Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Stays Recruitment Of Lawyers By NHAI Based On CLAT-PG Score Till Verdict On PIL
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (September 18) reserved its verdict on a PIL challenging National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) August 11 notification stating that CLAT-PG scores will be a basis for recruiting lawyers. The court also halted the recruitment by NHAI till it pronounces verdict on the plea. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela...
Delhi High Court Transfers Winding-Up Petitions Against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd To NCLT
The Delhi High Court has transferred winding-up petitions filed against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd to the NCLT. The petition was filed under Sections 433(e), 434, and 439 of the Companies Act, 1956, seeking winding up of the respondent company due to its inability to pay the debt of the petitioner. During the pendency of the petition, an application was filed for the transfer...
Delhi High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 22-Week Pregnancy Resulting From Sexual Relations Established On False Promise Of Marriage
The Delhi High Court has permitted a 30-year-old unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of her 22-week pregnancy which resulted from sexual relations established with a man on the false promise of marriageJustice Ravinder Dudeja noted that the pregnancy was unwanted, which had caused the woman "severe physical and mental trauma" and was also the subject matter of an FIR against the...
Solid Waste Management At Delhi Airport Not Under Purview Of MCD: High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi cannot assert its right to manage solid waste generated in the Delhi Airport zone.Justice Jyoti Singh ruled that the Airports Authority of India, responsible to manage the Airports, has empowered the Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL) to step in its shoes and thus exercise power as the local body/authority in respect...
Hindu Succession Act | Property Of Father Who Dies Intestate Devolves On Son In Individual Capacity, Not As Family's Karta: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the property of a father who dies intestate devolves on his son in his individual capacity and not as the “Karta” of his own family.“Therefore, so long as the father (deceased's son) is alive, the son (deceased's son's son) cannot claim any right in his father's property, since Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act excludes the concept of survivorship...
Wife Pressurizing Husband To Sever Bonds With His Family Is Cruelty, Ground For Divorce: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a wife's “persistent and pressurising conduct” to sever the husband's bonds with his family certainly amounts to cruelty and is a ground for divorce. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar further said the act of a wife of publicly berating the husband at his workplace in the presence of his...
Women's Induction Into Notified Army Corps Can't Be Numerically Restricted; Vacant Male Posts Must Be Open To Eligible Women : Delhi HC
A Division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla held that women's induction into notified Army corps under Section 12 of the Army Act cannot be numerically restricted, as it violates gender neutrality and equality under Articles 14, 15 and 16. Background Facts An Examination Notice was issued by the Union Public...
Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge Order Paving Way For Demolition Of 12 Tower Signature View Apartments
The Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge order paving way for demolition and reconstruction of Signature View Apartments in city's Mukherjee Nagar. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that it cannot, by any stretch of imagination, be said that there was no relevant material before the MCD for passing the order to remove...
Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic+ Injunction To JioStar, Restrains Rogue Websites From Illegally Streaming Jolly LLB 3
The Delhi High Court has recently passed a dynamic+ injunction restraining various rogue websites from illegally streaming, hosting or screening upcoming Bollywood film “Jolly LLB 3” which is scheduled to be released on September 19.Justice Tejas Karia said that any delay in blocking access to the rogue websites could lead to financial losses for JioStar, and an irreparable breach of...
Delhi High Court Bats For Gender Neutrality In Army Recruitment, Directs Consideration Of Women Candidates For Unfilled Men's Posts
The Delhi High Court has granted relief to five young girls wanting to join as Short-Service Commissioned Officers (Non-Tech) in the Indian Army, saying that elimination of “anachronistically artificial chromosomal distinction” between women and men is a cherished constitutional goal. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla directed that the...
Delhi High Court Bars Victory Procession By Candidates Elected In DUSU Polls, Warns Of Contempt If Regulatory Norms Violated
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 17) barred any kind of victory procession by candidates, including their supporters, who are elected in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections scheduled to take place on September 18.“We direct that after declaration of results, no victory procession, either in the campus or in the hostels or any area in the city of Delhi shall...
Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order On Filmmaker Karan Johar's Plea For Protection Of Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 17) orally indicated that it shall pass an interim injunction order in favour of Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar in his plea seeking protection of his personality rights against certain alleged infringing content. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that Defendants 14, 15 and 16 which includes social media intermediaries Google,...