Frame Guidelines On Living Organ Or Tissue Donations By Minors: Delhi High Court To Centre

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to frame guidelines for reference of the appropriate authority and the State Governments while considering an application for living organ or tissue donations by minors. Justice Subramonium Prasad ordered that the guidelines under Rule 5(3)(g) of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014, be framed within two...

Delhi High Court Orders Action Against Erring Jail Officers For Illegal Detention Of Man Based On 'Expired Production Warrant'

The Delhi High Court recently ordered action to be taken against erring jail officers of Tihar Jail over illegal detention of a man, despite bail and release order issued in his favour on January 20, based on an “expired production warrant” issued against him last year in an out-station case.A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain directed that the man be...

Waqf Board Case: Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay ED Summons Against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the summons issued against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment.A division bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also refused to issue notice on Khan's pleq challenging the...

'Investigation At Nascent Stage': Delhi High Court Adjourns Pleas Of Ashneer Grover & His Wife Challenging Look-Out Circular

Former BharatPe Managing Director Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the look-out circulars (LOC) issued against them. The LOC was opened pursuant to an FIR registered against them by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police for alleged misappropriation of funds and causing loss of about Rs. 80 crores to...

Delhi High Court Upholds Family Court Order Rejecting Husband's Plea For Paternity Test Of Wife, Child Over Allegations Of Adultery

The Delhi High Court has upheld a family court order which rejected a husband's plea to direct the wife and the child to give their blood samples for conducting a paternity test in order to establish her “adulterous conduct” and the minor being the “pawn.”A division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Amit Bansal dismissed the husband's appeal and said that whether the wife...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award For Transfer Of School's "KashmirHarvard" Domain Name To Harvard College, Imposes 50K Cost

The Delhi High Court has upheld an arbitral award directing transfer of a domain name registered by Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute based in Srinagar to the President and Fellows of Harvard College in the United States of America.Justice Prateek Jalan dismissed with Rs. 50,000 costs the plea moved by the Kashmir based educational institution against the arbitral award passed on March...

Sales Tax Subsidy/Incentive Is Capital Receipt: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the sales tax subsidy or incentive received by the assessee under the Dispersal of Industries Package of Incentives, 1993, was a capital receipt.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that the common thread running through various incentives provided under the scheme was the setting up of a new unit or...

Delhi High Court Refuses Pre-Censorship Of Content Against Rohingya Community On Facebook, Says Treatment Can't Be Worse Than Disease

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an order directing the Union Government to restrain Facebook India from allegedly promoting “hateful and harmful content” against the Rohingya community on the social media platform. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the suggestion that there should be prior censorship of...

High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Stand On Constitution Of Committee To Examine Medical Infrastructure In Govt Hospitals

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Delhi Government on the constitution of a committee of doctors to examine the overall condition and medical infrastructure of the government hospitals here. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked the Delhi Government's counsel to obtain instructions on the appointment of the...

Delhi High Court Restrains Pan Masala Manufacturer From Using 'Raashee' Mark In Trademark Infringement Suit By 'Rajshree'

The Delhi High Court has restrained a manufacturer from using “Raashee” mark in respect of pan masala, mouth freshners and other chewing tobacco products in a trademark infringement suit filed by “Rajshree” Pan Masala.Justice Prathiba M Singh said that the manufacturer will, however, be free to use the two proposed marks, मेरी राशी and My Raashee, so long as they are...

Delhi High Court Orders Commencement Of Operation Of 'Lokshahi Marathi' News Channel

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to permit the proprietors of “Lokshahi Marathi” to commence the operation of the news channel forthwith.Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the proprietors had taken steps to rectify the defects pointed out by the Union Government and thus, are entitled to run the channel. “This Court, while exercising its jurisdiction...

Working Strength In Delhi Judicial Service Shall Be Nearly At Par With Sanctioned Strength By Year End: High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the working strength in the Delhi Judicial Service shall be “nearly at par with the sanctioned strength” by the end of this year. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora disposed of a PIL filed by Advocate RK Kapoor in 2014 seeking advertising of all the vacancies which were existing then in the...