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FAQs on Real Estate Sector released
09 May 2019
09th May 2019 Ministry of Finance has on 7-5-2019 issued FAQs in respect of recent amendments made for the real estate sector which have come into force from 1st of April 2019. FAQs released under F. No. 354/32/2019-TRU, dated 7-5-2
Trademark registration confers rights on whole and not on individual parts
07 May 2019
07th May 2019 The Delhi High Court has reiterated that registration of trademark under Section 17(1) of the Trademarks Act confers exclusive rights to use trademark as a whole and not a right of registration to individual parts. The Court in t
Trademarks – No suit for passing off maintainable if plaintiff’s use not honest
01 May 2019
01st May 2019 The Delhi High Court has held that plaintiff which is a sister concern of and hired by Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (EPL), cannot claim latter’s trademark and reputation on liquidation of EPL. Holding that such use with the k
Patents – Exemption under Section 107A available to exports for clinical studies
29 April 2019
29th April A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has held that sale, use, construction of patented products by persons who do not hold patents or licenses from patentees, in terms of Section 107A of the Patents Act is correct provided it is reasonably rel
Certain provisions of Competition Act held unconstitutional – Court directs CCI to formulate regulations
15 April 2019
15th April Delhi High Court has declared Section 22(3) of the Competition Act (except proviso), relating to meetings of the Commission, as unconstitutional and void. Section 53E, in respect of COMPAT, as it stood before the amendment by the Finance Act, 2017
DGAD findings can only be interfered with if there is procedural illegality
08 April 2019
8th April Delhi High Court has refused to interfere, under Article 226 of the Constitution, with DGAD final findings recommending non-imposition of Anti-dumping duty on AA Dry Cell Batteries imported into India from China and Vietnam. The Designated Authorit
RBI circular triggering IBC on debtors in general, declared ultra vires
05 April 2019
5th April Supreme Court has declared the RBI Circular dated 12-02-2018, by which the RBI promulgated a revised framework for resolution of stressed assets, ultra vires Section 35AA of the Banking Regulation Act. It declared all actions proceed
NCCD exemption available to units exempted from Excise duty
29 March 2019
29th March Supreme Court of India has held that manufacturing units in special categories states which were exempt from Central Excise duty would also be exempt from National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD), since NCCD is of the nature of an excise duty.&nbs
Patents - Cross examination to be allowed in highly technical cases
27 March 2019
20th March The Delhi High Court has held that where there is a post-grant opposition based on an expert opinion to invalidate a patent under Section 25(2) of the Patents Act, the petitioner (who had acquired the patentee firm) can be allowed to cross-examine
Appeal proceedings against defunct company not infructuous
27 March 2019
27th March The departmental appeal before the jurisdictional High Court was dismissed by terming it ‘infructuous’, on the sole ground that since the assessee company’s name had been struck-off from the Register of the Company u/s. 560(5) of