‘Only To Gain Sympathy And Votes’: PIL Before Delhi High Court Against Opposition Parties New Alliance ‘INDIA’

A public interest litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court against the newly formed alliance of 26 opposition political parties using the acronym I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).The petition, which has been filed by a businessman Girish Bharadwaj, will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice...

Arbitration Act| Alleged Liquidity Crunch Of Award Debtor Not Sufficient Cause Under Order XXI Rule 26 CPC To Grant Stay Of Enforcement Of Award: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that alleged liquidity crunch of the award debtor cannot be a sufficient cause under Order XXI Rule 26(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) to grant stay of the enforcement proceedings in relation to an arbitral award. The bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna made the observation while hearing a plea seeking modification of the court’s order in...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Restrict Cash Transactions On E-Commerce Platforms Like Amazon, Flipkart

The Delhi High Court recently refused to entertain a public interest litigation to restrict cash transaction of goods, products and services purchased through online shopping platforms like Amazon and Flipkart.The petitioner, Advocate and BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, sought to withdraw the PIL after a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula...

Family Court Should Not Give Adjournment For Long Period While Referring Parties To Court Counsellor: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the family court should not give an adjournment for long period while referring the parties to a matrimonial dispute to a Court Counsellor for exploring the possibility of a settlement.While preponing a matrimonial dispute pending before a family court which was adjourned to October 18, Justice Navin Chawla said:“Even though the order records that there...

Ensure Availability Of Cloud Storage Service To Sub-Registrars For Preservation Of Documents: High Court To Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure availability of Delhi Online Registration System (DORIS), a cloud storage server, to all Sub-Registrars for preservation of documents including those relating to land records. “For the said purpose the Principal Secretary (Revenue), GNCTD shall be personally responsible to ensure implementation of the DORIS system,”...

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Two Schools Over Denial Of Admission To Student Under EWS Category

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the principals of two private schools in the national capital explaining as to why they had not granted admission to a student in KG class under the EWS/DG category despite allotment by Directorate of Education thrice. “If the answers are not found cogent and sufficient, the court may be compelled to require the personal presence of the...

Delhi High Court To Hear On August 4 Application To Produce JKLF Chief Yasin Malik Virtually In NIA’s Plea For Death Penalty In Terror Funding Case

The Delhi High Court will hear on August 04 an application moved by the Tihar jail authorities to produce Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, convicted in a terror funding case, via video conferencing in an appeal moved by National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for him.While the matter was listed for hearing today before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Passed Against Spicejet In Favour Of Its Former Promoter Kalanithi Maran

The Delhi High Court has upheld the 2018 arbitral award passed in favour of Kalanithi Maran, former promoter of SpiceJet, and his firm Kal Airways Pvt Ltd, in a share transfer dispute with the airline and its current promoter, Ajay Singh. The bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh has also dismissed Maran’s challenge to the award where his claim for damages and restitution of...

Civil Services Examination 2023: Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Plea Seeking Publishing Of Prelims Answer Key

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the maintainability of a plea challenging the decision of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to publish the answer key of the preliminary examination of Civil Services Examination 2023 only after declaration of final result.“I will pass judgment on the maintainability,” said Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while reserving the...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: July 2023 [Citations 537 - 641]

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 537 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 641NOMINAL INDEXDR SOHAIL MALIK v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 537 Harkirat Singh Sodhi v. Oram Foods Pvt Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 538 RAJNEESH BHASKAR GUPTA versus Reserve Bank of India & Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 539 Aswini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 540 Manish Sisodia v....

Permit OBC Category Candidate To Appear In Interview For Senior Resident Doctor Post: Delhi High Court To AIIMS

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed AIIMS to permit a candidate, whose OBC certificate was initially rejected on the ground that it was not as per the prescribed format and later because the re-submission was beyond the cut off date, to appear in second stage interview for the post of senior resident doctor.Granting interim relief to the candidate who approached the court challenging...

'Uniform Election' For All Bar Associations In One Day: Delhi High Court Constitutes Committee, Asks It To File Report Within 4 Weeks

The Delhi High Court recently constituted a committee to examine whether a “uniform election” of all Bar Associations in the national capital can be held in a single day. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula constituted the committee, which will be headed by Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva. Other members of the Committee are Justice Jasmeet...