Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 662 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 694
NOMINAL INDEX
Union Of India & Ors. vs Col Amardeep Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 662
NARESH KUMAR v. THE WIRE & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 663
Anjali v. State of NCT of Delhi 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 664
Master Sorabh v. North Delhi Public School & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 665
Rohit Sehrawat v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 666
V v. P 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 667
NIA v. Khurram Parvez and other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 668
GITANJALI J. ANGMO v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 669
Ashish Alies Vicky v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 670
United India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Digambar & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 671
ANUPAM SHAHU v. THE STATE 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 672
Sushil Kumar v. Telangana State Handloom Weavers Housing Society Co-op. Ltd. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 673
Pravasi Legal Cell v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 674
Ram Naresh Tiwari&Ors. v. Union of India&Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 675
Aneel Kapoor v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 676
Shakeel Ahmed v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 678
Delhi Tax Bar Association Through Its Secretary K G Bansal v. Union of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 679
Christine Swaroop Raj & Ors. v. State & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 680
Daksh Singhal Through His Father and Natural Guardian v. Union of India & Ors. and Paras Batra v. Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 681
MOHD. FARUQUE ALWANDER @ FARUKH @ GENDA v. STATE 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 682
M/s R.S.S. Estate LLP & Ors. v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 683
Syed Mohd Umar v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 684
Mithlesh Solanki v. MCD & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 685
RAM CHANDER @ CHHOTU v. STATE 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 686
ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 687
SATISH KUMAR AGGARWAL v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 688
Save India Foundation v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 689
Ocular Trauma Society of India v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 690
Dharamveer & Ors. v. MCD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 691
Smt. Sahana & Ors. v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 692
Vinod Ram v. MCD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 693
Phool Chand & Ors. v. MCD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 694
Promotion To Equivalent Civil Post Doesn't Automatically Confer Substantive Military Rank: Delhi HC
Case Name : Union Of India & Ors. vs Col Amardeep Singh
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 662
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that the substantive military rank of Brigadier or Major General is not automatically conferred upon holding an equivalent civil post; it remains subject to satisfaction of Army promotion norms, including medical eligibility.
Title: NARESH KUMAR v. THE WIRE & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 663
The Delhi High Court on Monday recalled its earlier direction restraining news portal “The Wire” from publishing any future content similar to an article alleged to be defamatory by former Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani that such a direction was over-broad, presumptive in nature and based purely on a hypothetical situation.
Case Title: Anjali v. State of NCT of Delhi
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 664
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old woman booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 on allegations of sexually assaulting a minor boy, after noting that the victim's mother had no objection to her release, subject to her refraining from any such conduct in future.
Case Title: Master Sorabh v. North Delhi Public School & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 665
The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a private school's decision to detain an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) student in Class V after he failed to clear the annual examination as well as the re-examination.
Case Title: Rohit Sehrawat v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 666
The Delhi High Court has stayed proceedings in a rape case after observing that the complainant had made similar allegations of entering into sexual relationships on the false promise of marriage against two different individuals during the same period, raising a prima facie doubt as to whether she could have acted on both promises simultaneously.
Case Title: V v. P
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 667
The Delhi High Court has held that the mere absence of specific allegations against a respondent in a Domestic Incident Report (DIR) cannot be a ground to refuse summons in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Title: NIA v. Khurram Parvez and other connected matter
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 668
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the trial court order granting bail to human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in a 2020 UAPA case.
Mehraj and Parvez were accused in the alleged NGO Terror funding case registered by NIA in October 2020.
Title: GITANJALI J. ANGMO v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 669
The Delhi High Court allowed shifting activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, noting a broad consensus among government and private doctors that he requires continuous medical monitoring in view of his ongoing hunger strike.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing an appeal filed by Wangchuk's wife, Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, challenging a single judge's refusal to permit his transfer to a private hospital.
Case title: Ashish Alies Vicky v. State
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 670
The Delhi High Court has directed preservation and production of CCTV footage and ordered the personal appearance of a Tihar Jail Head Warden after a convict serving life sentence there alleged that he was physically assaulted in custody and denied medical treatment.
Case Title: United India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Digambar & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 671
The Delhi High Court has held that amputation of a person's four fingers does not by itself establish a 100% loss of earning capacity under the Employees' Compensation Act, adding that functional disability must be assessed on the basis of the employee's vocation and evidence on record.
Title: ANUPAM SHAHU v. THE STATE
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 672
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a man for allegedly violating the COVID-19 lockdown by venturing out for a walk.
Justice Madhu Jain held that mere presence on a public road during the lockdown, unaccompanied by any circumstance capable of attracting the consequences envisaged under Section 188 of IPC, does not constitute an offence under the provision.
Case Name : Sushil Kumar v. Telangana State Handloom Weavers Housing Society Co-op. Ltd.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 673
A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Amit Mahajan held that a daily-rated employee cannot claim regularization unless he was appointed against a duly sanctioned vacant post through a competent authority and performs the same duties as the regular post.
Decide Plea Challenging Passport Fee Hike Within Three Months: Delhi High Court To Centre
Title: Pravasi Legal Cell v. Union of India
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 674
The Delhi High Court directed the Central Government to decide a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which substantially revised passport fees across various categories with effect from July 01.
Case Name : Ram Naresh Tiwari&Ors. v. Union of India&Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 675
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that financial upgradation under MACPS limited to next higher grade pay is valid; it is not a promotion and does not create enforceable parity with promotional hierarchies.
Case Title: Aneel Kapoor v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 676
The Delhi High Court restrained any coercive action against a man accused in a ₹24-lakh visa fraud case, who has challenged the cancellation of his anticipatory bail by sessions court.
Petitioner Aneel Kapoor approached the High Court assailing the July 13 order of the Tis Hazari Court cancelling the anticipatory bail granted to him in connection with an FIR registered under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) IPC.
Title: Shakeel Ahmed v. Union of India & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 678
The Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL seeking a declaration that removal of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar last Saturday, while he was on hunger strike during the ongoing protest against NEET-paper leak, was illegal.
With respect to petitioner's prayer for lodging an FIR on this incident, the court said that it was open for petitioner to take recourse to BNSS provisions.
Case Title: Delhi Tax Bar Association Through Its Secretary K G Bansal v. Union of India & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 679
The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order permitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to file their income tax returns by disclosing judicial allowances prescribed under Section 22D of the High Court Judges (Salaries & Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and 23D of the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958— as “receipts not in the nature of income”.
Case Title: Christine Swaroop Raj & Ors. v. State & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 680
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that casteist remarks allegedly made inside the office chambers, in the absence of any member of the public or an independent witness, would not attract the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Case Title: Daksh Singhal Through His Father and Natural Guardian v. Union of India & Ors. and Paras Batra v. Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 681
The Delhi High Court has observed that students who spend “hours and months” preparing for admission to premier institutions cannot be made to suffer merely because the timelines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) are not aligned.
Foreign Convict Not Entitled To Parole Merely Due To Long Incarceration: Delhi High Court
Title: MOHD. FARUQUE ALWANDER @ FARUKH @ GENDA v. STATE
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 682
The Delhi High Court has observed that long incarceration alone cannot justify release of a foreign convict on parole, in light of the restrictions imposed under the Delhi Prison Rules.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to grant parole to a Bangladeshi national convicted of murder in connection with an FIR registered at Seemapuri Police Station.
Case Title: M/s R.S.S. Estate LLP & Ors. v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 683
The Delhi High Court has refused to direct masking and anonymisation of the names of a real estate firm and its promoters from judicial records pertaining to a criminal case that was quashed on the basis of a settlement, observing that prospective investors and stakeholders have a right to know the antecedents of the persons with whom they propose to engage in business.
Case: Syed Mohd Umar v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 684
The Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest petition seeking directions for removal of all unauthorized religious structures and other encroachments from public land across the national capital.
Case title: Mithlesh Solanki v. MCD & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 685
The Delhi High Court has refused to initiate contempt proceedings against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the police over allegations that public access to a park in city's Janakpuri area was being restricted.
Title: RAM CHANDER @ CHHOTU v. STATE
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 686
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a young girl aged 13 years in 2006, holding that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt and that material inconsistencies in the evidence, coupled with inconclusive forensic proof, entitled the him to benefit of doubt.
Delhi High Court Rejects ANI's Interim Plea Against ChatGPT, Says It Would Harm Public Interest
Title: ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 687
The Delhi High Court dismissed the interim injunction application filed by Asian News International (ANI) in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI Inc, which founded ChatGPT.
Justice Amit Bansal ruled in favour of ANI on the issue of territorial jurisdiction.
Title: SATISH KUMAR AGGARWAL v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 688
The Delhi High Court refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest over the NEET paper leak.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that in terms of Section 6 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, the NIA can be activated only upon on satisfaction of the Central Government, which the Courts cannot substitute.
Title: Save India Foundation v. Union of India & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 689
The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking criminal action against those allegedly involved in violence, assault on police personnel and damage to public property during the July 20 student protest at Jantar Mantar.
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Consider Plea On Alleged Gaps In Firecracker Safety Guidelines
Title: Ocular Trauma Society of India v. Union of India & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 690
The Delhi High Court disposed of a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive regulatory framework for the safe use of firecrackers.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the Union Government has recently issued guidelines on the subject and should first be given an opportunity to consider suggestions regarding any perceived shortcomings.
Case title: Dharamveer & Ors. v. MCD
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 691
The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the ongoing Town Vending Committee (TVC) elections in the national capital, observing that the polls are "extremely crucial" and cannot be derailed over individual candidates aggrieved by the rejection of their nominations.
Case Title: Smt. Sahana & Ors. v. Union of India
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 692
The Delhi High Court has held that merely because a train did not have a scheduled stoppage at a particular station, it cannot automatically be presumed that a passenger attempted to get off a moving train, so as to deny compensation under the Railways Act.
Case title: Vinod Ram v. MCD
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 693
The Delhi High Court has pulled up a street vendor for filing misleading photographs to conceal the extent of encroachment at his vending site, observing that he had attempted to hide the true factual position from the Court.
Case title: Phool Chand & Ors. v. MCD
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 694
The Delhi High Court has held that a recommendation issued by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to enable a street vendor to avail loan under a government scheme cannot convert a mobile vendor into a fixed vendor or alter the category specified in the vendor's Certificate of Vending (CoV).