Delhi High Court
NewsClick UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Reserves Order On Amit Chakraborty's Plea Seeking Bail After Turning Approver
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved order on a plea moved by NewsClick Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty seeking bail after turning approver in the UAPA case registered following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved the order after the State said that it has no objection if bail is granted to Chakraborty. The...
Delhi High Court Calls For Meeting To Ensure Banks Follow SOP On Providing Info About Fraudulent Transactions To Law Enforcement Agencies
The Delhi High Court has directed the Indian Banks Association (IBA) to hold a meeting to ensure that all banks follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in respect of providing information on fraudulent transactions to the law enforcement agencies.Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that the SOP and the manner in which it has to be implemented by all the banks is still a work...
Delhi HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Husband Accused Of Sexually Abusing Wife, Highlights Unchecked Dominance & Entitlement In Marriage
Denying anticipatory bail to a husband accused of sexually abusing his wife, the Delhi High Court has said that specific incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse recounted in the case “unveil a troubling reality” that “marriage is distorted into a vessel for unchecked dominance and entitlement.”“Embedded within this warped perception is a dangerous belief that the marital bond...
Striking Off Co's Name By ROC Post-Commencement Of Arbitration Not A Ground To Set Aside Award, Delhi H.C. Dismisses S. 34 Application
The Delhi High Court bench comprising of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju dismissed a Section 34 application filed by Exotic Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. against M/s Medors Biotech Pvt. Ltd. The bench held that an arbitral award cannot be set aside merely because the respondent company's name was struck off from the Register of Companies post-commencement of arbitral proceedings....
Cordelia Cruise Drugs Case: Delhi High Court Rejects Sameer Wankhede's Contempt Plea Alleging Non-Compliance With CAT Order
The Delhi High Court has recently rejected a contempt petition moved by Sameer Wankhede alleging non-compliance of an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) last year. The CAT, on August 21 last year, passed the order holding that NCB DGP Gyaneshwar Singh could not have been part of the inquiry team set up to probe alleged procedural lapses by Wankhede in connection with...
Claims Related To Company Are Arbitrable Even Though It Is Non-Signatory To Arbitration Agreement, Delhi High Court Reinforces GOC Doctrine
The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Pratibha M. Singh held that the disagreements related to the partners' business activities, whether conducted through the firm or the company, fall within the scope of arbitrable matters. The bench rejected the argument that the firm or the company cannot be brought forth in the arbitration proceedings since neither the firm nor the company...
Delhi Riots UAPA Case: High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Lengthy Arguments By Prosecution In Khalid Saifi's Bail Hearing
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over lengthy arguments by the prosecution while opposing the bail plea of Khalid Saifi, an accused in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain asked Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad to file a convenience compilation defining the...
Make Efforts To Pay Additional ₹20 Lakhs Compensation To Families Of Those Who Died Due To Manual Scavenging: High Court To Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to make efforts to pay the additional compensation of Rs. 20 lakhs to the kin of those who have died due to manual scavenging, in terms of a last year ruling of the Supreme Court. “This Court expects that the State will endeavour to pay the balance of Rs.20 lakh to all similarly placed persons instead of forcing the family members of...
Delhi High Court Declines Accused's Plea For Further Investigation, Says Its Purpose Not To Prove Defence Of Accused
The Delhi High Court has said that the right of further investigation of the Police does not extend for mere 'reinvestigation' or 'fresh investigation' to be started ab initio. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said that the purpose of further investigation is also not to prove or establish the defence of the accused. The court observed that if the circumstances deserve for a further...
'Foetus Viable & Normal': Delhi High Court Rejects 20-Yr-Old Unmarried Woman's Plea For Medical Termination Of 28-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a plea moved by a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking medical termination of her pregnancy of 28 weeks.Justice Subramonium Prasad perused the medical report and observed that there was no congenital abnormality in the foetus nor any danger to the woman to carry on with the pregnancy which will mandate termination of the foetus. “Since the foetus...
Plea Alleges Patanjali Toothpaste Has Non-Veg Ingredient, Delhi HC Calls For Committee Recommendations On Categorisation Of Raw Materials In Drugs
The Delhi High Court has called for recommendations from the Committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Ayush on determining the criteria by which raw materials used in the production of drugs can be categorised into veg, non-veg or more categories.Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the Committee, constituted by the Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Drugs Technical Advisory Board (ASUDTAB),...
Retweeting Defamatory Content Is “Publication", Aggrieved Can Decide Which Retweet Caused More Harm To Reputation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that every retweet of defamatory content on social media would amount to “publication” for attracting the offence of defamation under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.These observations came in a plea for quashing summons issued to CM Arvind Kejriwal, accused of the offence of defamation under Section 499 IPC for retweeting a publication on...