Delhi High Court Rejects Pleas Seeking Issuance Of Guidelines To Cap Airfares For Private Airlines

The Delhi High Court has dismissed public interest litigations (PILs) seeking the issuance of guidelines for putting a cap on airfares in order to prevent private airlines from charging arbitrary, irrational and exorbitant airfares for flights.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora rejected the pleas filed by Advocate Amit Sahni and one Bejon...

Delhi High Court Rejects PIL To Mandate Medical Professionals To Specify Risks Associated With Drugs

The Delhi High Court has rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to mandate all medical professionals practicing in the country to specify to a patient, along with the prescription, all kinds of possible risks and side effects associated with a drug or a pharmaceutical product being prescribed.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS...

Delhi High Court Orders SpiceJet To Handover Leased Aircrafts With Engines To TWC Aviation

The Delhi High Court has recently ordered SpiceJet to handover two Boeing Aircrafts with engines to TWC Aviation over unpaid dues. Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that the aircrafts frames and aircraft engines being used separately by SpiceJet would cause considerable reduction in their value for TWC Aviation and that the dues were not forthcoming from the airline.“Under such...

Delhi High Court Orders ₹30 Lakh Compensation To Kin Of Three Deceased Manual Scavengers

The Delhi High Court has orders compensation of Rs. 30 lakh each to the kin of three manual scavengers who died while cleaning a drain in 2017. Justice Sachin Datta directed the city authorities to pay the amount to the families within eight weeks. The court was dealing with a plea moved by the kin of the deceased sanitation workers who were engaged by a sub-contractor of the Delhi Jal Board....

Delhi High Court Dismisses Relaxo's Plea Against HRX's Use Of 'X' Mark In Trademark For Footwear

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by leading footwear manufacturer Relaxo, which sought to prevent HRX from using the 'X' mark in its trademark for selling footwear.Justice Anish Dayal, presiding over the case, denied the interim injunction application filed by Relaxo. He rejected Relaxo's claim that the 'X' used by HRX appeared deceptively similar to the 'X' used by Relaxo's Sparx...

Delhi High Court Restrains Entities From Infringing Personality Rights Of Bollywood Actor Jackie Shroff

The Delhi High Court has recently restrained various entities from infringing the personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff. Justice Sanjeev Narula passed an interim injunction order in favour of the actor in his suit seeking protection of his personality rights. The court restrained two entities from infringing personality or publicity rights of Shroff by utilizing...

'Special Circumstances': Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Grant Citizenship U/S 5(4) To 17-Yr-Old Born In India To OCI Card Holders

The Delhi High Court recently ordered the Central government to confer citizenship upon a 17-year-old girl who was born and raised in India to parents holding Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) status but were citizens of the United States at the time of her birth.Justice Prathiba M Singh presiding over the case, observed, “The Petitioner's position is unique. The case of the Petitioner is...

Liquor Policy: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On BRS Leader K Kavitha's Plea Seeking Release In CBI Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by BRS leader K Kavitha seeking her release and challenging the entire proceedings leading to her arrest in the corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) related to the alleged liquor policy scam.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also issued notice on Kavitha's plea seeking bail in the CBI case. Kavitha...

Delhi High Court Initiates Suo Moto Criminal Contempt Case Against Lawyer Who Made Personal Remarks On Judges

The Delhi High Court yesterday initiated suo moto criminal contempt case against a lawyer who made personal remarks on judges and posted contemptuous comments in the chat box while appearing through virtual mode during proceedings.“Petitioner appears to have taken a wrong end of law, aggrieved against adverse orders passed by the Judicial Officers of the District Courts as well as this...

Unexplained Expenditure Addition Merely Based On CBIC Instruction Not Sustainable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has deleted the addition for unexplained expenditure, which was based on the instruction issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).“Merely proceeding on the basis that CBIC is an apex body and therefore, information provided by it cannot be doubted, without even identifying or meaningfully analyzing such information, is wholly insufficient to...

[Arbitration Act] Enforcement Of Foreign Awards Should Not Be Declined On Composition Of Tribunal If Not Raised Before Tribunal Or Seat Court: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Prateek Jalan held that enforcement of foreign awards should not be declined on grounds relating to the composition of the tribunal, which could have been raised before the Tribunal and before the seat Court, but were not so raised. It held that the judgment debtor did not object, even at the stage of appointment, on this ground. The bench...

ECI Informs Delhi High Court About Norms On Recording And Preservation Of CCTV Footage, Videography During Polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Delhi High Court that the constitutional body has ensured free and transparent elections by adopting numerous safeguards and security measures for the usage of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the electoral process. The ECI has made the submission while opposing a plea moved by lawyer Mehmood Pracha, who contested the ongoing Lok...