Delhi High Court Reserves Verdict On Ajeet Bharti's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In SC/ST Act Case, Asks Why Police Notice Not Issued Yet

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Delhi Police as to why no notice had been issued to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in an SC/ST Act case and whether his custodial interrogation was required, while reserving its order on his anticipatory bail plea.Justice Saurabh Banerjee earlier today watched the impugned video, wherein Bharti purportedly made certain comments.During the hearing, the...

Delhi High Court Asks Its Committee To Consider Lawyer's Suggestions On Upgrading Hybrid Hearings Infra In District Courts

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked its appropriate Committee to consider a lawyer's suggestions on upgrading the hybrid hearings infrastructure in the district courts in the national capital. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 854]A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was dealing with a PIL filed by lawyer Nitin Soni. The Court said that the issues relating...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Decide Plea Against Sept 21 Cut-Off For Old Digital Signature Tokens, Questions Different Deadline For Govt Users

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to decide a representation challenging the September 21, 2026, deadline for private individuals and professionals to continue using FIPS 140-2 tokens for their Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 853]A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the Government to...

'You Need To Be Circumspect': Delhi High Court Orally Tells Ajeet Bharti, Will Watch Impugned Video In SC/ST Act Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 16) orally remarked that if Ajeet Bharti has designated himself as a Youtube commentator then he needs to be "circumspect" of what he is doing.The Court was hearing his plea for anticipatory bail in a Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case. Bharti had moved the high court, after the trial court rejected his...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre If It Plans To Regulate 'Addiction-Causing' Features On Social Media Apps

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government if it is planning to frame a policy to examine the “addiction-causing” design architecture employed by social media platforms, including infinite scroll, autoplay, algorithmically curated feeds, persistent notifications and “likes”.A division bench comprising Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Amit Sharma asked...

'No Public Interest': Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Inquiry Into Conflicting Claims Of Lathi-Charge During CJP Protest

The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking fact-finding into lathi charge claims against Delhi Police during the NEET paper leak protest which took place at Jantar Mantar earlier in June, orally remarking that there was no public interest in the plea. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 852] The plea claims that there is conflict as media reports claim lathi charge was done while the Delhi Police...

Queer Partners Can Take Medical Decisions In Emergencies If Authorised By Patient: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that a competent adult should be permitted to nominate their partner, including a partner in a non-heterosexual or queer relationship, to take healthcare decisions on their behalf if they subsequently become incapacitated.The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the National Medical Commission (NMC) have submitted that such...

UGC Equity Regulations: Delhi High Court Declines Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Police Denying Permission For Sept 20 Protest

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to urgently hear a plea challenging the Delhi Police's refusal to grant permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar on September 20 against the recently notified University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.The plea was mentioned before a division bench headed by Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya,...

Being First In Reserve List Doesn't Create Right To Promotion Merely Because Vacancies Arise: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an employee's first placement in a Reserve List does not by itself create a right to promotion merely because vacancies arise during the validity of the list. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 851]Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that while the employee's position in the Reserve List would give him precedence if the Bank decided to operate the list, it did not oblige the...

Delhi High Court Chief Justice Nominates Sr Advocate Sonia Mathur & Advocate Monika Arora As Members Of Delhi Bar Council

Delhi High Court's Chief Justice, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, has co-opted two lawyers as women members of the Bar Council of Delhi.The two women lawyers are Senior Advocate Sonia Mathur and Advocate Monika Arora. The information has been provided in a letter issued by the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court. “I am directed to refer to your letter No. 183/Gen/SF/2026...

Delhi High Court To Decide On November 26 Shehla Rashid's Plea Seeking Apology From Zee News, Sudhir Chaudhary Over 2020 Broadcast

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that it will decide on November 26 a plea filed by social activist and former JNU scholar Shehla Rashid seeking unambiguous and unequivocal apology from Zee News and its then anchor Sudhir Chaudhary, in relation to a programme aired by the news channel in November 2020.Noting that pleadings have been completed in the plea which was filed by Rashid in...

Custodial Torture Is Prohibited, But Police Can't Be Held Liable On Disputed Allegations: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that no person, whether a witness or an accused, can be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment while in police custody. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 850]Justice Madhu Jain held that a finding of custodial violence against individual police officials cannot be returned merely on the basis of disputed assertions.The Court said that the safeguards...