Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Directs Advocates To Approach Appellate Panel Under IT Rules Over WhatsApp Account Ban, Data Loss Grievance
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a batch of petitions concerning the banning of WhatsApp accounts, directing the petitioners to avail the statutory remedy under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that an efficacious grievance redressal mechanism is available under Rule 3A of the IT...
Lokpal Must Give Reasons To Order Probe Despite CBI Clean Chit: Delhi High Court Quashes Investigation Against DRI Officer
The Delhi High Court has quashed an order of the Lokpal of India directing CBI probe against a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officer, holding that such a decision cannot be taken without recording clear reasons, especially when a prior inquiry has exonerated the officer.A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar allowed the writ petition filed by the officer...
FSSAI Can't Regulate Animal Feed Under Food Safety Law, Scheme Limited To Food For Human Consumption: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) cannot regulate animal or cattle feed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, as the legislation is confined to food meant for human consumption.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia allowed a plea filed by Godrej Agrovet Ltd. and...
Delhi High Court Orders Premature Release Of Life Convict After 22 Yrs, Slams 'Mechanical' Rejections Based Solely On Gravity Of Offence
The Delhi High Court has directed the premature release of a life convict who had undergone over 22 years of actual imprisonment, holding that repeated rejection of remission by the Sentence Review Board (SRB) on the sole ground of the “heinousness” of the offence was arbitrary and contrary to settled principles of reformative justice. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna allowed the plea filed...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Cobrapost's Plea Against Order Allowing Anil Ambani To Withdraw Defamation Suit
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by news website Cobrapost challenging a trial court order permitting businessman and Chairman of Reliance Group, Anil Ambani to withdraw his defamation case over allegedly defamatory reporting claiming that his companies committed a fraud of over Rs. 41,000 crores. Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought response of Ambani, Live Media...
'No Problem With Commercialization But Primary Objective Is Sports': Delhi High Court In Plea Over Siri Fort Complex
The Delhi High Court yesterday remarked that while there is no problem in commercialisation inside the Siri Fort Sports Complex to a certain extent, the primary concern and objective is sports and to provide people a good environment to play. Justice Jasmeet Singh made the remark while hearing a plea filed by one Rajesh Agarwal, a permanent member of the complex, seeking a direction on the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti Against Conviction In Cheating Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti challenging his conviction in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of the Delhi Police to the plea which further challenges three years of sentence...
Promise Made By Chief Minister During Press Conference Not Legally Enforceable Without Policy Backing: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday held that an assurance or promise made by a Chief Minister during a press conference does not constitute an enforceable legal promise in the absence of any formal policy or statutory backing.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that such a promise cannot be enforced by way of a writ of mandamus if no legal...
Delhi High Court Directs Immediate Restoration Of X Accounts 'Dr Nimo Yadav', 'Nehr Who'
The Delhi High Court on Monday (April 06) ordered immediate restoration of the parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”, operated by petitioner Prateek Sharma on X.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while hearing a plea filed by Prateek Sharma against blocking of his parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”.The court also passed similar direction with respect to a petition filed by...
Delhi High Court Expedites Hearing On Activist's Plea To Vacate Injunction Over Posts Linking Hardeep Puri's Daughter To Epstein
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the single judge to expeditiously decide an application filed by Kunal Shukla, a Raipur based social activist, seeking stay or vacation of the injunction order directing him to take down posts linking Himayani Puri, Union Minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, to American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.A division bench comprising Justice...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Directive To Enforce Former CM Arvind Kejriwal's Speech Promising Rent Relief For Poor
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a single judge directive making promises extended by former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for payment of rent on behalf of poor tenants in 2020 “legally enforceable.”A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla modified the single judge ruling and rejected the prayer in the petition seeking a direction to...