Delhi HC Asks MP Engineer Rashid To Deposit 50% Amount Demanded By Jail Authorities For Parliament Visit, ₹4 Lakh To Be Paid Within 3 Days

The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 28) ordered jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to deposit ₹4 lakh (approx) with the jail authorities, so as to attend the second part of the Parliamentary session which ends on April 04.The figure is 50% of the total amount demanded by the jail authorities (₹8.74 lakhs) to enable his Parliament visit 'in-custody', which was ordered by the...

Force Majeure Clause 'Eclipses' Contractual Terms, Existence And Duration Of Force Majeure Event To Be Determined By Arbitral Tribunal: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, courts cannot adopt the approach of one-size-fit-for-all. Courts can interfere into the award only if it shocks the conscience of the court and is prone to adversely affect the administration of justice. The court held that...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Centre's Order Cancelling Academic Ashok Swain's OCI Card

The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 28) set aside an order issued by the Central Government cancelling the OCI card of academic and writer Ashok Swain.Justice Sachin Datta said that the concerned authority would be at liberty to pass a fresg order as it thinks fit after considering the reply or explanation, if any, furnished by Swain.”Needless to say, once such an order is passed,...

Service Charge Is Voluntary Payment By Consumers, Can't Be Made Mandatory On Food Bills: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday held that service charge and tips are voluntary payments by consumers and cannot be made compulsory or mandatory on food bills by restaurants or hotels.Justice Prathiba M Singh thus rejected two petitions filed by Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), challenging CCPA guidelines of...

'What Is Your Explanation Of Not Giving Public Apology?': Delhi High Court Asks Saket Gokhale In Defamation Case By Lakshmi Puri

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale as to what was his explanation of not issuing a public apology, as directed by the Court in the defamation suit filed against him by Lakshmi Puri, former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Gokhale's counsel that since there was no stay of the judicial...

S.110 Customs Act | SCN Cannot Be Issued After One Year, Detention Of Goods Impermissible: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that detention of goods by the Customs Department cannot continue beyond a period of one year, if a show cause notice was not issued to the assessee within such period.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta cited Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962 which prescribes a period of six months. Further, subject to complying with...

Recovery Of Excess Amount Can't Be Permitted If Officer Is Not At Fault: Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur observed that if an Officer was granted training allowance for the period he was not working as an Instructor, recovery for an excess amount at a later stage could not be permitted as it was undeniably not his fault. The Bench held that any amount recovered from the Petitioner should be refunded...

Delhi High Court Grants Relief To BharatPe, Restrains Use Of 'Bharatpay' Mark And Website

The Delhi High Court has recently granted relief to fintech company “BharatPe” and restrained the use of “Bharatpay” mark as well as the domain name used for payment of utility bills, data recharge services, insurance and financial services. Justice Amit Bansal observed that Bharatpay mark was phonetically identical with, and visually, structurally and conceptually similar to,...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Prohibiting Retired Judges Of Other States From Applying For Senior Advocate Designation

The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the rule prohibiting retired judges of other States to apply for senior advocate designation in Delhi. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela upheld the validity of Rule 9B of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2024.As per the Rule, Retired...

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma From Delhi HC To Calcutta HC

The Supreme Court Collegium today recommended the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, from Delhi High Court to Calcutta High Court.Justice Sharma was elevated from the Delhi Higher Judicial Service to the Delhi High Court in February...

Hyperlinking Of Defamatory Article Can Attract Liability As Republication In Some Cases : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has passed a ruling adjudicating the question as to when will hyperlinking of a publication would amount to republication.“If the hyperlinking of a publication is done in a manner in which it refers to the content that conveys defamatory meaning, not because a reference was created, but because, if understood in context, it actually expressed something defamatory, then...

Delhi High Court Stays Release Of Tamil Film 'Veera Deera Sooran' By 4 Weeks Over Alleged Breach Of Assignment Agreement

Update: After the Court granted ad-interim injunction, both the parties amicably settled the matter and filed the settlement agreement on the same day. In view of the settlement agreement, the ad-interim injunction granted on release of the film was discharged and the film was released in afternoon of 27.03.2025.The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 27) deferred the release of Tamil...