Pre-Arrest Bail Can't Be Routinely Granted Since Accused May Use It As Shield, Custodial Interrogation To Be Avoided When Accused Joins Probe: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has said that an order for the grant of pre-arrest bail cannot be passed in a routine manner so as to allow the accused to use it as a shield.Justice Amit Mahajan observed that a great amount of humiliation and disgrace is attached to arrest, and custodial interrogation must be avoided where the accused has joined the investigation, cooperates with the investigating...

Delhi High Court Hosts International Judicial Conclave On Intellectual Property Rights

The Delhi High Court hosted the International Judicial Conclave on Intellectual Property Rights on March 16-17 at the auditorium and judges' lounge, S Block.The event was cohosted by Delhi Judicial Academy, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Department of Justice.The conclave, running into two days, had sessions on various topics like protecting and enforcing...

Delhi High Court Asks WhatsApp To Explain Mechanism Followed By It For Implementing Directions To Remove Or Block Groups

The Delhi High Court has asked WhatsApp LLC to file an affidavit explaining the mechanism followed by it to identify a group by its name and the technical difficulties which it would face for implementing directions to remove or block access to the same.Justice Sanjeev Narula sought WhatsApp's response in a suit filed by Peak XV Partners Advisors India LLP, formerly Sequoia Capital India...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea To Offer Prayers During Ramzan At Demolished 600-Yr-Old Mosque In Mehrauli

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a plea seeking permission to offer Tarawih prayers during the month of Ramzan at the site of the recently demolished 600-year-old mosque, Masjid Akhonji, in the city's Mehrauli area.The mosque, along with Madrasa Bahrul Uloom and various graves, were demolished by the DDA on January 30.Justice Sachin Datta dismissed the application moved in a plea...

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of 'Be The Beer' Trademark In Plea By 'The Beer Cafe'

The Delhi High Court has ordered removal of “Be The Beer” mark from the Register of Trade Marks in a plea filed by food and beverage cafés chain “The Beer Cafe.”“The impugned mark of respondent No.1 be removed from the register. The website of Registrar of Trade Marks be updated accordingly. The same may be done within a period of four weeks by the Registrar of Trade Marks,”...

[JNUSU Polls] Delhi High Court Appoints Ex-SC Judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian As Observer To Oversee Functioning Of Election Committee

The Delhi High Court has appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice V. Ramasubramanian, as an observer to exercise oversight over the activities and functions to be discharged by the Election Committee constituted for elections of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) 2023-24.Justice Sachin Datta disposed of a plea filed by Sakshi, who has been a student in the varsity...

How Can Litigants Verify Authenticity Of Judicial Orders? Delhi High Court Issues Directions In Suo Motu Case

The Delhi High Court has initiated a suo motu case after a forged and fabricated judicial order was allegedly handed over to a female undertrial prisoner by the jail visiting advocate.While ordering an inquiry into the matter, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued various directions to the concerned stakeholders, including the general public, to verify the authenticity of judicial orders and...

Delhi High Court Restrains Ashneer Grover From Making Defamatory Statements Against BharatPe, Orders Him To Take Down Tweets

The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Former Managing Director of BharatPe, Ashneer Grover, from making defamatory and derogatory statements against the fintech company or its office bearers or officials. Justice Prathiba M Singh directed Grover to take down his tweets, including the one calling the SBI Chairperson petty, within 48 hours. The court also directed Economics Times to...

Delhi High Court Cancels Man's 'Dolma' Trademark In Plea By 'Dolma Aunty Momos'

The Delhi High Court has cancelled “Dolma” trademark adopted by an individual after the famous “Dolma Aunty Momos” filed a plea against its use. Justice Anish Dayal directed that the impugned trademark be cancelled and removed from the Trade Marks Register. The rectification petition was filed by Dolma Tsering, the lady who started selling momos in the national capital in 1994 and is...

Shraddha Walkar Murder: Delhi High Court Directs Tihar Authorities To Unlock Accused Aaftab Poonawala For 8 Hrs During Day, Solitary Cell At Night

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Tihar jail authorities to unlock accused Aaftab Poonawala for 8 hours during the day like other prisoners, and lodge him in the solitary cell during the night. A division bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Girish Kathpalia passed the order in a habeas corpus plea moved by Poonawala. It was his case that he is being kept in...

ITO Can't Retain Amount Deposited By Taxpayer Without Framing Final Assessment Order During Period Of Stay: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court allowed assessee's petition seeking refund of amounts which was deposited towards part payment of demand raised in pursuance of assessment order for AYs 2008-09 and 2009-10.The Division Bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that “Since the remit ordered by the ITAT, admittedly, was rendered prior to 1 June 2016, it...

Services Provided By Irish Company To Its Indian Counterpart Not Technical Services: Delhi High Court Quashes Order Denying Nil/Lower TDS certificate

The Delhi High Court has quashed the order denying Nil or lower TDS certificates and held that the services provided by the assessee, Irish Company, to its Indian counterpart were not technical services.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that though the power to grant a TDS certificate was merely a preliminary examination of the issue...