Co-Convicts Can Be Granted Parole/Furlough Together In Appropriate Cases, No Absolute Bar: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has clarified that there is no absolute prohibition on the simultaneous grant of parole or furlough to co-convicts, holding that such release can be permitted in appropriate cases subject to stricter scrutiny by the competent authority.A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja was dealing with a batch of petitions challenging Note (2) to Rule 1212 and...

Shark Tank Judge And Entrepreneur Aman Gupta Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His Personality Rights

Shark Tank India judge and co-founder of Indian electronics brand boAt Lifestyle, Aman Gupta, moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking protection of his personality rights. Justice Jyoti Singh recused from hearing the matter and ordered that the suit be listed before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on May 07.“Subject to the orders of the Hon'ble judge in charge, let the matter be listed...

Unexplained Receipt Of Money By Public Servant Not Bribery Without Link To Official Favour: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that mere receipt of money by a public servant, even if unexplained, cannot be treated as bribery in the absence of a clear evidentiary link between the payment and any unlawful official favour.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while setting aside the removal of an officer of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), holding that the finding of...

Delhi High Court Chief Justice's VC Proceedings Disturbed As Obscene Pornographic Content Played On Virtual Hearing Platform

Proceedings before Delhi High Court Chief Justice's Court were disturbed today as obscene pornographic content was played by a user midway on virtual conferencing (VC).The incident occurred before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia. As the Court was taking up its supplementary list, a random user logged in as “Shitjeet Sighn” on...

'Policy Decision': Delhi High Court Declines Plea For Compensation, Public Employment Benefits To Kin Of Those Killed In Terror Attacks

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking compensation and public employment benefits to the families and kin of victims killed in terror attacks in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the prayers made fall in the realm of policy decision and cannot be entertained in...

Not All Content On Public Figures Can Be Restrained Unless Derogatory: Delhi High Court Remarks In Arjun Kapoor's Personality Rights Suit

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against AI misuse and pornographic content.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard Advocate Pravin Anand appearing for the actor who took the Court through defendants who are indulging in sale of merchandise using Kapoor's personality traits, including his photos, without his consent.He...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Visit Ailing Father

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted one weeks' interim bail to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to visit his ailing father. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain allowed Rashid to either remain in the hospital or residence where his father is located, in presence of atleast two police officials in plain clothes. The Court noted that...

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Recuses From Hearing Karti Chidambaram's Plea To Quash CBI Corruption FIR

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday recused from hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeking the quashing of a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) accusing him of giving relief to an alcoholic beverage company- Diageo Scotland over a ban on duty-free sale of its whisky.Justice Sharma said that the matter “has...

Delhi High Court Upholds Police Constable's Conviction For Accepting ₹1,000 Bribe 32 Years Ago

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a police constable under the Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹1,000 in 1994, holding that the prosecution had successfully proved both demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha dismissed the appeal preferred by the accused challenging his conviction and sentence...

Liquor Policy Case: After Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Boycotts Hearing Before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

After Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia has also written to Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that he will not participate in further proceedings in the CBI liquor policy case pending before her. In his letter, Sisodia has said that like Kejriwal, he too accepts Gandhiji's principle of Satyagraha and that his conscience has left him with no...

Delhi High Court Allows AITA Election Results To Be Declared For Interim Management, Orders Fresh Polls Under New Sports Law

The Delhi High Court has allowed the declaration of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) election results held in September 2024, permitting the newly elected body to function as an interim arrangement to manage the day-to-day affairs of the federation, while directing that fresh elections be conducted in accordance with the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 and the Sports Governance...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 20 To April 26, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 424NOMINAL INDEXShri Mohkam Singh v. Delhi Jal Board 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 CBI v. Kuldeep Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 397 Rajkiran Yadav v. State Bank Of India Through Its Chief General Manager And Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 398 Gur Kaur Minor & Ors. v. Union Of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 399 ALLU ARJUN v. FRANKLY...