Judicial precedents Archives

Supreme Court resolves complexities of Section 15(2) of the Copyright Act with a two-pronged approach for design protection

In the present case, the Supreme Court examined the vagaries of IP law and the intrinsic synergy that exists between two independent legislations, namely the Designs Act and the Copyright Act.

Case Briefs High Courts

Compelling wife to discontinue her studies is equivalent to destroying her dreams & amounts to Mental Cruelty: MP High Court

“Forcing wife to live with a person who is neither educated nor eager to improve himself certainly amounts to mental cruelty.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“If this is how proceedings will go on …”: SC accentuates importance of succinctly framed written synopsis; time-bound oral arguments; crisp, clear and precise judgments

“After all, it is for ‘the common man’ that the judicial system exists.”

Op Eds OP. ED.

Place of suing and cause of action in e-commerce disputes

by Raghav Sengupta†

Op Eds OP. ED.

Joinder and non-joinder of parties in civil proceedings in India in light of the doctrine of necessary and proper parties

by Riya Jariwala*

Op Eds OP. ED.

Small Time Cartels: The Robin Hood We Need?

by Soham Bhalerao[1] and Disha Gujarathi[2]

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Courts in England and Wales, not bound by Privy Council decisions

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Considering the issue regarding the status of decisions by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)