Delhi High Court
Not All Content On Public Figures Can Be Restrained Unless Derogatory: Delhi High Court Remarks In Arjun Kapoor's Personality Rights Suit
Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against AI misuse and pornographic content.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard Advocate Pravin Anand appearing for the actor who took the Court through defendants who are indulging in sale of merchandise using Kapoor's personality traits, including his photos, without his consent.He...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Visit Ailing Father
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted one weeks' interim bail to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to visit his ailing father. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain allowed Rashid to either remain in the hospital or residence where his father is located, in presence of atleast two police officials in plain clothes. The Court noted that...
Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Recuses From Hearing Karti Chidambaram's Plea To Quash CBI Corruption FIR
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday recused from hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeking the quashing of a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) accusing him of giving relief to an alcoholic beverage company- Diageo Scotland over a ban on duty-free sale of its whisky.Justice Sharma said that the matter “has...
Delhi High Court Upholds Police Constable's Conviction For Accepting ₹1,000 Bribe 32 Years Ago
The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a police constable under the Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹1,000 in 1994, holding that the prosecution had successfully proved both demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha dismissed the appeal preferred by the accused challenging his conviction and sentence...
Liquor Policy Case: After Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Boycotts Hearing Before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma
After Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia has also written to Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that he will not participate in further proceedings in the CBI liquor policy case pending before her. In his letter, Sisodia has said that like Kejriwal, he too accepts Gandhiji's principle of Satyagraha and that his conscience has left him with no...
Delhi High Court Allows AITA Election Results To Be Declared For Interim Management, Orders Fresh Polls Under New Sports Law
The Delhi High Court has allowed the declaration of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) election results held in September 2024, permitting the newly elected body to function as an interim arrangement to manage the day-to-day affairs of the federation, while directing that fresh elections be conducted in accordance with the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 and the Sports Governance...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 20 To April 26, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 424NOMINAL INDEXShri Mohkam Singh v. Delhi Jal Board 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 CBI v. Kuldeep Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 397 Rajkiran Yadav v. State Bank Of India Through Its Chief General Manager And Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 398 Gur Kaur Minor & Ors. v. Union Of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 399 ALLU ARJUN v. FRANKLY...
Delhi High Court Closes Lawrence Bishnoi's Plea Against Web Series; Allows Him To Intervene In Zee5's Challenge To Centre's Advisories
The Delhi High Court on Monday closed a petition filed against the release of upcoming web series “Lawrence of Punjab” on OTT platform ZEE5, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. The web series was scheduled for release on April 27.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav disposed of the plea filed by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi opposing the release, after Zee5 said that it is in the...
Delhi High Court Quashes Case Against Bina Modi Over Alleged Assault On Samir Modi Following Settlement
The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed a case registered against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in connection with an alleged assault of former Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order after being informed that the matter has been settled between the parties. Samir Modi, appearing...
Employer Can't Set Up Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee Before ICC Inquiry; Violates PoSH Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that an employer cannot constitute an ad hoc fact-finding committee to examine allegations of sexual harassment prior to referring the complaint to the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), observing that such a course is dehors the statutory scheme of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Advocate In Cheating Case To Arrange Funds For Children's School Admission
The Delhi High Court has granted interim bail to an advocate who is in judicial custody in a cheating case investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police, to enable him to arrange funds for the school admission of his children.Justice Manoj Jain allowed the plea seeking temporary release in connection with a FIR registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,...