After Delhi High Court Shows Reluctance Rajdeep Sardesai Withdraws Appeal Challenging Partial Relief To BJP's Shazia Ilmi In Defamation Case

Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday (July 2) withdrew his appeal from the Delhi High Court which was filed against a single judge ruling granting partial relief to BJP leader Shazia Ilmi in her defamation case over a video posted by Sardesai on 'X'— alleging that she abused a video journalist of India Today during a televised debate.The single judge had confirmed an interim order passed...

Pyschological Evaluation Of Convict Crucial To Decide Premature Release: Delhi HC Calls For Involvement Of Mental Health Professionals

The Delhi High Court has recommended to the Delhi Government and the Prisons Department to take expeditious steps to institutionalise the involvement of mental health professionals in the premature release process of convicts. Justice Sanjeev Narula issued various guidelines to ensure that the decisions of the Sentence Review Board (SRB) are aligned with the objectives of the premature...

'Policy Decision': Delhi High Court Asks Litigant Seeking Special Syllabus For Autistic Children To Approach Concerned Authorities

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday closed a PIL seeking special syllabus for children suffering from autism observing that it is a policy decision which has to be taken by the concerned authorities. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the litigant, Anish Sharma, to file an appropriate representation to the authorities- Union Government,...

Delhi High Court Rejects Retired Judge MM Dhonchak's Appeal, Upholds Extension Of Suspension From Chandigarh DRT

The Delhi High Court yesterday upheld a single judge ruling upholding the extension of suspension of MM Dhonchak, a retired judicial officer and former Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chandigarh. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Renu Bhatnagar dismissed Dhonchak's appeal against the single judge order of March 03 dismissing his petition against...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Accused In 2023 Parliament Security Breach UAPA Case, Bars Them From Giving Interviews

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat, accused in the Parliament security breach case which happened on December 13, 2023.A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted bail to the two subject to them furnishing bail bond of Rs. 50,000 each and two sureties of like amount.The Court however...

Ad-Interim Maintenance Can Be Granted Without Filing Of Specific Application, Is Payable From Date Of Order: Delhi High Court

Distinguishing between interim maintenance and ad-interim maintenance, the Delhi High Court has held that the latter can be granted without filing of a specific application by the concerned party and is payable from the date of the order passed by the Court and not from the date of filing of maintenance application or petition. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that Court can grant...

[Extradition Act] Anticipatory Bail Available To Indian Citizen Apprehending Arrest For Alleged Offence Committed Abroad: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the protection of anticipatory bail under Section 438 of CrPC can be invoked by a 'fugitive criminal' facing proceedings under the Extradition Act, 1962.Justice Sanjeev Narula held that an Indian citizen who apprehends arrest in India for an alleged offence committed abroad is not stripped of the protection guaranteed under Article 21 of the...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025 [Citations 649 - 719]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 649 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 719NOMINAL INDEXSADHGURU JAGADISH VASUDEV & ANR v. IGOR ISAKOV & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 649MINOR S (THR. MOTHER M) v. STATE & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 650The Ritz Hotel Limited & Ors. v. MS Hotel Ritz & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 651Star India Pvt Ltd v. IPTV Smarter Pro & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 652M/S Ambience...

Ragging | UGC Regulations Not Enough; Stringent Law With Severe Punishments Needed : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court had recently observed that the State must frame stringent anti-ragging law with severe punishments for ragging in educational institutions. The Court opined that though the UGC Regulations are stringent, they are not enough to completely curb the practice of ragging.The observation was made by Justice D.K. Singh while disposing of two writ petitions, which were filed by...

Calcutta High Court Orders Cricketer Mohammad Shami To Pay ₹4 Lakh Per Month As Maintenance For Estranged Wife & Daughter

The Calcutta High Court has asked Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami to pay his estranged wife and daughter Rs 4 lakh per month as maintenance in his ongoing legal tussle against Hasin Jahan, his estranged wife.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: "...Interim monetary relief as fixed by the Court below requires revision. The opposite party/husband's income, financial disclosure and...

Bombay HC Takes Suo Moto Cognisance Of Transfer Of Female Inmates Out Of Observation Homes After Attaining Majority, Says Education Can't Be Affected

The Bombay High Court bench at Aurangabad recently took suo moto cognisance of the issue relating to 'transferring' girl inmates from observation homes in the city to other districts after they attain majority.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay Deshmukh noted that though the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) is the concerned authority to decide whether a child is in need of...

Undressing Victim But Failing To Commit Intercourse Due To Her Protest Amounts To Attempt To Rape: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court today observed that the act of undressing a woman but failing to commit intercourse due to her protest would squarely fall within the ambit of “attempt to rape” under Section 376 read with Section 511 of the IPC. With this, a bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar upheld the conviction and 10 year jail term awarded to the convict (Pradeep Kumar @ Pappu @ Bhuriya)...