Ensure IOs Brief Prosecutors Before Bail Hearings, Be Present With Complete File: Delhi High Court To Police Commissioner

The Delhi High Court has asked the Commissioner of Delhi Police to take corrective measures to ensure that investigating officers brief the prosecutors before hearing in bail matters commences. Justice Girish Kathpalia also urged that the investigating officers should remain present with complete investigation file in the course of hearings. The Court made the observations while granting bail to a man in a murder case, noting that the Investigating Officer nor the SHO had cared to appear in the...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 02 To February 08, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 125 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 169NOMINAL INDEXKUSUM SEHGAL v. HERITAGE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE & ORS & Other Connected Matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 125NA Sebastian & Anr v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 126BHASKAR YADAV v. ED & Other Connected Matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 127MRS. AJIT INDER SINGH v. MR. SIMRANJIT SINGH GREWAL & Ors 2026 LiveLaw...

Delhi High Court Directs Police Commissioner To Address Lapses In Filing Motor Accident Reports

The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Police to take appropriate decision and steps to ensure that monitoring mechanism for motor accident cases is appropriately implemented. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia closed a PIL filed by one Anup Kumar Rampal raising concern about various acts of omission and lapses on the part of the investigating officers probing the road accidents.Rampal contended that the investigating officers were not...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Barring Doctors From Holding Administrative Posts After 62 Years

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Union government's 2018 amendment to Fundamental Rule (FR) 56(bb), which allows doctors of the Central Health Service and other allied services to serve up to 65 years only in non‑administrative roles, while treating 62 years as the normal age of superannuation. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a batch...

No Fundamental Right To Possess Firearms, Grant Of Arms Licence Lies Within Executive Discretion: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that there is no fundamental right to possess firearms under the Constitution of India, holding that the grant of an arms licence is a matter falling squarely within the domain of executive discretion under the Arms Act, 1959 and the Arms Rules, 2016.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while dismissing a petition challenging the rejection of an application for grant of an arms licence. The petition was filed by a parking contractor who claimed...

Right To Associate With Political Parties, Being Actively Involved In Politics Protected Under Article 21: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to associate with political parties and being actively involved in politics is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that any interference or coercion by anyone with such a right strikes at the core of individual liberty and safety. “Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees all...

[DV Act] Woman Can't Insist On Re-Entering Abandoned Matrimonial Home If Alternate Accommodation Exists: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not confer an indefeasible right upon an aggrieved woman to insist on residence in a particular property which was abandoned by her, when suitable alternate accommodation is available. Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that compelling restoration in such a case would disturb the settled possession of the current occupants and convert a protective statute into a rule for re-entry to any past residence...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Dismiss Rani Kapur's Suit Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in an application filed by late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur seeking dismissal of her mother in law's suit alleging that she, along with others, orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip the mother in law of the entire estate.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response of Rani Kapur to the application within four weeks and directed that rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks. The fresh application has been filed...

'Extremely Shocking': Delhi High Court Slams Parties, Advocate For Misleading Family Court Into Granting Divorce In Void Marriage

The Delhi High Court has expressed “extreme shock” at the conduct of parties and their advocate misleading a Family Court into passing a divorce decree in respect of a void marriage.Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed a petition seeking quashing of FIR arising out of matrimonial offences and imposed ₹1 lakh as exemplary costs.The case arose from an FIR registered for offences including cruelty and related matrimonial allegations. The accused approached the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR...

Film 'Ghooskhor Pandat' Will Be Renamed: Netflix Tells Delhi High Court

Netflix told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer film “Ghooskhor Pandat” will be renamed. The statement was made before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav who was hearing the plea challenging the proposed release of the film. The Court noted that the producer has taken a “conscious decision” in light of the concern that has arisen to change the title of the film from 'Ghooskhor Pandat' to an alternate title which more accurately reflects the film's narrative and...

NI Act | Company, Directors Can Be Prosecuted Even If Cheque Signatory Is Dropped As Accused: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court refused to quash criminal proceedings in a cheque dishonour case, holding that dropping the cheque signatory from the array of accused does not invalidate prosecution against the company and its directors under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed,“dropping of the signatory of Cheques from proceedings, does not result in the automatic collapse of the Complaint against the Petitioner Companies and the other Directors. The statutory...

Delhi High Court Relaxes Deadline For Constituting School-Level Fee Regulation Committees Till Feb 20

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed that schools in the national capital which have not yet constituted the School-Level Fee Regulation Committee (SLFRC) shall not be compelled to do so until February 20, while it considers challenges to the Delhi School Education (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...