Delhi High Court
'Nation Wants To Know' Tagline: Times Group Withdraws From Delhi High Court Plea Seeking Contempt Action Against Republic TV, Arnab Goswami
Times Group has withdrawn from the Delhi High Court its application seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Republic TV and its Managing Director Arnab Goswami for violating an order passed in 2020 over the use of “Nation Wants To Know” tagline.The application was listed yesterday before Justice C Hari Shankar in a suit filed in 2017 by Bennett Coleman, a flagship...
Delhi High Court Rejects SpiceJet’s Plea To Stay Single Judge Order Upholding Arbitral Award In Favour Of Ex-Promoter Kalanithi Maran
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay a single judge order upholding an arbitral award asking SpiceJet and its promoter Ajay Singh to refund of Rs. 579.08 crores plus interest to media baron Kalanithi Maran. A division bench comprising of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Dharmesh Sharma dismissed the plea moved by SpiceJet seeking stay of the single judge order passed on July 31....
‘People Of Delhi Gasping For Breath, Not Acceptable’: High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Concretization Inside Central Ridge
The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over encroachment in the Central Ridge in the national capital and asked the authorities to take corrective measures or face contempt action. “This will not happen. In case you don’t rectify and take corrective measures, we will initiate contempt. Get instructions by Monday. This is not acceptable. Nothing happens on the Central...
Pregnant Working Women Entitled To Maternity Benefits, Can’t Be Barred Solely Due To Nature Of Employment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that pregnant working women are entitled to maternity benefits and cannot be denied reliefs under the Maternity Benefit Act, 2017, solely due to the nature of their employment. “There is nothing in the language of the Act or in its provisions which suggests that a working expecting woman would be barred from getting the reliefs due to the sole reason of...
Recourse To Section 34(4) Of The A&C Act Can Only Be Taken For Curable Defects, Courts Cannot Allow The Tribunal To Either Review Or Reconsider The Award: Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi has held that the recourse to Section 34(4) of the A&C Act, that grants courts the authority to remit an arbitral award to the Arbitral Tribunal, can only be taken for correcting the curable defects such as filling the gaps in reasoning, correct typographical and arithmetical errors and not to allow the tribunal to do a review of the award. The bench...
Delhi High Court Orders Routine Inspections To Assess Animal Welfare In Preparation Of Anti-Venom And Anti-Rabies Serums
The Delhi High Court has directed the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals and other government bodies to continue conducting routine inspections to assess the welfare and well-being of animals in preparation of anti-venom and anti-rabies serums.CPCSEA is a statutory body formed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Anti-toxins...
Civil Suit For Recovery Of Arrears Of Maintenance Maintainable When Amount Becomes ‘Debt’ And Is Payable To Wife Or Children: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that arrears of maintenance by a husband becomes “debt” once the definite amount becomes payable to the dependent wife or children or parents which can be recovered by way of a civil suit. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held that a civil suit for recovery of maintenance amount, which acquires the character of...
Courts Can Partially Set Aside An Arbitration Award, Doctrine Of Severability Is Enshrined Under Section 34 Of The A&C Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Courts exercising powers under Section 34 of the A&C Act has the power to partially set aside an arbitration award to strike off the offending portion of the award while retaining the remaining award. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma held that the doctrine of severability of arbitration award is explicitly recognised under Section...
MBBS Admissions: Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge To Regulations By Aspirant Who Pursued 'Biology' Separately 11 Yrs After PCM Schooling
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the Graduate Medical Education Regulations 1997 as ultra vires and violative of the New Education Policy 2020, insofar as it requires an aspirant to have studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English together at 10+2 level.The bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Saurabh Banerjee was dealing with the...
Wife Making False Allegations Against Husband, Constant Threat Regarding Being Summoned By Police Are Acts Of Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a wife’s conduct of making false allegations against the husband and his family members and a constant threat to them regarding being summoned to the police station are acts of cruelty which severely impact mental balance.A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna allowed a husband’s appeal against a family court...
Wife's Insistence To Live Separately From Husband's Family Without Reason Constitutes 'Cruelty': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that wife's insistence to live separately from other family members of the husband without any justifiable reason can be termed as an act of 'cruelty'.A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna added that such acrimonious atmosphere at home cannot be a conducive environment for a married couple to forge a cordial...
Court Can Receive The Deficient/Requisite Stamp Duty Itself, Requirement To Send The Impounded Agreement To Collector Of Stamps Not Mandatory: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court while reiterating that it is mandatory for the Court exercising power under Section 11 of the A&C Act to impound the non-stamped or insufficiently stamped agreement held that the Court can itself collect the deficient/requisite stamp duty under Section 35 of the Stamps Act, 1899 and enable deposit of the requisite stamp duty along with penalty as...