Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Directs AO To Provide Information To Vodafone Mauritius To Drive Out The Validity Of TRC
The Delhi High Court has directed the AO to provide information to Vodafone Mauritius to determine the validity of the Tax Residency Certificate (TRC).The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that nothing in the form of information or material has been put to the petitioner, which would conclude that the TRC issued to the petitioner was not a viable...
Process Of Court Cannot Be Utilized For Gathering Information About Whereabouts Of Judgment Debtor: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the process of the court cannot be utilized for the purpose of gathering information as to the whereabouts or other information in respect of the judgment debtor. The court said it is the primary obligation of the decree holder itself to obtain such information from wherever it is possible.The bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observations...
Enterprise Being Run On Commercial Lines Involving Generation Of Profit Cannot Escape Liability Under Payment Of Bonus Act: Delhi High Court
Observing that an enterprise being run on commercial lines cannot escape liability under Payment of Bonus Act, the Delhi High Court recently upheld a single judge bench’s decision of upholding Industrial Tribunal Award to pay bonus for the year 1997-98 to the workers of Moolchand Kharaiti Ram Hospital & Ayurvedic Research Institute.“If an enterprise is being run on commercial...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Advance Hearing Of Plea Seeking Removal Of 'Objectionable Scenes' In Adipurush Movie
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to advance the hearing of a petition seeking removal of alleged objectionable scenes in the movie Adipursh. The petition against the movie is tentatively listed for hearing on June 30.The counsel representing the petitioner, during the mentioning, submitted that the movie is against the “controversial” Adipursh movie and it has been listed on June...
Imprisonment At Trial Stage Cannot Be Prolonged Only For Teaching Accused A Lesson: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Kidnapping Case
Granting bail to an accused in a case of kidnapping for ransom after a custody of almost two years and nine months, the Delhi High Court said that at the stage of the trial, imprisonment cannot be prolonged only for the purpose of teaching the accused a lesson.Justice Vikas Mahajan said it is trite that the seriousness of an offence is not the only criteria for denial of bail."A person who...
Plant 10 Trees, File Status Report With Photos Every Year For A Decade: Delhi High Court's Condition For Quashing FIR Related To Altercation
Quashing an FIR related to an altercation, the Delhi High Court directed the accused to plant 10 trees each of indigenous variety in the vicinity of their residence, in consultation with the Investigating Officer.Justice Jasmeet Singh asked the IO to get in touch with the concerned Horticulture Department of the MCD and indicate the area, where the trees are to be planted. "The trees need not...
Delhi High Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Teacher Accused Of Raping His Student
The Delhi High Court has rejected the bail plea of a teacher who has been accused of repeatedly raping his minor student and threatening to make video-recording of it viral. The accused stands booked under section 376 of IPC and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.“The court cannot also ignore the fact that since the petitioner and the prosecutrix...
Delhi High Court Orders Plantation Of At least 10,000 Trees To Utilise Money Recovered From Defaulting Litigants
The Delhi High Court has issued an order for plantation of at least 10,000 trees to utilise over Rs 80 lakh that were deposited in the court as costs imposed on the defaulting parties in different cases including contempt and writ petitions.“These monies are to be utilized for larger public good. Plantation of trees is one such exercise which the court would consider because trees, for as...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 12 To June 18
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 508 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 521NOMINAL INDEXPANKAJ BANSAL v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) & ANR. and other connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 508SADANAND AND ANR. v. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 509RS v. MB 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 510MINOR VICTIM-V v. THE STATE & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 511SAMEER MAHANDRU v. DIRECTORATE...
High Court Summons Delhi Waqf Board’s CEO Over Non Payment Of Salaries To Employees
The Delhi High Court has summoned the Chief Executive Officer of Delhi Waqf Board in a case concerning non payment of salaries and allowances to its employees. Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing an application moved by employees of the Board alleging non-compliance of a court order passed on March 27 directing the Board to ensure that all outstanding dues are released within two weeks....
Orders Of Arbitral Tribunal Not Signed By All Arbitrators And Absence Of An Arbitrator During Certain Proceedings, Cannot Be A Ground To Set Aside Award: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that procedural irregularity cannot be a ground to set aside the Arbitral Award unless such irregularity goes to the root of the matter and shocks the conscience of the Court, thus making the Award illegal.The bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh made the observation while dismissing a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation...
Construction Workers Can’t Be Deprived Of Right Of Pension Merely Due To Hyper-Technical Issues: Delhi High Court
The right of pension of construction workers cannot be deprived of merely due to hyper-technical issues or requirements such as production of original MR Slips or serial number of the notary records, the Delhi High Court has recently observed. Noting that a large number of construction workers are either illiterate or even semi-illiterate and hail from rural background, Justice Prathiba M...