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Red Chillies Moves to Shift Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Case from Delhi to Bombay HC, Cites Forum Shopping

The Supreme Court of India has made a scathing attack on the administrative priorities by reprimanding the government of Haryana harshly over its approval of cutting down 40 fully grown trees. The incident that happened in Karnal was allegedly to make a road wider to serve a newly built office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Audit of All Private Universities After Amity’s Harassment Over Student’s Name Change

The Supreme Court has ordered a massive audit of all the private universities in India in a landmark move that is to revolutionize the higher education scenario in India. This is an unprecedented step following a valiant struggle against Amity University by one student who revealed the presence of a great systemic corruption. Ayesha Jain is a young MBA student who battled the university management when the university declined to change her name in their records

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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.