'Mechanism For Inclusion Already Exists': Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Apprehending Exclusion Of Homeless, Displaced Persons In SIR

The Delhi High Court has dismissed PIL seeking directions to ensure the inclusion of homeless persons and those rendered homeless or displaced due to demolition drives in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 797]In doing so the court noted that the Election Commission of India's Manual already provides for mechanism for...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Decide Plea For Guidelines Curbing Social Media Access For Children Below 13 Yrs

The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government to consider a plea seeking guidelines for protecting children under 13 years by imposing curbs on access to social media and regulation of content for children between 13-16 years of age. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 769]This comes after the Centre told the division bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora that the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Wrestler Vinesh Phogat's Plea For Policy Protecting Women Athletes Returning After Maternity Leave

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 1) issued notice on wrestler Vinesh Phogat's plea seeking a policy for women athletes who return to sports following pregnancy and maternity leave. Phogat welcomed her first child in July 2025. Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao appearing for Phogat submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that the plea concerned a larger question of policy. "This is...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi's Plea Over Restriction On Facebook Account

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 1) issued notice on Jammu Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi against restriction on access to his Facebook account, alleging that the same was done without providing him with any notice. The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that Mehdi is a member of...

General Power of Attorney Holder Can't Claim Ownership Of Property, Must Remit Sale Proceeds To Principal: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a General Power of Attorney (GPA) is an instrument of agency and does not transfer right, title or interest in an immovable property to the attorney holder. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 796]Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while dismissing an appeal against a decree directing Appellant to pay ₹1,01,78,074 to the legal heirs of his...

Student Must Be Caught 'Actually Using' Cheating Material For Major Penalty: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court modified the punishment of a law student who was accused of cheating inside a urinal, after noting that he was entitled to benefit of doubt as nothing was shown to prove that he was found 'actually using' the material for cheating and so the penalty of cancelling all his papers in the semester was disporportionate. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 795]It was alleged that the...

Husband Cannot Reagitate Settled Marriage Dispute To Escape Maintenance Liability: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband cannot reopen a marriage dispute that has already been finally decided in earlier proceedings in order to avoid his liability to maintain his wife under Section 125 CrPC. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 794]Justice Saurabh Banerjee made the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by a husband challenging a Family Court order directing him to...

WhatsApp Transmission Of Summons Not Conclusive Proof Of Actual Notice: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that WhatsApp transmission of summons is not by itself conclusive proof that the defendant actually received or had notice of the summons. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 793]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri observed that merely sending summons to a mobile number associated with the defendant cannot establish due service, particularly when the process server's report records that...

"We Be Not Destroyed By Past Errors': Delhi High Court Invokes Rig Ved; Orders Premature Release Of Murder Convict 'Casually' Denied Relief

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life sentence, having spent 20 years behind bars, observing that the Sentence Review Board (SRB) had repeatedly rejected his applications for premature release without application of mind. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 792]The petitioner, having undergone imprisonment of more than 25 years including remission, had challenged SRB...

Sukesh Chandrashekhar Moves Delhi High Court To Delete 'Derogatory' Remarks From Order Convicting Him For Impersonating SC Judge

The Delhi High Court is set to hear arguments on maintainability of a plea filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar seeking deletion of certain “derogatory” remarks made against him in a trial court judgment convicting him for impersonating a Supreme Court Judge and attempting to pressurise a judicial officer to grant bail.Justice Madhu Jain listed the matter for hearing on November...

Street Vendors Can't Claim Fixed Sites Under Provisional Certificate Of Vending: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has street vendors cannot claim to vend on fixed or stationary vending sites under a provisional certificate of vending, and asked the MCD to verify whether 42 vendors who had approached the court even possessed a provisional certificate of vending. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 791]It said that upon verification if vendors will be permitted to vend as mobile vendors. The court...

Delhi High Court Restricts Entry Of Law Interns To Senior Batches

The Delhi High Court restricted the entry of intern law students to the court premises to only third year students of 3-year-LLB course and fourth as well as fifth year students of the 5-year integrated LLB course. A circular issued by the High Court states:"As directed by Hon'ble the Chief Justice, it is hereby circulated for information of all concerned that, henceforth, the entry...