S.45 PMLA | Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Unitech Founder Ramesh Chandra In Money Laundering Case On Account Of 'Age-Related Infirmities'

The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 21) granted bail to 86-year-old founder of Unitech Group Ramesh Chandra, in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Justice Jasmeet Singh granted bail to Chandra observing that he fell within the ambit of “infirm” under the proviso to section 45(1) of PMLA and thus, he was not required to meet the twin test for grant...

Delhi HC Judge Under SC Collegium Scrutiny After Reports Of Cash Recovery From His Home

In an extraordinary development that shocked the judiciary and the legal fraternity, reports have emerged that a large pile of unaccounted cash was found in the official residence of a Judge of the Delhi High Court, Justice Yashwant Varma.As per a report in the Times of India, the cash was found when a fire brigade reached the judge's residence to douse a fire. Justice Varma was not in...

Can't Use S.482 CrPC To 'Short Circuit' Prosecution: Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIRs Against Woman's Kin Accused Of Outraging Her Modesty

While hearing petitions seeking quashing of FIRs filed by a relative of the accused, the Delhi High Court observed while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC the high court would not normally determine whether evidence is reliable as that is the Trial Court's function. The court further remarked that while judicial process must not be used used for harassment, Section 482 cannot be...

Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Local Dhabas From Using Registered Trademarks Of Popular Murthal Eatery 'Mannat Dhaba'

The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained various restaurants (local dhabas) situated on the Delhi-Dehradun highway from using the registered trademarks of popular Murthal based eatery “Mannat Dhaba.”Justice Amit Bansal observed that the Mannat Group of Hotels established its rights over its registered trademark 'MANNAT' and that the defendant restaurants were reaping undue benefit...

Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause Prevails Over Seat Of Arbitration Clause If It Expressly Covers Proceedings Relating To Arbitration: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar has observed that generally if an agreement contains both exclusive jurisdiction clause and seat of arbitration clause, then judicial proceedings relating to arbitration would lie only before the court having territorial jurisdiction over the arbitral seat/venue. However, as in the instant case, if the exclusive jurisdiction clause...

Well-Educated Wife With Job Experience Must Not Remain Idle Solely To Gain Maintenance From Husband: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a well educated wife with suitable job experience must not remain idle solely to gain maintenance from her husband. “….this Court is of the considered view that a well-educated wife, with experience in a suitable gainful job, ought not to remain idle solely to gain maintenance from her husband,” Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said. The Court dismissed...

NRI's Entitled To Benefits Provided To 'Eligible Passengers' Under 2016 Baggage Rules: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a non-resident Indian is fully entitled to the benefit provided to an “eligible passenger” under the Baggage Rules, 2016 for the purposes of Customs on arrival to India.Eligible passenger was defined by the Finance Ministry via a Notification dated June 30, 2017, to mean a passenger of Indian origin or a passenger holding a valid Indian passport, coming...

Tender Floated To Procure Equipment For Hybrid Hearing Infrastructure In District Courts: Delhi Govt Informs High Court

The Delhi Government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that tender has been floated yesterday for procurement of equipments for providing hybrid hearings infrastructure in all district courts in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed that an affidavit be filed by a competent authority of Public...

High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt Over Lack Of Efforts To Ensure Finances For Construction Of Residential Flats For Judges

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Government for lack of efforts to ensure finances for pending project of construction of residential flats for judicial officers of the district judiciary in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela reminded the Delhi Government that providing adequate...

'Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt' Is A Principle Of Criminal Law, Not Applicable To Tax Law: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the principle of 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' cannot be made applicable to Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which enables an assessing officer to open an assessment if he has 'reason to believe' that an assessee's income escaped assessment.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed,...

'All Speculation, No Concrete Material': Delhi High Court On PIL For CBI Probe Into Corruption Via Electoral Bonds

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the allegations raised in the PIL seeking a court monitored CBI probe into the instances of “quid pro quo and corruption” by way of donations made through electoral bonds by individuals or companies to various political parties were “all speculation” and were based on “no concrete material”. A division bench comprising...

Delhi High Court Directs BCI To Enrol South Korean Citizen As Advocate Within Two Days

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (March 18) directed the Bar Council of India to enrol a South Korean citizen- Daeyoung Jung as an advocate within two days. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed that withholding the enrolment would not be permissible since there was no stay of a single judge order which had quashed BCI's decision refusing...