Delhi High Court
High Court Upholds LMV Licence Requirement For Male Delhi Police SI Candidates; Says Different Criteria For Women Not Discriminatory
The Delhi High Court has upheld the requirement of possessing a valid Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) driving licence for male candidates seeking appointment as Sub-Inspectors (SI) in Delhi Police, ruling that the absence of a similar requirement for female candidates does not amount to discrimination.A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora dismissed a writ...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Over LPG Shortage, Says Issue Lies In Executive Domain
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL over acute shortage of LPG in the national capital, observing that the issue lies completely in realm of the Executive.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that no such mandamus can be issued when the Government of India has already and is taking action to meet the exigencies. The...
Delhi High Court Holds Hockey India Officials Guilty Of Contempt For Disobeying Order On Executive Board Meeting Access
The Delhi High Court has held officials of Hockey India guilty of contempt for willfully disobeying its directions to provide a duly elected Executive Board member access to meetings.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav found that Hockey India and its Secretary General, Bhola Nath Singh, had failed to comply with an earlier order directing that the petitioner—an elected Vice...
Delhi High Court Justice Tejas Karia Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Contempt Action Against Arvind Kejriwal For Circulating Court Videos
Justice Tejas Karia of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday recused from hearing a PIL seeking contempt action against AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorizedly” recording and circulating videos of proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on social media."This matter will not be heard by this bench. List tomorrow...
No Bar On Fresh Tender Amid Subsisting Contracts; Writ Courts Won't Entertain Anticipatory Grievances: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the mere existence of subsisting contracts does not bar the State from initiating a fresh tender process for a future period.The division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan added that merely because the Petitioner-contractor apprehended that the fresh tender may “overlap” contractual arrangements, would not be grounds to entertain a...
Delhi High Court Registers Suo Motu Case On Establishment, Expansion Of Open Prisons
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday registered a suo motu case based on Supreme Court's recent directions to ensure effective utilisation, establishment, functioning and expansion of Open Correctional Institutions (OCIs) in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the order in pursuance to Supreme Court's directives passed...
Delhi High Court Rejects Kashmiri Migrant Contractors' Decades-Old Payment Claims Citing Missing Records
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by contractors who migrated from Jammu & Kashmir during the late 1980s unrest, seeking payment of dues for works allegedly executed prior to their displacement.A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora upheld the decision of the Single Judge refusing relief to the appellants, who had claimed...
Trusted Relationships Cannot Replace Proof In Money Transactions; Cogent Evidence Essential: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that financial transactions, particularly those involving large sums, must be supported by cogent evidence and cannot rest solely on claims of trust between parties.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while dismissing a petition under Section 482 CrPC, challenging concurrent orders of the Trial Court and Revisional Court, which had refused...
Judges Can't Defend Themselves Publicly, Criticism Must Be Responsible Backed By Cogent Evidence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that criticism aimed at judges must be responsible and backed by cogent evidence as they cannot defend themselves publicly when faced with attacks, especially on a social media platform.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that any criticism must be well founded, specially because a judge has no means to justify...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Contempt Action Against Arvind Kejriwal, Others Over Circulation Of Recusal Hearing Videos
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorizedly” recording and circulating videos of proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on social media.The plea has been filed by Advocate Vaibhav Singh alleging that the politicians have...
Delhi High Court Calls Upon NHAI To Introduce Real-Time Toll Monitoring Systems To Detect 'Windfall Gains', Prevent Revenue Loss
The Delhi High Court has called upon the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to put in place an automated, technology-driven monitoring system to track toll collections in real time and promptly identify “windfall gain” situations, stressing the need to prevent loss to the public exchequer.The direction came while the Court was dealing with a challenge to the premature termination...