Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104NOMINAL INDEXSANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82 PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83 Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84 Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85 Babita Chopra v. State...
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104
NOMINAL INDEX
SANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82
PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83
Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84
Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85
Babita Chopra v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 86
Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 87
Vikas Pawha v. Ashok Kumar (John Doe) & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 88
Deputy Commissioner of Police v. Ex. Const. Arvind Kumar 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 89
Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust v. High Court & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 90
DEVYANI SINGH v. BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 91
MS. MUSKAAN AAMIR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 92
Sunil Kumar Tiwari And Ors. v. Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi And Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 93
RAM SWAROOP GUPTA & ORS v. STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 94
HARKIRAT SINGH SODHI v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 95
UoI v. 627281 EX MWO (HFO) Tejpal Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 96
DRY v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 97
National Institute Of Tuberculosis And Respiratory Diseases v. Ms. Shweta & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 98
North Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Shri Darshan Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 99
DR AVADESH KUMAR v. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 100
PHYSICSWALLAH LIMITED v. NIKHIL KUMAR SINGH & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 101
MAHUA MOITRA v. LOKPAL OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 102
JUSTICE FOR ALL v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 103
Ashok Kumar v. Commissioner of Police & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104
Bar Associations Do Not Perform Public Functions, Not State Under Article 12: Delhi High Court
Title: SANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82
The Delhi High Court has ruled that Bar Associations do not perform public functions and are not a State or its instrumentality under Article 12 of the Constitution of India.
Title: PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83
The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere registration of an FIR does not imply pendency of a criminal case for the purpose of “disclosure” by an election candidate under Section 33A of Representation of Peoples Act.
Case title: Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84
The Delhi High Court dismissed an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency.
Title: Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85
The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.
Pendency Of Probate Proceedings No Bar To FIR Alleging Forgery Of Registered Will: Delhi High Court
Case title: Babita Chopra v. State
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 86
The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR alleging forgery of a registered Will, holding that the pendency of probate proceedings examining the Will's validity does not bar a parallel criminal investigation into allegations of fabrication and use of forged documents.
Case name: Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 87
The Delhi High Court rejected Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea seeking suspension of his 10 years sentence in the custodial death case of Unnao rape victim's father.
Title: Vikas Pawha v. Ashok Kumar (John Doe) & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 88
The Delhi High Court passed an interim order for take down or removal of images of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa being used on social media for defrauding people.
Tribunal Can't Direct Reinstatement Without Considering Pending Criminal Matters: Delhi High Court
Case Name : Deputy Commissioner of Police v. Ex. Const. Arvind Kumar
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 89
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that even if dismissal is set aside in departmental proceedings, reinstatement and service benefits must be decided by the competent authority after considering the employee's subsequent criminal conviction on a different charge.
Title: Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust v. High Court & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 90
The Delhi High Court refused to order FIR over a recent incident wherein a 43-year-old differently-abled ahlmad jumped to death and committed suicide at the Saket Courts, allegedly citing “work pressure”.
Calling the incident unfortunate, a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia remarked that they were conscious of the situation and that steps as warranted are being taken.
Title: DEVYANI SINGH v. BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 91
The Delhi High Court rejected a public interest litigation seeking to ban Bangladesh from participating in all cricket tournaments and competitions, citing violence against Hindus there.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rapped the petitioner, a law student, for filing such a PIL while also repeatedly cautioning pursuing the matter may invite heavy costs.
Title: MS. MUSKAAN AAMIR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 92
The Delhi High Court has allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by various law students of the University of Delhi, holding that shortage of attendance cannot be a valid ground to detain them from appearing in examinations or preventing them from continuing their academic pursuits.
Case title: Sunil Kumar Tiwari And Ors. v. Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi And Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 93
The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of the All India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) prescription of a PhD degree as an eligibility condition for granting a higher Academic Grade Pay (AGP) of ₹10,000 to lecturers in government polytechnic institutions.
Title: RAM SWAROOP GUPTA & ORS v. STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 94
The Delhi High Court has held that calling upon an accused to cross-examine a prosecution witness in the absence of legal assistance strikes at the very core of fair trial and vitiates the entire proceedings.
Justice Girish Kathpalia said that presence of legal assistance for the accused facing trial is the core element of fair trial.
Mere Averments In Pleadings To Prosecute Or Defend Case Not Defamation: Delhi High Court
Title: HARKIRAT SINGH SODHI v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 95
The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere averments made in the pleadings, either to prosecute or defend oneself, does not tantamount to an offence of defamation.
Case title: UoI v. 627281 EX MWO (HFO) Tejpal Singh
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 96
The Delhi High Court has held that merely branding a disability like hypertension as a "lifestyle disorder" is insufficient to deny disability pension to an Air Force personnel, particularly when the medical opinion rejecting the claim is unsupported by cogent reasons.
Title: DRY v. STATE NCT OF DELHI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 97
The Delhi High Court has held that a father who rapes his daughter cannot be shown any relaxation in POCSO cases.
A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain upheld the conviction of a father for repeatedly raping his minor daughter studying in 6th standard in July 2021.
Case title: National Institute Of Tuberculosis And Respiratory Diseases v. Ms. Shweta & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 98
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had directed the appointment of a candidate on the basis of an erroneous recruitment advertisement where no actual vacancy existed for the reserved category.
Case title: North Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Shri Darshan Singh
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 99
The Delhi High Court has dismissed cross-petitions filed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) and a Safai Karamchari and thus, upheld an Industrial Tribunal award granting ₹1 lakh retrenchment compensation for illegal termination. The HC, however, declined the workman's plea for reinstatement with back wages.
Title: DR AVADESH KUMAR v. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 100
The Delhi High Court has ruled that adults cannot use rape law as a tool to criminalize breakups when the relationship was consensual between two individuals.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that failed relationships cannot be given a criminal colour, also warning against the misuse of rape charges invoked in broken romantic relationships.
Title: PHYSICSWALLAH LIMITED v. NIKHIL KUMAR SINGH & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 101
The Delhi High Court directed removal or take down of abusive and derogatory social media posts made against online education platform PhysicsWallah, by a former employee.
Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim injunction order in a defamation suit filed by PhysicsWallah against Nikhil Kumar Singh and social media platforms.
Tile: MAHUA MOITRA v. LOKPAL OF INDIA & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 102
The Delhi High Court has allowed an application filed by Lokpal of India seeking more time to decide on granting sanction to the CBI, to file chargesheet against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash for query row.
A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted two months' time to Lokpal and clarified that no further time shall be granted.
Title: JUSTICE FOR ALL v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 103
The Delhi High Court permitted the Delhi Government to provide school uniform assistance to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group (DG) students in private schools through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), instead of supplying uniforms strictly in kind.
Case Name : Ashok Kumar v. Commissioner of Police & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that once a disciplinary authority has imposed a penalty based on a conviction, it cannot reopen the same incident to impose a harsher punishment merely because the criminal appeal results in a reduced sentence, as this violates the principle against double jeopardy.