Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Pay ₹20K As Costs To Army Central Welfare Fund For Seeking Adjournment In IPR Case
The Delhi High Court yesterday imposed Rs. 20,000 as costs after a Central Government standing counsel sought repeated adjournments in an IPR case.Justice Saurabh Banerjee renotified the matter and granted adjournment, subject to payment of costs to be paid to the Army Central Welfare Fund by the Central Government within four weeks. The Court was dealing with a commercial appeal filed in...
'RRTS Is Crucial Public Infrastructure Project': Delhi HC Refuses To Interfere With Demolition Of Kiosks At Sarai Kale Khan
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 08) refused to interfere with the demolition of tehbazari sites (kiosks) being carried out by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) at Sarai Kale Khan, for development of a metro rail station as part of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed...
Order 7 Rule 11 CPC | Documents Filed With Plaint Can Be Considered To Determine Whether It Discloses 'Cause Of Action': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the plaint filed for instituting a suit cannot be read in isolation and the documents annexed with it can be considered to determine whether the plaint discloses a 'cause of action' for proceeding in the matter.Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC empowers the Court to reject a plaint on specific grounds including lack of cause of action, etc.Justice Ravinder Dudeja...
Delhi High Court Adjourns Appeal Against Order Precluding Restaurants From Levying Mandatory Service Charge, Says 'Board Very Heavy'
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will hear on May 23 the appeals filed against a single judge ruling which held that service charge and tips are voluntary payments by consumers and cannot be made compulsory or mandatory on food bills by restaurants or hotels.The appeals have been filed by National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) and Federation of Hotels and...
Dept Cannot Be Blamed If Assessee Is Not Diligent In Checking GST Portal For Show Cause Notice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that an assessee cannot claim he was not granted an opportunity of hearing before an adverse order is passed, if he fails to check the GST portal for show cause notice and respond to the same.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed,“Since the Petitioner has not been diligent in checking the portal, no reply to...
Delhi High Court Closes Hamdard's Suit After Ramdev Removes Videos Making 'Sharbat Jihad' Remark
The Delhi High Court on Friday closed the suit filed by Hamdard National Foundation India against Yoga Guru Ramdev over his “Sharbat Jihad” remark against former's Rooh Afza product. Justice Amit Bansal decreed the suit after Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar informed Court that affidavits have been filed by Ramdev and Patanjali Foods Limited that the impugned videos and posts have been taken...
Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation Taken Down : YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh To Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday was informed that YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's allegedly defamatory video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has been taken down.The submission was made by Singh's counsel before Justice Jyoti Singh in the defamation case filed against him by Isha Foundation. The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in...
Permission For Felling Of More Than 50 Trees To Be Supervised By Central Empowered Committee: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the permission for felling of 50 or more trees in the national capital will be supervised by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) as per the order of the Supreme Court. Justice Jasmeet Singh added that permission for felling of upto 50 trees shall continue till the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is implemented by the city authorities. “The...
Delhi High Court Seeks Wikipedia's Response On ANI's Fresh Plea For Interim Injunction In Defamation Suit
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia platform, on a fresh plea filed by news agency ANI seeking interim injunction in the latter's suit over allegedly defamatory content published on the Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International”. ANI has filed the fresh application for interim injunction pursuant to the liberty granted to it...
SMAS Auto-Leasing Entitled To Protection & Preservation Of EVs Leased To 'Blu Smart', 'Gensol' Pending Arbitration: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jyoti Singh has granted interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to the the petitioner who is the owner of electric vehicles (EVs) leased under Master Lease Agreements upon apprehensions of financial distress, default in lease payments by the respondents and a risk of dissipation or deterioration of assets...
Delhi High Court Explains Difference Between 'Interlocutory' And 'Intermediate' Order For Determining Maintainability Of Revision Petition
The Delhi High Court has elucidated the difference 'intermediate' and 'interlocutory' orders in relation to Section 379 CrPC, which bars revision of interlocutory orders.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed,“Basically, a judicial order passed by a criminal court can be either Final Order or Intermediate Order or Interlocutory Order. So far as final order is concerned, there can be no difficulty...
Police Must Register Regular FIR And Not 'Zero FIR' If Part Of Alleged Offence Occurred Within Its Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that if part of a cognizable offence alleged, occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of a Police station, they must register a regular FIR and probe the offence rather than registering a 'Zero FIR' and transferring the case to another police station.Ordinarily, if the crime has occurred outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Police...