The Week That Was: The Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court witnessed a number of important matters this week, from trademark and patent infringement to PILs on water logging. Here are some of the highlights of the past week..Monday, August 29. Unresponsiveness of the emergency helpline number ‘100’.The Court on its own motion took cognizance of the matter on the basis of a letter written by Justice Vipin Sanghi on his personal experience of calling the emergency helpline number ‘100’..Chief Justice G Rohini questioned the government counsel what measures were being taken to resolve the issue of abandoned calls and was informed that there was a feedback system in place which returned any calls that had been dropped..Private Schools on DDA land facing legal trouble.A PIL on private schools, built on DDA land, denying admission to children in the neighbourhood as was required under the terms of land allotment. The petitioner, Justice for All, sought adjournment in the matter on Monday. The bench clubbed the mater with another petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA against Cambridge School on similar grounds..Tuesday, August 30.Ericsson v. Lava – The patent battle continues.Smartphone giant Ericsson has filed a patent infringement suit against competitor Lava in a suit involving Standard Essential Patents (SEP). Justice Muralidhar heard final arguments in the matter throughout the week from Senior Advocates Gopal Subramanium and Pratibha Singh. The original deadline for wrapping up the final arguments was set as September 16. However, Justice Muralidhar listed the matter for October as “part-heard”..Wednesday, August 31.ITC v. Britannia in passing off suit .ITC has accused Britannia of copying their colour combination of yellow and blue on their Nutri Choice packaging. Senior Advocate Sudhir Chandra arguing for Britannia questioned the basis on which ITC counsel Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar had claimed infringement during the preliminary arguments. The arguments are to continue the next week..Plastic ban in Delhi.The First Court was scheduled to hear a PIL in relation to a 4-year old notification banning plastic bags in Delhi. The government counsel argued that the petition was not maintainable in the Delhi High Court and should be transferred to the NGT. The bench however adjourned the matter to September 14..Thursday, September 1.PIL against the water logging in Delhi roads .Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Ashutosh Kumar heard a petition against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi against the problems of heavy water logging, and its effect on the city’s traffic. The bench directed the Delhi government to hold a meeting of a high level advisory committee for management of plastic waste and file a report within three weeks..Friday, September 2.Challenging the challans issued against Ola and Uber.The Association of Radio Taxis approached the court of Justice Manmohan, aggrieved by three challans issued against them by the Transport Department. Earlier, the High Court had directed the government to submit a report regarding the regulation of app-based cab companies like Ola and Uber..It was argued by the petitioner that the issue of the jurisdiction of the state government to regulate the vehicles was sub judice and therefore the challans issued for not having a proper digital meter were arbitrary. Justice Manmohan issued notice in the matter and listed it for September 6.

The Week That Was: The Delhi High Court

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