Corporate Laws Newsletter: Notification of certain provisions of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020-Jan-2021

The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 received assent from the President on September 28, 2020 and the proposed amendments mainly consist of provisions for decriminalisation of offences under the Companies Act, 2013. Certain provisions of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 have come into force with e...
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Article on Taxman Website – E-voting and Virtual Meetings- Are Nationalised Banks excluded?

Introduction Year 2020, most unexpectedly, the world faced an unprecedented crisis with the outbreak of Covid-19. Covid-19, being declared as pandemic bythe World Health Organization, was followed by severe lockdown, social distancing, restrictions on travel and disruption of business activitiesall ...
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HR Newsletter: Insights on Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana-Dec-2020

The Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (the “Scheme”) is introduced to incentivise the employment opportunities during the COVID recovery phase. The Scheme will benefit (i) the new employee joining the EPFO registered establishments on monthly wages less than Rs. 15000/- after October 1, 2020 and ...
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IPR Newsletter: Delhivery Private Limited and Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited-Nov 2020

In May 2020, one of the Delhivery Private Limited`s (“Plaintiff”) employee noticed the use of the impugned mark DELIVER-E on the boxed E-rickshaws at Chhatarpur and Dwarka (areas in New Delhi). The Plaintiff claimed using the trademark ‘DELHIVERY’ since the year 2011 for its logistics and tr...
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LegaLogic Legasee – IPR News Letter: Anil Rathi v. Shri Sharma Steeltech – Rejection of Plea for usage of Surname in the course of Trade-October-2020

Whether bona fide use of someone’s surname as part of a trademark can be considered as a trademark infringement? The exception was recently dealt with by the High Court of Delhi in Mr. Anil Rathi (“Plaintiff”) vs Shri Sharma Steeltech (India) Pvt. Ltd (“Defendant”) CS (COMM) 654/2019. The ...
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LegaLogic Legasee-IPR Newsletter: “Patanjali can’t use Coronil trademark”- Arudra Engineers Pvt. Ltd vs Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.-Sep-2020

Trademark infringement is an unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark which is likely to cause confusion, deception or misunderstanding about the source of the goods and/or services. Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) had launched a product named ‘Coronil Tablet’ holding out that it ...
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Legasee – Corporate Laws Newsletter: Extension for holding Annual General Meetings–Sep 2020

In an attempt to provide relaxation to the various stakeholders in view of the COVID-19 outbreak and to promote ease of doing business, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has granted an extension of 3 (three) months to companies for holding their annual general meetings (AGM) for the financial ...
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Employment Law Newsletter: Certain Nuances of Provident Fund Regulations-Sep 2020

In the past year or so, we have seen important amendments to the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (“EPF Act”) and the various schemes formulated under it. These amendments brought about significant changes impacting employee-employer. 1. Interpretation of t...
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