Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actor Mohanlal Against AI-Generated Content, Unauthorized Merchandise

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of veteran Malayalam actor Mohanlal. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained multiple entities, including unknown entities, from unauthorized commercial exploitation of his personality attributes, including through AI-generated content.The Court held that the actor had made out a prima facie case for protection of...

Unidentified Minors No Ground To Drop POCSO Charges In Cases Involving Child Sexual Exploitation Material: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the absence of identifiable child victims or conclusive proof of their age cannot be a ground to discharge accused persons under POCSO Act in cases involving child sexual abuse material (CSEM).Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed noted that in majority of CSEM cases, children remain unidentified and untraceable, and cannot be produced before the Court,...

Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Lawyer, Cop For Falsely Implicating Man In Gang Rape Case And Tortured In Police Custody

The Delhi High Court has upheld conviction of a lawyer and a cop for extortion and falsely implicating a man, now deceased, in a false gang rape case who was later on beaten up and tortured in police custody. Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that a strong message must be sent to the people occupying positions like a lawyer or a police officer that Courts would not treat such crimes lightly...

Pay Parity Can't Be Claimed On Common Recruitment When Pay Commission Maintains Cadre Distinction: Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that pay parity cannot be claimed solely on basis of historical parity, common recruitment, or similar designation and overlap in functional duties, when the Pay Commission has maintained a distinction between different service cadres i.e. Secretariat and...

June 30 Retirement No Bar To July 1 Annual Increment- Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a government employee retiring on 30 June is entitled to increment due on 1 July, as the increment is earned for the completed year of service preceding retirement and cannot be denied merely because it becomes payable after retirement. Background Facts The...

“Bail Conditions Can't Invade Privacy Of Accused's Family”: Delhi High Court Sets Aside 'Surveillance' Directions On Wife

The Delhi High Court has observed that bail conditions cannot extend to invasion of privacy of the family members of an accused or a convict. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani set aside conditions that required police to monitor and collect personal data of wife of an accused during his interim bail.The Court modified the conditions imposed by a trial court in a case where interim bail had...

Right To Education Doesn't Mean Right To Choose Particular School: Delhi High Court Dismisses EWS Admission Plea

The Delhi High Court has held that the right to education does not translate to the right to select a particular school of choice once an academic year ends, in the absence of any interim protection.“There is no cavil that the RTE Act is a beneficial legislation with an objective to achieve social inclusion and to ensure that School becomes a common space for children's education...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: March 2026 [Citations 250 - 327]

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 250 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 327NOMINAL INDEXMohan Tanksale v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 250 Uday Chib v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 251 KARTIK & ANR v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 252 Vimla Singh EX PGT History v. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 253 Ram Kumar Pathak v. Shashi Devi & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw...

Associate Of Lawyer Who Was Allotted Chamber Cannot Claim Vested Right To Use It : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an advocate using a chamber merely as an associate of the original allottee does not acquire any vested right over the said premises being “mere permissive user.”Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with a plea filed by lawyer Anju Tanwar challenging the decision of Chamber Allotment Committee (CAC) of Saket Courts directing her to vacate...

'Grossly Vulgar, Obscene': Delhi High Court Orders Immediate Take Down Of 'Volume 1' Song By Honey Singh, Badshah

The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered immediate take down and removal of a controversial song sung by singers Honey Singh and Badshah from 2000s titled “Volume 1” which was released under the name of “Mafia Mundeer” group.Justice Purushaindra Kaurav said that the lyrics of the song are grossly vulgar, obscene, derogatory towards women and no civil society can permit such content...

Continue & Regularly Review Security Arrangements For All District Courts: Delhi High Court Tells Police, Closes Suo Motu Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to continue and regularly review the security arrangements put in place in all the district courts in the national capital in consultation with the respective Principal District & Sessions Judges. A full bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya, Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre closed a suo motu...

Liquor Policy: Delhi High Court Grants Last Opportunity To Arvind Kejriwal, Others To Respond To ED's Plea Against 'Adverse Remarks'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted last opportunity to AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and various others to respond to ED's plea seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made by a Special Court while discharging them in the excise policy corruption case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked the respondents to file the responses within a week, failing which their right...