Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Constitutes Monitoring Committee To Periodically Review Recruitment Of Public Prosecutors
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday constituted a monitoring committee to periodically review the recruitment of public prosecutors for trial courts here. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna said that cases are piling up in the trial courts due to lack of public prosecutors.The bench emphasized on the need for recruiting more public...
Look Into Allegations Of Over-Invoicing By Power Firms Including Adani, Essar Groups: Delhi High Court To CBI, DRI
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Union Government, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to “meticulously and expeditiously” look into the allegations of over invoicing of coal imports and equipments by several power companies, including those of Adani Group and Essar Group. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and...
Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To Replace Term 'Central Government' With 'Union Government' In Laws, Notifications
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation for using the expression "Union Government" instead of "Central Government" in all legislations, orders, notifications, Rules, executive actions and circulars.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the two terms can be used interchangeably and it was not a case of...
Decision To Cancel GST Registration With Retrospective Effect Must Be Based On Some Objective Criteria: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the decision to cancel the GST registration with retrospective effect must be based on some objective criteria.The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that the petitioner's GST registration was cancelled on account of non-filing of returns for a period of six months. There was no reason for the petitioner's GST registration to...
Insolvency Resolution Professional Not 'Public Servant' Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that an Insolvency Resolution Professional (IRP) does not fall within the meaning of “public servant” under Section 2(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that it is not necessary that all duties which are broadly defined as “public duty” would encompass within itself “public character”.“Merely because the IP...
Delhi High Court Adjourns TMC Leader Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Cancellation Of Government Accommodation To January 4
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned to January 04 the plea moved by Trinamool Congress leader Mohua Moitra, who was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha in connection with the 'cash-for-query' allegations, challenging the cancellation of her government accommodation. Moitra has been asked to vacate the government accommodation by January 07, 2024.Justice Subramonium Prasad deferred...
Delhi High Court Imposes ₹10K Costs On Litigant Claiming Ownership Of Territory Between Ganga & Yamuna From Agra To Gurugram
The Delhi High Court yesterday imposed costs of Rs. 10,000 on one Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Prasad Singh who claimed property rights on the territory of Agra, running between rivers Yamuna and Ganga, to Meerut and other places including 65 revenue estates of Delhi, Gurugram and Uttarakhand.Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed Singh's plea seeking a direction on the Union Government to adopt...
Judicial System Can't Function If Parties Are Allowed To Resile From Their Undertaking Without Any Reasons: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the judicial system cannot function if the parties are permitted to resile from the undertaking given by them without any reasons. Justice Jasmeet Singh said that there is solemnity and seriousness attached to court proceedings and parties cannot give undertakings without intending to honour them, or at least, they must make sincere and conscious efforts...
Rs. 200 Crore Extortion Case: Jacqueline Fernandez Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of Money Laundering Case
Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a money laundering case registered against her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. In her plea moved through Advocates Prashant Patil and Aman Nandrajog, Fernandez has sought quashing of ED's ECIR as well as the second supplementary complaint arraigning her...
In A First, Delhi High Court Bar Association Honours Litigants In Landmark Cases; Confers 'Fight For Justice' Awards
The Delhi High Court Bar Association with Live4Freedom LLP on Monday organized first edition of “Fight for Justice Awards 2023” to honour litigants who have won cases resulting in landmark judgments. Former Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. Ramana, was the Chief Guest of the event which will be held annually. Justice Ramana was joined by Delhi High Court Bar Association's President,...
TMC Leader Mahua Moitra Moves Delhi High Court Against Cancellation Of Government Accommodation
Trinamool Congress leader Mohua Moitra, who was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha in connection with the 'cash-for-query' allegations, has moved the Delhi High Court against cancellation of her government accommodation and asking her to vacate of the same by January 07, 2024. Moitra has challenged an order issued by the Union Government's Directorate of Estates cancelling her...
'Wilful' Disobedience For Contempt Excludes Casual, Bona Fide Acts, Does Not Encompass Negligent Actions: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that “wilful” disobedience of a judicial order by a contemnor excludes casual, accidental, bona fide or unintentional acts or genuine inability. “Wilful acts does not encompass involuntarily or negligent actions. The act has to be done with malice or without a justifiable excuse or stubbornly, obstinately or perversely. The deliberate conduct of a...