Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Fines Advocate 10K For 'Outrageous Aspersions' On Judge, Alleging 'Scam In Govt Service'
The Delhi High Court has reprimanded a practising advocate by imposing a cost of Rs. 10,000 in a recruitment matter, who had cast aspersions on a judge which dismissed his earlier plea and had additionally alleged that there was a concerted effort to cover up a "scam" in government service.In doing so the court observed that no litigant much less an advocate appearing in person can be...
Delhi High Court Protects Dream 11's Trademark From Unknown Entities, Awards ₹1 Lakh Cost
The Delhi High Court has restrained unknown defendants from infringing the registered trademarks of online fantasy sports league platform 'Dream11' including its domain names or content on its websites.In doing so, the court observed that the defendant had replicated the contents, colour scheme, look and feel, and the "Dream 11" trademarks from the plaintiff–Sporta Technologies Pvt...
Delhi High Court Says Notification Banning Import Of Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Doesn't Exist As Authorities Fail To Trace It
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition challenging the notification purportedly issued by the custom authorities in 1988 banning the import of book “The Satanic Verses” authored by Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie.A division bench comprising Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee noted that the authorities, including the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and...
Delhi High Court Sentences Lawyer To 4 Months In Jail For Making Derogatory Remarks, Filing Frivolous Complaints Against Judges
The Delhi High Court has sentenced a lawyer to four months in jail after finding him guilty of criminal contempt for making derogatory remarks against judges and filing repeatedly frivolous complaints against them as well as the police officers.A division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma observed that the lawyer neither showed any remorse for his conduct...
'No Infirmity In The Decision To Direct Payment Of Interest On Interest', Delhi High Court Upholds Decision Of Central Administrative Tribunal
A division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices C Hari Shankar and Sudhir Kumar Jain dismissed a Petition that sought to quash the judgement of the Central Administrative Tribunal directing the Petitioners to pay the Respondent the interest on interest at the rate of 10 percent. The Court held that the proscription on interest on interest as per Section 3(3)(c) of the...
No Basis For Reassessment If Nature & Source Of Receipts Are Verified, AO Doesn't Find Any Contradictory Evidence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court stated that once nature and source of receipts have been satisfactorily proved and AO has not contradicted information given by assessee, there lies no cause for initiating the reassessment action. The Division Bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Ravinder Dudeja observed that “………Once the nature and source of receipts have...
Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Row: Allahabad HC Petitioner Appears Before Delhi High Court, Claims CBI Is Investigating The Issue
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday was informed that investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been initiated over a PIL filed in the Allahabad High Court against the alleged British citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.The submission was made by Vignesh Shishir, BJP member from Karnataka who filed the PIL in the Allahabad High Court, after he appeared virtually before...
Challenge To Award U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act Without Award Itself Being Filed Would Not Be A Valid Filing: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad, held that a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act is for challenging the Award. It cannot be said that a challenge to the Award without the award itself being filed would be a valid filing. Without the Award, the challenge would become meaningless because unless the Award is perused by the Court,...
Delhi High Court Rejects PIL To Allow Chhath Puja Celebration At Yamuna After Govt Flags River's Pollution Level
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to allow the public to perform the festival of Chhath Puja at Geeta Colony Ghats on the Yamuna riverbed in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected the PIL moved by Purvanchal Nav Nirman Sansthan, underscoring that performance of Chhath Puja...
Delhi High Court Restrains Alpino Health Foods From Publishing Advertisements 'Disparaging' Oats
The Delhi High Court has recently restrained Alpino Health Foods Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based brand, from publishing or sharing its advertisements disparaging “Oats” as a category of foods, either on social media or otherwise. Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the ex parte ad interim injunction order in favour of Marico Limited in its suit against Alpino, a brand which has actress...
Insisting Presence Of MD/CEO Merely For Disposing Traffic Challans On Vehicle Registered In Company Name Uncalled For: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a Trial Court's direction requiring the physical presence of a company's MD/CEO emrely for the purpose of disposing traffic challans was irrational. Benetton India Private Ltd. filed the petition to quash the orders passed by a Trial Court, where it directed the MD/CEO of Benetton to appear in the proceedings relating to the disposal of traffic challans....
Delhi High Court Restrains 'Rogue App' From Streaming Star's Contents
In relation to a copyright suit filed by Star Channels, the Delhi High Court has restrained a 'rogue app' and related websites from streaming, reproducing and making the contents of Star Channels available to the public.Star Channels filed the suit for a permanent injunction against King's Pro+ app and related websites (defendant no.1) for allegedly making Star's original content available...