Delhi High Court

registration of artistic work
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Copyright protection is granted to an artistic work under the Act, only if the said work meets the threshold of originality.”

Ajay Devgan Personality Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Ajay Devgan’s status as a sought-after brand ambassador, and a personality with millions of followers across social media platforms demonstrates the strong public association uniquely tied to his identity and his reputation among the Indian populace not limited to his fans.”

lawyer taping mouth in protest
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The lawyer had taped his mouth symbolizing that he had been stopped during his arguments in previous hearings of the matter.

transfers of judicial officers
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“The judicial officers shall be under the control of the Principal District & Sessions Judge of the district to which they have been allocated.”

Customary Divorce
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Section 29(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 protects only valid customary divorces, and in the present case the evidence was insufficient in law to prove either the existence of such a custom in the community or the factum of her own divorce.

international cricket betting racket
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioners were engaged in large scale hawala transactions and illegal international cricket betting that were conducted through a Super Master Login Id and by creating subordinate Ids for individual bettors and earning commission.

family unit cap delhi race club
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is huge amount of betting on each of the horse races and therefore, a monopoly of any race by any owner/ ‘family unit’ would have the potential of rigging of horse races.”

insurance policy with arbitration clause
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondent submitted that no arbitration clause existed in light of the IRDAI Circular dated 27-10-2023 and Gazette Notification dated 23-1-2024, which had de-notified and superseded arbitration clauses in fire insurance policies.

grievance system of banks
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Increased use of various instruments for undertaking monetary transactions, such as — credit cards, debit cards and digital payment platforms also raises the possibility of misuse and resultant frauds.”

import of body massagers Keyphrase
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Massagers …do not require any approval under the Medical Device Rules, 2017 as they are not being used for therapeutic or alleviation of disease.”

Gold Flake trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Substituting ‘K’ with ‘M’ to form ‘GOLD FLAME’ from ‘GOLD FLAKE’ does not make the competing Marks dissimilar. A consumer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection or not well-versed in English would be unable to distinguish between the competing products.”

Hermes Birkin well-known trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Hermes’ long-standing reputation and consistent use of the Subject Marks across jurisdictions establishes a continuous and significant commercial presence.”

O 3+ trade mark case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Freecia Professional is a cosmetic company selling facial kits under the house mark ‘PROADS’ similar to the plaintiff’s O 3+ range.

stipend to foreign national students
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondents had been admitted in various post graduate courses under the ‘Sponsored/Foreign Nationals’ category through a prospectus specifying that the candidates admitted under this category would not be entitled to emoluments.

Raj Shamani personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Raj Shamani sought action against third-parties who were using his personal attributes to generate reels and videos via artificial intelligence to create fabricated/deepfake/morphed/distasteful content, which were misleading and contained false information.

mandatory hearing of public officer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The language employed in Section 20(3) of the Lokpal Act is peremptory and admits of no discretion. The legislative intent is that the prima facie satisfaction necessary for directing an investigation under the Act must be reached only after considering the explanation of the concerned public servant.”

Anjana Om Kashyap
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Defendant 2 was operating a YouTube Channel that used photographs and videos of Anjana Om Kashyap in a manner portraying that the channel was hers. The channel also posted certain deepfake videos including fake news clippings of the plaintiff.

unilateral appointment of sole arbitrator
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“At best, the letter consenting to appointment of sole arbitrator, was a conditional acceptance of the appointment of a sole arbitrator. The condition being that the sole arbitrator would adjudicate the disputes between the petitioner and both the respondents.”

unauthorised cricket streams
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cricfy and other defendants are mobile applications that allow users to illegally stream copyrighted content available on JioStar, for free or minimal subscription.

Customs delays show cause notice
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court considered how the timing of a Show Cause Notice by Customs Department impacts the owner’s liability.