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Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10 To November 16, 2025
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Unproven Immoral Acts Of Parent Not Relevant When Deciding Child's Custody: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that adjudication in child custody matters cannot turn on “unproven imputations of moral conduct” by one parent on another. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that in custody disputes, welfare of the minor child is the controlling and overriding consideration, transcending the legal...
FIR Lodged 20 Months After Separation Only To Revenge Husband's Divorce Plea: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Wife's Cruelty FIR
The Rajasthan High Court has quashed a "retaliatory" cruelty FIR lodged against a man, underscoring that the case was instituted by the wife 20 months after living separately, only to revenge the divorce proceedings instituted by him.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma further took into account that her response to the divorce plea, which was filed before the Court after lodging Section 498A...
Courtesy Of Passover/ Adjournment To Counsel Should Not Be Miscounstrued As Their Right: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has cautioned the lawyers that the “courtesy” of passover or adjournment granted to them during proceedings should not be construed as a “right”.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed, “...it appears that the learned counsel for petitioner/plaintiff is under mistaken impression that pass overs are matter of right of the counsel. That is not so. Adjournments and pass...
Dead Person's Fingerprint Can't Be Used To Identify Her From Aadhar Database: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the Bengaluru Police, seeking to identify a deceased woman by matching her fingerprints with the Aadhar data maintained by Unique Identification Authority of India.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed that a live fingerprint is required for the purpose of authentication and as such, "a dead person's fingerprint cannot be directed...
Maharashtra Police Academy Falls Within Purview Of 'Industry' U/S 2(j) Industrial Disputes Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that the Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) is an “industry” within the meaning of Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and upheld the direction of the Industrial Court granting reinstatement with continuity of service to the respondent, who had worked as a Computer Operator on daily wages. The Court observed that the functions performed by the...
Landlord's Rights Under Rent Control Act Can't Be Waived By Contract With Tenant: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the rights conferred upon a landlord under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 cannot be waived off by entering into a private contract/ agreement with the tenant.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed,“It is settled law that a contract barring a legal remedy is void under section 28 read with section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, regardless...
Delhi High Court Restrains Websites Enabling Illegal Downloads Of Saregama India's Copyrighted Music
The Delhi High Court has recently restrained several online sites that facilitate “stream-ripping” (illegal downloading) of music, barring them from downloading, reproducing, or distributing copyrighted songs and recordings owned by Saregama India Limited. The injunction will remain in effect until February 27, 2026.The order was passed by Justice Tejas Karia on November 10, 2025, in a...
Suspension Of Proceedings By Arbitrator For Non-Payment Of Revised Fees Amounts To Effective Withdrawal From Office: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that an arbitrator who suspended the proceedings indefinitely on the ground of non-payment of revised fees and thereafter failed to conduct hearings must be deemed to have withdrawn from office under section 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act). The court further held that the arbitrator's mandate had also expired by efflux of...
High Court Seeks Delhi Riots Probe Status From Police; Lists Pleas Seeking SIT Investigation, FIRs Against Politicians On November 21
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to inform it about the status of investigation in the FIRs registered in relation to the violence during the 2020 North East Delhi riots.A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain listed for hearing on November 21 a bunch of pleas seeking independent SIT investigation into the riots and registration of...
Accused's Right To Fair Trial Trumps Privacy Rights Of Police: Rajasthan High Court Orders Cop's Mobile Location Data Be Preserved In Drugs Case
After a man booked under the NDPS Act alleged that the police officer was present at the site of recovery beforehand and had planted the drugs purportedly recovered from his possession, the Rajasthan High Court ordered preservation of officer's mobile tower location data under Section 94 BNSS.In doing so, Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed,"No doubt, while passing the appropriate direction...
'Govt Moving With Corrupt Persons': Kerala High Court Remarks As State Again Declines Sanction For CBI To Prosecute Ex-Officials Of Cashew Corp
Third time after the Kerala government refused sanction for CBI to prosecute allegedly corrupt ex-officials of the State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC), the High Court orally slammed the government for "protecting" corrupt persons.“Government is moving with the corrupt persons…I am inclined to write this in another judgment. This is very very contemptuous attitude. Why the...