Expect Prudence From Aspirants Of Technical Post: Delhi HC Denies Relief To CRPF Candidate For Not Mentioning Work Experience In Application

The Delhi High Court has refused relief to an aspiring CRPF Sub-Inspector (Staff Nurse) who was denied marks as he failed to mention requisite work-experience mandatorily required in the application for recruitment.Though the Petitioner had worked as Male Nurse Staff at a private hospital for more than five years, he was awarded 0 out of 5 marks earmarked in the selection criteria for...

10 Yrs On, Delhi High Court Directs Railways To Pay ₹8 Lakh Compensation To Man Whose Leg Was Amputated After Falling From Train

The Delhi High Court has asked the Railway Department to pay ₹8 lakh as compensation to a man who sustained grievous injuries that resulted in amputation of his left leg back in the year 2015, after falling from a moving train.The incident was a result of a heavy jerk on the train due to which the Appellant lost his balance and fell out of the allegedly overcrowded general compartment.He...

Not Insisting On Cancellation Of Arvind Kejriwal's Bail For Now But Trial Court Order 'Erroneous': ED To Delhi High Court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it was not insisting on cancellation of bail granted to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case for now. ASG SV Raju told Justice Ravinder Dudeja that even though the agency was not pressing for cancellation of Kejriwal's bail at this stage, the trial court order granting him regular bail...

High Court Asks Delhi Police To Take Strict Action Against Anyone Found Disturbing Shahdara Bar Association Elections; No Online Voting

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to take strict action against anyone, either lawyer or non-lawyer, who causes obstruction or disturbance in the conduct of Shahdara Bar Association elections which are scheduled to be held on May 09. The order was passed by a full bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh, Justice Navin Chawla and Justice C Hari Shankar.“In case...

Delhi High Court Rejects IPL Team RCB's Plea For Interim Relief Against Uber's 'Disparaging' Ad Featuring Travis Head

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the interim injunction plea filed by IPL team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in its suit against Uber Moto over allegedly disparaging YouTube advertisement featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad's cricketer Travis Head.Justice Saurabh Banerjee rejected the interim injunction application filed by RCB, observing that the impugned advertisement does not call...

2020 Delhi Riots: High Court Issues Notice On Tahir Hussain's Bail Plea In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma's Murder Case

Former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain on Monday (May 5) moved the Delhi High Court seeking regular bail in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice on Hussain's bail plea and sought status report of the Delhi Police.The matter will now be heard in July. Hussain had filed a...

Plea In Delhi HC To Conduct Shahdara Bar Association Election Through Both Online & Offline Modes For Security Reasons; Hearing Today

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to conduct elections to the Shahdara Bar Association through both online and offline modes, citing lack of requisite security arrangements.The plea has been filed by Justice Talwant Singh (Retd.), Chairperson of the Shahdara Bar Association Election Committee. Elections of Shahdara Bar Association are scheduled to be held in...

Take Expeditious Steps To Enact Advocates Protection Bill: High Court To Delhi Government

The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Delhi Government to take expeditious steps for enacting the Advocates Protection Bill, 2024.Justice Sachin Datta directed the Delhi Government to file a fresh status report in a plea claiming that there was an "alarming rise" in incidents of violence inside the court premises of different district courts in Delhi.Recently, an application was filed...

Charges Paid For Bandwidth To Overseas Telecom Operators Not Royalty U/S 9(1)(vi) Of Income Tax Act: Delhi HC Rejects Plea Against Airtel

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal preferred by the Income Tax Department claiming that Bharti Airtel should have deducted TDS on payments made to overseas telecom service providers for bandwidth services.A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia relied on CIT v. Telstra Singapore Pte. Ltd. (2024) the High Court had held that where those availing services provided by...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025 [Citations 397- 497]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 397 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 497NOMINAL INDEXM/s Brij Lal & Sons v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 397TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. VS. MALLA RAJIV 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 398LOREAL S.A. v. ASHOK KUMAR AND & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 399Manash Lifestyle Private Limited vs. Viraj Harjai & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 400Qamar Jahan v. Union of India 2025...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside IPAB Order Removing Swiss Luxury Brand 'Davidoff' From Trademark Register

The Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of the Swiss company which owns luxury coffee brand Davidoff, whose trademark was removed from the register over alleged delay in seeking renewal of the mark.Justice Amit Bansal noted that the Trade Marks Registry had admitted to not having any records indicating that form O3 notice was issued to the petitioner prior to the removal of the...

Delhi HC Upholds Dismissal Of CAPF Constable Who Remained Absent From Duty On Health Grounds, Says He Had Duty To Seek Leave After Surgery

The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a CAPF personnel for failing to intimate the force about his absence from duty due to his health condition.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur was of the view that being in a disciplinary force, a high level of accountability was expected from the personnel and “it was incumbent upon him, post-surgery, to apprise...