Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Quashes CBI Look Out Circulars Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOC) opened by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against NDTV's former directors and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in 2019.“The impugned LOC is quashed, subject to the petitioners cooperating with the investigation,”Justice Sachin Datta said.The Court said that the continued operation of the LOC against Roys amounts...
'Shit Show', 'High On Weed Or Opium' Remarks Disparaging: Delhi High Court Orders Newslaundry To Remove Content Against TV Today
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed digital platform Newslaundry to remove and take down its statements containing disparaging content against TV Today, which owns news channels India Today and Aaj Tak.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that Newslaundry's remarks calling TV Today's content as “shit show” and “high on weed or...
Delhi HC Quashes Jamia's Action Against Professor Who Sought Separate Ladies Toilet, Says Safe Workplace Includes Dignified Restrooms
The Delhi High Court has observed that a safe and secure environment for women at the workplace is not to be understood in a narrow sense and includes conditions that enable them to work with dignity, decency and due respect. Justice Sanjeev Narula quashed disciplinary action initiated by Jamia Millia Islamia against a senior woman professor over a complaint relating to use of a...
Delhi High Court Quashes Extradition Of Man Wanted In UK Murder Case, Says No Prima Facie Evidence Of Stabbing
The Delhi High Court has quashed an order recommending extradition of a Punjab-based man to the United Kingdom in a murder case, holding that the “critical link” that he stabbed the deceased with knife remained a matter of “inference and conjecture”, with no direct evidence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna allowed a petition filed by Kanwarjeet Singh Batth challenging the 2019 inquiry...
Delhi High Court Asks Gautam Gambhir To File Correct Memo Of Parties In Suit Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 20) asked Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir to correct discrepancies in the memo describing the defendant parties in his suit seeking protection of his personality rights.Appearing for Gambhir, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai submitted before Justice Jyoti Singh that there were "very troubling" deepfake videos of the plaintiff. "Lets say there is...
Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Actress Sonakshi Sinha's Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass an interim order protecting the personality rights of bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the interim injunction plea filed by the actress in her suit seeking protection of her personality rights. On Court's asking as to what were the infringing links, the counsel appearing for the actress referred to AI...
Uttam Nagar Holi Clash: Delhi High Court Orders Police To Ensure Safety Of Public During Eid In PIL To Prevent Communal Violence
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 19) directed the Delhi Police to take all necessary action to ensure that public life is not disrupted during Eid Festivities, in connection with an incident which took place in Uttam Nagar following the killing of a 26-year-old man in a clash during Holi.The court further directed the Police to make arrangements which should "instil essence of security...
Liquor Policy Case: Delhi High Court Grants Time To Arvind Kejriwal, Others To Respond To ED's Plea For Expunging Adverse Remarks
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 19) granted time to AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others to respond to ED's plea seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made by a Special Court while discharging all in the excise policy corruption case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted time to all the accused persons after a request was made by their counsel. ASG SV...
Delhi High Court Directs Tamil Media Outlet To Take Down 'Defamatory' Content Against Sadhguru's Isha Foundation
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran Publications to delete and take down defamatory content against Sadhguru's Isha Foundation.Justice Subramonium Prasad also dismissed the application filed by the publication under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC for rejection of the defamation suit filed by Isha Foundation. “Order 7 Rule 11 dismissed. Directed to bring it...
Delhi High Court Acquits Clerk In Three Decade Old Case Over Alleged ₹500 Bribe, Says CBI Failed To Prove Case
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a former clerk of the Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU) in a corruption case dating back to 1994, holding that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused had demanded or accepted a bribe.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha set aside the 2003 judgment of the Special Judge, which had convicted the Appellant under Sections 7 and 13...
'Daredevil Attack': 23 Yrs On, Delhi High Court Upholds Man's Conviction For Stabbing Policeman Who Intercepted Him
More than two decades after a “daredevil attack” on a police officer, the Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man who stabbed a head constable in retaliation for being intercepted during a prior police operation.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav dismissed the appeal filed by the accused and affirmed his conviction under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 392, 394 and...
Suicide Is Problem Of Civilised World, Driven By Stress & Social Pressure: Delhi High Court Convicts Man For Abetting Wife's Suicide
The Delhi High Court has observed that suicide is increasingly a “problem of the civilised world”, often driven by stress, social pressures and breakdown of support systems, while convicting a man for abetting the suicide of his wife.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observations while partly allowing an appeal filed by the husband, modifying his conviction from dowry death under...