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Japan Tobacco Seeks Removal of Rival’s ‘CAMEL’ Copyright Claiming Century-Old Artwork; Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea, Says First Ownership Was Not Proved

Foreign ‘CAMEL’ Brand Relies on 1913 History and International Copyright Protection to Challenge 1997 Registration; Delhi High Court Says Transborder Protection ...
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Woman Denies ₹8 Lakh Friendly Loan Used to Buy Her Flat; Delhi High Court Relies on Bank Transfers and Sale Deed, Upholds Recovery Decree

Borrower Challenges Ex Parte ₹8 Lakh Recovery Decree Citing COVID Disruption; Delhi High Court Says Documentary Evidence ...
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Taxpayer Challenges GST Demand as Time-Barred Because DRC-01 and DRC-07 Were Issued Later; Delhi High Court Says Limitation Runs From Substantive Notice and Ad…

GST Show-Cause Notices and Orders Issued Within Section 74 Limitation but Electronic Summaries Came Later; Delhi High Court ...
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Partner Pays ₹23.90 Lakh to Settle Firm’s Bank Dues and Seeks Contribution From Co-Partners; Delhi High Court Restores Arbitral Award, Says Guarantor Status Does Not Make ...

District Court Sets Aside Award Reimbursing Partner Who Cleared Firm’s Bank Liability; Delhi High Court Reverses, Says Parties Had Confined Arbitration to That ...
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Navi Mumbai Societies Provide Recreational Open Space on Podium Instead of Ground; Bombay High Court Upholds NMMC Relaxations and Dismisses PIL Challenging Redevelopment ...

PIL Challenges Podium-Level Open Spaces in CIDCO Redevelopment Projects; Bombay High Court Says UDCPR Permits Entire Recreational Open Space on Podium if Open-t ...
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Stepdaughter Accused of Strangling Stepmother and Minor Stepbrother; Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal, Says DNA Match and Suspicious Circumstances Cannot Re…

Seen, DNA and Key-Recovery Evidence; Supreme Court Finds Investigation Lapses and Upholds High Court Acquittal Facts. The ...
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Maternal Uncle Convicted of Rape and Murder of Minor Niece; Supreme Court Acquits, Says Circumstantial Evidence Chain Was Broken and DNA Did Not Link Victi…

Sessions Court and High Court Award Life Imprisonment in Child Rape-Murder Case; Supreme Court Finds Last-Seen, Recovery, DNA ...
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Buyer Files Specific Performance Suit and Then Criminal Case After Land Is Sold to Third Party; Supreme Court Quashes FIR, Calls It a Pure Civil Dispute Given Criminal …

High Court Quashes Property FIR Against Landowners but Keeps Case Against Their GPA Holder Alive; Supreme Court Restores ...
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Wife Accuses Husband and In-Laws of Dowry Harassment, Cruelty and Misappropriation of Streedhan; Supreme Court Quashes Case Against In-Laws for L…

Parents-in-Law Roped Into Matrimonial Case Under Sections 498A, 406 and 506 IPC; Supreme Court Says Omnibus Allegations ...
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Senior Citizen Seeks Daughter-in-Law’s Eviction Despite Pending Domestic Violence Case; Delhi High Court Upholds Eviction Power but Says Competing Residence Righ…

Daughter-in-Law Claims Right to Shared Household Under Domestic Violence Act; Delhi High Court Upholds Senior Citizen ...
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Company Court Auction Fixes True Market Value; Bombay High Court Says Maharashtra Cannot Use Higher Ready Reckoner Value to Compute Transfer Premiu…

Can Government Ignore Court-Auction Price and Charge Premium on Ready Reckoner Value? Bombay High Court Says No, Orders ...
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State Deducts ₹84 Lakh From Three Unrelated Road Contracts for Alleged Earlier Overpayment; Supreme Court Quashes Recovery, Says Disputed Claim Cannot Beco…

Can Government Recover Dues Under One Contract From Payments Under Another? Supreme Court Says Only With Contractual ...