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Bombay HC Directs Patanjali To Deposit Rs 50 Lakh For Alleged Breach Of 2023 Interim Order

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Bombay HC Directs Patanjali To Deposit ₹50 Lakh For Alleged Breach Of 2023 Interim Order

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed Patanjali Ayurved Ltd to deposit a sum of Rs 50 lakh for alleged breach of a 2023 interim order by which it was restrained from selling its camphor products, while hearing an alleged infringement of trademark case filed by Mangalam Organics Ltd.

The court noted that Patanjali had filed an affidavit on July 8 admitting to breaching the injunction order even in June this year. In August 2023 the HC had passed an interim 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 Riyaz Chagla said in the order of July 8. The judge said it would be appropriate to direct Patanjali to deposit a sum of Rs 50 lakh prior to passing of order for contempt/breach of the injunction order.

Mangalam Organics had filed a suit against Patanjali claiming passing off and copyright infringement of their camphor products. The HC, on August 30, 2023, passed an inter order restraining Patanjali from selling the camphor products. Mangalam filed an application claiming that Patanjali was in breach of the earlier order as it still sold the camphor products.

Patanjali filed an affidavit dated June 2 issuing an unconditional apology and an undertaking to abide by the orders of the Court. However, the affidavit filed by director of Patanjali Ayurveda Rajneesh Mishra admitted to breaching the August order stating that the camphor products worth Rs 49,57,861 were sold after the injunction order. It added that, however, products worth Rs 25,94,505 are still lying at its wholesalers / distributors and authorised stores and the same have been ceased at that respective location.

The court noted that Patanjali has itself admitted that it has been supplying camphor products post the injunction order. Justice Chagla said that there was an admission of breach on the part of the defendant [Patanjali], “for which the Defendants would necessarily have to purge the contempt of the injunction order”.

The court noted that Patanjali had sold camphor after the order and as recently as July 8. Further, its website still listed the camphor product for sale. Hence, before passing an order in contempt of the injunction order, the HC directed the company to deposit Rs 50 lakh with the court within one week. The HC has kept the matter on July 19 for further hearing.

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New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement accused’s properties attached

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Mumbai: Mumbai Economic Branch (EOW) has also started property seizure proceedings in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees from New India Cooperative Bank. EOW said that after identifying the properties obtained from the embezzled amount, it has been attached and seized. 5 accused have been arrested in this case and 21 immovable properties of these accused have been found, which have been allowed to be confiscated.

This is the first action under 107 BNSS in Mumbai city in which the property of the accused has been seized. Mumbai AOW said that the amount recovered from the seized properties will also be estimated. After the bank scam in Mumbai, EOW has taken major action and details of other properties of the accused are also being investigated.

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Mumbai Five members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested, Mumbai Crime Branch gives a shock to Bishnoi gang

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Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have arrested five shooters of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a major operation. 5 revolvers and 21 live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of these shooters. Mumbai Police is also interrogating these shooters. Police arrested the attackers before they could execute the incident and averted the incident. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested these five from Andheri area. They had come here with the intention of carrying out a major vandalism incident, but the police foiled the incident before that.

The arrested accused include Vikas Thakur, Samit Dilawar, Devendra Rupesh Saxena, Shreya Suresh Yadav, Vivek Gupta. Vikas Thakur is a resident of Versova Andheri, Samit Mukesh Kumar Dilawar is a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, Devendra Rupesh Saxena is a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Shreya Suresh Yadav is a resident of Jagdishpur, Bihar and Vivek Kumar Gupta is a resident of Rampur, Rajasthan.

Weapons have been recovered from their possession and the Crime Branch has registered a case against them under Section 3 and 25 of the BNS, Section 55 and 61 (2) and Maharashtra Police Act. The Crime Branch is investigating where the accused brought the weapons from.

After the shooting of Salman Khan, Lawrence Bishnoi gang is trying to become active in Mumbai, but due to the strict action of Mumbai Crime Branch, the back of the gang has been broken and now the Crime Branch has given a big blow to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and arrested five of its members. The Crime Branch is further investigating the matter.

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It is unconstitutional to deprive SP MLA Raees Sheikh of his right to handle religious affairs under Article 26 of the Constitution

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Mumbai: Maharashtra MLA Raees Sheikh has opposed the introduction of the Wakf Bill in the Lok Sabha. Raees Sheikh has strongly criticized the BJP for creating a false narrative and called the bill a misconception and unconstitutional bill which is harmful for the poor of the society.

Shaikh further said that Article 26 of the Constitution guarantees freedom to run religious institutions. It is unconstitutional to take away the right of a person to run his institution under Article 26 of the Constitution. MLA Shaikh said that this move is against the constitutional guarantee of dealing with religious matters.

Shaikh said that the BJP government is showing the UPA government that it is doing politics of appeasement of a particular community, while the BJP-led government is not doing so. This is an attempt to spread a lie that allows the community to seize any land under Waqf or claim it to be Waqf. The Waqf Board is not a private organisation of the Muslim community but a statutory body established under the Waqf Act. In the process of declaring a property as Waqf, a government surveyor conducts a survey and officially declares the property as Waqf. Sheikh remarked that it is completely wrong to present the idea that Muslims can arbitrarily declare any property as Waqf.

Shaikh further said that he strongly opposes the false image being created by the government and the government has not considered the suggestions given by Muslims or the opposition. All Waqf governing boards and trusts have been given the option to exit the Waqf framework. This has weakened the system. “This is an unimaginable and unimaginable bill that only harms the poor of the society,” Sheikh said.

He further said that some provisions, such as the condition that the person making the donation should have been a Muslim for five years, are strange. Earlier encroachment on wakf property was a non-bailable offence, but now it has been made a criminal offence

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