The Indian Lawyer

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The Delhi High Court, in the case of ADS Spirits Pvt. Ltd. v. The Registrar of Trade Marks, C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 8/2026 on 21.07.2026 has allowed a statutory Appeal filed under Section 91 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, against an Order dated 30.10.2015 of the Registrar of Trade Marks rejecting Trade Mark Application No. 5514779 for the mark OFFER in Class...

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A Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court in the case of Saida Khatoon & Ors. v. Smt. Vandana Dadel & Ors., Cont. Case (Civil) No. 571 of 2025 on 18.06.2026, comprising Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, has disposed of a contempt petition filed for alleged non-compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court ...

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The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India examined a dispute regarding the appropriate metric for calculating stamp duty on a mining lease agreement, specifically addressing whether the determinant should be the fixed “dead rent” or the variable “anticipated royalty”. In the case of M/S Birla Corporation Limited v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors., 202...

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The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India recently delivered a crucial judgment addressing the precise methodology Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) must follow while conducting a preliminary assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act). In the case of X v. State of Bihar (2026 INSC 728), deci...

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In Rutvij Bhagat Singh Wakhare v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. (decided on 24 July 2026), the Supreme Court of India, speaking through Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that although Article 32 (Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part) of Constitution remains an important constit...