Delhi High Court
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...
Arvind Kejriwal Files Application In Delhi High Court Seeking Recusal Of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma From Liquor Policy Case
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has filed a fresh application before the Delhi High Court seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation's petition (CBI) challenging his discharge in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. The application is likely to be heard tomorrow by Justice Sharma. The...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 30 To April 05, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 323 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 345NOMINAL INDEXPREM SHEELA KUMARI v. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 323VISHWAJYOTI v. VIRENDER KUMAR SARDANA & other connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 324The New India Assurance Company Ltd v. M/S Kapoor Diesels Garage Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 325International Visa Services Pvt Ltd...
CPF Option Exercised Can't Be Reversed To Claim Pension Under CCS Rules: Delhi HC
A Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Narula held that an employee who has exercised an option to remain under the CPF scheme cannot later claim pension benefits under the CCS Pension Rules, as deemed conversion applies only where no option was exercised. Background Facts The petitioners are a group of former employees of the Export Inspection Council (EIC) and...
Combatised BSF Person Retire At 57, Can't Claim Civilian Retirement Age Of 60 - Delhi High Court
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a re-employed ex-serviceman appointed to a combatised post in the Border Security Force, who enjoys the benefits of that combatised cadre, is governed by the BSF's statutory superannuation age of 57 years and not by the 60-year retirement age applicable to...
'Gag Order': Activist Moves Delhi High Court Against Injunction In Hardeep Puri's Daughter's Defamation Suit Over Epstein Files Link Claims
Kunal Shukla, a Raipur based social activist, had moved the Delhi High Court challenging an injunction order directing him, as well as various others, to take down posts linking Himayani Puri, Union Minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, to American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The matter is slated to be heard on Monday by a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary...
Legal Research, Understanding Impugned Order No Ground To Condone Delay: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that conducting legal research or understanding the impugned order cannot be a ground for condoning the delay. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that if such a ground were to be accepted as a sufficient explanation, it would render the law of limitation and the principles of delay and laches largely otiose. The Court dismissed an application seeking condonation...