Delhi High Court
Newslaundry Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Centre's Directive For Removal Of Content Against Adani Companies
Digital news platform Newslaundry has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a direction issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) asking digital news publishers to take down multiple reports and videos concerning the Adani Group of Companies.The matter was listed before the Bench of Justice Sachin Datta today; however, it was not taken up and has now been adjourned...
Delhi High Court Rejects MCD's Challenge Against Master Plan For Aerocity, Declares It Part Of Airport
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that Aerocity, a business and hospitality hub developed around the Delhi airport, is a part of the airport site and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi cannot assert its rights on the area.The finding was rendered after MCD contended that the Airport Site does not include Aerocity and therefore the municipal body is within its right to include Aerocity in...
Six Governments Since 1990 Engaged Me For Kashmir Conflict Resolution : Yasin Malik Tells Delhi High Court
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, sentenced to life by a NIA Court back in 2022 for terror funding and conspiring to wage war against India, has told the Delhi High Court that he had "working relationship" with six consecutive governments since 1990, headed by then Prime Ministers VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar, PV Narsimha Rao, HG Devagauda, Inder Kumar Gujral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and...
Any Legal Heir Or Representative Of Deceased Can Maintain Consumer Complaint On Their Behalf: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that any “legal heir” and “representative” of a deceased consumer can maintain a consumer complaint on his/her behalf.Justice Manoj Jain observed that the Consumer Protection Act 1986 does not make any distinction between a class-I or class-II legal heir defined under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.The bench thus dismissed objections to a deceased...
"Nothing More Grave": Delhi High Court Cancels Bail Of Father Booked For Repeatedly Raping Minor Daughter
The Delhi High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a man accused of repeatedly raping his minor daughter for years, forcing her to watch porn and terrorising her by abusing her mother in her presence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed,“There cannot be anything more grave than a child being abused by her own father, who gave her birth and holds the pious duty and responsibility...
Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Adoptive Parents For Cruelty, Sexual Assault On Minor; Says Police Failed To Examine Trafficking Angle
The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of adoptive parents of a minor girl of about six years over cruelty and sexually assaulting her, while citing the possibility of it being a case of child trafficking.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the biological parents of the child were not even attempted to be traced by the investigating officer, nor was any inquiry conducted as to how...
Information On SEBI's Internal Probe Into Alleged Insider Trading Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that information pertaining to internal investigation being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela thus upheld a single bench order declining to interfere with Chief Public Information Officer's...
Delhi High Court Questions Patanjali's Appeal In Dabur Chyawanprash Ad Case, Warns Of Costs
Patanjali Ayurved has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a single judge order restraining it from running advertisements allegedly disparaging to Dabur's Chyavanprash product.The matter was heard today by a division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla. At the outset, the Court orally told Senior Advocate Jayant Mehta representing Patanjali that there was...
Calling Woman 'R***i' Attacks Her Character By Questioning Sexual Dignity, Amounts To Insulting Modesty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that calling a woman “r***i” attacks her character by questioning her sexual dignity and will amount to the offence of outraging her modesty. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the word in question, when directed towards a woman, is laden with sexual innuendo and directly imputes unchastity to her. The Court said that the word is not a "casual term of...
Accused Not Stating Self-Incriminatory Facts, Refusing To Confess Is Not Non-Cooperation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of an accused not responding to the questions asked by the investigating officer on dotted lines or refusing to make any confession cannot be termed as non-cooperation. Justice Arun Monga said that even the refusal by an accused to say anything incriminating against him cannot be called non-cooperation.The Court was dealing with a plea filed by...
"Can't Be Based On Whims": Delhi High Court To Centre Over Delay In Allotment Of Govt Bunglow To Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court on Thursday remarked that the allotment of residential accommodation cannot be based purely on whims of the authorities, as it heard a plea to allot residential accommodation to Arvind Kejriwal, in his capacity as the National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Justice Sachin Datta ordered the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as well...
Unadjudicated Claims Cannot Be Secured Through Interim Relief U/S 9 Of A&C Act Merely Due To Financial Distress: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has observed that mere financial distress of the other party would not be a ground to allow interim relief and grant its unadjudicated claim under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act (ACA)."However, the calculation of any permissible rebate and the resolution of quality-based objections require factual findings and interpretation of the terms...