Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 531 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 551
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Neerja v. UoI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 531
Mr. C. Asok Kumar v. Bar Council Of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 532
DPS Vasant Kunj & Ors. v. GNCTD (and batch) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 533
Prithipal Singh v. Government Of Nct Of Delhi Through Its Secretary And Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 534
UNION OF INDIA & ANR v/s DELHI RACE CLUB (1940) LTD. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 535
ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH v. NIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 536
Ashwini Pal v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 537
Tarannum Begum & Ors. v. GNCTD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 538
SAIF RASHID SAEED V/s UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 539
Vijay Kumar Diwakar v. SDMC 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 540
Ayodhya Devi Alias Jyoti v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 541
COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS, GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 542
CPL Sachin Kumar Solanki (Retd) v. Union Of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 543
M/S National Insurance Co Ltd v. Sunita Devi & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 544
Devender Kumar v. CBI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 545
SUBHASH THEEKKADAN@ SUBHASH TM v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 546
Abhijit Dipke v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 547
VARUN DHAWAN v. ARTIST BOOKING COMPANY & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 548
M/S PERNOD RICARD INDIA PVT. LTD v. THE EXCISE DEPARTMENT, DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 549
Gaura Bhatia v. Samajwadi party Media Cell & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 550
WAHIDUR RAHMAN v. ED 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 551
Case title: Neerja v. UoI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 531
The Delhi High Court has directed the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to examine a petitioner's allegation that the web copy of an order uploaded on its portal differed from the certified copy later supplied to him.
Case title: Mr. C. Asok Kumar v. Bar Council Of India
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 532
The Delhi High Court has held that an appeal under Section 37 of the Advocates Act, 1961 is maintainable only against orders passed by the Disciplinary Committee of a State Bar Council under Section 35 of the Act, and not against resolutions or orders passed by the State Bar Council itself.
Case title: DPS Vasant Kunj & Ors. v. GNCTD (and batch)
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 533
The Delhi High Court has held that private unaided schools are not required to obtain prior approval from the Directorate of Education (DoE) for increasing fees at the commencement of an academic session, provided they have filed their statement of fees with the DoE in terms of Section 17(3) of the Delhi School Education Act.
Case title: Prithipal Singh v. Government Of Nct Of Delhi Through Its Secretary And Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 534
The Delhi High Court has held that mere registration under the Chief Minister's Advocates Welfare Scheme does not entitle an advocate to insurance benefits unless the advocate's Voter ID (EPIC) details are duly verified.
Case title: UNION OF INDIA & ANR v/s DELHI RACE CLUB (1940) LTD.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 535
The Delhi High Court allowed Centre's appeal against the single judge's interim order staying proceedings before the Estate Officer pursuant to a April 17 show cause notice ssued to Delhi Race Club under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Ac after the Club's lease had expired.
Title: ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH v. NIA
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 536
The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to jailed Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Engineer Rashid) in a terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency, to attend the rituals and 40th day ceremony of his late father in Kashmir.
Case title: Ashwini Pal v. State
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 537
The Delhi High Court has held that a rape FIR quashed on the basis of settlement and subsequent marriage between the parties cannot be revived merely because the marriage later breaks down or the husband allegedly abandons the wife.
Justice Amit Mahajan observed that subsequent matrimonial disputes or allegations arising after quashing of the FIR cannot, by themselves, invalidate a judicial order that had attained finality.
Case Title: Tarannum Begum & Ors. v. GNCTD
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 538
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to proactively assist in tracing employers who have gone untraceable, in order to ensure recovery of back wages owed to rescued child labourers.
Exam For Law Students Celebrating Bakrid Will Be Held After July 4: DU Tells Delhi High Court
Case title: SAIF RASHID SAEED V/s UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 539
Delhi University told the Delhi High Court (May 26) that examination for those students of Faculty of Law, who are celebrating Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on May 28, shall be rescheduled to after July 4.
The submission was made by the varsity's counsel before Justice Jasmeet Singh as it disposed of a student's plea challenging the varsity's decision to hold the exam on May 28, the date on which Centre has declared a holiday for Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid).
Case title: Vijay Kumar Diwakar v. SDMC
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 540
The Delhi High Court has observed that residential colonies in Delhi's Yamuna floodplain area, classified as Zone 'O', are “completely impermissible”, while noting that 91 unauthorised colonies in the area continue to enjoy temporary protection from punitive action till December 31, 2026 under the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011.
Case Title: Ayodhya Devi Alias Jyoti v. State
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 541
The Delhi High Court has observed that courts must exercise “heightened vigilance” while considering bail in cases where young brides die under suspicious circumstances within a short span of marriage.
Title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS, GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 542
The Delhi High Court has observed that delay in accepting bail bonds defeat the very purpose of bail orders, while directing all Jail Superintendents across the national capital to use Aadhaar QR code-based verification to expedite release of prisoners.
Case title: CPL Sachin Kumar Solanki (Retd) v. Union Of India & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 543
The Delhi High Court has upheld the removal of an Indian Air Force airman from service for uploading a social media video while in uniform, holding that public airing of service-related grievances by uniformed personnel amounts to serious misconduct prejudicial to military discipline.
Case title: M/S National Insurance Co Ltd v. Sunita Devi & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 544
The Delhi High Court has upheld compensation awarded to the family of a truck driver who was murdered by unknown assailants while on duty, holding that the incident amounted to an “accidental death” arising out of and during the course of employment under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923.
Case title: Devender Kumar v. CBI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 545
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order framing charges in a CBI corruption case after finding that the trial court proceeded without hearing audio recordings that it had itself summoned to examine allegations relating to demand of bribe.
Title: SUBHASH THEEKKADAN@ SUBHASH TM v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 546
The Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest litigation filed against nomination of veteran BJP leader C Sadanandan Master to the Rajya Sabha, alleging that he lacks demonstrable special knowledge or practical experience as required in law.
Title: Abhijit Dipke v. Union of India
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 547
The Delhi High Court issued notice on a plea by Abhijit Dipke–founder of 'Cockroach Janata Party', challenging the blocking of the party's X account, while directing Review Committee of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to examine Dipke's case granting him liberty to appear virtually.
"The courts attention is drawn to Rule 14 of IT Rules which provides review committee to meet once in two months and records its findings. And if it is of opinion, it may set aside directions and order unblocking….Rule 14 clearly empower review committee to examine all aspects which are sought to be put forth by petitioner. If committee is satisfied that directions are to be set aside and unblocking order can be passed. It is directed that before next date of hearing, the review committee examine all those aspects. Decision be taken on record. Petitioner is granted liberty to appear virtually. Let the request for authorisizing someone can be seen by review committee," the Court said.
Delhi High Court Passes Interim Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Actor Varun Dhawan
Title: VARUN DHAWAN v. ARTIST BOOKING COMPANY & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 548
The Delhi High Court passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan.
Justice Jyoti Singh said that the infringing links of defendants relating to unauthorized sale of merchandise, pornographic content and material using likeness of the actor will be ordered to be taken down.
Delhi High Court Dismisses Pernod Ricard's Plea Against Rejection Of Liquor License Applications
Title: M/S PERNOD RICARD INDIA PVT. LTD v. THE EXCISE DEPARTMENT, DELHI & ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 549
The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea filed by multinational company Pernod Ricard against rejection of its L-1 liquor license applications solely on account of pending criminal prosecution by Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
Title: Gaura Bhatia v. Samajwadi party Media Cell & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 550
The Delhi High Court directed an X user to delete or takedown a tweet posted by her against Senior Advocate and BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia over his appearance on a TV debate, which went viral on social media.
Participation In Protest No Ground To Deny Bail In PMLA Case: Delhi High Court
Title: WAHIDUR RAHMAN v. ED
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 551
The Delhi High Court held that participation on protests is no ground to deny bail to an accused in a money laundering case under PMLA.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani made the observation while granting bail to an accused in a PMLA case linked to the alleged activities of the banned outfit Popular Front of India and its political affiliate Social Democratic Party of India.