Delhi High Court Seeks RBI's Response On Plea For Action Against NBFCs Violating Guidelines On Digital Lending

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition seeking coercive action against Regulated Entities (REs), Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Lending Service Providers (LSPs) operating digital lending applications found to be in breach of Reserve Bank of India's Guidelines on Digital Lending.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Strict Enforcement Of E-Rickshaw Regulations Following Child's Death

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking strict enforcement of laws and regulations governing e-rickshaws in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia sought response of the Delhi Government, its Transport Department, Delhi Traffic Police and Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The...

Delhi High Court Dismisses 'Luxury Litigation' Over Debt Assignment, Reaffirms NCLT Power To Probe Fraud

The Delhi High Court has dismissed what it described as “luxury litigation” challenging a debt assignment, saying issues of fraud or the existence of debt must be decided by the insolvency tribunal, not a civil court. A single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav rejected the suit at the threshold, holding that it was a “mala fide attempt” built on “clever drafting”...

Are You Waiting For Another Mishap? Delhi High Court Pulls Railways For Failing To Respond To PIL Over Last Year's NDLS Stampede

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the railway authorities for failing to respond to a PIL filed over the stampede that occurred at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15 last year.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tejas Karia questioned the railways' counsel as to why the affidavit was not filed even after almost a year....

Delhi High Court Orders Congress, AAP & Others To Take Down Defamatory Posts Linking BJP's Dushyant Gautam To Ankita Bhandari Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 7) directed Congress party, Aam Aadmi Party and various others to take down allegedly defamatory publications from social media linking BJP's National General Secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Dushyant Kumar Gautam to the Ankita Bhandari murder case. It further restrained various defendants from posting or circulating any content which names or...

No Presumption Of Wife's Earning Capacity At Interim Maintenance Stage: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be presumed to be earning or being capable of maintaining herself while considering grant of interim maintenance to her by the husband. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that a mere bald assertion by the husband that the wife is working and earning, without any proof to even prima facie support the said claim, cannot be of any help to him at...

Use Of Condom, Time Gap Can Explain DNA Mismatch In Rape Cases: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that absence of DNA matching in a rape case is not fatal to the prosecution when surrounding circumstances, including use of condom by the accused and delay in medical examination, reasonably explain such absence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna thus dismissed the criminal appeal preferred by a man convicted for repeatedly raping a minor.The...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part III [Citations 901 - 1350]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1350Civil Courts Not Prohibited From Granting Anti-Arbitration Injunction In Foreign-Seated Arbitration If Proceedings Are Vexatious: Delhi HCCase Title: ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) LIMITED Versus MSA GLOBAL LLC (OMAN)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has held that Civil...

Presentation Of Security Cheque On Loan Default Not Criminal Breach Of Trust: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that presentation of a security cheque by a bank upon default of loan repayment does not constitute the offence of criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC.Allowing the petitions filed by China Trust Commercial Bank (CTBC) and its officials, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna quashed the criminal proceedings initiated by a borrower's former...

MCOCA Can Be Invoked Against Syndicate Members Even Without Prior FIRs: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be invoked against an accused alleged to be a member of an organised crime syndicate even if there are no prior FIRs or charge-sheets against such accused in her individual capacity.Justice Sanjeev Narula observed,“the statutory requirement of “more than one charge-sheet” in...

Married Woman Undergoing Abortion Due To Marital Discord Not An Offence If Done As Per MTP Act: Delhi High Court

Reaffirming reproductive autonomy of women, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that marital discord impacting mental health of a woman is a valid ground to seek abortion under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. “The right of exercise of reproductive choice, though is restricted by Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, it also recognizes and protects her right to...

Accused Under NDPS Act Can't Be Declared Proclaimed Offender; Only 'Proclaimed Person' U/S 82 CrPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cannot be declared a “Proclaimed Offender” under Section 82 CrPC.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna reasoned that a person can be declared as a Proclaimed Offender only in respect of the offences specifically provided under Section 82(4) CrPC. For all other offences, the person...