Delhi High Court
Arbitration Clause In Loan Restructuring Agreement, Liability Is Transferred To New Agreements, Binding On Parties: Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi has held that when earlier loan agreement liabilities are transferred through an agreement, the subsequent loan agreements' arbitration clauses become binding on the parties. The bench of Justices Manmohan and Mini Pushkarna reiterated that Section 12(5) inserted through the 2015 Amendment to the Act would not apply to an arbitration that had commenced before...
UPSC Mains: Delhi High Court Declines Aspirant's Plea To Appear In Exam After She Uploaded Incorrect Photo, Signature In Application Form
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirant to appear in the forthcoming Civil Services (Main) Examination after her candidature was cancelled for uploading incorrect photograph and signature in the application form. The petitioner, who had cleared the Preliminary Examination, claimed she had inadvertently uploaded her brother's photo...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 11 To September 17, 2023
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 813 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 840NOMINAL INDEX Aphv India Investco. Private Limited Versus ACIT 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 813 M/s BCC-MONALISHA (JV) v. Container Corporation of India, ARB.P. 933/2022 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 814 DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED vs FAST CURE PHARMA AND ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 815 M/s BCC-MONALISHA (JV) v. Container Corporation of India,...
Delhi High Court Appoints Retired Justice Najmi Waziri As Chairman For Extraordinary General Meeting Of Equestrian Federation Of India
The Delhi High Court has appointed its retired judge, Justice Najmi Waziri, as the Chairman for the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) to be held today. The agenda for the meeting is for amendments in the ECI calendar, participation and funding for the 19th Asian Games being held from September 23, hiring of a PR agency, digitalisation of old records...
Delhi High Court Quashes Brother’s FIR Against Lawyer Sister, Asks Her To Assist Legal Services Committee For One Month
While quashing an FIR registered by a brother against her sister, who recently completed her graduation in law, the Delhi High Court directed her to provide her assistance to its Legal Services Committee for one month. Justice Saurabh Banerjee quashed the case filed in 2019 against the sister as well as the mother wherein the brother accused them of falsification of documents in respect of...
Accused Has Right To Default Bail Where Prosecution Files Preliminary Or Incomplete Chargesheet: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that an accused has a right to be released on default bail where the prosecution files a preliminary or incomplete chargesheet within the statutory period. Justice Amit Sharma said the fundamental right to personal life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution and its co-relation with 167(2) of the CrPC has been clearly established by way of...
RTI On Aarogya Setu: Delhi High Court Asks Centre If Communications For App Development Were Only "Oral"
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit specifying if there are any file notings or written communications between the stakeholders in the creation of Aarogya Setu app or if the same happened orally via video conferencing. While hearing a plea seeking various information about Aarogya Setu under the Right to Information Act, Justice Subramonium Prasad...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Tehelka’s Review Against Order Directing It To Pay ₹2 Crore Damages To Former Army Officer For Defamation
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea moved by news magazine Tehelka and its co-founder Aniruddha Bahal seeking review of an order directing them to pay Rs. 2 crores damages to a former Army officer Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation suit filed by the latter in 2002.“There is no error apparent on the face of record nor has the applicants been able to highlight any error or...
BREAKING | Bar Council Of India Offers To Hold CLAT, Says NLU Consortium Is A Non-Statutory Body
The Bar Council of India on Friday offered to conduct the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) for admissions to law schools. The apex lawyers' body said it has mechanism to conduct CLAT in multiple regional languages, as it did for AIBE (All India Bar Examination).The exam is currently conducted by the Consortium of NLUs on rotational basis. BCI said this arrangement amongst the national...
Delhi CM Residence Renovation: High Court Grants Interim Protection To PWD Officials Facing Show Cause Notices
The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered that no coercive steps be taken by any authority against six PWD officials who have challenged the show cause notices issued to them by the Delhi Government’s Vigilance department over alleged gross violations of rules in the renovation work undertaken at the official residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed...
Delhi HC Rejects Residents' Concern Over Rapid Rail Project Passing Through Their Colony, Says Public Interest Above Individual Property Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the concerns raised by certain residents from whose area a rapid metro rail would pass, observing that overarching public interest must take precedence over individual property rights.The project in question is the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport System, a semi-high-speed rail corridor, which will connect the cities of Delhi, Ghaziabad, and...
High Court Closes Delhi Minister Gopal Rai’s Plea After Centre Grants Political Clearance For Attending Columbia India Energy Dialogue
The Union Government on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that political clearance has been granted for the foreign visit of Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai for attending Columbia India Energy Dialogue in New York. The programme is scheduled to be held in New York, United States of America on September 18.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta told Justice Subramonium Prasad that...