Delhi High Court Refuses to Reconsider ₹65,000 Mandatory Contribution for Shahdara Bar Elections: “Candidates Unwilling to Pay Shall Stand Disqualified as Bar Association Lacks Funds After First Round Was Countermanded”
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Delhi High Court Refuses to Reconsider ₹65,000 Mandatory Contribution for Shahdara Bar Elections: “Candidates Unwilling to Pay Shall Stand Disqualified as Bar Association Lacks Funds After First Round Was Countermanded”

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court dismissed an application challenging its earlier order mandating a ₹65,000 contribution from each candidate contesting the Shahdara Bar Association elections. The Court held: “The…
May 19, 2025
Bombay High Court Holds That Respondent in Domestic Violence Proceedings Can Be Compelled to Provide Voice Sample for Forensic Verification — “Voice Sample Not Protected Under Article 20(3) in Quasi-Civil Proceedings; Magistrate Has Power Under Section 28(2) of PWDVA to Direct Voice Sample for Comparison”
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Bombay High Court Holds That Respondent in Domestic Violence Proceedings Can Be Compelled to Provide Voice Sample for Forensic Verification — “Voice Sample Not Protected Under Article 20(3) in Quasi-Civil Proceedings; Magistrate Has Power Under Section 28(2) of PWDVA to Direct Voice Sample for Comparison”

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad allowed the criminal writ petition challenging the order of the Judicial Magistrate, Parner, which had rejected the petitioners' request to direct the…
May 19, 2025
Delhi High Court Rules That Juristic Entities Like Companies and Trusts Can Maintain Eviction Petitions Under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act, 1958 — “Definition of ‘Landlord’ is Not Confined to Natural Persons; Word ‘Landlord’ is Gender-Neutral and Person-Agnostic”
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Delhi High Court Rules That Juristic Entities Like Companies and Trusts Can Maintain Eviction Petitions Under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act, 1958 — “Definition of ‘Landlord’ is Not Confined to Natural Persons; Word ‘Landlord’ is Gender-Neutral and Person-Agnostic”

Court’s Decision The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court held that the benefit of Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — which allows eviction based on…
May 19, 2025
Delhi High Court Holds Import of Second-Hand Hard Drives Not Trademark Infringement: “No Bar on Import of End-of-Life Goods with Full Disclosure Under Section 30 of Trade Marks Act” — Ex Parte Injunction Against Importer Vacated
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Delhi High Court Holds Import of Second-Hand Hard Drives Not Trademark Infringement: “No Bar on Import of End-of-Life Goods with Full Disclosure Under Section 30 of Trade Marks Act” — Ex Parte Injunction Against Importer Vacated

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court vacated the ex parte ad interim injunction previously granted against the defendant in a trademark infringement suit initiated by the plaintiffs, Western Digital Technologies,…
May 19, 2025