Judges Can't Defend Themselves Publicly, Criticism Must Be Responsible Backed By Cogent Evidence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that criticism aimed at judges must be responsible and backed by cogent evidence as they cannot defend themselves publicly when faced with attacks, especially on a social media platform.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that any criticism must be well founded, specially because a judge has no means to justify...

PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Contempt Action Against Arvind Kejriwal, Others Over Circulation Of Recusal Hearing Videos

A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorizedly” recording and circulating videos of proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on social media.The plea has been filed by Advocate Vaibhav Singh alleging that the politicians have...

Delhi High Court Calls Upon NHAI To Introduce Real-Time Toll Monitoring Systems To Detect 'Windfall Gains', Prevent Revenue Loss

The Delhi High Court has called upon the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to put in place an automated, technology-driven monitoring system to track toll collections in real time and promptly identify “windfall gain” situations, stressing the need to prevent loss to the public exchequer.The direction came while the Court was dealing with a challenge to the premature termination...

'4 PM' YouTube Channel Blocked To Curb Anti-India Narratives: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Central Government has filed a response opposing a plea challenging its order blocking access to “4 PM” YouTube channel, saying that the platform peddled anti-Indian propaganda and used digital lobbying to promote a one sided narrative. In its response filed through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Centre has said that the content published on the YouTube channel is...

Delhi High Court Grants 15-Day Interim Bail To Dowry Death Accused To Secure Daughter's School Admission

The Delhi High Court has granted 15 days' interim bail to an accused in a dowry death case to enable him to secure his daughter's school admission.Justice Girish Kathpalia allowed the plea filed by the accused, Rihan Khan @ Dulare, who is facing charges under Sections 498A, 304B, 120B, 313, and 511 of the IPC along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The interim relief was...

Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To RTO Clerk Accused In Pan-India Fake Vehicle Registration Racket

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Road Transport Authority (RTA) clerk accused of being part of a pan-India syndicate involved in fraudulent vehicle registrations using fake documents and tampered chassis numbers.Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed the plea filed by Gaurav Bhardwaj, who is facing charges under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 To April 19, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 395NOMINAL INDEXJASPREET KAUR v. JAGJEET SINGH & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 RISHABH GEHLOT v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 372 BALBIR CHAND TIWARI v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ORS and other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 373 ONKAR SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 374 SUMIT v. STATE OF NCT...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Allu Arjun, Restrains AI Misuse & Objectionable Content

The Delhi High Court has passed an ex parte ad-interim order protecting the personality rights of Telugu actor Allu Arjun, restraining multiple entities from unauthorised commercial exploitation of his personality, including misuse through artificial intelligence tools, deepfakes and sale of infringing merchandise.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the actor's name, image, voice,...

CARA Must Secure Foreign Clearances For Inter-Country Adoption Before Issuing NOC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is obligated to secure necessary foreign clearances in inter-country adoption cases and cannot discharge its duty by merely issuing a “support letter” instead of a No Objection Certificate (NOC).The case arose from a petition filed by adoptive parents who had legally adopted a child under the Hindu Adoption...

Bank's Guard Post Involves Handling Arms, Strict Disclosure Of Appointee's Antecedents Essential: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has upheld the termination of a bank guard for suppressing information about a pending criminal case at the time of recruitment, observing that the nature of the post requires strict and truthful disclosure of antecedents.Justice Sanjeev Narula observed,“The post in question is that of a guard, which involves handling of arms, and therefore strict and truthful disclosure...

'Litigant Can't Dictate How Judge's Children Live': Justice Sharma On Kejriwal Citing Her Children's Appointment As Govt Counsel

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma while dismissing AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking her recusal from the liquor policy case on the ground that her children are central government panel counsel, observed that a litigant cannot dictate how children of judges live their lives in absence of any proof that the office of the judge has been misused. Kejriwal had argued that...

'Politician Can't Be Allowed To Judge Judicial Competence' : Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Rejects Arvind Kejriwal's Recusal Plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the applications filed by Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and other accused seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the liquor policy case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that merely because her children are central government panel counsel, it cannot be presumed that she carries any bias against Kejriwal.The judge...