Delhi High Court Says Kshatriya Karni Sena Head Free To Move Around But Participation In Any Protest Must Be As Per Law

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) said that while President of Kshatriya Karni Sena Dr. Raj Shekhawat is free to move around, however if he wishes to participate in any protest the same must be in accordance with law. The court passed the order while hearing habeas corpus plea seeking production of President of Kshatriya Karni Sena/Akhand Karni Party Dr. Raj Shekhawat, wherein it...

Delhi High Court Bats For Redevelopment Of 25 Industrial Areas To Prevent Untreated Sewage Flowing Into Yamuna River

The Delhi High Court has directed the DDA to convene a meeting with other authorities over redevelopment of 25 non-confirming industrial areas in the city, observing that the redevelopment work was necessary to ensure that untreated sewage water does not flow into the Yamuna river. A division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora in its order said that the...

Posts Revealing Address Of Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das Taken Down: X Tells Delhi High Court

Social media platform X informed the Delhi High Court on Monday (August 24) that posts allegedly revealing residential address of Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das have been taken down from the platform.The submission was made in Das's lawsuit against commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra, and certain web portals over allegations of revealing his residential address and personal information on...

Investigating Officer Failed To Appear Before Trial Court Over 20 Times, Undertrials Spent 6 Yrs In Jail: Delhi High Court Laments

The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to sensitise the Investigating Officers (IOs) to ensure their timely cooperation in the expeditious conclusion of pending cases, particularly those involving accused persons who have remained in custody for a considerable long period. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 781]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while granting bail...

'Passing The Buck': Delhi High Court Pulls Up Pollution Control Bodies Over 4-Year-Old Hazardous Waste Container

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for “passing the buck” over the disposal of hazardous goods lying in a container at the Inland Container Depot (ICD), Tughlakabad, for nearly four years. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 780]A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Shail Jain observed...

Delhi High Court Asks DSLSA Committee To Consider Giving Preference To 3rd-Year Law Students In Para Legal Volunteers Selection

The Delhi High Court has asked the District Legal Services Authority (DALSA) Committee responsible for selecting Para-Legal Volunteers (PLVs) to consider giving preference to third-year law students, noting that they would be passing out soon. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 779]Justice Jasmeet Singh requested the Committee to conclude the selection procedure for PLVs as per the extant rules and...

'Authorities Best Placed To Decide': Delhi High Court To Lawyer Troubled By Traffic Near His Connaught Place Office

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer seeking immediate deployment of traffic marshals at the Connaught Place to ensure uninterrupted vehicular flow. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 778]Referring to a division bench decision, Justice Amit Bansal noted that the traffic authorities are in best position to decide the regulation of traffic in the city and that the issue cannot be raised...

Lack Of Infrastructure, Doctors Can't Justify Excluding MD Geriatric Medicine From DM Super Speciality Courses: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to reconsider and include MD (Geriatric Medicine) as an eligible feeder qualification for admission to DM super-speciality courses via National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test- Super Specialty (NEET-SS) and Institute of National Importance – Super Specialty (INISS) examination. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 777]Justice Jasmeet...

Personality Rights Can't Extinguish Caricature, Lampooning Or Parody Unless Commercial Exploitation Is Involved: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has cautioned that the concept of personality rights cannot be deployed in an overbroad manner to prevent dissemination of information concerning wrongdoing or to extinguish forms of expression such as caricature, lampooning and parody, particularly where such expression does not amount to commercial exploitation of an individual's personality or publicity rights....

Delhi High Court Refuses Blanket Takedown Order In Janhvi Kapoor's Personality Rights Suit But Orders Removal Of Vulgar Content

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant a blanket takedown order covering 6,884 allegedly offending URLs in Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor's personality rights suit. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 776]Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani however directed the removal of 552 offending URLs containing content that appeared to be “grossly sexually vulgar or pornographic” against her. The Court observed that...

Delhi High Court Declares August 27 As Holiday; Sitting Days In Lieu Announced

The Delhi High Court has declared August 27, Thursday, as a holiday for the High Court as well as the courts subordinate to it.In lieu of the holiday, the High Court has declared September 19, as a Court sitting day for the High Court whereas September 12, will be a Court sitting day for the subordinate courts.The notification, issued by the Registry today, further provides that cases...

CJP's Saurav Das Moves Delhi High Court Against Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Jaipur Dialogues Etc For Revealing Personal Info

Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court against commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra, and certain web portals over allegations of revealing his residential address and personal information on social media.The suit seeks mandatory and permanent injunction against the defendants, which also include portals such Sunday Guardian, Jaipur Dialogues, Pamphlet...