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Cipla gets patent for Nexium, Fosamax modified versions

   01 July 2008 at 13:42

Domestic pharma major Cipla has received product patents for new forms of two blockbuster drugs—Osemaprazole and Alendronate—from the Indian authorities. While the company’s patent on Osemaprazole is a modified form of Astrazeneca’s blockbuster drug ..



Collective Brands to pay rival $30M settlement

   01 July 2008 at 13:42

Collective Brands Inc., which operates the Payless ShoeSource and Stride-Rite shoe store chains, said Friday it has agreed to pay footwear rival K-Swiss $30 million to settle litigation claiming trademark infringement.In a securities filing, Topeka-b ..

Posted in Students |   435 Views


E-FILING by Supreme Court of India

   01 July 2008 at 13:42

E-FILING by Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India has introduced E-FILING. Now you can file a case in the Supreme Court through the internet and also avail of the following services: Filing of cases by any Advocate-on-Record or Petitione ..

Posted in Others |   388 Views


Datacom-HFCL legal battle may spoil party before it starts

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

Videocon-promoted telecom venture Datacoms roll-out plans envisaging an investment of up to Rs 15,000 crore may get upset with its minority shareholder HFCL preparing to fight a legal battle for alleged violation of shareholders agreement between the ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   285 Views


Law of Evidence not special for fiscal laws

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

This is an old subject but recently some fresh observations have been made by the Supreme Court in the case of Mauri Yeast India Pvt. Ltd vs State of UP. The issue involved in this case under the UP Trade Tax Act, 1948, was about the classification o ..

Posted in Civil Law |   392 Views


HC sends Kanoria Jute back to BIFR

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

Revival of Kanoria Jute Mill has got a glimmer of hope as Calcutta High Court today asked Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), which has earlier rejected a revival package, to reconsider the matter.Justice Jayanta Biswas sent bac ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   404 Views


Tax on composite income of tea cos

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

The Supreme Court has stated that when a tea company has composite income from agriculture and manufacture, both the Income Tax Act and the agricultural tax law of the state would apply. The court was dealing with the tax assessment of a public ltd t ..

Posted in Taxation |   342 Views


Gays parade for equal rights

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

It was a first of its kind in India, a gay parade in three Indian cities - Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata, an attempt by a community to finally be heard. The gay community marched for equal legal rights to repeal section 377 of the Constitution, which ..

Posted in Others |   289 Views


Centre moves SC in rice export ban case

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

The Centre has moved the Supreme Court challenging the petition filed by several rice exporters in various High Courts against its ban imposed on the export of rice in the light of steep rise in inflation in the country.The government has prayed to t ..

Posted in Civil Law |   584 Views


Tea Board to protect Darjeeling IPR

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

After securing geographical indication (GI) for Darjeeling tea in Europe, the Tea Board is now gearing up to protect the intellectual property right (IPR) of the famed beverage.Tea Board Chairman Basudeb Banerjee said at the annual general meeting of ..