Delhi High Court
Husband Cannot Reagitate Settled Marriage Dispute To Escape Maintenance Liability: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a husband cannot reopen a marriage dispute that has already been finally decided in earlier proceedings in order to avoid his liability to maintain his wife under Section 125 CrPC.Justice Saurabh Banerjee made the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by a husband challenging a Family Court order directing him to pay maintenance to his wife.The parties had married according to Hindu rites in 2002 and in 2003, the husband instituted a suit...
WhatsApp Transmission Of Summons Not Conclusive Proof Of Actual Notice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that WhatsApp transmission of summons is not by itself conclusive proof that the defendant actually received or had notice of the summons.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri observed that merely sending summons to a mobile number associated with the defendant cannot establish due service, particularly when the process server's report records that the call was answered by a third person.“The existence of the mobile number and the factum of transmission are distinct from proof...
"We Be Not Destroyed By Past Errors': Delhi High Court Invokes Rig Ved; Orders Premature Release Of Murder Convict 'Casually' Denied Relief
The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life sentence, having spent 20 years behind bars, observing that the Sentence Review Board (SRB) had repeatedly rejected his applications for premature release without application of mind.The petitioner, having undergone imprisonment of more than 25 years including remission, had challenged SRB order rejecting his request...
Sukesh Chandrashekhar Moves Delhi High Court To Delete 'Derogatory' Remarks From Order Convicting Him For Impersonating SC Judge
The Delhi High Court is set to hear arguments on maintainability of a plea filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar seeking deletion of certain “derogatory” remarks made against him in a trial court judgment convicting him for impersonating a Supreme Court Judge and attempting to pressurise a judicial officer to grant bail.Justice Madhu Jain listed the matter for hearing on November 3 after the State objected to the maintainability of Chandrashekhar's petition under Article 226 of the...
Street Vendors Can't Claim Fixed Sites Under Provisional Certificate Of Vending: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has street vendors cannot claim to vend on fixed or stationary vending sites under a provisional certificate of vending, and asked the MCD to verify whether 42 vendors who had approached the court even possessed a provisional certificate of vending. It said that upon verification if vendors will be permitted to vend as mobile vendors. The court was hearing a plea by...
Delhi High Court Restricts Entry Of Law Interns To Senior Batches
The Delhi High Court restricted the entry of intern law students to the court premises to only third year students of 3-year-LLB course and fourth as well as fifth year students of the 5-year integrated LLB course. A circular issued by the High Court states:"As directed by Hon'ble the Chief Justice, it is hereby circulated for information of all concerned that, henceforth, the entry...
Delhi High Court Upholds August 1 Cut-Off Date For CSE Age Eligibility, Says Courts Must Defer To Executive's Discretion
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a cut-off date for age eligibility in competitive exams is not arbitrary or violative of Articles 14 and 16 merely because it is not 1 January, as the executive has wide discretion to fix such dates. Background Facts The petitioner was a candidate for the Civil...
Delhi High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against Senior Advocate Pinaki Misra, Finds No 'Prima Facie' Case
The Delhi High Court has quashed a 2019 criminal defamation case against senior advocate Pinaki Misra over allegations of calling the complainant a "crook‟ and a "black mailer" in an interview to a news portal. It was alleged that the complainant had filed a complaint with Bar Council of Delhi in 2018 against the petitioner, alleging that Misra's appearance on behalf of power...
Delhi High Court Grants 6-Weeks To Three Slum Clusters Near PM's Residence For Relocating To DUSIB Colony
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) granted six weeks to residents of three slum clusters located near the Prime Minister's residence in the Race Course area to vacate the premises and move to a DUSIB Colony at Savda Ghevra where alternative accommodation has been provided by the authorities. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia in its order though...
Delhi Police Oppose Bail Pleas Of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid In High Court, Says No Change In Circumstance
Opposing fresh bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi Police has told the High Court that the pleas are "illegal" and "an attempt to mislead" the court by projecting that Supreme Court judgment passed in an unrelated case amounts to change in circumstances to maintain the present proceedings. For context, Khalid and Sharjeel had...
3-Year LLM Course Enables Lawyers To Continue Practice While Simultaneously Pursuing Masters Program: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that purpose of 3-year LL.M. course is to enable students to continue practice before Courts while simultaneously pursuing their Masters program. In doing so the court permitted a lawyer to appear in his second semester LLM exam at Delhi University after he was earlier prohibited for not completing the mandatory attendance requirement. The court was hearing...