A Delhi court on Monday framed charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and several others in the alleged Lara Projects money
MSO Entertainment duty dispute: Delhi High Court disposes of pleas, extends Bombay High Court order for 3 months to seek remedies
The Delhi High Court has disposed of two long-pending petitions concerning the levy of entertainment duty on multi-service operators (MSOs), while extending for three months the interim protection earlier granted by the Bombay High Court to enable the petitioners to
Supreme Court takes strong exception to alleged intimidation of 14-year-old girl linked to Jantar Mantar protests
The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to allegations that vigilantes were intimidating and harassing a 14-year-old girl who had participated in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India
Delhi High Court mandates biometric Aadhaar verification for GST registration across India
The Delhi High Court has directed authorities across the country to make biometric-based Aadhaar authentication mandatory before granting any registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, in a bid to curb fraudulent registrations obtained using stolen or frozen
[Part III] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
Continuing the discussion on an almost unending spate of personality rights filings (first part and second part), in the third part of the post, Aakanksha turns to fandom, fan merchandise, and fan participation in celebrification – and to some
[Part II] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
In the first part of this three-part post, Aakanksha discussed the standard, overbroad prayers in almost every personality rights suit, and the August 2026 orders that have begun to dismantle them. In this second part, she examines the reasons for
[Part I] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality Rights “Salad Platter”
The Delhi High Court has been seeing what can be termed an almost unending spate of personality rights filings, but there’s now a fork in the road that recent orders over the past month are recognising. In this three-part post,
Well-Known Marks: To Declare or Not to Declare?
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Ordinarily, trademark protection is strongest in relation to the identical or similar goods or services for which a mark is registered. Some marks, however, acquire such a strong reputation that the law protects them even against use
SpicyIP Tidbit- Paper Trail in IPRS v Hotel Appolo: Missing Caveat and the IPRS License
SpicyIP Weekly Review (31 August- 6 September)
Kicking off September with an exciting week featuring posts on the latest guidelines by the Patent Office on the use of AI in patent examination, copyright strikes, the Calcutta High Court order in IPRS v. Hotel Appolo, the Copyright Office’s