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Bombay High Court has directed Patanjali Ayurved to deposit Rs 50 lakh for alleged breach of the HC's interim order restraining it from selling its camphor products, in relation to a trademark infringement case filed by another company. Following trademark infringement allegations by Mangalam Organics Ltd, the HC in an interim order in August 2023 restrained Patanjali Ayurved Ltd from selling its camphor products. A single bench of Justice R I Chagla on July 8 noted that Patanjali, in an affidavit submitted in June, admitted breach of the earlier order granting injunction against sale of the impugned camphor products. «Such persistent breach of the injunction order dated 30th August 2023 by defendant no. 1 (Patanjali) cannot be tolerated by this court,» Justice Chagla said in the order, a copy of which was made available on Wednesday.

BJP and its government at the Centre are playing with the life of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who has lost 8.5 kg and whose blood sugar level dropped below 50 mg/dL five times while in jail, AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh claimed on Saturday. There was no immediate reaction from the BJP on his claims. «His health condition is such that if he is not brought out of jail soon and provided medical care, any serious incident may happen with him,» Singh said at a press conference. He said Kejriwal's weight was 70 kg when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Now, his weight has reduced to 61.5 kg, he claimed.

Delhi High Court has rejected a petition against the Competition Commission of India's last year’s order that approved the merger of Tata SIA Airlines, which operates under the brand name Vistara, with Air India. Tata SIA Airlines is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. While one Captain Deepak Kumar, a former Air India pilot, had alleged cartelisation and bid rigging in the merger of the two airlines, the antitrust watchdog had in December dismissed his plea, noting the absence of any substantive evidence to back the allegations.

Agartala: Raju Barman, the primary accused in the murder of Tripura's Bharat Ratna Sangha Club Secretary Durga Prasanna Deb (also known as Vicky), was remanded to eight days of police custody on Friday. According to officials, Barman was caught from Assam's Guwahati and brought back to Tripura on Thursday. On Friday, he was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in West Tripura, who ordered his police custody until July 20. Special Public Prosecutor Sankar Lodh provided details of the case, saying, «Raju Barman was arrested from Guwahati two days ago. He was produced before the local magistrate for a transit remand, which was granted with the condition that he be brought before the Tripura court by July 12. Following this, he was presented before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of West Tripura, where the court granted an eight-day police custody. The police had requested 10-day custody, while the defence sought bail.»

Also read: Ministry of I&B tweaks self-declaration rules for advertisers This is evident from a 12-month survey conducted by McAfee, in which 75% of Indians responded that they encountered some form of deepfake content, with 38% saying they had fallen victim to deepfake scams and 18% directly affected by such fraudulent schemes. Alarmingly, among those targeted, 57% mistook celebrity deepfakes for genuine content.

Netflix series 'Supacell' season 2 release date and third season updates have been provided by creator Rapman. First season of British thriller was released on Netflix in June. 'Supacell' has shown a group of black people in South London with a rare disease. Rapman in an interview with UNILAD revealed that there is a planning for three seasons. Rapman said it will depend on Netflix whether there will be multiple seasons for the 'Supacell' or not. Supacell cast includes Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Tosin Cole, and Eddie Marsan.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users

A Delaware judge is considering a massive and unprecedented fee request by lawyers who successfully argued that a massive and unprecedented pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk should be voided

Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the central government, claiming that the BJP-RSS administration has promoted an "education mafia" by taking control of the entire education system. Kharge also reiterated the demand for a re-examination of the NEET-UG. On 'X', Kharge wrote, «The Modi Government has told the honorable Supreme Court that no paper has been leaked in NEET-UG! This blatant lie is being told to lakhs of youth. Their future is being ruined. The Ministry of Education has said that 'irregularities/cheating have taken place only in a few places.' This is misleading. The BJP-RSS has promoted the education mafia by taking control of the entire education system.»

Gaurav Gupta is at the forefront of the fight against counterfeit luxury products in India, with nine cases filed in the Delhi High Court against various counterfeiters. Gupta — who has featured in the Paris Couture Week three times and whose designs have been worn by fashion powerhouses like Beyonce (for her Renaissance tour), Cardi B (Grammys 2023) and Mindy Kaling (Met Gala 2024) — has claimed damages of ₹2 crore from each of the counterfeiters and aims to get restraining orders against all nine. Most of these cases involve parties operating in Delhi, with one case in Mumbai and Punjab each.

Starz has unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of “The Serpent Queen,” starring Samantha Morton. This historical drama series will return with eight episodes on July 12.

bankruptcy court has directed the chief executive of listed infrastructure company Sadbhav Engineering to resolve the issue of payment to its creditors in consultation with its board. The Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal also directed IDBI Bank to convene a meeting of all the consortium lenders to resolve the debt restructuring issue of the company. The development is expected to set a precedent regarding the tribunal's power to direct the consortium lenders to convene a meeting to see if the issue can be resolved.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged on Saturday that her husband was a victim of a «deep political conspiracy» and urged the people to rally behind him or else no educated and honest person would like to join politics. In her first video message after the Lok Sabha results, she alleged that Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in the excise policy case based on a «false» statement by a witness and repeated the allegations levelled by the Aam Aadmi Party leaders against Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MSR), who was recently elected to Lok Sabha on a TDP ticket, and his son Raghava Magunta, an accused-turned-approver. She said Kejriwal was a normal, educated, patriotic and staunchly honest man, and no educated and honest person in the country will enter politics if Delhi people do not support him. The ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal based on the statement of TDP MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MSR). The Telugu Desam Party is a constituent of the ruling NDA, she said.

In their book, The Court on Trial, Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William Hubbard have taken a data-driven approach to assessing the performance of the Indian Supreme Court. Using data-sets created from over a million Supreme Court cases, they try to find answers to whether our apex court is in fact a “people’s court"; whether certain individuals (senior counsels with high name recognition) have inordinate influence on outcomes; whether the Chief Justice (as Master of the Roster) has outsize influence through the ability to strategically assign cases to benches of his or her choice; and whether the promise of post-retirement postings could influence judicial decisions towards the end of a judge’s term.

BUCHAREST, Romania: A court in Romania's capital ruled Friday that social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but must remain within the European Union as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal's decision to allow Tate, 37, to leave the country was hailed by his spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, as a «significant victory and a major step forward» in the case. It is not clear whether prosecutors can or will appeal the court's decision. Tate, a former professional kickboxer and dual British U.S. citizen, was initially arrested in December 2022 near Bucharest along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. Romanian prosecutors formally indicted all four in June last year and all four have denied the allegations.

Barbora Krejcikova won comfortably against Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko in the Wimbledon 2024 quarterfinal game of the women's singles, even after trailing in the initial part of the set. Ostapenko, apparently lost her calm and focus at the same time while leading the second set, when she suddenly asked one of her coaches to leave the box, and a small argument ensued following which the play resumed. However, in the end, Ostapenko lost in straight sets.

Arvind Kejriwal in the CBI case related to the Delhi Excise policy till July 25. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal in a money laundering case lodged by the ED in the alleged excise policy scam. The top court said it is up to Kejriwal to decide if he should continue as chief minister.

Hunter Biden in important meetings has also raised eyebrows. He has also been interacting with the staff at the White House. This has been noticed ever since Joe Biden returned to the White House from Camp David along with his family. There is a sense of panic among the Democrats who are worried about the president’s re-election campaign. Amidst calls for his replacement, his family including Hunter Biden is repeatedly supporting him.

A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that some college athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws

A court ruling could permit the construction of a new reservoir to feed the water-starved Panama Canal, but building it might take six years

charges of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist group as well as participation in the activities of a terrorist group.She appeared in court in Vancouver on Saturday morning and was scheduled to return on Aug. 2.The resident of Squamish, B.C.