Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Junks PIL Against 'Illegal Constructions' At Ajmeri Gate, Imposes ₹10K Costs
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to demolish the alleged illegal and unauthorized constructions within the regulated area of city's Ajmeri Gate. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela imposed Rs. 10,000 costs on the petitioner- Mirza Aurangzeb to be deposited with Delhi High Court Staff Welfare Fund. The Court observed...
Speedy Trial Can't Be At Cost Of Fairness Of Trial: High Court In Delhi Riots Case
While dealing with a case concerning the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, the Delhi High Court has recently observed that expedition in trial cannot be at the cost of fairness of trial, since that would be against all canons of justice.“We must not delude ourselves into believing that the purpose of expeditious trial would be served by denying to an accused a fair and reasonable opportunity...
Central Govt Employee Cannot Change Destination Midway While Claiming Leave Travel Concession: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that in terms of the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 an employee cannot change travel destination midway through the journey and if due to some unavoidable circumstance it has been changed, the same has to be a destination which is en route.In the case at hand, LTC was originally sought for travel to Trivandrum, which...
Delhi High Court Has Jurisdiction To Hear ANI's Copyright Infringement Suit Against OpenAI: Amicus Curiae
Amicus curiae Dr. Arul George Scaria on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it has the jurisdiction to hear the copyright infringement suit filed by Asian News International (ANI) against OpenAI Inc, which founded ChatGPT.Scaria is a Professor of Law at National Law School of India University. He submitted before Justice Amit Bansal that the Delhi High Court has the jurisdiction in the...
Sending Legal Notice Or Mediation Request Doesn't Satisfy Section 12A Of Commercial Courts Act Mandating Mediation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that sending a legal notice or mediation request to a party cannot be considered as a 'compliance' of Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, which mandates mediation before the institution of a commercial suit.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that non-response to such mediation request...
AO Becomes 'Functus Officio' After Closure Of Assessment, Must Put Relevant Incriminating Material To Assessee To Re-Confer Jurisdiction: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that after the closure of assessment proceedings, the Assessing Officer becomes 'functus officio' and to re-confer jurisdiction upon the AO to initiate re-assessment proceedings, relevant incriminating material ought to be put to the assessee.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation...
Failure To Attach Impugned Arbitral Award Along With Section 34 Application Would Render Filing Non-Est: Delhi High Court
A full bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Rekha Palli, Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Saurabh Banerjee while hearing a reference made by a single judge bench in Pragati Construction Consultants v. Union of India [FAO(OS)(COMM) 70/2024] held that if the party challenging an award u/s 34 of the A&C Act does not attach the impugned arbitral award with the...
Two Judicial Officers Sworn In As Delhi High Court Judges
Two judicial officers sworn in as judges of the Delhi High Court on Friday. The two judges are Renu Bhatnagar and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta.On February 19, the Central Government had notified their appointment. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their elevation at a meeting held on February...
Delhi HC Restrains Rogue Websites From Infringing Trademark Of Reliance's 'YOUSTA' Fashion Brand, Orders Blocking Of Social Media Accounts
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Reliance Retail Ltd, restraining several rogue websites and social media accounts from infringing the trademark of its 'Yousta' fashion brand.Justice Mini Pushkarna was considering Reliance Retail Ltd's (plaintiff) suit which alleged that the rogue defendants have established fake social media profiles...
S.173(8) CrPC Inapplicable To Additional Document Already Part Of Record In Incomplete Form, Without Introducing New Allegations: Delhi HC
While upholding the Trial Court's order allowing the prosecution to introduce an additional document, the Delhi High Court has observed that the introduction of the document, which was already a part of the record in an incomplete form and did not introduce any new facts or allegations, did not amount to placing 'fresh evidence'. The Court stated that introducing the additional document was...
'Case Against Co-Accused Out On Bail Much Worse Than Mine': Umar Khalid Tells High Court In Delhi Riots Bail Hearing
Former JNU scholar Umar Khalid on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the UAPA case, alleging a larger conspiracy into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, against the co-accused persons who are out on bail is much worse as compared to him. Senior Advocate Trideep Pais was making rebuttal submissions in Khalid's bail plea before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and...
Mandate Of Serving Grounds Of Arrest In Writing Under UAPA Applies To Arrests From Date Of SC's Pankaj Bansal Ruling: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that the mandate of serving grounds of arrest in writing to an arrestee under UAPA will apply to arrests from the date of pronouncement of Supreme Court ruling in Pankaj Bansal case delivered on October 03, 2023, and not from the date of pronouncement of subsequent decision in Prabir Purkayastha case.“…..the ratio of Pankaj Bansal would apply to...