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Supreme Court Collegium Takes Shape Under New CJI Surya Kant with Vikram Nath BV Nagarathna JK Maheshwari and MM Sundresh

The Supreme Court of India has seen the dawn of a new era in its leadership with the swearing-in of Justice Surya Kant as the 53 rd Chief Justice of India.The change has heralded a new era in the leadership in the Supreme Court of India and it is an era likely to have a stable leadership regime of about fifteen months.

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Delhi High Court Grants Relief to Elon Musk’s Tesla Against Indian Firm Using Tesla Name for EVs

Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle giant owned by Elon Musk, has received much-needed relief in a major move towards the international intellectual property rights in India by the Delhi High Court. A stringent injunction has been imposed by the court against an Indian firm, Tesla Power India Pvt. Ltd. that is prohibited to adopt the name Tesla as its trademark

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Sumitomo Tyres Make History with India’s Maiden Smell Trademark Registration

We now are in the midst of an Indian business milestone that will forever revolutionize the way we are going to think about brands. The Trade Mark Registry has given a smell a trademark, in the country, the first time ever. The leader of this new trend is the Japanese giant Sumitomo Rubber Industries, commonly referred to as its well-known brand of tyre.

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Madras High Court Revives Sridevi Video Saregama Music Rights Battle

A recent pronouncement by the Madras High Court has brought back a giant legal controversy in the Indian movie music sector. The case is between two leading sides, the Sreedevi Video Corporation and the music giant Saregama India Limited. This case has been long thought to be closed and/or thrown out of court, but it was recently reintroduced with the new order of the court.

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S.138 NI Act Compounding Costs Not Mandated by Damodar Prabhu Judgment Says Supreme Court

In India, millions of court cases are associated with one thing, namely bounced cheques. Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act) deals with this. Simply stated, it is a criminal act to write a cheque that is disgraced by the bank because of lack of funds. The law was established so as to establish confidence in business transactions and to ensure that a cheque would be considered a promise with serious allegations to pay.

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Anil Ambani Seeks Delhi Court Injunction Against Economic Times for Defamatory Reports

The chairman of Reliance Group, Anil Ambani has initiated a huge legal tussle in a Delhi court against some of the leading media houses. He has sued the investigative news site Cobrapost and the large daily newspapers, The Economic Times, and The Times of India, on defamation claims. The plaintiff in the case also mentions Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL), the publisher of the two newspapers on the suit.