Delhi High Court
Delhi HC Dismisses TV Today Network's Plea Against Orders To Run Apology Scroll For Broadcasting Advertisements Promoting Liquor Brand Names
The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with orders passed by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, whereby TV Today Network, operator/owner of India Today and Aaj Tak, was directed to run an apology scroll for broadcasting advertisements promoting brand names associated with alcohol produces. Dismissing the Network's plea, Justice Subramonium Prasad observed...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 18 To December 24, 2023
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1300 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1341NOMINAL INDEXINDIWAR PARIJAT v. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD & ORS and other connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1300PCIT Versus Future First Info. Services Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1301ARIF v. STATE and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1302MS. YOGAMAYA M.G. v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2023 LiveLaw (Del)...
Delhi HC Directs Detailed Investigation Into Re-Packaging And Sale Of Expired Food Products, Including Counterfeit Hershey Chocolates
Taking strict view of the food safety and public health concerns highlighted, the Delhi High Court recently directed detailed investigation into the re-packaging and sale of expired food products in Delhi, including counterfeit chocolates of leading brand Hershey's. Going through the material brought on record, Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that the way in which expired products...
Delhi High Court Denies Interim Relief To Freebit's 'Improved Earpiece', Imposes Cost Of 5 Lakhs For Suppressing Material Facts
The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an application for interim injunction filed by leading supplier of in-ear products “Freebit AS”, observing that it had suppressed material facts and the suit patent was vulnerable to revocation. Referring to the High Court of Delhi Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2022, Justice Prathiba M Singh explicated that, “it is necessary, to...
SFIO Not Barred From Investigating IPC Offences, Conducting 'Further Probe': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is not barred from investigating offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, or conducting further investigation in accordance with law after the Investigation Report has been submitted.“From a conjoint and harmonious reading of the relevant provisions of the CrPC and the present Act, as quoted hereinabove,...
Consider Proposal For Installing Biometric Machine To Facilitate Access Of Lawyers To NCLT: Delhi High Court To Centre
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to consider on priority basis the proposal for installation of a biometric machine to facilitate the access of lawyers to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) premises.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna also directed the Land and Development Office (L&DO) to process the proposal within...
Harassing Husband Publicly, Portraying Him As 'Womanizer' Extreme Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce
The Delhi High Court recently upheld divorce granted to a married couple on the ground of cruelty by the wife, observing that her act of harassing and humiliating the husband publicly and portraying him as a “womanizer” in his office is an act of extreme cruelty to him. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed that reckless,...
Solicitor General Of India's Opinion To Government Fiduciary In Nature, Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has accepted a submission that the advice tendered by the Solicitor General of India to the Union Government and government departments is done in the nature of fiduciary, and hence, the disclosure of such information would fall under the exception of Section 8(1)(e) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Justice Subramonium Prasad found no infirmity with Union...
Convict Has Fundamental Right To Parenthood And Procreation, Incarceration Does Not Make Him Lesser Citizen: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a convict has the right to parenthood and procreation and such an individual does not become a lesser citizen only due to the incarceration. “While, Judiciary in Bharat, has always stubbornly refused to hold that prisoners have no fundamental rights, this Court following the same tradition as handed over by judges of the Hon'ble Apex Court and this...
Information On Interception Or Phone Tapping Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the information in relation to interception or tapping or tracking of a phone is exempted from disclosure under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. A division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan said that any order passed by the Government in relation to interception or phone tapping is passed when an authorized officer...
Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs
The Delhi High Court has issued directions for expeditious and effective disposal of criminal cases pending in the designated courts against the members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rouse Avenue Court to ensure almost equal pendency of...
Delhi High Court Forms Committee For Improving Healthcare Facilities In Prisons, Says Every Inmate Has Inherent Right To Humane Treatment
The Delhi High Court on Friday formed a Committee for giving suggestions to improve the health care facilities in prisons in the national capital, observing that every prison inmate has an inherent right to life and humane treatment. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the committee will also inform the court as to whether facilities are available in the jail hospital to deal with...