Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Actress Sonakshi Sinha's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass an interim order protecting the personality rights of bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the interim injunction plea filed by the actress in her suit seeking protection of her personality rights. On Court's asking as to what were the infringing links, the counsel appearing for the actress referred to AI...

Uttam Nagar Holi Clash: Delhi High Court Orders Police To Ensure Safety Of Public During Eid In PIL To Prevent Communal Violence

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 19) directed the Delhi Police to take all necessary action to ensure that public life is not disrupted during Eid Festivities, in connection with an incident which took place in Uttam Nagar following the killing of a 26-year-old man in a clash during Holi.The court further directed the Police to make arrangements which should "instil essence of security...

Liquor Policy Case: Delhi High Court Grants Time To Arvind Kejriwal, Others To Respond To ED's Plea For Expunging Adverse Remarks

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 19) granted time to AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others to respond to ED's plea seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made by a Special Court while discharging all in the excise policy corruption case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted time to all the accused persons after a request was made by their counsel. ASG SV...

Delhi High Court Directs Tamil Media Outlet To Take Down 'Defamatory' Content Against Sadhguru's Isha Foundation

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran Publications to delete and take down defamatory content against Sadhguru's Isha Foundation.Justice Subramonium Prasad also dismissed the application filed by the publication under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC for rejection of the defamation suit filed by Isha Foundation. “Order 7 Rule 11 dismissed. Directed to bring it...

Delhi High Court Acquits Clerk In Three Decade Old Case Over Alleged ₹500 Bribe, Says CBI Failed To Prove Case

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a former clerk of the Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU) in a corruption case dating back to 1994, holding that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused had demanded or accepted a bribe.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha set aside the 2003 judgment of the Special Judge, which had convicted the Appellant under Sections 7 and 13...

'Daredevil Attack': 23 Yrs On, Delhi High Court Upholds Man's Conviction For Stabbing Policeman Who Intercepted Him

More than two decades after a “daredevil attack” on a police officer, the Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man who stabbed a head constable in retaliation for being intercepted during a prior police operation.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav dismissed the appeal filed by the accused and affirmed his conviction under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 392, 394 and...

Suicide Is Problem Of Civilised World, Driven By Stress & Social Pressure: Delhi High Court Convicts Man For Abetting Wife's Suicide

The Delhi High Court has observed that suicide is increasingly a “problem of the civilised world”, often driven by stress, social pressures and breakdown of support systems, while convicting a man for abetting the suicide of his wife.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observations while partly allowing an appeal filed by the husband, modifying his conviction from dowry death under...

Delhi High Court Directs Hybrid Hearing Facilities In All District Consumer Commissions Within Eight Weeks

The Delhi High Court has recently directed the authorities to ensure that video conferencing facilities for hybrid hearings are made functional in all District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions across the national capital within eight weeks.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia also ordered that the daily cause list published by all...

Uttam Nagar Holi Clash: PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Prevent Communal Violence Ahead Of Eid

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking urgent intervention to prevent communal violence and curb alleged hate speech incidents in city's Uttam Nagar area ahead of the upcoming Eid festival, in the wake of killing of a 26-year-old man in a clash there on Holi.The plea has been filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) seeking...

Cheque Bounce Cases: Delhi High Court Refuses To Send Rajpal Yadav To Jail For Now, Says 'Substantial Payment Made'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will not send Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav to jail for now, as he had made substantial amount of payment to the complainant in the cheque dishonour cases against him. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked actor's counsel to make submissions on the petitions filed by him challenging his conviction in the cases. The matter was listed today on...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Against Bina Modi In Case Over Alleged Assault On Samir Modi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings initiated against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in connection with an alleged assault of Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the interim order in the pleas filed by Modi and Bhasin challenging a trial court...

Delhi High Court Directs Railways To Extend Scouts & Guides Quota To Hindustan Scouts, Finds Denial Arbitrary

The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Railways to extend the benefit of recruitment under the Scouts and Guides quota to the Hindustan Scouts and Guides Association, holding that denial of such benefit was arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.Justice Mini Pushkarna held that the petitioner association, which is recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs...