Delhi High Court
Kendriya Vidyalaya Recruitment: Delhi High Court Directs KVS To Provide 4% Reservation To Disabled Persons Including 1% To Hearing Impaired
The Delhi High Court has directed the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to provide 4% reservation to the disabled persons in respect of the total vacancies, including 1% reservation for deaf and hard of hearing persons. “The exercise of appointing disabled persons, including deaf and hard of hearing persons be concluded within a period of six months from the date of receipt of certified...
Delhi Riots: High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Sharjeel Imam, Others Afresh Following Elevation Of Justice Siddharth Mridul As CJ Of Manipur HC
The Delhi High Court will hear afresh the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi and other accused persons in relation to the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, after the elevation of Justice Siddharth Mridul as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Shailender Kaur will start hearing the appeals now from January 2024. The court...
S.427 CrPC | Delhi High Court Directs Sentence Of Man Convicted For Rape And Abetment Of Suicide To Run Concurrently, Not Consecutively
Justice Tushar Rao Gedela of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted benefit of Section 427 Cr.P.C. to a man convicted of rape (S. 376 IPC) and abetment of suicide (S. 306 IPC), holding that the causal facts giving rise to the two offences were intrinsically intertwined and could not be segregated into two distinct sets.The judgment came to be passed in response to an oral application made by...
‘No Repentance’: Delhi High Court Sentences Litigant Seeking Death Penalty For Sitting Judge To Six Months In Jail
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sentenced a litigant to six months in jail who demanded that death penalty be imposed on a sitting judge who dismissed his pleas.A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Shailender Kaur observed that Naresh Sharma, the litigant against whom criminal contempt proceedings were initiated in August, has no repentance for his conduct...
High Court Calls For Rigorous Enforcement Of Prohibitions On Plying Of Slow Moving Vehicles Including 2-Wheelers On Expressways In Delhi
The Delhi High Court has called for rigorous enforcement of existing prohibitions relating to the movement of slow-moving vehicles on expressways, within the territorial confines of the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula said that regular monitoring and prompt corrective actions should be taken where deviations from the...
No Pro Rata Pension For Air Force Officials Discharged On Being Found Unsuitable For Retention: Delhi High Court
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Manoj Jain recently rejected a claim for pro rata pension raised by discharged Indian Air Force personnel, noting that they were let go on having been found “unsuitable for retention”.The petitioners, who were enrolled in the category of PBOR (Personnel Below Officer Rank) and NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer),...
Cash For Questions Row: MP Mahua Moitra Drops Defamation Suit Against Media Outlets, Social Media Intermediaries
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that she is not pressing any relief against various media outlets and social media intermediaries in her defamation suit against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai.Moitra had made 15 media outlets and 03 social media intermediaries namely X, YouTube and Google, as defendants in the suit.Moitra’s...
Trivial Irritations, Loss Of Trust Between Married Couple Not Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that trivial irritations and loss of trust between a married couple cannot be confused with mental cruelty.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Manoj Jain also observed that denial of sex can be considered a form of mental cruelty where it is found to be persistent, intentional and for a considerable period of time. It added that keeping in...
‘Can’t Regulate Political Alliances’: ECI To Delhi High Court In PIL Against Use Of Acronym ‘INDIA’ By Opposition Parties
While refusing to comment on the controversy involving the use of acronym I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) by newly formed alliance of 26 opposition political parties, the Election Commission of India has told the Delhi High Court that it cannot regulate political alliances under the Representation of People Act, 1951. “That the Answering Respondent [ECI] has...
Delhi High Court Restrains ‘FranchiseByte’ From Publishing YouTube Videos Using ‘WOW! MOMO’ Mark
The Delhi High Court has recently restrained FranchiseByte, a website providing franchises for various Indian start-ups, from advertising or publishing videos using “WOW! MOMO” trademark. Justice C Hari Shankar also directed the website to take down all videos relating to WOW! MOMO from its YouTube channel. “The defendant is further directed to take down all contents relating to...
Nobody Can Interfere In Lives Of Consenting Adults Who Have Chosen To Marry, Article 21 Includes Right To Exercise Personal Choices: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that when two consenting adults willingly choose to marry each other, there is nothing left for anybody to interfere in their lives, underscoring that Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes the right to exercise personal choices. “Article 21 of The Constitution of India gives Protection of Life and Personal Liberty to all persons whereby it is...
Dream11 vs. Dreamz11: Delhi High Court Grants Trademark Protection To Dream11 Owner
The Delhi High Court recently decreed a suit brought by owner of fantasy sports app ‘Dream11’, observing that the contesting defendants (defendant Nos. 1 and 2) had a “clear and transparent intent” to imitate the plaintiffs.Given the similarities between the competing marks, the fact that they were being used for identical services, and the likelihood of confusion in the minds...