Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Appoints Arbitrator To Adjudicate Disputes Between Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Developer Over Personality Rights Violation
The Delhi High Court has appointed an arbitrator to adjudicate disputes between Cricketer Yuvraj Singh and a developer over alleged violation of his privacy rights while promoting a real estate project and failure to adhere to the timeline for delivery of possession of an apartment in the project in the national capital.Justice C Hari Shankar appointed Advocate Mukesh Gupta, former Vice...
UPSC Undertakes Before Delhi High Court To Provide To Puja Khedkar Copy Of Order Cancelling Her IAS Candidature In 2 Days
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it will communicate to former probationer IAS officer Puja Khedkar within two days the official order cancelling her candidature.Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with Khedkar's plea challenging cancellation of her candidature. She impugned the press release issued by the UPSC, contending that the...
Delhi High Court Restrains Chinese Warehouse Automation Company From Making, Selling Machine Which Allegedly Violated Indian Company's Patent
The Delhi High Court granted an ex-parte interim injunction against a Chinese warehouse automation company from manufacturing, selling, importing or exporting pre-sortation machines in India that are patented by an Indian company.A single bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna was considering the application of Falcon Autotech Private Limited, an Indian company, under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read...
Section 80-IA(7) Requirement Deems Fulfilled When Audit Report Filed At Any Time Before Framing Of Assessment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the assessee to be eligible and entitled to exemptions under Section 11(1) and 11(2) of the Income Tax Act and the alleged ground of non-filing of audit report along with return of income, which was at the best procedural omission, could never be an impediment in law in claiming the exemption.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja...
'Shocking State Of Affairs': Delhi High Court Raps MCD For Unbarricaded, Dirty Drain In Plea Over Mother-Son Deaths In Gazipur
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over an unbarricaded and uncleaned drain in the national capital where a mother and her three year old son recently fell and died due to water-logging amid heavy rains.Calling it a shocking state of affairs, the court said that the senior officials of the civic body were not performing their supervisory functions....
Delhi High Court Asks Registrar General To Decide Plea For Increasing E-Filing Size Limit
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed its Registrar General to decide a representation seeking increase in the e-filing size of documents to be filed before the Delhi High Court as well as district courts in the national capital. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the Registrar General to decide the representation after...
Can Hearing Of Appeal Be Deferred Until Convict Is In 'Fit State Of Mind' To Give Instructions To Lawyer? Delhi High Court To Consider
The Delhi High Court is set to consider a question as to whether hearing of an appeal against conviction can be deferred until the convict is in the fit state of mind to give instructions to his or her counsel. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma was dealing with a plea moved by a convict challenging his conviction in 2002 in a murder case. He...
Compensation Awarded By CIC Has To Directly Correlate With Personal Detriment Experienced By Complainant: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the compensation awarded by Central Information Commission (CIC) under the Right to Information Act, 2005, has to directly correlate with the personal detriment experienced by the complainant. “Thus, while the CIC possesses the authority to award compensation to information seeker, it is imperative that such compensation directly correlates with the...
Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: July 2024 [Citations 734 - 862]
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 862NOMINAL INDEXLAKSHMI MURDESHWAR PURI v. SAKET GOKHALE 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 K Kavitha v. CBI, ED 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 735 Bibhav Kumar v. State 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 736 RAKESH YADAV & ORS. v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 737 X Corp v. Rajat Sharma 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 738 CAPTAIN DEEPAK KUMAR v. ELECTION COMMISSION...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Reservation Of Seats For Women Lawyers In DHCBA
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of seats for women lawyers in top executive positions in Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA).A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) and DHCBA. The court listed the matter for hearing on August 12 along with another...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 29 To August 04, 2024
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 852 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 876NOMINAL INDEXLoreal India vs. Rajesh Kumar Taneja Trading 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 852 Resident Doctors Association, AIIMS (Rishikesh) & Ors. v. Ram Kishan Yadav alias Swami Ramdev & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 853 Krishan Kumar & Anr Vs Shakuntla Agency Pvt Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 854 Sharad Bhansali & Anr. Vs Mukesh...
CJI DY Chandrachud Launches e-DHCR Portal, Calls It 'Powerful Platform' For Digital Publication Of Judgments Of Public Importance
Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, on Monday launched the e-DHCR portal, a user friendly official platform for reporting the judgments of Delhi High Court. CJI Chandrachud said that the initiative marks a “profound shift” in ensuring the democratized dissemination of legal knowledge, making landmark judgments and legal precedents available online to anyone with an...