Delhi High Court Recalls Order Granting Relief To The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan Against Rejection Of OCI Card

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that The Wire's Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan is prima facie guilty of “suppressing material facts”, regarding bail conditions imposed upon him by the Allahabad High Court, in his plea seeking OCI card. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked Varadarajan to file an affidavit explaining his conduct, while also recalling its earlier order...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Indian National Congress' Plea Seeking Conveyance Deed For Jantar Mantar Property

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by Indian National Congress seeking a direction on the Delhi Government to execute a sale or conveyance deed in its favour regarding a property situated at city's Jantar Mantar Road.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav sought response of Union of India through Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Delhi Government. Congress...

Delhi High Court Upholds Eviction Of Daughter-In-Law From In-Laws' House To Protect Their Right To Peaceful Residence

The Delhi High Court has upheld the eviction of a daughter-in-law and her son from her in-laws' house under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, holding that the senior citizens' right to peaceful residence must prevail in the facts of the case.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav dismissed a writ petition filed by a widow and her son challenging an order of...

'Classic Case Of Abuse Of Procedural Law': Delhi High Court Slaps ₹50,000 Costs On Accused For Delaying Trial Since 2016

The Delhi High Court has imposed costs of ₹50,000 on an accused for repeatedly attempting to stall a criminal trial pending since 2016, describing the case as a “classic case of abuse of the procedural law.”Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed a petition filed by the accused challenging orders of the trial court and sessions court that had closed his opportunity to cross-examine...

Role Of Police Is Not To Just 'Arrest And Dump' People In Jail: Delhi High Court Calls For Cooperation During Prosecutions

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, while strongly criticising the approach of the Delhi Police in handling matters concerning personal liberty.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that despite repeated judicial directions, the approach of the police towards bail matters had not improved. The Court said that the role of the police was “not...

Delhi High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Who Called Cops After Attacking Wife & Daughter With Hammer

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for murdering his wife and teenage daughter, relying on his extra-judicial confession, PCR call and recovery of a blood-stained hammer used in the crime.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the appeal filed by Vimal Singh against his 2002 conviction under Section 302 IPC.According to...

Arrest Memo Containing Mere 'Reasons For Arrest' Can't Substitute Person-Specific 'Grounds Of Arrest': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, holding that arrest memo containing mere reasons for arrest cannot substitute “grounds of arrest” which are personal and specific to the accused. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that failure to furnish written grounds of arrest within the constitutionally mandated timeline renders the arrest...

Citing Roman Jurist Cicero, Delhi High Court Orders Defreezing Of Bank Account Frozen On Cyber Crime Complaint Without FIR

The Delhi High Court has directed the HDFC Bank to immediately defreeze bank account of a man whose account had been frozen following a complaint from the Cyber Police Station in Vadodara, Gujarat, observing that continued seizure of the account without any FIR, accusation or material connecting him to an offence was wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law. Citing Roman jurist Cicero,...

Strictly Check Dissemination Of Obscene Content Through Play Store Apps: Delhi High Court To Google, Apple

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Google LLC and Apple Inc to take strict action to ensure that dissemination of obscene and pornographic content through mobile applications on their play-stores is immediately checked.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the intermediaries not only have the responsibility to act when they receive...

'Highly Misconceived': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To Impose Tax On Agricultural Income

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking imposition of tax on agricultural income of citizens in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rejected the plea calling it “highly misconceived.”The Court remarked that it cannot issue a mandamus upon the Delhi Government to make a law imposing tax...

'Morality Has To Be Kept Separate From Offence In Matters Of Liberty': Delhi High Court While Granting Bail To Rape Accused

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a gym trainer accused in a rape case while observing that “morality has to be kept separate from the offence” when deciding questions concerning personal liberty.Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observation while allowing the regular bail plea in connection with offences under Sections 308(2), 351(2), 64(2)(m) and 79 of the Bharatiya...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Gang Rape Convict's Repeated Interim Bail Pleas For Mother's Surgery, Imposes Costs

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an interim bail plea moved by a gang rape convict seeking temporary suspension of sentence on the ground that his mother required gallbladder surgery, while observing that the repeated filing of similar applications amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the convict, directing that the amount...