Delhi Riots Accused Moves High Court Seeking Interim Bail To Arrange Funds For Daughter's Academic Fee, Hearing Tomorrow

Mohd. Salim Khan, an accused in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking interim bail for two weeks.Khan has sought the relief for arranging funds for the academic fee of her daughter who is pursuing her B.A. L.LB.The matter was heard today by a division bench comprising Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and...

AAP Leader Somnath Bharti Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Victory Of BJP's Satish Upadhyay In Assembly Polls

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the victory of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Satish Upadhyay from Malviya Nagar constituency seat in the recently conducted Assembly polls. Upadhyay defeated Bharti by winning the seat with 39,564 votes. Bharti received a total of 37,433 votes.Bharti has challenged Upadhyay's victory on the...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Medha Patkar's Plea Against Trial Court's Refusal To Introduce New Witness In Defamation Case Against LG VK Saxena

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against dismissal of her application to introduce and examine an additional witness to prove her defamation case lodged against Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.Justice Shalinder Kaur issued notice on the plea and sought response of Saxena in the matter. During the hearing, the Court...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Sharjeel Imam's Plea Challenging Framing Of Charges In 2019 Anti-CAA Protest Case

Sharjeel Imam on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging framing of charges against him in a case concerning the alleged violence during the 2019 anti CAA protests in city's Jamia Nagar area. Justice Sanjeev Narula issued notice on the plea and sought response of the Delhi Police in the matter. Imam was represented by Advocates Talib Mustafa and Ahmad Ibrahim. Mustafa submitted...

Issue Concerning Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship Under Consideration: Central Govt Informs Delhi High Court

The Union Government on Wednesday (March 26) told the Delhi High Court that the matter concerning the issue of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is pending consideration with the Ministry of Home Affairs.“The matter is under consideration of the ministry,” ASG Chetan Sharma told a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela while hearing a...

Acceptance Of Goods Delivered Under Tax Invoice Amounts To Accepting Terms Governing It, Including Arbitration Clause: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has held that the arbitration clause contained in the tax invoice itself is clear to the extent that acceptance of subject goods delivered under the invoice would amount to accepting the terms governing it, including the arbitration clause contained therein. Brief Facts of the case: The respondent along with his son, entered into...

Court Cannot Interfere In Arbitration Proceedings At Final Stage, When Sufficient Opportunity Has Been Given To Claimant To Inspect Documents: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Manoj Jain has upheld the order passed by the Arbitrator whereby an application seeking production of certain documents has been dismissed. The court held that sufficient opportunity had been given to the claimant, but he didn't avail that opportunity. Thus, the court cannot interfere with the order of the arbitrator at the final...

Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Alleging Vulgarity In Honey Singh's Song 'Maniac', Asks Litigant To Avail Civil Or Criminal Remedies

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (March 26) refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) against singer Honey Singh's latest song “Maniac”, alleging that it portrays women as “sexual objects” and uses vulgar words. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the litigant, Lavkush Kumar, to avail civil or...

Determination Of Anti-Dumping Duties Is A Time-Bound Process By Competent Authority, Writ Courts Will Be Hesitant To Interfere: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that writ petitions challenging the determination of anti-dumping duties by Directorate General of Trade Remedies are maintainable however, since the determination is a time bound process, Courts will not readily interfere in the process.Anti-dumping investigation determines whether a product is being dumped in the country at a lower price, causing material injury...

Delhi High Court Allows MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Parliament 'In-Custody', Can't Use Phone Or Interact With Media

The Delhi High Court has allowed jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to attend the second part of the Parliamentary session from March 26 to April 04 “in-custody”.A division bench comprising Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani directed the Director General (Prisons) to send him “in-custody” under police escort from prison to the Parliament on each of...

Vos Technologies Judgment On Time Bound Adjudication Of SCNs Applicable To Recovery Proceedings U/S 11A Of Central Excise Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Section 11A of the Central Excise Act 1944, which empowers taxing authorities to recover duties not levied/ short-levied or short-paid, is pari materia to corresponding provisions of the Customs Act, the Finance Act and the CGST Act.A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar thus held that the High Court's judgment in M/S...

Requests By Victims Of Sexual Violence For Exemption To Appear Can't Be Treated At Par With Requests Of Hardened Criminals: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that requests made by victims of sexual violence to exempt them from appearing in court cannot be treated at par with such requests of hardened criminals.“One has to be conscious of the intersectionality of a girl child who has undergone trauma of sexual violence. Such a victim, on being summoned by court to depose and virtually relive the trauma, is bound...