Delhi High Court
Even If Arbitral Award Set Aside For Non-Compliance With Section 12, Parties Can File Fresh Section 11 Application For Arbitrator Appointment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court single bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma held that mere invalidation or unenforceability of the arbitrator appointment process does not render the entire arbitration clause void. The bench held that even if an arbitration award is set aside due to unilateral appointment and non-compliance with Section 12 of the Arbitration Act, fundamental agreement between the parties...
Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Asks Police To Clarify If Probe Is Complete Or More Chargesheets Will Be Filed
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Police to clarify if its investigation in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots is complete or if any more chargesheets will be filed in the matter. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain asked Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad to make a statement on the query on March 04....
Delhi High Court Discharges Former DHCBA President Rajiv Khosla In Criminal Contempt Case By Former Judge
The Delhi High Court has discharged Rajiv Khosla, lawyer and former High Court Bar Association President Rajiv Khosla, in the contempt case filed by retired judicial officer Sujata Kohli. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain observed that Kohli was not able to produce any material which may compel the court to form an opinion that Khosla committed any...
Delhi High Court Rejects ArcelorMittal's Plea Seeking Approval To Commence Mining Operations In Jharkhand's Saranda Forest Division
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea moved by ArcelorMittal seeking approval and clearance to commence mining operations in Jharkhand's Saranda Forest Division. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna found no merit in the plea which was filed in 2017. The court observed that the approval granted to ArcelorMittal by the Central Government in...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Centre's Notification Imposing Conditions On Married Women For Using Maiden Surname
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea challenging Union Government's notification for obtaining maiden surname alleging gender bias and an “impermissible discrimination” by imposing additional and disproportionate requisites exclusively on women.The notification, issued by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, states that if a married woman wishes to obtain a...
'Can't Reorganize State Boundaries': Delhi High Court Rejects PIL To Merge North Indian Cities, Shift Punjab's High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking merger of various cities in North India with the national capital, and shifting Punjab's High Court to Jalandhar instead of Chandigarh. “We don't recognize the boundaries of States. We don't decide which High Court will function where. That is not our domain or jurisdiction,” a division bench...
SCBA Meeting On Nomination Of Women Advocates As Executive Members Will Be Conducted Within Two Months: Delhi High Court Told
The Delhi High Court on Thursday was told that the General Body Meeting of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to discuss the aspect of nomination of women advocates as its Executive Members will be conducted within two months. The submission was made before Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain by SCBA President, Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala, in a plea seeking to convene the General Body Meeting...
Smriti Irani v Congress Leaders: Delhi High Court Modifies Injunction Order On Taking Down Of Content By Social Media Intermediaries
The Delhi High Court on Thursday modified an interim injunction order passed in 2022 in favour of Union Minister Smriti Irani in her defamation case against three Congress leaders, on the aspect of taking down of content by social media intermediaries.Justice Prateek Jalan modified the order passed by a coordinate bench on July 29, 2022, after applications were moved by X (formerly...
Delhi Riots: High Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Of Shahrukh Pathan Who Pointed Gun At Cop
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on the bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The development ensued in FIR 51 of 2020 registered at Jafrabad Police Station. The case relates to an incident wherein he was captured pointing a gun towards a policeman during the riots. The pictures of it had gone viral on...
How Does General Law On Transfers Meld With Rights Of Persons With Disability Act? Delhi High Court Appoints Lawyer Rahul Bajaj As Amicus
The Delhi High Court is set to decide the question as to how the general law on transfers melds or combines with the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.A division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Amit Bansal appointed Advocate Rahul Bajaj, who is blind since birth, as an amicus curiae in the matter. “We are of the view that in the matter before us, one of the issues...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Normalization Procedure Based On Percentile Score Adopted For JEE Mains
The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea challenging the normalization procedure based on percentile score adopted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for JEE (Mains) examination for entrance into the various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).Justice C Hari Shankar said that the process of normalisation is a “detailed statistical process” and dismissed in limine the plea moved by...
Cordelia Cruise Case: Delhi High Court Modifies CAT Order, Sets Aside Direction To Pass Speaking Order Before Initiating Action Against Sameer Wankhede
Modifying an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in August last year, the Delhi High Court has set aside the direction of passing a reasoned and speaking order before any action is initiated against Sameer Wankhede on the basis of an enquiry report in relation to the Cordelia cruise drugs case, after granting a personal hearing to him. A division bench of Justice Rekha...