Decide On Uniformity In Interest Rate For Delayed Payment Of Retiral Benefits: Delhi High Court To CAT

The Delhi High Court has directed the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide on the issue of uniformity in judicial orders passed by the Tribunal in respect of the rate of interest to be awarded on delayed payment of retiral benefits by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), by constituting an appropriate bench for the matter.A division bench of Justice C. Hari...

'Deceptively Similar': Delhi HC Orders Cancellation Of 'Javatpoint' Trademark In Oracle America's Plea Challenging Infringement Of Its 'JAVA' Mark

The Delhi High Court ordered the cancellation of the trademark registration of 'javapoint' in a plea filed by the American software company, Oracle America Inc, which owns the rights over Java software.Justice Amit Bansal in his order said, "As may be seen from the side-by-side comparison of the marks set out in the table above, the impugned mark subsumes the petitioner's mark JAVA in...

Delhi High Court Discharges Lawyer In Criminal Contempt Case, Asks Him To Not Indulge In Aggressive Behaviour In Future

The Delhi High Court has recently discharged a lawyer in a criminal contempt case and asked him not to indulge in aggressive behaviour in the future. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dharmesh Sharma took a compassionate view of the matter and accepted the apology of the lawyer.The contempt proceeding was referred to the Court after an order was passed in...

Arbitration Law Expert Advocate Tejas Karia Appointed As Delhi High Court Judge

The Central government has notified the appointment of Advocate Tejas Dhirenbhai Karia as a Judge of the Delhi High Court.The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his elevation in August last year.The Collegium had noted that Karia is a domain expert in the law of arbitration. Since the volume of cases on arbitration law requires specialized handling, particularly, in the High Court of...

Delhi High Court Seeks Empirical Data On Plea To Monitor Progress Of Cheque Bouncing Complaints

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought empirical data on a petition seeking to supervise and monitor the progress of cases relating to complaints of cheque bouncing under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Section 138 of the NI Act deals with dishonour of cheques for insufficiency of funds in the account. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and...

Delay In Trial No Ground For Bail In Cases Involving Terrorism: Police Concludes Arguments Opposing Release Of Delhi Riots Accused

The Delhi Police on Wednesday concluded its arguments in a batch of bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other accused persons in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy to commit the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.ASG Chetan Sharma appearing for the Delhi Police submitted before a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur that there is nothing on record...

Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Rogue Apps & Websites From Illegally Streaming Star India's Content

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of Star India Pvt. Ltd against copyright infringement of its content by rogue apps and websites such as Ninja TV, RTS TV, Kyte TV, Picaso TV, Stream India and Hotstar Mod App.Star India, an entertainment and media company, broadcasts popular content on its STAR channels in various languages. It owns and operates websites and...

Award Cannot Be Set Aside When No Objections Were Raised Before Arbitrator Or Court U/S 12(5) Of Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul held that the award cannot be set aside solely on the ground that the appointment of the Arbitrator was illegal in view of section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Arbitration Act) when no such objections were raised before the Arbitrator or the court under section 34 of the Arbitration...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On PIL Against DeepSeek, Says AI Is Dangerous Tool In Anybody's Hands

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Union Government on a public interest litigation challenging “DeepSeek”, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Central Government's counsel to seek instructions in...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Article 334A Which Prescribes Delimitation Exercise To Implement Women's Reservation In Lok Sabha

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the delimitation clause under Article 334A (1) of the Constitution of India in so far as it renders delimitation of constituencies a prerequisite to implement women's reservation in Lok Sabha.The provision was introduced by the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Act,...

Delhi High Court Rejects Retired Justice SN Dhingra's PIL Against Election Freebies, Asks Him To Approach Supreme Court In Pending Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL filed by retired Justice SN Dhingra against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Indian National Congress (INC) over their political promises to distribute cash to the voters in polls. The judge alleged that such an act falls within the meaning of “corrupt practices.”A division bench comprising Chief...

Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Delay In Implementation Of Judicial Orders But Refuses To Order 'Compliance Cells' In Govt Departments

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that it is the exclusive executive domain of the government to evolve a robust mechanism to ensure compliance of judicial orders. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela disposed of a plea highlighting the alleged “systemic inefficiencies and bureaucratic inertia” prevalent in...