Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute In Appeal Against Harvard College
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal against a single judge order which upheld an arbitral award directing transfer of a domain name registered by Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute based in Srinagar to the President and Fellows of Harvard College in the United States of America.A division bench comprising Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju rejected the appeal moved...
'You Are Far Worse Than A Govt Department, Get Your House In Order': Delhi High Court Pulls Up Meta In TV Today's Plea
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure with Meta for taking TV Today Network “in circles” and not deciding its complaint over suspension of its Instagram account created for its magazine Harper's Bazaar India (bazaarindia). A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora asked Meta to get its house in order and remarked that the...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Admission For EWS Student Beyond Academic Year, Emphasizes Adherence To RTE Act Provisions
In a recent legal ruling, the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking admission for a student from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in a private school for the academic year 2024-2025.The petitioner, Ayesha Sankhla, had applied for admission to Nursery/Pre-School grade in the academic year 2022-2023. Notably, under the regime of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory...
Delhi High Court Grants Police Protection To Transgender Person For Filing Nomination For Lok Sabha Polls
The Delhi High Court has granted police protection to a transgender person for filling up the nomination form in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections as a candidate from South Delhi Parliamentary Constituency.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta observed that Article 14 of the Constitution of India ensures equal protection of laws in all spheres of State activity, including participation in the...
Delhi High Court Restrains Ashneer Grover From Making Third Party Rights In Shares Given By BharatPe Co-Founder Bhavik Koladiya
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained BharatPe's Former Managing Director Ashneer Grover from making any third party rights or interest in the 16,110 shares transferred to him by fintech company's co-founder Bhavik Koladiya. Justice Prateek Jalan passed the order on the interim application filed by Koladiya in his suit against Grover. The court restrained Grover from making any third...
High Court Issues Notice On PIL To Expeditiously Fill Vacant Posts Of Chairperson, Members In Delhi Commission For Protection Of Child Rights
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking expeditious filling up of the vacant position of Chairperson and Members in the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora sought response of the Delhi Government, DCPCR and Union Government...
Can't Suspend Registration Of Vehicle For "Bullet-Proofing" Sans Specific Finding Of Danger To Public Or Other Conditions U/S 53 MV Act: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that though Section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act (which talks about alteration in motor vehicle) does not explicitly permit bullet-proofing of vehicles, nonetheless the registration of a vehicle cannot be suspended for bullet proofing in absence of a specific finding that such modification causes danger to the public as stipulated under Section 53 of the...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Additional Space For Expansion Of Court Rooms, DHCBA Lawyers Chambers
A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking additional space for expansion of court rooms and Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) lawyers chambers and parking. The petition, moved by DHCBA, seeks a direction on the Centre to hand over possession of entire land of national capital's Bapa Nagar for infrastructural needs by relocating the existing occupants of the...
2008 Serial Blasts: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Three Accused, Orders Expeditious Conclusion Of Trial
The Delhi High Court on Monday denied bail to three accused persons in the UAPA case concerning the 2008 serial blasts in the national capital that claimed 26 lives.A division bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed the appeals moved by Mubeen Kadar Shaikh and Saquib Nisar.Accused Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy was denied bail by the division bench...
Accessibility Workstations, Vulnerable Witness Rooms In Delhi HC, District Courts To Be Utilized To Allow Accused With Disabilities To Attend Hybrid Hearings
Accessibility workstations and the vulnerable witness rooms in the Delhi High Court and district courts in the national capital will be utilised as room for the accused persons with disabilities to attend hybrid hearings. The direction has come from Acting Chief Justice Manmohan in terms of a judgment of a single judge which directed the Delhi Government to provide infrastructure and...
Unfortunate That Tenancy Litigation In India Takes More Than A Decade To Fructify: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that it is unfortunate that the litigation in India, especially the tenancy litigation under the rent control legislation, takes more than a decade to fructify.Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observation while setting aside an order passed by the Rent Controller dismissing the eviction petition filed by various individuals, claiming themselves to be owners...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 22 To April 28, 2024
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 473 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 506NOMINAL INDEXTHE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST INDIA v. WWW.FRIENDWITHBOOKS.CO 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 473We, the People of India v. Union of India and Others 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 474Paisalo Digital Limited v. Sat Priya Mehmia Memorial Educational Trust 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 475Paisalo Digital Limited v. Sat Priya Mehmia Memorial Educational Trust...