Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Dismisses Retired Major General VK Singh's Plea Against CBI FIR Over Publication Of ‘Classified Information’ About RAW In 2007 Book
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea moved by Major General (retired) V.K. Singh against the FIR registered by CBI alleging that he published some classified and secret information about Research and Analysis Wing in his book authored in 2007 after his retirement. After retiring from service in 2002, Singh published the book titled 'India's External Intelligence- Secrets of...
Delhi High Court Restrains Over 100 Rogue Websites From Streaming Sony's 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse'
In an interim relief to Sony Pictures Animation Inc, the Delhi High Court has restrained several rogue websites from posting and streaming the upcoming film “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” and “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”."Defendants 1 to 101, as well as all others acting on their behalf, are restrained from posting, streaming, reproducing, distributing or making available...
Take Steps To Arrest Absconding Self Styled Godman And Head Of Rohini Based Ashram: Delhi High Court To CBI
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Central Bureau of Investigation to take steps to arrest Virendra Dev Dixit, a self-styled godman and Chief of a Rohini-based ashram, who is absconding and has been declared a proclaimed offender in a sexual exploitation case. Hearing a plea related to the living conditions of women at the ashram, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra...
Trial Courts Cannot Direct Foreign Nationals Be Sent To Detention Centre While Granting Them Bail: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that the trial courts cannot direct foreign nationals be sent to a detention centre while granting them bail in cases lodged against them here.“In any event what must be clarified is that a Court or Magistrates or a Sessions Court cannot as part of enlarging foreign national on bail can also direct the said person to be sent to a detention centre. The Court is...
Show Cause Notice Bereft Any Specific Allegation, Delhi High Court Quashes GST Registration Suspension Order
The Delhi High Court has held that the Show Cause Notice was short of the necessary requirements as it did not contain any specific allegation.The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that the show cause notice is required to set out the relevant material in order to enable the noticee to meaningfully respond to it.The petitioner has challenged a Show Cause...
Dept. Initiated Reassessment By Deviating From Prior View Without Any Cogent Reasoning: Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Notices
The Delhi High Court has quashed the reassessment notices on the grounds that the department has initiated reassessment by deviating from prior views without any cogent reasoning.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that the reassessment notice and order suffered from two infirmities, namely that it was proceeded on a view inconsistent with the...
Taxpayers Filing Declaration Under SVLDR Scheme Can’t Quantify The Duty Under Indirect Taxes: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that taxpayers filing declarations under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme Rules, 2019 (SVLDR Scheme) cannot quantify the duty under indirect taxes.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Dharmesh Sharma has observed that in terms of Section 121(r) of the Finance Act, 2019, the word "quantified" means a written communication of the...
Non-Supply Of Survey Report, Delhi High Court Stays Reassessment Proceedings Against Centre For Policy Research
The Delhi High Court has stayed the reassessment proceedings against the Centre for Policy Research.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that the entire survey report was not submitted to the petitioner; only the relied-upon portion of the survey report was provided to the petitioner.The petitioner has assailed the notices dated March 28, 2023, and...
102 Kg Heroin Recovery At Attari Check Post: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Trader, Says He Was Oblivious Of Contraband Hidden In Consignment
Observing that prima facie he was used as an intermediary without knowledge of the smuggled contraband, the Delhi High Court has granted bail to the proprietor of Shree Balaji Trading Company in a case where 102.136 and 0.648 kgs of heroin were intercepted in a truck carrying licorice roots (Mulethi) from Afghanistan at the Attari border in Punjab's Amritsar last year."On a prima facie...
Delhi High Court Restrains Bodhisatva Charitable Trust From Using Trademark 'Mayo', Grants Interim Relief To US-Based Mayo Foundation
Granting interim relief to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research — a subsidiary of US -based charitable organisation Mayo Clinic, the Delhi High Court has restrained Bodhisatva Charitable Trust from using the trademark “Mayo” or any mark or name deceptively similar to it. The Indian NGO and its associates have been particularly restrained from using names like Mayo Institute...
When Indian Citizens' Right To Practice Law In Foreign Nation Is Preserved, Nationals Of That Country Also Entitled To Seek Enrolment Here: Delhi HC
Observing that foreign nationals are not per se barred from being considered for enrolment on a State roll under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, the Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India to process a South Korean national's application for enrolment forthwith in accordance with law.Section 24 stipulates various conditions to be fulfilled by a person who intends to be an...
Delhi High Court Quashes BCI's Decision Refusing Enrolment To South Korean Citizen As Advocate With BCD, Orders Processing Of Application
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the Bar Council of India’s decision refusing to consider a South Korean citizen as eligible for enrolment as an advocate with Bar Council of Delhi. The foreign national had moved to India with his parents at the age of 11 and lived here continuously till he graduated from NALSAR University in 2016.“The writ petition is allowed. The impugned order...