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Delhi Riots: High Court Seeks Police Response On Tahir Hussains Plea Against Conviction In Ankit Sharma Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on an appeal preferred by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan called for the nominal roll and sought response of the...

Delhi High Court Upholds Sole Agency For Nationwide Emergency Alert System, Says Govt Can Depart From Open Tender In Public Interest

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Centre's decision to appoint the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) as the sole agency for implementing a nationwide Cell Broadcasting system, which is designed to send emergency alerts directly to people's mobile phones during disasters and other public emergencies. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 801]Justice Sachin Datta dismissed a petition filed by...

Maternity Leave Cant Cost Women Their Jobs Or Promotions: Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Frame Safeguards

The Delhi High Court has held that the statutory protection available to women during maternity leave is not confined to continuity of employment or wages, but extends to their professional status, responsibilities, managerial authority and prospects of career advancement. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 800]Justice Sachin Datta made the observations while disposing of a writ petition concerning a...

Delhi High Court Directs MP Govt To Pay Over ₹78 Lakhs Fee To Senior Advocate, Says State Cant Deny Payment After Taking Legal Services

The Delhi High Court has directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs. 78,65,000 along with interest of 9% per annum to senior advocate Anoop George Chaudhari for appearing before the Supreme Court in a matter, rejecting the State's claim that the senior counsel had effectively appeared only twice. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 799]Justice Sachin Datta referred to the order sheets of the Supreme Court...

Delhi High Court Quashes Excise FIR Against Liquor Company Over Mistaken Omission Of One-Day Permit For Soft Launch

The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 33 of the Delhi Excise Act, 2009 against a liquor and beverages company, after finding that the omission to obtain a one-day liquor permit for a soft launch party was an inadvertent mistake. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 798]Justice Saurabh Banerjee noted that liquor was found being served without a valid licence during a raid at Soul...

Mechanism For Inclusion Already Exists: Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Apprehending Exclusion Of Homeless, Displaced Persons In SIR

The Delhi High Court has dismissed PIL seeking directions to ensure the inclusion of homeless persons and those rendered homeless or displaced due to demolition drives in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 797]In doing so the court noted that the Election Commission of India's Manual already provides for mechanism for...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Decide Plea For Guidelines Curbing Social Media Access For Children Below 13 Yrs

The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government to consider a plea seeking guidelines for protecting children under 13 years by imposing curbs on access to social media and regulation of content for children between 13-16 years of age. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 769]This comes after the Centre told the division bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora that the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Wrestler Vinesh Phogats Plea For Policy Protecting Women Athletes Returning After Maternity Leave

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 1) issued notice on wrestler Vinesh Phogat's plea seeking a policy for women athletes who return to sports following pregnancy and maternity leave. Phogat welcomed her first child in July 2025. Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao appearing for Phogat submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that the plea concerned a larger question of policy. "This is...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdis Plea Over Restriction On Facebook Account

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 1) issued notice on Jammu Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi against restriction on access to his Facebook account, alleging that the same was done without providing him with any notice. The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that Mehdi is a member of...

General Power of Attorney Holder Cant Claim Ownership Of Property, Must Remit Sale Proceeds To Principal: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a General Power of Attorney (GPA) is an instrument of agency and does not transfer right, title or interest in an immovable property to the attorney holder. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 796]Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while dismissing an appeal against a decree directing Appellant to pay ₹1,01,78,074 to the legal heirs of his...

Student Must Be Caught Actually Using Cheating Material For Major Penalty: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court modified the punishment of a law student who was accused of cheating inside a urinal, after noting that he was entitled to benefit of doubt as nothing was shown to prove that he was found 'actually using' the material for cheating and so the penalty of cancelling all his papers in the semester was disporportionate. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 795]It was alleged that the...