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NEET-UG 2026: Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With NTAs Final Answer Key For Biology Question

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the final answer key of NEET-UG examination, 2026, observing that courts cannot substitute their own assessment over that of subject experts, unless the answer is demonstrably and manifestly incorrect.Justice Jasmeet Singh noted that the National Testing Agency (NTA), in its response, stated that the challenges to answers contained in...

Delhi High Court Asks Supreme Court, High Court Judges To Share PAN Details Amid Dispute Over Taxability Of Judicial Allowance

The Delhi High Court has directed Private Secretaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges who have filed their income tax returns under the new tax regime, pursuant to the Court's earlier interim order concerning the taxability of judicial allowances, to furnish details including their PAN and return particulars to the Income Tax Department.The division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta...

Decide Plea To Remove Derogatory YouTube Videos Against Shirdi Sai Baba: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Union Government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide complaints and an appeal seeking removal of several YouTube videos, and other online publications allegedly containing false, derogatory and inflammatory content concerning Shirdi Sai Baba.The plea alleges that the content has the potential to promote religious hostility and...

PMLA Case Cant Be Erased Merely Because Predicate Offence Was Quashed On Basis Of Compromise: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a money laundering prosecution under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) can survive even after the predicate offence is quashed on the basis of a compromise, observing that such a settlement does not amount to a judicial finding that the scheduled offence never occurred.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while dismissing a...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea filed by Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar seeking bail in relation to the case of murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said that there was no genuine change in circumstances within the meaning of the liberty reserved by the Supreme Court, or, independently, for the...

Not Acceptable: Delhi High Court On Jail Doctor Signing Medical Report As Senior Medical Officer Despite Not Holding Rank

The Delhi High Court has pulled up jail authorities after it emerged that a doctor who signed a medical status report describing himself as the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) did not hold that rank, observing that such a practice was “certainly not acceptable.”Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observation while dismissing an interim bail application filed by a rape accused in a POCSO case,...

Woman Wearing Jeans Is A Personal Choice: Delhi High Court Criticizes Advocates Questions On Victims Clothing In Sexual Harassment Case

The Delhi High Court has criticized the line of cross-examination adopted by a defence counsel in a sexual harassment case, observing that questions directed at the survivor's clothing were "wholly irrelevant" and appeared intended to embarrass, humiliate and morally judge her. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 755]Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha remarked that a woman's choice to wear jeans is a matter...

CJI Surya Kant Calls Mediation A Psychological Process, Says India Can Emerge As Global Centre For Dispute Resolution

Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant on Friday said that the sine qua non of mediation is “deeply psychological” in nature and that there is no reason why India cannot establish itself as a genuine centre of mediation for the global community.He said that it is not enough to merely have adequate dispute resolution infrastructure but it is essential that India develops itself into...