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Amazon’s fulfilment centre at Bilaspur, Haryana accommodates employees, third party workforce, venders and other visitors. The domestic waste water is treated in Sewage Treatment Plant (40 KLD) and HSPCB found that collected water samples from the STP, did not meet the requisite criteria.

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Onus to prove service for commercial purpose on service provider
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If and only if, the service provider discharges its onus of showing that the service was availed, in fact for a commercial purpose, does the onus shift back to the complainant to show that the service was obtained exclusively for the purpose of earning its livelihood by means of self-employment.”

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SC re-constitutes Gender Sensitisation
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Regulation 4 of the Gender Sensitization & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013, provides for constitution of the Gender Sensitization & Internal Complaints Committee for sensitizing the public to gender issues and to address any complaints made with regard to sexual harassment at the Supreme Court precincts.

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Merit-cum-Seniority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“As long as ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’ is applied in the manner as explained in All India Judges’ Association v. Union of India, (2002) 4 SCC 247, wherein both merit and seniority are considered, and merit plays the dominant role, the process of promotion cannot be said to be violative of the principle of ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’.”

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Electronica Trade Mark
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Trade Mark Registry allowed the Form TM-24 Applications of the Electronica Hitech Machines Tools Private Limited for bringing on record their name as the subsequent proprietor. Electronica India Limited challenged the said purported order.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's 7-days extension
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On 28-05-2024, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi had mentioned the IA before the Vacation Division Bench of JK Maheshwari and KV Viswanathan, JJ. It was clarified that the criminal appeal was already heard and reserved on 17-05-2024 by another Bench and was also suggested that it would be appropriate to place the application before the CJI Dr. DY Chandrachud for appropriate orders.

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