Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 10 To April 16

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 297 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 317NOMINAL INDEXRAVINDER v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 297Court In Its Own v. S Gurumurthy 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 298COMMISSIONER (FOOD SAFETY), GNCTD v. SUGANDHI SNUFF KING PVT. LTD. AND ORS. and another connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 299Karan Antil vs. High Court of Delhi & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 300SURENDER KUMAR MATHUR v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 301SAWAN v. STATE 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 302RAJASTHAN EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION v. SPS TOMAR and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 303Mahesh Kumar vs Union of India and Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 304All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Anr. v. Election Commission of India 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 305INDU KAPOOR v. AU SMALL FINANCE BANK & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 306UBER INDIA SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 307Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Versus UOI 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 308PEGASUS ASSETS RECONSTRUCTION PVT LTD v. SULABH KAPUR AND ORS 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 309HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED v. RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 310M/s Promax Power Ltd vs. M/s Tahal Consulting Engineers India Pvt Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 311RAGHUNATH v. DELHI BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WELFARE BOARD & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 312ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP AND ORS. v. COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS ANTENNA INC. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 313M/S GOKALDAS PAPER PRODUCTS v. M/S LILLIPUT KIDSWEAR LTD & ANR 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 314UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC & ORS. v. FZMOVIES.NET & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 315TATA SONS PRIVATE LTD & ORS. v. SARFARAZ KHAN 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 316JMD HERITAGE LAWNS PRIVATE LIMITED vs. MR . ANKIT CHAWLA PROPRIETOR SADDA PIND RESTAURANT 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 317Judgments/OrdersDelhi High Court Orders Constitution Of Joint Task Force To Stop Illegal Sand Mining On Yamuna River BanksTitle: RAVINDER v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 297The Delhi High Court has ordered constitution of a joint task force, comprising Delhi Police and Uttar Pradesh Police, to ensure that the illegal sand mining on the banks of Yamuna River is stopped.Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the joint task force to regularly monitor the river banks and ensure that "proper pickets" are posted for stopping any kind of illegal sand mining.Delhi High Court Discharges Vivek Agnihotri In Contempt Case After 'Unconditional Apology', Asks Him To Be Careful In FutureTitle: Court In Its Own v. S GurumurthyCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 298Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has expressed his remorse and tendered an unconditional apology before the Delhi High Court in a contempt case related to remarks made against Justice S. Muralidhar on microblogging platform Twitter in 2018. Agnihotri was present in the courtroom and said he has "utmost respect" for the institution of judiciary.In 2018, Agnihotri allegedly retweeted a post against Justice Muralidhar, former judge of the High Court and present Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, in respect of the judge's order quashing the order of house arrest and transit remand of activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Vikas Mahajan recalled the show cause notice for initiating proceedings of criminal contempt against Agnihotri and also discharged him as alleged contemner.Delhi High Court Upholds Validity Of Notifications Banning Manufacture & Sale Of Chewing Tobacco Products, Sets Aside Single Bench RulingTitle: COMMISSIONER (FOOD SAFETY), GNCTD v. SUGANDHI SNUFF KING PVT. LTD. AND ORS. and another connected matterCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 299The Delhi High Court has set aside a single judge verdict which had quashed various notifications issued by Delhi Government’s Commissioner of Food Safety prohibiting the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of Gutka, Pan Masala, flavoured tobacco and similar products in the national capital.Upholding the validity of the notifications, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma allowed the appeals moved by Delhi Government and Union of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Pursuing Master’s Course In Law Doesn’t Constitute A Break In Practice, Suspension Of Enrolment Not Required: Delhi High CourtCase Title: Karan Antil vs. High Court of Delhi & Ors.Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 300The Delhi High Court has ruled that the eligibility criterion of seven years of continuous practise as an advocate to be appointed as a District Judge, as set out in Rule 9(2) of the Delhi Higher Judicial Services (DHJS) Rules, 1970 or Article 233(2) of the Constitution of India, does not require any inquiry into the actual area of practise as an advocate."If a person is enrolled as an advocate for a period of seven years prior to the date of the application, he would satisfy the eligibility criteria unless it is established that he was...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 10 To April 16

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