The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Delhi High Court judgment directing the premature release of Md Rashid Khan, a life convict in the Bowbazar blast case, which claimed 69 lives and damaged several residential buildings during a powerful explosion
The Calcutta High Court on Friday disposed of a petition challenging a communication issued by the West Bengal government urging its officers and employees to participate in the International Yoga Day celebrations after the State informed the Court that attendance
In another articulation of the clear intent and purpose behind the copyright amendments that were brought in 2012, to economically enable intended beneficiaries of the copyright regime, i.e. the authors of the underlying works, the Division Bench of the Calcutta
Calcutta High Court rules Vodafone Idea cannot use songs as caller tunes without copyright society licence
The Calcutta High Court held that Vodafone Idea cannot commercially exploit copyrighted songs as caller tunes without obtaining licences from the relevant copyright society.
By Sujit Bhar
A recent decision of the Calcutta High Court has once again brought into sharp focus the tension between statutory interpretation and equitable justice. The Court, while deciding an appeal concerning the disbursal of pensionary benefits, held that
Can trademark law be used to reclaim what design law has deliberately released into the public domain? Khushi Krishania writes on the Calcutta High Court’s recent Division Bench decision in the Harpic v. Spic dispute, explaining how it revisits this
The Calcutta High Court’s decision in NEC Corporation marks a significant step forward for GUI design protection in India. However, beyond the celebration surrounding this development, Sachin Sharma points out that a more uncomfortable question remains—why did it take judicial
