Delhi High Court Upholds Summoning Of Two For Assaulting Man In Supreme Court Premises, Circulating Video

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash the summoning of two persons accused of assaulting and abusing a man at the Supreme Court premises and subsequently circulating a video of the incident on Instagram. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 878]Justice Madhu Jain found no manifest illegality, perversity or abuse of the process of Court warranting interference with the impugned order, and dismissed the...

Delhi High Court Directs Interpol's Red Corner Notice Against Man Facing Contempt For Abusing Judges

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to issue a Red Corner Notice through INTERPOL against a man who is facing criminal contempt proceedings over allegations of threatening judges and making scandalous and abusive remarks against them. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 877]A Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja passed the order after...

Delhi High Court Directs Equestrian Federation Of India To Ensure Transparency In Future Selection Processes

The Delhi High Court has directed the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to ensure greater clarity and transparency in its future selection processes, observing that uncertainty in selection procedures concerning athletes representing the country ought to be avoided. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 876]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observations while refusing to interfere with EFI's selection...

Delhi High Court To Decide Maintainability Of Plea For CBI Probe Into Recent Assault On Lawyers At BCI Premises

The Delhi High Court this week reserved its order on the maintainability of a plea seeking a CBI or other independent agency probe into an alleged assault on advocates inside and outside the Bar Council of India (BCI) premises in late August.Justice Girish Kathpalia was hearing a plea filed by various lawyers seeking directions for registration of an FIR and an independent investigation into...

Delhi High Court Orders Police Protection For Woman Lawyer Facing Family Pressure To Marry Against Her Will

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to provide protection to a 26-year-old woman advocate who alleged that she was facing threats, coercion and interference from her parents and relatives over her refusal to marry a person chosen by them. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 875]Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order while dealing with a plea filed by the woman seeking protection of her life,...

Delhi High Court Rejects 6,290 Days Delay In 1988 Appeal, Says Losing Contact With Lawyer No Ground To Condone Delay

The Delhi High Court has refused to condone a delay of 6,290 days, or over 17 years, in seeking restoration of an appeal filed in 1988, that was dismissed for non-prosecution in the year. 2002. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 874]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri held that losing contact with a lawyer is no ground to condone such long delay and that litigant cannot shift the entire responsibility of pursuing the...

Leaves, Seeds, Grass-Like Material Not 'Ganja' Under NDPS Act: Delhi High Court Grants Bail

The Delhi High Court has held that a substance comprising “leafy, seed-bearing, grass-like” material does not fall within the definition of “ganja” under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 873]Justice Saurabh Banerjee made the observation while granting bail to an accused in a case involving alleged recovery of 21.20 kg of ganja.The...

University Students Have Right To Dissent, Smiling At Protestors Or Cheering For Demonstrations Not Indiscipline: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that university students have a valuable right to express dissent, demonstrate or show support for a demonstration, holding that merely smiling at protestors cannot be treated as an act of indiscipline. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 872]Justice Jasmeet Singh made the observation while staying fine of Rs. 19,000 imposed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on...

Can Child In Conflict With Law Be Compelled To Stay In Hospital Without Medical Necessity? Delhi High Court To Examine

The Delhi High Court is going to examine as to whether a child in conflict with law (CCL) can be compelled to remain admitted in a hospital for his psychiatric examination in the absence of any medical necessity.Justice Madhu Jain will also decide if such a child can be separated from his natural guardian during the course of an assessment.The Court issued notice on a plea filed by a child...

S.175(3) BNSS | Can Plea Seeking FIR Be Sent To Magistrate When Special Judge Finds No Offence Under Special Statute? Delhi High Court To Decide

The Delhi High Court is set to decide a question as to whether a Special Court, after finding that no offence under any special statute is prima facie made out, should transmit an application seeking registration of an FIR under Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to the concerned Magistrate.Justice Girish Kathpalia raised the question while hearing two pleas filed...

Advocate Can't Challenge BCI's Disciplinary Order In Criminal Proceedings: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an order passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) ordering disciplinary action against a lawyer can be challenged only by way of an appeal before the Supreme Court of India under Section 38 of the Advocates Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 871]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that a litigant cannot indirectly assail disciplinary orders of the BCI by...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judges, Additional Judges At Four High Courts

The Central Government on Saturday (September 19) notified the appointment of 14 judicial officers as judges and additional judges for High Courts at Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X to notify the appointments:"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India,...