount nearly doubling between FY 2020-21 and FY 2024-25. The figures were disclosed in a reply tabled in the Rajya Sabha by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, capturing year-wise pendency and amounts locked at each appellate stage.The numbers paint a split-screen picture of India's tax dispute system. At...
Centre Defends Onion Export Ban, Says MEP Was 'Temporary' & Needed To Protect Consumers Amid Price Spikes
The Centre has clarified on Onion export ban and imposition of Minimum Export Price (MEP), were 'temporary' and 'necessary' to protect consumers, especially low-income households, during years when adverse weather conditions and lower arrivals led to sharp spikes in retail prices. On fair-farmer remuneration, the Centre explained that it balanced consumer price stability and farmer remuneration by monitoring availability, arrivals, buffer stock position and price trends of Onions...
Supreme Court Upholds View That Eden Gardens Not A 'Public Place' For Levy Of Advertisement Tax
The Supreme Court today dismissed a challenge to the Calcutta High Court order which held that Eden Gardens stadium was not a "public place" for the purpose of levying advertisement tax under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter. Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta appeared for petitioner-Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Senior Advocate Rajiv Shakdher appeared for respondents.Gupta argued that every bit of the Eden Gardens stadium can...
Justice Ashok Bhushan Appointed As NCLAT Chairperson For Second Term
The Central Government has approved the re-appointment of Justice Ashok Bhushan, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, as Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The re-appointment will be effective from the date he assumes charge and will continue until he attains the age of 70 years, i.e., till July 4, 2026.Justice Bhushan was earlier appointed as the NCLAT Chairperson on October 29, 2021, shortly after his retirement from the Supreme Court, and took charge on...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Select City Walk, Restrains Real Estate Developer From Using 'Vardhman Citywalk' Mark
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Select Citywalk Retail Private Limited and restrained a real estate developer from using “Vardhman Citywalk” mark.Justice Tejas Karia said that Select Citywalk Retail Private Limited has been using the Mark 'CITYWALK' continuously since 2004 with respect to commercial spaces, themed landscapes & outdoor zones, and other entertainment activities and also demonstrated the goodwill and reputation. The Court said that the use of the impugned...
Use Of Another Company's Registered Trademark As Trade Name Amounts To Infringement: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that under Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, the use of a registered Trade Mark as a Trade Name itself amounts to infringement of the registered Trade Mark.Justice Tejas Karia thus granted interim injunction in favour of global integrated security company 'G4S' and restrained '4GS', also engaged in providing security services and registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Registrar of Companies, from using the said mark.4GS had contended that...
'Disproportionate': Delhi High Court Quashes ₹12 Lakh Cost On Vi-John For Delay In Responding To Dabur's Trademark Infringement Suit
Granting relief to Vi John Healthcare in connection with a trademark suit filed against it by Dabur for alleged infringement of its Meswak toothpaste packaging, the Delhi High Court set aside a cost of ₹12 lakh imposed on the former by the trial court.The costs were imposed in view of the trial court's previous order that any delay by Vi John in filing its Written Statement shall only be considered subject to a cost of ₹25,000/- for each day of delay.Justice Tejas Karia however observed that the...
'Family Of Marks' Concept Not Expressly Recognised Under Trademarks Act, But Can Be Applied To Injunct Specific Marks: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that though the Trade Marks Act 1999 does not expressly recognise the concept of a 'family of marks' however, the same is judicially developed and can be invoked by a registered trademark owner to seek injunction against specific marks.A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul ruled,“When an entity is the proprietor of a number of registered trademarks containing a common prefix or suffix, or a common first or second word, any other mark by a...
Champak Magazine Moves Delhi High Court Alleging Trademark Infringement By BCCI Over Naming IPL Robot Dog 'Champak'
Champak Magazine on Wednesday filed a trademark infringement suit before the Delhi High Court against Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over naming of Indian Premier League's (IPL) AI robot dog as “Champak.”Justice Saurabh Banerjee issued notice on the interim injunction application filed by the comic magazine and granted four weeks' time for filing of written responses. Recently, the IPL witnesses the debut of a robotic dog camera which has been introduced by global broadcast...
Delhi High Court Restrains Company Which Owns Mamagoto, Dhaba From Playing Phonographic Performance's Copyrighted Songs In Its Restaurants
The Delhi High Court has granted a temporary injunction in favour of Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), restraining Azure Hospitality Private Limited which runs several restaurants, from playing PPL's copyrighted songs at the premises of its restaurants.Phonographic Performance Limited (plaintiff) is engaged in the business of issuing licences for public performance of sound recordings on the basis of the assignments granted to it by its various member record labels. PPL owns the public...
Intellectual Property Theft Comes Under SC/ST Act : Supreme Court Affirms Bombay HC Verdict Giving Relief To Dalit Researchers
The Supreme Court recently upheld the Bombay High Court's judgment on the issue of compensation for intellectual property loss under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and its accompanying Rules, 1995.This High Court's ruling upheld the right of two researchers from the Scheduled Caste community, who alleged caste-based atrocities, to compensation for the loss of their intellectual property due to a theft.A bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice...