Delhi High Court Orders MEA To Ensure Safety Of Woman Allegedly Held Captive By Foreign National In Dubai

The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take urgent steps to ensure safety of a 25-year-old Indian woman allegedly being held captive and physically abused by a foreign national in Dubai.Justice Sachin Datta directed MEA and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take immediate steps to ensure the safety...

SFIO Probe No Bar To PMLA Proceedings: Delhi High Court Upholds ED's Provisional Attachment In ₹6000 Cr Forex Scam

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that probe by Serious Fraud Investigation Office into the affairs of a company does not bar parallel proceedings under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar thus dismissed the plea moved by certain accused, challenging provisional attachment of their movable and immovable...

Delhi High Court Rejects Woman's Claim Of Panchayati Divorce In Jat Community, Says Custom Must Be Strictly Proved

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that while Section 29 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 recognises customary divorce, the burden to prove prevalence of such a custom is heavy.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar observed,“Customary divorce, if validly proved, is saved by the provision of the HMA. However, to prove custom, the parties are required...

Delhi High Court Directs Judge To Undergo Training In Matrimonial Laws Citing 'Troubling Lack Of Legal Understanding'

The Delhi High Court has directed a family court judge to undergo an “appropriate and comprehensive refresher training program” in matrimonial laws, citing serious misapplication of law and by him while dealing with divorce cases. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that the Judge has, in several matters, repeatedly ignored...

'Factually Correct Reporting Not Defamation': Delhi High Court Quashes Case Against Journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick

The Delhi High Court has recently quashed a defamation case filed against journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick over an article published in 2010 in the Times Magazine, observing that factually correct reporting cannot be termed as defamatory. “The manner in which a Journalist or an Article Writer presents the facts, is his skill of writing, but when the reported matter is factually correct, then...

Delhi High Court Directs Tihar Jail Authorities To Provide Adequate Medical Treatment To Yasin Malik

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Tihar Jail authorities to provide appropriate medical treatment to convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik sentenced to life imprisonment in a terror funding case.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna took note of Tihar jail authorities report which said that Malik does not seem to be suffering from any life threatening ailment. The Court said that...

Delhi High Court Restrains Knam Foods From Using 'AL-BUSTAN' Rice Packaging, Terms It 'Slavish Copy'

The Delhi High Court has barred Knam Foods Pvt. Ltd. from using the “AL-BUSTAN” brand name and its blue-and-yellow rice packaging after finding that the company had “slavishly copied” the design, layout, Arabic script, and even the mobile number printed on the bags of rival rice exporter Amir Chand Jagdish Kumar Exports Ltd. The ex-parte ad-interim injunction, passed on November 24...

Courts Can Correct Manifest Computational Errors In Awards Without Re-Appraising Arbitrator's Reasoning: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that the courts under sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) possess limited but definite authority to correct manifest computation errors without reopening the merits of the case. A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar partly modified the arbitral award to the...

Late Major Mohit Sharma's Parents Move Delhi High Court To Stay 'Dhurandhar' Film Release

Parents of Ashoka Chakra awardee late Major Mohit Sharma have moved the Delhi High Court seeking urgent stay on the release of the film “Dhurandhar.”The Ranveer Singh starrer, directed by Aditya Dhar, is slated to release on December 05. In their petition, the parents have said that the film “appears to be directly inspired” by the life, persona, undercover operations and martyrdom...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Condone 9-Month Delay By Assessee In Filing Revised Income Tax Return

The Delhi High Court has refused to condone a delay of 9-months by an assessee in filing his revised income tax return (ITR).A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar remarked,“Surely it should not take nine months to realize that initial ITR has some mistakes, which requires a revised return.”The Court was dealing with a plea against rejection of Petitioner's...

Abhijit Iyer Mitra Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Rejection Of Newslaundry Journalists' Defamation Suit Over Alleged Abusive Tweets

Abhijit Iyer Mitra has moved the Delhi High Court seeking rejection of the defamation suit filed by nine women employees of digital news platform Newslaundry alleging that he had posted sexually abusive social media content against them on X.Mitra has filed the application under Order 7 Rule 11 of Code of Civil Procedure, along with an application seeking condonation of delay. The matter came...

Delhi High Court Condones Company's Delay In Filing GST Appeal On Ground Of Director's Illness

The Delhi High Court recently condoned the delay made by a company in challenging the GST demand of over ₹75 lakhs, on grounds of illness of its Director.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain, after considering the facts of the case and on the basis of the medical records, were of the view that the lapse was “bonafide”.As per Section 107 of the Central Goods...