Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Directs Release Of Rs. 16 Crores To Landmark Group As Per 2018 Arbitral Award Against Ansal Group
The Delhi High Court has directed release of over Rs. 16 Crores deposited with the court Registry, in favour of the Landmark Group in the execution petition filed by it seeking enforcement of the arbitral award passed against the Ansal Group. In 2018, an Arbitral Tribunal had awarded a sum of Rs. 46.01 Crores in favour of the Landmark Group against the Ansals in a dispute between the...
Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Sexual Assault On 3-Yr-Old By School Cleaner, Seeks Action Taken Report
The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of an alleged sexual assault on a 3-year-old minor girl by a cleaner working in her school in city’s South Delhi area. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Saurabh Banerjee registered a suo motu PIL on the basis of an article published in the Times of India on August 04 titled “3-year-old sexually assaulted...
Rape Victims Be Taken To Hospital For MTP Within 24 Hours Even When Gestation Period Less Than 20 Weeks: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued various guidelines to be followed by the doctors and the Delhi Police while dealing with cases of medical termination of pregnancy of victims of rape.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed that where an order for medical termination of pregnancy has been passed, the Delhi Police’s Investigating Officers must produce the victim before the...
Delhi High Court Holds Wife Guilty Of Wilfully Violating Settlement Agreement With Husband, Sentences Her To One Month Simple Imprisonment
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held a wife guilty of contempt of court for wilfully violating a settlement agreement with her husband and disobeying the undertaking to abide by the same given to the family court.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora imposed a penalty of Rs. 2,000 on the wife and also sentenced her to one month of simple imprisonment, considering that she...
Depreciation Allowable On Goodwill Though No Actual Cash Payment Made For Acquisition: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that depreciation is allowable on goodwill arising in a scheme of amalgamation even though no actual cash payment was made for the acquisition of goodwill.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Dharmesh Sharma has observed that sections 49 and 55(2) deal with ‘capital gains’ arising on the sale of goodwill and not with respect to depreciation...
This Court Never Ceases To Be Surprised By Orders Passed By Office Of Patents And Trademarks: Delhi High Court
Taking exception to a “blank order” passed by a Senior Examiner of Trade Marks, the Delhi High Court recently said that it is no longer surprised at the kind of orders passed by the Registry of Trade Marks or Controller General of Patents.“This Court never ceases to be surprised at the kind of the orders which come before it, from the office of the Registry of Trade Marks/Controller...
Bar Council Of India Supports PIL Before Delhi High Court Seeking Holding Of CLAT In Regional Languages
The Bar Council of India has told the Delhi High Court that conducting Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in regional languages will give opportunities to more citizens to pursue law as a career. The lawyers’ body has supported a public interest litigation seeking to conduct CLAT-UG 2024 not only in English but also in other regional languages as mentioned in the eighth schedule of...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Dr Nitiz Murdia's Appointment As Expert Member Of National ART & Surrogacy Board
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the appointment of Dr. Nitiz Murdia (Embryologist) as an expert member of the National Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Saurabh Banerjee sought response of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and...
Terror Funding Case: Yasin Malik Appears Through VC Before Delhi High Court In NIA’s Appeal Seeking Death Penalty
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, convicted in a terror funding case, appeared before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday via video conferencing from Tihar Jail, in an appeal moved by National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for him. The matter was however adjourned due to non availability of the division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal.While...
High Court Seeks Delhi Govt’s Stand On PIL Seeking Conjugal Visitation Rights For Prisoners
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to respond to a public interest litigation seeking conjugal visitation rights for the prisoners lodged in various jails in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula granted six weeks’ time to Delhi Government’s counsel to seek instructions in the plea and listed it for hearing...
Mental Health: Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Authorities For Protecting 'Mental Integrity, Soundness Of Mind' Of Prisoners
The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions to the authorities for ensuring protection of mental and emotional health of the prisoners, observing that while imprisonment restricts the right to liberty, it does not restrict the human rights of convicts. “It is time to ensure that a convict who leaves the correction home/prison is restored to the society as a law abiding citizen who...
POCSO Act Is Gender Neutral, Misleading To Argue ‘It Is Gender-Based Legislation And Is Being Misused’: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, is a gender-neutral legislation and that it is insensitive to argue that the law is being misused.While dealing with a POCSO case where the accused submitted that the enactment is a gender-based law and therefore is being misused, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said:“To say the least, POCSO Act...