Delhi High Court
High Court Warns Delhi Police Of CBI Probe Over Alleged Detention Of Student Activists
The Delhi High Court today warned the Delhi Police of directing an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in cases alleging torture and illegal detention of various activists, including students, by officials of Special Cell last month.A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that it might refer the probe to the CBI and that the...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Videos From Justice SK Sharma's Recusal Hearing, Issues Notice To Arvind Kejriwal On Contempt Plea
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (April 23) directed taken down of social media posts containing videos of court proceedings wherein AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal and others had sought recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The court passed the order in a PIL which also sought contempt action against Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Activist's Plea To Vacate Injunction Over Posts Linking Hardeep Puri's Daughter To Epstein
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by Kunal Shukla, a Raipur based social activist, seeking vacation of the injunction order directing him to take down posts linking Himayani Puri, Union Minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, to American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response of Puri to the vacation application. The...
'Land In Delhi Scarce': High Court Restores NDMC's ₹1063 Cr License Fee Demand From Hotel, Says Can't Burden Taxpayers
The Delhi High Court has allowed the appeals filed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and restored a demand of over ₹1,063 crore raised against Bharat Hotels Ltd. in a long-standing licence fee dispute, observing that any transaction involving scarce public land that results in loss of public revenue cannot be permitted to burden taxpayers.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DK...
Delhi High Court Denies Bail In ₹22 Cr 'Digital Arrest' Scam Targeting Senior Citizen, Cites Massive Societal Impact
The Delhi High Court has denied bail to four accused persons in a ₹22 crore “digital arrest” cyber fraud case involving a senior citizen, observing that such offences have a massive societal impact and require a strict approach.Justice Manoj Jain dismissed the regular bail pleas of two accused and the anticipatory bail applications of two others, holding that their release at this...
Delhi High Court Rejects Unnao Rape Victim's Plea To Lead Further Evidence Against Kuldeep Singh Sengar
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea filed by victim of Unnao rape case to lead further evidence against former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.A Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the victim's fresh application to lead evidence in the appeal filed by Sengar in the year 2020,...
High Court Upholds LMV Licence Requirement For Male Delhi Police SI Candidates; Says Different Criteria For Women Not Discriminatory
The Delhi High Court has upheld the requirement of possessing a valid Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) driving licence for male candidates seeking appointment as Sub-Inspectors (SI) in Delhi Police, ruling that the absence of a similar requirement for female candidates does not amount to discrimination.A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora dismissed a writ...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Over LPG Shortage, Says Issue Lies In Executive Domain
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL over acute shortage of LPG in the national capital, observing that the issue lies completely in realm of the Executive.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that no such mandamus can be issued when the Government of India has already and is taking action to meet the exigencies. The...
Delhi High Court Holds Hockey India Officials Guilty Of Contempt For Disobeying Order On Executive Board Meeting Access
The Delhi High Court has held officials of Hockey India guilty of contempt for willfully disobeying its directions to provide a duly elected Executive Board member access to meetings.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav found that Hockey India and its Secretary General, Bhola Nath Singh, had failed to comply with an earlier order directing that the petitioner—an elected Vice...
Delhi High Court Justice Tejas Karia Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Contempt Action Against Arvind Kejriwal For Circulating Court Videos
Justice Tejas Karia of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday recused from hearing a PIL seeking contempt action against AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorizedly” recording and circulating videos of proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on social media."This matter will not be heard by this bench. List tomorrow...
No Bar On Fresh Tender Amid Subsisting Contracts; Writ Courts Won't Entertain Anticipatory Grievances: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the mere existence of subsisting contracts does not bar the State from initiating a fresh tender process for a future period.The division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan added that merely because the Petitioner-contractor apprehended that the fresh tender may “overlap” contractual arrangements, would not be grounds to entertain a...