The Ministry of Electronics and ITvide notification dated April 6, 2023, issued the amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The amendment includes provisions for a fact checking unit to verify false information about the government and provisions for allowing and regulating online games played for money. The amendment also provides for due diligence and grievance redressal mechanism for intermediaries.

The notification is accessible here.

A writ petition was filed before the Delhi High Court against the public notices dated February 6, 2023 and March 27, 2023, issued by the Office of CGPDTM regarding the abandonment of certain trademark applications. During the hearing, the CGPDTM undertook to withdraw the aforesaid public notices and revert all such applications to their original status within a period of 10 days from the date of the Court order viz., by April 23, 2023.

Source: http://164.100.60.183/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=116145&yr=2023

The High Court of Madras has notified the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 (Rules) vide official gazette dated April 5, 2023 pursuant to the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 which abolished the Intellectual Property Appellate Board. The Intellectual Property Committee constituted by the High Court of Madras formulated the Rules. The Intellectual Property Division of High Court of Madras is the second specialised forum for Intellectual Property disputes and appeals.

Source: https://images.assettype.com/barandbench/2023-04/12eb073e-3f1a-4637-b31c-bfcaa6413d99/Madras_HC_IP_DivisionRules.pdf

The Office of CGPDTM issued two public notices dated March 27, 2023 in the Trade Mark Journal No. 2097 in furtherance of the notices issued on February 6, 2023 regarding the abandonment of certain applications. The latest notices contain lists of applications which have now been formally deemed as abandoned for failure of filing a Counter Statement (to the Opposition) or Reply to the Examination Report within prescribed statutory deadlines. The aggrieved Applicants, whose marks have been erroneously mentioned in the list, are invited to bring notice of the error to the Grievance Cell of Trade Marks Registry within a period of 45 days from the date of this notice.

Sources: https://search.ipindia.gov.in/IPOJournal/Journal/ViewJournal; https://search.ipindia.gov.in/IPOJournal/Journal/ViewJournal

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in the case of Bar Council of India v. Bonnie FOI Law College & Ors.[Civil Appeal No. 969 of 2023, vide judgement dated February 10, 2023, allowed for final year law students to appear in the All-India Bar Examination upon providing proof of their eligibility. The result, however, would be subjected to passing of all the college examinations by the student and other criteria to be set by the Bar Council of India.

Source: https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/all-india-bar-exam-aibe-supreme-court-bci-enrolment-fee-221260