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Trademark tussle between Hindustan Unilever & Emami: Fairer than a fairytale?

Introduction Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a subsidiary of British-Dutch multinational company Unilever PLC and the home-grown Kolkata-based FMCG firm Emami have a history of trademark conflicts and defaming each other in in... Read more »

Shri Ram janmabhoomi: Reconciling truth & secularism

When the ASI’s report revealed that the demolished temple’s pillars were used for the construction of the disputed structure in the 1500s, the new argument that was set up was that of... Read more »

Analysis of the legal aspects of anticipatory bail: Law and reality

INTRODUCTION  In Black’s Law Dictionary, bail has been defined as “a security such as cash or bond especially security required by a court for the release of a prisoner who must appear... Read more »

Draft EIA Notification 2020: It may need a revisit by the executive

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) before the national lockdown has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020 for public consideration and comments. The draft notification is... Read more »

Indian environmentalism: Unconstitutional regression

The polluter must pay but he must be made aware of boundaries that are to be followed. Clarity and transparency are required on both sides. Read more »

Sushant Singh Rajput case: Much ado about nothing

Even assuming that big film camps did not sign the star, or the lady friend used the actor’s credit cards and was his mental anchor and later allegedly abandoned him, none of... Read more »

Are tortious interference suits antithetical to free market competition?

Existence of a contract is an essential concomitant for this tort to have occasioned. The act of wrongfully inducing a person not to enter into a contract does not amount to tortious... Read more »

Dilution of Section 29A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in India: Is it a myth or reality?

Looking at the challenges in the Company Law , the Government of India came up with The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), a robust mechanism for time bound resolution of dispute... Read more »

Custodial deaths: Banality of evil?

Mahatma Gandhi in his journal Harijan once wrote- “The police of my conception will be servants, not masters of the people. The police force will have some kind of arms, but they... Read more »

Madras High Court’s injunction against Patanjali’s Coronil

Coronil, the much marketed and advertised product offered by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali had run into many imbroglios and legal hurdles since it was unveiled and introduced as a medicine to fight the... Read more »