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  • Following the PhonePe trademark dispute, the Madras High Court temporarily prohibits MobilePe from providing UPI and BHIM services
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26/10/2022, 3 years ago

Following the PhonePe trademark dispute, the Madras High Court temporarily prohibits MobilePe from providing UPI and BHIM services

Following a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by PhonePe, the Madras High Court temporarily prohibited digital payment app MobilePe and its group firms from providing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) services. The two apps’ logos were identical, and Justice M. Sundar found that a prima facie case of “potential fraud” had […]

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26/10/2022, 3 years ago

Jammu and Kashmir High Court rejects the challenge to the reservation and grants “Pahari Speaking People” ST classification.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005, were amended to grant “Pahari Speaking People” 4% reservation in the available positions in all classes, grades, and positions located inside the Union Territory. These amendments were recently upheld by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. On the basis of a group of experts assembled by […]

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26/10/2022, 3 years ago

Pune Court withdraws notice requesting female lawyers not to wear their hair up in court after criticism

The Pune District Court has canceled a notice it had previously issued asking female lawyers not to have their hair fixed in public. According to the notice published on October 20, women lawyers arranging their hair in public court was “disturbing the Court’s functioning.” Immediately after Senior Advocate Indira Jaising tweeted about the notification, there […]

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23/10/2022, 3 years ago

Bombay HC: Investigating officer must subject accused to a psychiatric evaluation if the sanity of the accused in question

A bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Milind Jadhav has observed that if the Investigating Officer has the knowledge that an accused is known to be of unsound mind, it is the duty of the investigating office tp subject the accused to a psychiatric assessment.

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22/10/2022, 3 years ago

Madras High Court dismisses appeal from convicted murderer who killed the victim by pouring gasoline on her because he lacked the maturity to accept rejection

The Madras High Court upheld the conviction of a 28-year-old man who in 2018 set a class IX student on fire just because she declined his proposal. The court stated that such incidents are on the rise and only demonstrate how men still view women as chattel and want to own or “forcibly take her […]

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22/10/2022, 3 years ago

Madras HC: Acquire Social Media Surveillance Equipment and Create Special Cells As Soon As Possible

The Madras High Court has stated that using digital media to “vent ire” against constitutional functionaries and senior officers of the state and centre government “would not only be a personal attack on their privacy and prestige” but would also harm their reputation and have a ripple effect on their work. It claims that many […]

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22/10/2022, 3 years ago

Bombay HC: Nagpur imposes fine upon feeding Stray dogs

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently directed authorities to levy a fine of not more than 200 on residents who feed stray dogs on streets and in public areas in order to combat the threat posed by these animals. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Pansare stated that despite […]

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22/10/2022, 3 years ago

Central Government request SC to dismiss the plea by BJP leader on Uniform Civil Code

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking for uniform grounds and rules for divorce as well as for adoption and guardianship for all communities nationwide. The Central government rejected the petition. The government claimed in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court that […]

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21/10/2022, 3 years ago

Rajasthan HC: Rejects the petition to prevent political leaders from visiting religious sites while running for election

On Tuesday, the Rajasthan High Court rejected a request for an order prohibiting political party representatives from visiting religious sites or soliciting votes on the basis of their caste, community, language, or place of worship. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sandeep Mehta noted that the same petitioner had previously filed […]

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