Delhi High Court Upholds August 1 Cut-Off Date For CSE Age Eligibility, Says Courts Must Defer To Executive's Discretion

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a cut-off date for age eligibility in competitive exams is not arbitrary or violative of Articles 14 and 16 merely because it is not 1 January, as the executive has wide discretion to fix such dates. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 790] Background Facts The petitioner was a candidate...

Barber Hit By Vehicle While Running Shop On Footpath Can't Be Blamed For Contributory Negligence: Delhi High Court

Footpaths are sacred and safe spaces not meant for vehicles to be crashing into or being driven onto, Court said.

Delhi High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against Senior Advocate Pinaki Misra, Finds No 'Prima Facie' Case

The Delhi High Court has quashed a 2019 criminal defamation case against senior advocate Pinaki Misra over allegations of calling the complainant a "crook‟ and a "black mailer" in an interview to a news portal. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 792]It was alleged that the complainant had filed a complaint with Bar Council of Delhi in 2018 against the petitioner, alleging that Misra's appearance on behalf...

Delhi High Court Grants 6-Weeks To Three Slum Clusters Near PM's Residence For Relocating To DUSIB Colony

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) granted six weeks to residents of three slum clusters located near the Prime Minister's residence in the Race Course area to vacate the premises and move to a DUSIB Colony at Savda Ghevra where alternative accommodation has been provided by the authorities. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 788]A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia...

Delhi Police Oppose Bail Pleas Of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid In High Court, Says No Change In Circumstance

Opposing fresh bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi Police has told the High Court that the pleas are "illegal" and "an attempt to mislead" the court by projecting that Supreme Court judgment passed in an unrelated case amounts to change in circumstances to maintain the present proceedings. For context, Khalid and Sharjeel had...

3-Year LLM Course Enables Lawyers To Continue Practice While Simultaneously Pursuing Masters Program: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that purpose of 3-year LL.M. course is to enable students to continue practice before Courts while simultaneously pursuing their Masters program. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 787]In doing so the court permitted a lawyer to appear in his second semester LLM exam at Delhi University after he was earlier prohibited for not completing the mandatory attendance requirement....

Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Decide In Two Months Plea Seeking Constitution Of National Nursing & Midwifery Commission

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to decide within two months a plea by Indian Professional Nurses Association seeking expeditious constitution of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 786]The petitioner had sought a direction to the Centre to constitute, execute and implement the provisions of National Nursing and Midwifery Commission (NNMC)...

Delhi Riots: Tahir Hussain Moves High Court Against Conviction In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case

Former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.For context, A Delhi Court had on July 31 sentenced Hussain to life imprisonment in the case. He was convicted in the case on July 13. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh...

'Unclean Hands': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging IFCI's NSE Share Divestment, Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs

The Delhi High Court imposed Rs. 5 Lakh cost on a PIL litigant seeking disclosure of information on divestment of Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd's (IFCI) shareholding in National Stock Exchange of India Limited, observing that petitioner had suppressed pendency of another plea with overlapping issues before the Bombay High Court. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 785]The petitioner had...

Delhi High Court Directs State To Decide Representation Objecting To Biometric Attendance Of Public Prosecutors

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to decide within four weeks a representation filed by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association objecting to requirement of biometric attendance of public prosecutors. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 784]The court was hearing a plea moved by the Association seeking directions to quash Delhi Government circulars on mandatory biometric attendance of...

Delhi High Court Says Kshatriya Karni Sena Head Free To Move Around But Participation In Any Protest Must Be As Per Law

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) said that while President of Kshatriya Karni Sena Dr. Raj Shekhawat is free to move around, however if he wishes to participate in any protest the same must be in accordance with law. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 783]The court passed the order while hearing habeas corpus plea seeking production of President of Kshatriya Karni Sena/Akhand Karni Party Dr....

Delhi High Court Bats For Redevelopment Of 25 Industrial Areas To Prevent Untreated Sewage Flowing Into Yamuna River

The Delhi High Court has directed the DDA to convene a meeting with other authorities over redevelopment of 25 non-confirming industrial areas in the city, observing that the redevelopment work was necessary to ensure that untreated sewage water does not flow into the Yamuna river. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 782]A division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora in...