Search Results for Tag : GRAP
International Cases
US Court of Appeal holds sequence of yoga poses not copyrightable(08.10.2015)
A Court of Appeal in the United States of America ruled that the sequence used in ‘hot yoga’ classes was a process intended to improve people's health.....
Tags : Copyright, yoga, hot, choreographic
A statement of claim must state the material facts to support the claim for relief, but not the evidence by which those facts are to be proved(06.01.2020)
In present case, on 20 December 2019, the application filed by the Defendant, Cutmere Pty Ltd, to strike out part of the statement of claim. The appli.....
Tags : Pleadings, Paragraphs, Striking off
Notifications & Circulars
Pharmacopoeias and Formularies containing monographs and formulations of AYUSH drugs are being published by the Government: Shri Shripad Naik(25.07.2017)
The Government has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH. Prime mandate of the Pharmaco.....
Tags : Pharmacopoeias, Formularies, Monographs, Publication
CIPAM-DIPP launches social media campaign to promote Geographical Indications(04.09.2017)
The Cell for IPR Promotions & Management (CIPAM) under the aegis of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Ind.....
Tags : Geographical Indications, Campaign, Promotion
Statute
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016(04.05.2016)
India’s Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016 may .....
Tags : geospatial, cartography, online map, jammu and kashmir, arunachal pradesh
Stage II of GRAP invoked to avoid further deterioration of air quality in Delhi NCR(16.02.2023)
The Sub-Committee for operationalization of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas (.....
Tags : GRAP, Deterioration, Air quality
Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms(14.09.2015)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry released a report assessing implementation of business reforms by the States. It delves into the different areas.....
Tags : Business, state, implement, graphs, ease of doing
Geographical Indications tagging of Handicraft and Handloom products(20.07.2017)
Government has started Geographical Indications (GI) tagging of handicraft and handlooms for the benefit of weavers and artisans. A total of 149 craft.....
Tags : Geographical Indications, Handicrafts, Tagging
Judgments
Government to receive suggestions on protecting children from pornography(26.02.2016)
The Supreme Court directed the Union of India to receive comments on ways and means to curb the viewing of pornography in public places and further st.....
Tags : Pornography, public place, school, sex education
Applicability of requirement of certificate being procedural can be relaxed by Court wherever interest of justice so justifies(30.01.2018)
In instant Special Leave Petition (SLP), question which arose in the course of consideration of the matter was whether videography of the scene of cri.....
Tags : Crime scene, Videography, Investigation, Evidence
Getting acquainted with yet more happy faces in government ads(18.03.2016)
The Supreme Court nullified to a great extent its order from 2015 against the publishing of photographs of higher-ups in the three pillars of governme.....
Tags : Government, advertising, photographs, ministers
APEDA’s basmati victory turns out hollow(05.02.2016)
Madras High Court directed the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority to not take action against Basmati rice farmers i.....
Tags : Ipr, geographical indications, basmati
Sri Aurobindo Ashram trustees granted reprieve(05.01.2016)
The Supreme Court des[s]erted the Respondents in their quest to chastise Sri Aurobindo Ashram and its administrators for not condemning a book purport.....
Tags : Aurobindo ashram, trustees, maladministration, biography
News
Delhi HC Seeks District Judge Response over Plea to Quash Ads for English Stenos(06.10.2016)
Delhi HC has sought a reply from District and Sessions Judge on a plea seeking quashing of an advertisement for appointment of 326 English stenographe.....
Tags : Delhi HC, District Judge, English Stenographers
Delhi HC: Notes of Judges’ Stenos Don’t Come under RTI(10.10.2016)
Delhi HC has ruled that notes dictated by a judge to a stenographer during hearing of a case would not be considered as a record held by a public auth.....
Tags : Delhi HC, RTI, stenographer
Kathua Gangrape: Supreme Court Orders Shifting of Accused from Kathua to Gurdaspur Jail(10.07.2018)
Supreme Court has ordered shifting of seven accused in sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case of a minor girl from the Kathua district jail in Ja.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Kathua Gangrape
SC Issues Notice to UP Govt. over Bulandshahr Gangrape(29.08.2016)
SC, while taking note of a plea of father of Bulandshahr gangrape victim that the probe and trial in the case be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh, has iss.....
Tags : SC, Bulandshahr gangrape
Madras High Court Orders Autopsy of HIV-Infected Teenager to be Videographed(02.01.2019)
Madras High Court has ordered videography of the autopsy of a 19-year-old man, who committed suicide last week after he unknowingly donated HIV-infect.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Autopsy of HIV-Infected Teenager to be Videographed
Finalize SOP for Handling Complaints Involving Child Pornography: SC to Centre(23.10.2018)
Supreme Court has directed the Centre to finalize the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for handling complaints involving child pornography by Novemb.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Child Pornography
Bombay HC Rejects Plea to Prohibit Newspapers From Publishing Pictures of Gods & Goddesses(03.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has dismissed an Advocate's Public Interest Litigation seeking information for a policy restricting publication of photographs of go.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Public Interest Litigation, photographs, newspapers, garbage bin
SC Lifts Stay on Investigation in Bulandshahr Gangrape Case(09.09.2016)
SC has lifted the stay on its investigation in the sensational Bulandshahr gangrape case, thus modifying its earlier order.
Tags : SC , Bulandshahr gangrape case
Ayanavaram Minor Girl Gangrape Case: Madras High Court Dismisses Plea for CBI Probe(01.11.2018)
Madras Hhigh Court has dismissed a plea moved by 14 accused in the Ayanavaram child gang rape case, seeking a CBI probe into the allegations.
Tags : Madras High Court, Ayanavaram Minor Girl Gangrape Case
Calcutta HC Orders Mandatory Videography of Recovery Procedure Under NDPS Act(24.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed that in all cases involving recovery of narcotic substances, seizing officers shall make a video recording of the ent.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Videography, Recovery Procedure, NDPS
Allahabad HC Bars Officials from Giving Public Statements on Hathras Gangrape and Murder Case(14.10.2020)
Allahabad High Court has barred officials who are not directly connected with the investigation in the Hathras gangrape and murder case from giving an.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Hathras Gangrape and Murder Case
UGC Directs Universities to Include Aadhaar, Photographs in Degrees, Certificates(23.03.2017)
University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all Universities and Educational Institutions to introduce identification mechanisms like student’s ph.....
Tags : University Grants Commission, Degrees, Certificates, Aadhaar, Photographs
SC Calls for Status Report from Union, Internet Intermediaries on Steps Against Child Pornography(20.09.2022)
Supreme Court has directed Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to furnish status report of Government and internet intermediaries to the Cour.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Child Pornography, Intermediaries
SC Refuses to Entertain PIL Seeking to Examine Link Between Pornography & Sexual Crimes(13.09.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking to formulate a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) by the police to examine the impact of vie.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Pornographic Material, Sexual Offence
Supreme Court Accepts Azam Khan's Unconditional Apology over Bulandshahr Gangrape Remarks(15.12.2016)
Supreme Court has accepted an "unconditional sincere remorse" by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan for his controversial remarks that Bulandshahr gangr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Azam Khan, Bulandshahr gangrape
Delhi High Court Rejects Dec 16 Gangrape Convict Plea to Get True DNA Report(05.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by two of the four death row convicts in the December 16, 2012, gangrape-cum-murder case of a 23-year-old girl t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, DNA Report, Gangrape
Kerala HC: Voters Should be Able to See Name, Photograph and Symbol of Candidates with Clarity(05.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has emphasized upon the importance of being able to see the name, photograph, and symbol with clarity, stating that it is important .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Clarity of Name, Photograph and Symbol of Candidates
SC to Expert Committee: Examine to What Extent Recommendations Have Been Adopted by Government(30.11.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the expert committee constituted to tackle the problem of the dissemination of child pornography and sexual assault videos,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Expert Committee, Child Pornography
Geographical Indication Rights Applicable Only to Goods and Not Services: Calcutta HC(08.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has held Rights of Geographical Indication (GI) can be enforced only in respect of goods and not services while dismissing an infr.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Geographical Indication
Calcutta HC: Larger Bench to Decide Upon Power to Settle Dispute Between Consumer, Tele Company(18.05.2017)
Calcutta High Court has directed the formation of a larger Bench to decide whether a dispute between a consumer and a private basic or cellular teleph.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Indian Telegraph Act
J&K HC Issues Instructions for Proper Sequencing of Paragraphs in Replies/ Objections/ Rejoinders(27.10.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has appealed to all the Advocates/ Litigants to properly number the paragraphs in all the filings, for convenience of bot.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Proper Sequencing of Paragraphs
SC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Raj Kundra in Pornography Case(13.12.2022)
Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Raj Kundra and other co-accused in the several FIR's arising out of the porn videos case registered by .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Anticipatory Bail, Raj Kundra, Pornography
SC Dismisses Bilkis Bano's Review Petition Against Judgment Allowing Remission of Convicts'(19.12.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed review petition filed by Bilkis Bano seeking review of judgment which held that Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bilkis Bano, Gangrape, Remission
Delhi HC: Use of Photographs from Social Media on Pornographic Website, Offence u/s 67 IT Act(22.04.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that photographs taken from Facebook and Instagram accounts uploaded on pornographic website without the consent of such per.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Use of Photographs from Social Media on Pornographic Website
Madras HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Youth from Arrest for Sharing Child Pornographic Content(18.06.2021)
Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a youth who apprehended arrest for sharing child pornographic content, observing that the menace of.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Child Pornographic Content
SC: Paragraph 3A of Foreign Tribunal Order Attracted Where Proceedee Fails to Appear(25.03.2021)
Supreme Court has stated that Paragraph 3A of the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964, in so far as it contemplates a period of 30 days to apply to the .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Paragraph 3A of Foreign Tribunal Order
Delhi HC: Why Ban When Documentary Already Available Online(10.02.2016)
Delhi High Court has asked, “What purpose would a ban on a documentary already available online serve” and wondered while hearing PILs that wanted pro.....
Tags : Delhi HC, gangrape of 2012
Telangana High Court Sets Aside Allocation List of Junior Stenographers by Andhra Pradesh Government(20.09.2019)
Telangana High Court while making it clear that roster points cannot be the basis for fixation of seniority has set aside the tentative allocation lis.....
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SC to Courts’ & HCs’: Number Paragraphs in Orders and Judgments(17.04.2023)
Supreme Court while observing reasoning in SBI v. Ajay Kumar Sood, (MANU/SC/1040/2022) that paragraph numbers in judgments are useful for ease of refe.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Paragraph Number, Judgments
Geographical Indication Tags Issued for Four New Products from Three States(19.08.2019)
Government has allotted Geographical Indication (GI) tags to four new products from the States of Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Kerala. The Government regis.....
Tags : Geographical Indication Tags
SC Grants Interim Stay on Execution of 7 Death Row Convicts in Rohtak Gangrape and Murder Case(05.07.2019)
Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the execution of seven death row convicts, who gangraped and killed a mentally challenged woman in Rohtak.
Tags : SC. Rohtak Gangrape Case
SC Directs Centre to Block Porn Sites Showing Child Pornography(29.02.2016)
Supreme Court has directed the Centre to make a plan to block websites showing child pornography and sought its response to a plea to ban viewing of p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, child pornography
Murthal Gangrapes: P&H High Court Appoints Anupam Gupta as Amicus Curiae(29.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has appointed advocate Anupam Gupta as amicus curiae in the case of the alleged gangrapes in Murthal near Sonepat, durin.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Murthal Gangrapes
Madras HC Reprimands Practice of Displaying Photographs of CM on School Bags(10.09.2021)
Madras High Court has reprimanded the practice of displaying photographs of Chief Ministers or other public functionaries on school bags, textbooks an.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Practice of Displaying Photographs of CM on School Bags
Bombay HC Suspends Recruitment For 9000 Stenographers, Junior Clerks and Peons(11.04.2018)
Bombay High Court has stayed the process for recruitment of around 9,000 stenographers, junior clerks and peons, in furtherance of an order noting tha.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Stenographers, Junior Clerks, Peons
Allahabad High Court: Don't Cremate Body of Unnao Gangrape Victim's Father(12.04.2018)
Allahabad High Court has ordered that the body of the Unnao gangrape victim's father should not be cremated, if already not done so.
Tags : Allahabad High Court; Unnao Gangrape
Supreme Court Reserves Its Verdict on Review Plea Filed by Death Row Convict 2012 Delhi Gangrape Case(13.12.2017)
Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea by death row convict Mukesh Singh seeking review of the top court judgment upholding his death senten.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Gangrape
SC Gives 2 Weeks Time to Centre to Suggest Ways to Ban Child Pornography(29.03.2016)
Supreme Court has given two weeks time to Government to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all its forms and took on record the Centre's earlier.....
Tags : Supreme Court , Child Pornography
SC Closes Pending Cases Against 'Adipurush' Movie(10.10.2023)
Supreme Court has closed the proceedings pending before different high Courts related to ’Adipursh’ movie and observed that that all the proceedings a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Adipurush, Cinematograph Act
Del. HC: Policy Mandating License to Work as Photographers in ASI Protected Monuments is Reasonable(12.10.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that the policy for Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Photographers to obtain licence by following the due selection proc.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Archaeological Survey of India, License, Photographer
Del. HC: Obtaining of Voice Samples of Accused Must be in Compliance with Telegraph Act(08.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while referring to Supreme Court’s judgment in Ritesh Sinha v. State of Uttar Pradesh (MANU/SC/1023/2019; 2019/INSC/855), has held th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Telegraph Act, Voice Samples
Bombay HC Sets Aside Order Restraining Vijaypat Singhania's Autobiography(11.11.2021)
Bombay High Court has set aside an interim order restraining sale of, An Incomplete Life, the autobiography of former chairman emeritus of the Raymond.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Vijaypat Singhania's Autobiography
MP HC: Narco Test Can’t be Conducted Without Recording of Consent Before Magistrate(07.11.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that all three tests i.e. Narco, Polygraph and Brain Mapping test cannot be conducted of the person who has not giv.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Narco Test, Polygraph, Consent
Madras HC: Watching Child Pornography Does Not Attract Offence Under POCSO or IT Act(15.01.2024)
Mad. HC held that merely watching child pornography doesn’t attract offences under POCSO and IT Act. To constitute offence under POCSO Act, child must.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Child Pornography, POCSO, IT Act
Punjab & Haryana HC: Why Not Let CBI Probe All Jat Agitation Cases(23.09.2016)
Punjab & Haryana HC has asked Haryana Government why all the FIRs, except the one registered into the alleged Murthal gangrape case, should not be han.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana HC, Haryana Government, Murthal gangrape case
Supreme Court Slaps Rs.1-Lakh Fine On Google, Others for Not Replying to Notice on Child Pornography(22.05.2018)
Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh each on Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc., Microsoft and Whats App for .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Child Pornography
Delhi HC Questions NGO Over Alleged Denial to Meet Shahdara Gangrape Case Victim(15.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has told an NGO United Sikhs, who alleged that it was denied meeting the victim and family of the recent Shahdara gangrape case, as t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Shahdara Gangrape Case Victim
Kerala High Court Admits Plea Challenging Photograph of PM on Vaccine Certificate(24.11.2021)
Kerala High Court has admitted the plea challenging the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being affixed on the vaccination certificates issue.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Photograph of PM on Vaccine Certificate
Punjab and Haryana HC Slams Haryana Govt. Over Delay in Collecting Facts in Murthal Gangrape Case(05.07.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has slammed Haryana Government for seeking more time to collect more facts in the Murthal gangrape case.
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, Murthal Gangrape Case
Supreme Court Rejects Plea of Mukesh Singh Stating All Remedies Utilized(17.03.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, se.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mukesh Singh, Nirbhaya Gangrape Case
P&H HC Asks DGP as to Why Court Should Not Direct Interrogation of Accused Under Videography(20.12.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Director-General of Police (DGPs) of Punjab and Haryana State as to why the court should, not in appropria.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Interrogation of Accused Under Videography
Kerala HC Dismisses Writ Seeking to Remove Photograph of PM from COVID Certificates(22.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a directive to remove the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from paid COVID-19 vaccin.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Photograph of PM from COVID Certificates