Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025 [Citations 119- 251]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 119 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 251NOMINAL INDEXSeema Jamwal vs. Union of India and Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 119SHARJEEL IMAM v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. and other connected matter 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 120Sandeep Gupta v. Union of India & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 121Sunil Kumar Singh v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 122LALIT SHARMA AND ORS v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS....

Delhi High Court Grants Relief To India Today Group Against Dissemination Of Its E-Magazines By Illegal Telegram Channels

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of India Today Group, against copyright and trademark infringement by several Telegram channels/accounts uploading e-magazines owned by the India Today Group.Justice Amit Bansal observed as the owners and licence holders of the original literary and artistic work (magazines), India Today Group is entitled to protection against unauthorized dissemination.Living Media India Limited (plaintiff no. 1), a proprietor of the publications...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Appointment Of Prof Mazhar Asif As Vice Chancellor Of Jamia Millia Islamia

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the appointment of Prof. Mazhar Asif as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University. Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice on the plea subject to the objection raised by the varsity as well as the Central Government on the maintainability of the plea. The Court sought response of the Union Government, Visitor to Jamia Millia Islamia, Prof. Mazhar Asif, Search-cum-Selection Committee and the varsity. The plea has been filed by...

Writ Petition For Quashing Of FIR Can't Serve As Substitute For Availing Remedies Under BNSS: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that a writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking quashing of an FIR cannot serve as a substitute for availing remedies specifically provided under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for securing personal liberty.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while dismissing a plea moved by an accused in an extortion case seeking to restrain the Delhi Police from effecting his arrest. It was alleged that the...

'Cannot Be Forced To Repeatedly Approach Court': Delhi HC Orders Release Of Iran National's Jewellery Confiscated By Customs Almost 3 Yrs Ago

The Delhi High Court ordered the Customs Department to release the silver-coated gold chains of an Iranian national, which were confiscated on his arrival in India almost three years ago.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta noted that the prescribed period of six months for issuance of a Show Cause Notice had already elapsed.Further, no personal hearing was granted to the Petitioner, who sought the release of his jewelry, and no final order was served on him...

UAPA: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Accused Naval Kishore Kapoor, Says Terror Funding Wreaked Havoc In Kashmir

The Delhi High Court yesterday denied bail to accused Naval Kishore Kapoor in a terror funding case registered by National Investigation Agency (NIA) under UAPA.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed Kapoor's appeal challenging a trial court order denying him bail on August 19, 2019. “The present is a case of a conspiracy, therefore, it is the circumstances that unfold the evidence, from which it has emerged that there is a larger conspiracy entered...

Contingent Liability vs Laid Out Expense: Delhi HC Allows Vodafone To Claim ₹5.1 Crore Depreciation Over Estimated Costs To Restore Mobile Tower Sites

The Delhi High Court has allowed Vodafone Mobile, engaged in providing telecommunication services, to claim depreciation of ₹5.10 crores in respect of fixed assets over provisioned expenditure to discharge its contractual obligation of restoring mobile tower sites to their original condition at the end of the lease period.Though Asset reconstruction Cost (ARC) was laid out by Vodafone, the Assessing Officer had disallowed the claim, stating that the same is not 'ascertained liability'.Rejecting...

Veracity Of Allegations Against Settlement Agreement Cannot Be Looked Into By Court In Application U/S 11 Of Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has reiterated that the scope of inquiry under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is limited to examining the prima facie existence of the arbitration agreement. It was further observed that if either party contests a prior settlement agreement, then such allegations cannot be looked into by the Court under...

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the take down of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's recent, allegedly defamatory YouTube video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in Jaggi Vasudev's Ashram” was uploaded by Singh on his YouTube channel on February 24 and he shared it on his 'X' page...

Counterfeit Medical Products Threat To Public Health: Delhi HC Awards ₹3.34 Crore Damages To Johnson & Johnson Over Trademark Infringement

The Delhi High Court has issued a permanent injunction in favour of the American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, against trademark infringement and selling large quantities of counterfeit products by a party engaged in the sale of surgical devices using Johnson & Johnson's 'Surgicel', 'Ligaclip' and 'Ethicon' trademarks.Remarking that the counterfeit medical products posed...

'Luxury Litigation': Delhi High Court Dismisses SBI's Plea To Expunge Magistrate's Remarks Suggesting Collusion In Loan Default Case

Remarking that the State Bank of India (SBI) was pursuing a “luxury litigation”, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bank's petition which sought to expunge remarks made by a Magistrate which pointed to a lack of due diligence on the part of SBI in recovery of loan amount and further indicated collusion with the defaulter.Justice Dharmesh Sharma commented, “This is a luxury litigation...

Subsequent Notice U/S 28(4) Customs Act Cannot Be 'Supplementary' To Prior Notice U/S 28(1), Both Provisions Operate In Separate Fields: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that notices under Section 28(1) and Section 28(4) of the Customs Act 1962 operate in different scenarios and even by an exaggerated stretch, cannot possibly be said to be interchangeably issued.Section 28 relates to recovery of duties not levied or not paid or short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded. It provides for two separate types of notices:...