Mandatory Veg/ Non-Veg Labelling On Toothpastes Under Review: Delhi High Court Seeks Joint Decision By Regulatory Authorities

The Delhi High Court is examining whether the requirement of mandatory vegetarian/ non-vegetarian labelling through red, brown or green dots on toothpaste and other toiletry packaging can be enforced under existing law, amid conflicting positions taken by regulatory authorities.The issue has arisen in a writ petition filed by Reckitt Benckiser (India) Limited, which manufactures toothpaste,...

Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries Can't Appear Before Tribunals: BCI, Tax Lawyers Association Tell Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court is hearing a batch of writ petitions raising a significant question whether persons who are not enrolled advocates, including Chartered Accountants (CAs), Company Secretaries (CSs) and Cost Accountants, can appear and argue cases before tribunals.The issue has been raised in petitions filed by the Bar Council of India and the Association of Tax Lawyers, which contend that...

Ramdev Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights; X Corp Says Satire Can't Be Taken Down

Yoga guru and Patanjali Ayurved founder Ramdev moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 17) seeking protection of his personality rights.Justice Jyoti Singh posted the matter for hearing tomorrow after briefly hearing Ramdev as well as the counsel appearing for the social media intermediaries. Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar appeared for Ramdev. During the hearing today, the counsel...

Transfer & Posting Is An Administrative Function; CAT Can't Interdict It At Interim Stage: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that transfer and posting are matters of administrative discretion, and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) cannot interdict such decisions through ad-interim orders, especially at a preliminary stage of proceedings.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan observed,“An interim order is ordinarily intended to preserve...

High Court Upholds Delhi Jal Board's Tender Clause Disqualifying Bidders Facing FIRs, Charge Sheets In Corruption Cases

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Delhi Jal Board's tender condition disqualifying bidders if they are facing FIRs, charge sheets or criminal proceedings relating to corruption, fraud or economic offences, even in the absence of a conviction.A Division Bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul observed, “It is well settled that participation in a tender or compelling...

Right To Run A Bar Must Be Balanced With Citizens' Right To Peaceful, Noise-Free Environment: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to operate and run a bar or pub must be balanced with the citizens' and children's right to a noise-free, peaceful, and orderly environment.“The age old proverb given to ordinary citizens is “don't take the law into your own hand”, the rationale obviously being that is for the authorities to wield the proverbial stick of the law, and...

Overage Candidate Can't Claim Regular Appointment Despite Long Service As Part-Time Librarian: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a candidate who was over-age on the cut-off date cannot claim appointment to a regular post merely because she had rendered long years of service as a part-time librarian.Justice Sanjeev Narula thus dismissed the challenge to a selection process for the post of Librarian in a Delhi Government-aided school.Petitioner had been working as a part-time...

Leadership Role In PFI Before It Was Banned Doesn't By Itself Attract PMLA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that merely holding a leadership position in the Popular Front of India (PFI) at a time when the organisation was lawful does not, by itself, constitute an offence of money laundering under PMLA.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while granting bail to Moideen Kutty K @ M.K. Faizy, the National President of the Social Democratic Party of India...

Delhi High Court Restrains Priya Kapur, Mandhira Kapur From Making Defamatory Statements Against Each Other

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur and her sister in law Mandhira Kapur Smith from making defamatory statements against each other. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the Kapurs should conduct themselves with dignity and must not defame each other publicly. The Court issued notice in the interim relief application filed in the...

NEET-PG 2025: Delhi High Court Upholds Cut-Off Reduction, Says No Arbitrariness In Policy Decision

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) reducing the qualifying cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025 examination after commencement of the admission process. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the decision to reduce the eligibility...

Recruiting Authority Can Prescribe Minimum Marks After Test , If Provided In Advertisement : Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that recruitment authorities can prescribe minimum qualifying marks after the recruitment process begins but before the relevant stage of examination, if such discretion is reserved in the advertisement. Background Facts The petitioners were applicants for the post...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 To February 15, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 170 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 198NOMINAL INDEXCOURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v/s GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 171 THE FORUM OF MINORITY SCHOOLS v. LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 172 GBL Chemicals Limited & Ors. v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 173 Mahender Chaturvedi v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 174 Rohit...