Delhi High Court To Hear On Friday Plea By Abhijeet Dipke Against Blocking Of Cockroach Janta Party's X Account

The Delhi High Court will hear on Friday (May 29) plea by Abhijit Dipke, the founder of 'Cockroach Janata Party' challenging the blocking of the party's X account.The matter is listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav. 'Cockroach Janata Party' is a satirical social media movement which emerged in response to an oral comment made by the CJI during a hearing, where he equated...

'Aggravated Penalty Given Despite Not Being Public Servant': Kuldeep Sengar Opposes Unnao Rape Conviction, Life Term Before Delhi High Court

While arguing his appeal against conviction and life sentence in the Unnao rape case, former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) the he is not a public servant and the survivor's age was such that it will not be covered under POCSO Act. He further submitted before the high court today, that the survivor's testimony was not of sterling qualify. The court...

Exam For Law Students Celebrating Bakrid Will Be Held After July 4: DU Tells Delhi High Court

Delhi University told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) that examination for those students of Faculty of Law, who are celebrating Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on May 28, shall be rescheduled to after July 4. The submission was made by the varsity's counsel before Justice Jasmeet Singh in a student's plea challenging the varsity's decision to hold the exam on May 28, the date on which Centre...

Private Schools Permitted To Maintain Surplus Funds; Mere Surplus Doesn't Mean Profiteering: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that private unaided schools are legally permitted to maintain surplus funds and that the mere existence of a financial surplus cannot automatically be treated as “profiteering” or commercialisation. “Mere availability of surplus funds with a private, un-aided, recognised school, howsoever large, cannot be the sole basis for the DoE to infer that...

Delhi High Court Directs Police To Trace Untraceable Employers For Recovery Of Rescued Child Labourers' Back Wages

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to proactively assist in tracing employers who have gone untraceable, in order to ensure recovery of back wages owed to rescued child labourers. Justice Sachin Datta observed that authorities are under a legal obligation to recover the dues payable to rescued children and ensure compliance with the statutory framework and judicial...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Use Sunjay Kapur's EPF Funds For School Fees Of Karisma Kapoor's Children

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) issued notice on Priya Kapur's plea seeking clarification of certain paragraphs of a coordinate bench's April 30 interim order which had restrained her from dissipating her late husband industrialist Sunjay Kapur's assets. The application has been filed in a pending suit moved by actress Karisma Kapoor children— Samaira Kapur and her brother, seeking...

Quashed Rape FIR Can't Be Revived Merely Because Marriage Later Fails Or Husband Abandons Wife: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a rape FIR quashed on the basis of settlement and subsequent marriage between the parties cannot be revived merely because the marriage later breaks down or the husband allegedly abandons the wife. Justice Amit Mahajan observed that subsequent matrimonial disputes or allegations arising after quashing of the FIR cannot, by themselves, invalidate a judicial...

Terror Funding Case: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Late Father's 40th Day Ceremony In Kashmir

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) granted interim bail to jailed Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Engineer Rashid) in a terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency, to attend the rituals and 40th day ceremony of his late father in Kashmir.Engineer Rashid is currently on interim bail till June 02, to attend his father's last rites.A division bench of...

Eviction Of Delhi Gymkhana Club Will Be After Notice As Per Law : Centre To Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) refused interim relief against Centre's order directing the prestigious Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate its 27.3 acre premises in Lutyens' Delhi by June 5.This comes after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the Court that the Club has been asked for peaceful hand over of possession and that eviction, if so to be done, will be in accordance with law,...

Delhi High Court Says WhatsApp Chats Prima Facie Show 'Conspiracy' In 2020 Delhi Riots, Reserves Athar Khan's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) reserved its verdict in the bail plea filed by Athar Khan, who has been booked in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case.During the hearing, a division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain orally observed that Khan's WhatsApp chats prima facie prove conspiracy.The remarks came in response to Khan's...

DHCBA Moves Delhi High Court Against Judges' Panel Examining Enhancement Of District Courts' Pecuniary Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the constitution of a committee of judges formed to examine the proposal for enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi district courts from ₹2 crore to ₹20 crore.The matter was mentioned before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, which agreed...

Delhi High Court Allows Centre's Appeal Against Order Staying Notice To Delhi Race Club Under Public Premises Act

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) allowed Centre's appeal against the single judge's interim order staying proceedings before the Estate Officer pursuant to a April 17 show cause notice ssued to Delhi Race Club under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Ac after the Club's lease had expired.For context, the Club was issued a show cause notice under Public Premises ...