Citation: MANU/EP/0002/2011 Decided On: 02.06.2011 Court: Employees’ Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi Facts The EPF Authority (“Authority“) initiated a proceeding under Section 7A of the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (“Act“) and alleged that the Appellant was not paying the minimum wages to its employees required under the Minimum Wages Act….
Citation: AIR 1999 SC 2459 Decided On: August 04, 1999 Judges: D.P. Wadhwa and M.B. Shah, JJ. Facts: The State Govt. of Karnataka issued a notification dated 19.08.1987 (“Notification“) under Section 27 of the Minimum Wages Act (“Act“) fixing the minimum rates of wages payable to certain categories of employees for “shops and commercial establishments”….
Bright Enterprises Private Ltd. and Ors. v. MJ Bizcraft LLP and Ors. Decided On: 04.01.2017 Division Bench Delhi High Court Appellants/Plaintiffs, Bright Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and M/s. AKM Enterprises filed a civil suit for infringement of trade mark and passing off against the Defendants/Respondents MJ Bizcraft LLP and Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel. Appellants claimed proprietorship of…
Britannia Industries Ltd. v. ITC Ltd. FAO(OS) (Comm) No. 77 of 2016 Division Bench (Delhi High Court) 2017 (70) PTC 66 (Del) Brief Facts: The Respondent, ITC Ltd. filed a civil suit against the Appellant, Britannia Industries Ltd. for passing off and infringement of Copyright of the trade dress of Respondent’s product ‘Sunfeast Farmlite All…
Allied Blenders & Distillers Pvt. Ltd. v. R.K. Distilleries Pvt. Ltd. FAO (OS) No. 251 of 2016 Decided on: 28th February, 2017 Hon’ble High Court of Delhi Brief Facts: Appellant filed a civil suit for infringement of trade mark, passing off and infringement of Copyright claiming to be proprietor of the mark ‘Officer’s Choice’ and…
M/s. Mega Cab s Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.1 (“Ola”) AND Meru Travel Solutions Private Limited v. Uber India Systems Private Limited (“Uber”) Facts: Informants in both cases (Meru, and Mega Cabs, collectively, “Informants”) had filed complaints under Section 19 (1) (a) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act“) against the Opposite Parties…
Tom was out for some time. He had received a lottery prize of a foreign trip to an exotic island. As Tom’s luck never fails to catch up with Tom, Tom forgot to carry the return ticket. The island was exotic but at the same time bereft of any communication with the world apart from…
Movie: The Founder Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, B. J. Novak and Laura Dern Directed by: John Lee Hancock Year of Release: 2016 “In the world of business intellectual capital has to be accompanied with passion and persistence” John Lee Hancock’s ‘The Founder’, is one of those rare…
Movie: Budhia Singh: Born to Run Starring: Manoj Bajpayee and Mayur Patole Directed by: Soumendra Padhi Written By: Soumendra Padhi Year of Release: 2016 “God’s Gift, Unwrapped by a Coach, ruined by a Country” Budhia Singh is probably the only biopic on the life of an individual as young as five years. Budhia Singh rose…
Shoppers Stop Ltd. v. Vinod’s Shoppers Stop CS(OS) No. 458 of 2015 19.09.2016 Delhi High Court The Plaintiff was the proprietor of the mark ‘SHOPPERS STOP’ in all Classes and was using the same since 1991 as a trade mark and as part of trade name . Over the years, the Plaintiff had created…
Kumar Electric Works v. Anuj Electronics 1990 PTC 26 Plaintiff was a partnership firm. Vinod Kumar, Satish Kumar, T.C. Kumar end Raj Kumar were its partners. It was engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of electrical and electronics goods since the year 1979. In 1983 it started using Trade Mark “OLYMPUS” for its…
Pandit Kulfi and Cafe v. Pandit Kulfi 2016 (65) PTC 414 (Rajasthan) Brief Facts: Appellant was proprietor of the mark ‘PANDIT’ for Kulfi, Ice Creams and other milk products. Appellant came to know that the Respondent is also using the mark ‘PANDIT’ for Kulfi. Appellant filed a suit for Permanent injunction against the Respondent along…