| Latha Jishnu: Method mania | 12-NOV-09 |
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| No other patent application has drawn the kind of interest worldwide as the Bilski case has. And no other patent suit has drawn into the debate, various industry interests, academia, the legal fraternity and the open source community. Filed 12 years, the Bilski case has put under the scanner the flood of business method patents issued in the US in the past decade, and as the case found its way to the Supreme Court, websites and the blogsphere has become cluttered with a plethora of opinions on the merits of the patentability business methods or processes. An indication of the high interest in the Bilski outcome was the long line of people wanting to attend the public hearing — it turned out to be a brief 30-minute session ultimately — in the Supreme Court last Monday. |
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| M J Antony: Quick-fix solution | 04-NOV-09 |
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| Two judgments of the Supreme Court delivered in recent weeks are significant as they highlight the problem of long delays in cases involving intellectual property rights and the quick-fix solution suggested by the court. It is well known that disputes over trademarks, patents and designs drag on for years. After the initial bout over interim injunctions, the parties sulk indefinitely, as the main relief has been granted by the interim order itself. |
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| SC seeks 'suitable arrangement' in Ambani dispute | 28-OCT-09 |
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| Resuming arguments on the fourth day of the gas dispute case between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL), the Supreme Court once again enquired about the possibility of both the Ambani brothers going in for arbitration. |
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| Ambani brothers' gas dispute set for Supreme Court date | 19-OCT-09 |
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| Two of the top corporate houses --headed by estranged industrialist brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani --are set for a showdown in the Supreme Court, which will commence hearing on their gas supply dispute tomorrow. |
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| Ambanis' gas dispute set for Supreme Court date | 18-OCT-09 |
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| Two of the top corporate houses — headed by estranged industrialist brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani — are set for a showdown in the Supreme Court, which will on Tuesday commence hearing on their gas supply dispute. |
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| Judges' assets: Supreme Court says CJI beyond RTI ambit | 06-OCT-09 |
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| The Supreme Court today told the Delhi High Court that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) does not come within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and challenged its order directing the apex court to reveal information on judges assets. |
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| Judges, judge thyselves | 23-SEP-09 |
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| Whatever the Collegium of Supreme Court judges decides on the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran case, it is unlikely that it will be the end of the matter. If it decides against his elevation to the Supreme Court, it will be accepting the validity of the allegations against him and this will throw up the obvious question as to how he became the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court in the first place and what, if any, is the mechanism to check corruption in the higher judiciary. If however the Collegium dismisses the allegations as untrue, it will have to face wrath of a bar association that includes some of the most respected lawyers in the country, who are convinced the allegations have a basis in fact. This is not the first time the judiciary has been put in the dock. |
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| Supreme Court judges to disclose their assets | 27-AUG-09 |
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| Under mounting public pressure, the judges of the Supreme Court today decided to make public their assets, an issue that had been haunting higher judiciary for quite some time. |
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| NTPC may move Supreme Court on RIL gas row this week | 17-AUG-09 |
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| State-run power producer NTPC is expected to move the Supreme Court this week to get Reliance Industries to execute a contract for gas supply, even as the Mukesh Ambani-run firm is challenging an identical prayer of Anil Ambani group firm RNRL. |
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| Sadanand Menon: Kicking in for the daughter-in-law | 07-AUG-09 |
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| It is a leg break worthy of a Subash Gupte or a Shane Warne. The Supreme Court has given legal humour (not to speak of injustice) a fresh leg to stand on by pronouncing that kicking a daughter-in-law is not tantamount to ‘cruelty’. |
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| M J Antony: Insecure creditors | 29-JUL-09 |
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| Law-makers have been racking their brains in recent years to reduce the hurdles in debt recovery. Their last attempt was the enactment of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002 (SARFAESI Act). The main object of the law was to enable a secured creditor to enforce his right in the case of non-performing assets without the intervention of the court or tribunal. |
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| Supreme Court clears decks for PwC prosecution | 13-JUL-09 |
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| A Bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia has given a free hand to the government to decide whether it wanted to go ahead with the criminal prosecution of the firm even after it paid the penalty and was not seeking refund. |
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| UPDATE: SC dismisses Ambani-promoted SEZ plea | 05-JUN-09 |
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| The fate of the Mumbai SEZ Ltd, promoted by industrialist Mukesh Ambani, hangs in balance with the Supreme Court today dismissing its appeal for a stay on the land acquisition proceedings. |
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