The Curious Case of New Invention

Section 2(1) (j) of the Patents Act, 1970 defines the ‘invention’ as a new product or a process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application. The Act defined the terms ‘inventive step’ and ‘capable of industrial application’ under Section 2(1) (j) (a) and Section 2(1) (c) respectively. However what is ‘new’ was not defined and left to be interpreted using the provisions of Section 13. Interestingly, we also have Section 2(1) (l) which defines “new invention” but the term has not been used anywhere in the Act. The term sounds...

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CASTRATION – A SOLUTION?

Author: Pulkit Gopalkrishan Popli, (2nd Year student of IIT Kharagpur Law School) “Issue writ, direction or order to the Union of India, the respondent No. 1 to consider to impose castration as an additional punishment for child sex abusers and child rapists; Issue writ, direction, or order to the respondent No.2 (Ministry of Women and Child Development) to frame guidelines in regard to the protection of the children from sexual abuse...

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Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill – A Potential Solution For A Potent Problem

Author: Abhishek Chansoria, (2nd Year student of IIT Kharagpur Law School) Amid the chaotic and inefficient Parliament’s monsoon session, some key legislation could not see the light of the day. Shadowed under the highly debated GST Bill or the Land Acquisition Bill was the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in its order in GodavarmanThirumulpad v. Union of India [Writ Petition (C) No. 202...

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Weekly Legal Updates

Here we are... to begin this new session. We start with the updates from last week.  The Supreme Court in a recent judgment has ruled that CCTV cameras should be installed in the prisons within one year and not later than that. The court has also suggested that all lock-ups in the country should have CCTV cameras installed as per the satisfaction of the police commissioner/DGP concerned. This was, however, left to the discretion of...

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Happy B'day: OFF Court

Hi Friends!! On 24th January 2014, four students (Antriksh Mishra, Tanveer Verma, Suraj Badrayan and Myself) of IIT-Kharagpur Law School started this blog with a simple goal to set a platform that can bring out the writing skills of the students of our School. It has been a year since then and we have been extremely excited with the support and encouragements from our friends, seniors, juniors, alumni and faculty members. We have received appreciations,...

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Weekly Legal Updates

We bring you the updates for last week. Hope it updates you with all the news from legal world. Updates: 03th January to 11th January 2015: In a major move the Supreme Court has revised rules regarding its selection of judicial clerks which allows non-NLU students to apply.  The new rules, published on the Supreme Court’s website, specifies that applicants can come from any law college accredited by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The President...

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News Updates

We bring you the updates for last week. Hope it updates you with all the news from legal world. 15 December 2014 The Bombay High Court refused to entertain a Writ filed by an advocate challenging the imposition of service tax on advocates. So the business clients of individual lawyers and law firms will continue to pay service tax as mandated by the Finance Act. 16 December 2014 In the case of Italian Marines who are accused of killing...

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Weekly Legal Updates

We bring you the updates for last week. Hope it updates you with all the news from legal world. 8th December 2014: The division bench of Supreme Court has struck down the legality of provisions in certain circulars which banned hookah smoking and sale of cigarettes in designated smoking areas. With this three High Court (Bombay, Gujarat and Madras) decisions is overturned. The illegality of circulars was found on the basis of it being...

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A Tribute to Justice Krishna Iyer

Author: Anjana Srinivasan, (2nd Year student of IIT Kharagpur Law School) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has been hailed as the “judicial conscience of India” and credited with the responsibility of “humanizing law in India”. He was a ceaseless crusader of human rights and had a passion for compassion. He was a rare combination of a legislator, a minster and a judge. Justice Krishna Iyer was born on November 15, 1915 to a leading criminal...

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