Res Publicae

(The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Rameshwari

Photocopy Services), the Delhi High Court has dismissed the copyright infringement
petition initiated in August 2012 by three publishers (Oxford, Cambridge and Taylor
& Francis) against a photocopy shop located in the premises of Delhi
University. While the publishers made the argument that the creation of course
packs and the photocopying of academic material for the same amounted to an
infringement of the exclusive copyright of the authors and publishers, the
defendants argued that the reproduction of materials for educational purposes fell
within the exceptions to copyright under Section 52(1)(i) of the Copyright Act.
The Government of India issued an ordinance ('Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969') and nationalised the 14 largest commercial banks with effect from
the midnight of 19 July 1969. These banks contained 85 percent of bank deposits in the country. The
stated reason for the nationalisation was to give the government more control of credit delivery. 

The decision to allow up to 49% overseas ownership, including by a foreign airline, in

Air India. This comes just a little more than six months after the Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs gave its nod for a strategic disinvestment of the airline. 

Res Privatae
 Hadiya's choice to marry Shafin Jahan v. Asokan K.N. and Ors.

The apex court was hearing an oral request made by Jahan, the man who married
Hadiya, a homoeopathy student in her mid-twenties. Hadiya had converted from
Hinduism to Islam before marrying Jahan.

The NIA had argued in the Supreme Court that she was indoctrinated, radicalised and
brainwashed. "You can investigate any of the aspects, but you cannot investigate the
marital aspect... you cannot investigate whether she married a good person or a bad
person. That's her choice," Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra observed.

Examples of well known trade secrets include the formula for Coca-cola and Colonel Sanders
recipe for fried chicken.
Supreme Court of India (SCI) in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union of India is a resounding
victory for privacy. The ruling is the outcome of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the
Indian biometric identity scheme Aadhaar. The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the
right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of
the Constitution.

The Supreme Court in its landmark verdict on Tuesday ruled that the practice of

triple talaq is void and illegal.

The five-judge bench set aside triple talaq by a 3-2 majority. Justice Rohinton F.
Nariman and Justice Uday U. Lalit set it aside, terming it unconstitutional and
violative of Article 14, while Justice Kurian Joseph set it aside on the grounds that it
is against the teachings of the Quran, according to the Indian Express. Chief
Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice Abdul Nazeer backed the triple talaq. “Triple talaq
was part of Muslim personal law and hence enjoys the status of fundamental rights,”
Justice Khehar said.

Anti- Immigration Policies: The Trump administration and several House

Republicans have made it clear that poor immigrants are not welcome in the
United States. They blame uneducated, unskilled newcomers for a host of
social and economic problems — such as taking away blue-collar jobs from
Americans and burdening taxpayers. 
Formation of United Nations (UN) , represented by 51 countries, committed to
maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and
promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

Narmada Bachao Andolan: The cause is this, that the local people have not been given the voice
or information and there has been no compensation offered for the land much less
consideration of ownership. There have been no meetings with the locals to discuss the issue of
relocation or anything else. Yes a Dam will be beneficial, but there is no planning and
consultation and no real permits.

India will impress upon China, which had torpedoed its NSG membership bid
at the Seoul plenary, that taking care of each other’s “interests and priorities”
was the basis for forward movement in bilateral ties.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup also dismissed

suggestions that India, which has become a full member of Missile
Technology Control Regime (MTCR) earlier this week, will block China’s
entry into the 35-nation grouping as a quid pro quo.

There were documents pertaining to discussions between

then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and then
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme which proved a quid
pro quo.
Sten Lindstrom, the Swedish police official who led the
investigations, has been reported as saying Rajiv Gandhi
and Palme discussed the details of a financial quid-pro-
quo before the Bofors gun deal. under which Bofors would
pay money to a foundation in Sweden to make it easier for
payments to be made to Indians and others.

London Dairy vs Londonderry

London Dairy sells premium quality ice cream, Londonderry sells inexpensive
confectionery items. Phonetically, they are the same, and you might expect this to
go the way of the Zara case. However, the Bombay High Court didn’t, in April 2016.
This is because everything besides the sound of the brand was different. The order
held there to be no visual or structural similarities between the products, and, for
the want of demonstration of deceit or misrepresentation or differences in color,
trade dress, the goods and their pricing, sided with the defendant (Londonderry).

The Irish government on Monday formally committed to hold a historic referendum on

abortion, confirming that a vote will be held by the end of May.

The referendum on whether to repeal a 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortion will

test how far attitudes have shifted in a country that was once a bastion of Roman
Catholic conservatism.

.Referendum-phrasing of the vote; plebiscite; the vote itself

2.Referendum-held in a democratic environment; plebiscite-usually held in an
undemocratic environment

3.Referendum gives the option of accepting or rejecting any policy, plebiscite is the vote
on a question given to them, implies a change in sovereignty

4.Referendum can be initiated by the citizens (citizen-initiated referendums); plebiscite-

only initiated by the authorities

5.Referendums- a stronger way to get the opinion of the masses across; plebiscite- a
technique used by the govt. to legitimize any policy

Devyani Khobragade incident

On December 11, 2013, Devyani Khobragade, then the Deputy Consul General of the Consulate
General of India in New York City, was charged by U.S. authorities with committing visa fraud and
providing false statements in order to gain entry to the United States for Sangeeta Richard, [1] a
woman of Indian nationality, for employment as a domestic worker for Khobragade in New York.
[2]
 She was additionally charged with failing to pay the domestic worker a minimum wage.
[3]
 Khobragade was arrested the next day by U.S. federal law enforcement authorities, [4] subjected to
a body-cavity search commonly called a "strip search", presented to a judge and released the same
day.

Murder of Naina Sahni

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Naina Sahni Sharma (circa 1966- 2 July 1995) was the victim of Tandoor murder case.[1] On 2 July
1995, she was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, a Congress youth leader and MLA. Naina
herself was a worker in the Congress party. Sushil Sharma was convicted for the murder by the Trial
Court, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court. On 8 October 2013, Sharma was awarded life
imprisonment by the Supreme Court.[2][3]

Tandoor Murder Case[edit]

Sushil Sharma objected to his wife Naina Sahni's friendship with Matloob Karim. Matloob and Naina
were classmates and fellow Congress workers. Sushil suspected Naina of having an extramarital
relationship with Matloob. On the night of 2 July 1995, Sushil came home and saw Naina talking on
the phone and consuming alcohol. Naina on seeing Sushil hung up. Sushil redialed the phone to find
Matloob on the other end. Enraged he fatally shot Naina. He took the body to a restaurant called
Bagiya and tried to dispose it off with the restaurant manager, Keshav Kumar. The body was
chopped into pieces and put in a tandoor (clay oven) to burn.[4] Police arrested Keshav Kumar but
Sharma managed to flee. He surrendered on July 10, 1995. [2] The case also involved the use of DNA
evidence to establish the identity of the victim.
The first postmortem was conducted at LHMC Delhi, the cause of death was opined to be burn
injuries. The second postmortem was ordered by Lieutenant Governor Delhi, which was conducted
by team of three doctors from three different hospitals headed by T D Dogra, they detected two
bullets from head and neck region, opined cause of death due to firearm injuries, with that the
course of investigation changed and the actual story came to light, this case is landmark citation for
fruitful second autopsy.[5] Delhi Police investigated the case and filed a chargesheet on 27 July 1995
in a Sessions Court. On 7 November 2003, Sushil Sharma was sentenced to death and restaurant
manager, Keshav Kumar was given seven years rigorous imprisonment.[2]
Sharma appealed against District Court Judgement in Delhi High Court trial court judgement. On 19
February 2007, the Delhi High Court upheld the lower courts' decision. [2]
On 8 October 2013, a three-judge bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjana Desai
and Ranjan Gogoi, of Supreme Court upheld Sharma's conviction. However, the court commuted his
death sentence to life imprisonment because Sharma doesn't have a criminal antecedent and it is
not a crime against society, but it is a crime committed by the accused due to a strained personal
relationship with his wife.

This article is for those who daily see this in the newspaper and social Media but
understand nothing out of it. 
The most Spotlighted and Famous grapevine of Sheena Bora murder case: accused
Indrani Mukherjee.
Here comes the reality in brief:-
Indrani mukherjee.

*Peter Mukherjee(59) was the head of Star Media India..

(yes, the one with Star Plus, Star Sports, 9xM etc! )

His wife is Indrani Mukerjea(43).

In 2007 she co-founded INX Media with her husband, where she took on the role of
CEO. a celebrity in her own right.

*peter is indrani's 3rd husband and indrani is peter's 2nd wife.

*Peter Mukerjea has two sons from his previous marriage, one of them being Rahul.

*indrani is the biological mother of Sheena Bora and Mikhail Bora, both from her
previous marriage to Siddharta Das. She was later married to Sanjeev Khanna.

*Indrani abandoned her children when they were very small. It was only in 2004 that
they could contact Indrani when they saw her picture and read about her when she
became Peter Mukerjea’s wife.

*she told them she would not be able to introduce them to her friends and
acquaintances as her children. She said she would introduce them as her sister and
brother and she would provide us money for their education if they agree to it.

*Sheena Bora comes to Mumbai to live with the Mukerjeas. After her graduation from St
Xavier's College, Bora joins reliance. Indrani introduces Bora as her sister to Mumbai's
social circles.
*Trouble started in the Mukerjea household when Sheena and Rahul(who were
eventually brother & sister) got romantically involved with each other.(as rahul was not
aware that sheena is indrani's daughter)but Indrani was completely against of it.

*In 2012, Sheena, then 24 years old, disappears. That's when things start becoming
mysterious. A missing report is filed in Mumbai's Khar police station in May 2012. But
Indrani tells her husband as well as her friends that Sheena has moved to the US.

*Fast forward to August 2015. Mumbai police picks up Indrani's driver Shyam Rai in a
case involving an unidentified pistol. During interrogation, Rai spills the beans, he
revealed that he, Indrani and Sanjeev Khanna(indrani's ex-husband) strangled Sheena
in a moving car and later disposed the body after burning it. He is taken by the police to
the murder site in Lonavla where the alleged charred remains of Bora is found.

*Motive of crime is suspected to be this:

"Indrani didn't want Sheena to inherit the property, so she got her killed"

Currently it is suspected that Sheena was already engaged to her step brother (Rahul
Mukherjee).which might be a reason for her murder.

Marie Antoinette’s wedding – “per procurationem” – took place at the Hapsburg

Court Church of St Augustin, within the great Hofburg Palace’s Augustine Wing,
on 19 April 1770, at six o’clock in the evening. Naturally, it was a proxy wedding
as her bridegroom, the Dauphin Louis-Auguste, was awaiting her instead in
France, and so, he was represented by Marie Antoinette’s brother, the Archduke
Ferdinand, at the altar. The royal couple would not meet until Marie Antoinette
arrived at Compiegne, where the marriage, already celebrated by proxy in
Vienna, would enable the two to finally meet for the first time.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Union Budget speech, re-introduced LTCG tax on stocks. Investors will have to
pay 10 per cent tax on profit exceeding Rs 1 lakh made from the sale of shares or equity mutual fund schemes held
for over one year. 

The foreign ministries of China and the Philippines have found a ‘way
to get along’ by banning new construction in the South China Sea as
the two nations seek to enhance bilateral ties.
Modus Vivendi between India and China needed to silent Doklam
issue.
Judiciary can work out a modus Vivendi with the executive for the
appointment of judges.
An Aadhaar number will now be mandatory for ex-gratia payments to Bhopal gas leak victims, the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan, Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Scheme, National Action Plan for Skill Training of
Persons with Disabilities and National Health Mission, for instance.
Grant of dearness relief to cpf(contributory provident fund) beneficiaries in receipt of ex gratia payment.
Bihar Cabinet approves payment of rs 5 lakh as ex gratia to the civilians killed in cross border terror.
Modi govt. for assam flood victims.
Solatium Fund constituted under the Solatium Scheme under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the payment
of compensation to victims of hit and run motor accidents.
Kerala govt. to provide solatium of 10 lakh each to the kin of cyclone Ockhi victims.
The Delhi High Court had declared the appointment of 21 AAP MLAs as Parliamentary secretaries void
ab initio, since the Lieutenant Governor had not given his assent to a Bill exempting Parliamentary
Secretaries from the definition of office of profit.
The principles of natural justice dictate that the accused must be granted a fair hearing. The Election
Commission’s unilateral decision earlier yesterday to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for
occupying offices of profit was taken without there being a single hearing on the issue. "gross violation
of natural justice because the Election Commission (EC) decided the matter in undue haste
and without affording and giving any opportunity of fair hearing to the petitioners".
The findings are, therefore, contrary to the provisions of Article 14 of Constitution of India,
ultra vires, void ab initio and an attack on the basic fabric of democracy.

The actus rea (the action of crime) i.e. saying ‘Talaq, Talaq, Talaq’ will be
enough to send him to jail.
A man got sucked into an MRI machine at a Mumbai hospital and died minutes after he walked
into the room carrying an oxygen cylinder. 
The actor had been accused of killing a man sleeping on a footpath and
injuring four others with his SUV in 2002.

An insurer facing a claim from an insured who had deceived the insurer on a material fact, would
claim that the insurance contract was void ab initio; that it was null and void from the beginning and
that since there was no legally enforceable contract, the insurer ought not to have to pay.