The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a contractual Staff Nurse is entitled to maternity leave salary despite her employment status. The court ordered the release of her pending salary during her leave, emphasizing the importance of women’s dignity and the rights of newborns. This ruling reinforces the legal rights of working mothers.
The Trade Marks Registry has withdrawn its approval for registering the trademark ‘CHUTIYARAM’ under Class 30 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The decision came on Tuesday, just a day after the mark was published in the Trademark Journal and two weeks after it was initially accepted. In an official order published on Tuesday, the Trade Marks Registry admitted that the acceptance of the application was a mistake and that the mark violated legal provisions under Sections 9 and 11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
