Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Dismisses Pleas By Gandhis, Aam Aadmi Party Against Transfer Of Income Tax Assessments To Central Circle
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a bunch of pleas moved by Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Wadra, Aam Aadmi Party and other charitable trusts challenging the decision of Income Tax authorities to transfer their tax assessments to the central circle.A division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma dismissed the petitions and observed...
Govt Servants Can’t Be Excluded From Protection Of Fundamental Rights: Delhi High Court On Public Servants’ Right To Form Association
Observing that government servants "cannot be excluded from the protection" of fundamental rights, the Delhi High Court has set aside the 2019 Memorandum Order (M.O.) that de-recognised the Central PWD Engineers Association. During the pendency of the matter, the Association was granted recognition in 2021.The decision was not issued with the approval of the Competent Authority, as provided...
Agreement Providing For Exclusive Appointment Of Party’s Nominee As Arbitrator, Conditional Acceptance; A Case Of Non-Survival Of Arbitration Clause: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled where the Arbitration Agreement unambiguously provides that in case the stipulated person cannot act as an Arbitrator, the dispute is not to be referred to Arbitration at all, the same reflected the conditional acceptance of Arbitration by the party.The bench of Justice Navin Chawla was dealing with an arbitration clause in a petition filed under Section 11 of...
Accepting Unconditional Apology, Delhi High Court Discharges Arnab Goswami, Others In Contempt Case By Former TERI Chief RK Pachauri
Managing Director and Editor-in-chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami has tendered his unconditional apology before the Delhi High Court in a 2016 contempt case moved by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri against him and others for “fragrant and willful disobedience” of the court’s earlier orders restricting them from publishing certain claims against him. Goswami was...
‘Shakes My Judicial Conscience’: Delhi High Court Questions Tihar Jail Authorities Over Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya's Murder Inside Prison
The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned Tihar Jail authorities over the murder of Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside the jail premises and lack of steps to prevent the same in time.The 33-year-old was recently stabbed to death allegedly by members of a rival gang inside Tihar prison. The incident was captured in the CCTV cameras installed inside the jail.“What bothers me is that it is...
Arbitration: Courts Should Not Grant Injunction In Public Work Projects; Delhi High Court Reiterates Law
The Delhi High Court has ruled that in view of Sections 20A and 41(ha) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (SRA), the courts should grant no injunction relating to infrastructure projects where delay may be caused by such an injunction.The bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh was dealing with a petition filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) seeking...
Delhi High Court Quashes FIR Accusing Husband Of Cruelty After Wife Pays Rs 12 Lakh To Him Under Divorce Settlement
The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR against a husband, who was accused of cruelty by his wife after the couple settled their differences. Besides dissolving the marriage by a decree of divorce under mutual consent, the wife also paid her husband an amount of Rs.12 Lakh towards all his claims."Out of the said amount, an amount of Rs.6 lacs was paid by the respondent no.2 [wife] to the...
Hold Stakeholder Consultation On Draft Advocates Protection Bill: High Court To Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Government to hold stakeholder consultation on the draft Delhi Advocates (Protection) Bill, 2023 which seeks to provide safety and security to lawyers from incidents of assaults, killings, intimidation and threats.Advocate KC Mittal appearing for the Bar Council of Delhi told Justice Prathiba M Singh that the first draft of the bill has...
Daughter In Law Has No Indefeasible Right In Shared Household, In-Laws Cannot Be Excluded: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a daughter in law does not have an indefeasible right in a “shared household” and that the in-laws cannot be excluded from the same.“Thus, the concept of ‘shared household’ clearly provides that the right of the daughter-in-law in a shared household is not an indefeasible right and cannot be to the exclusion of the in-laws,” Justice Prathiba M...
Justice Prathiba M Singh Of Delhi High Court Recuses From Hearing Pleas By Lessors To Deregister Aircrafts On Lease With Go First
Delhi High Court judge Justice Prathiba M Singh on Thursday recused from hearing a batch of pleas moved by various lessors to de-register their aircrafts currently on lease with the crisis-hit airline Go First.Justice Singh ordered that the pleas be listed for hearing before another bench tomorrow, subject to the orders of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma. The lessors are Pembroke...
Constitute Selection Committee For Choosing Karate Players To Represent India In Upcoming Asian Games: Delhi High Court To Sports Authority Of India
Considering the absence of a recognized National Federation in the field of Karate, the Delhi High Court has directed the Director General of Sports Authority Of India (SAI) to constitute a Selection Committee consisting of players and a senior SAI coach to select a competent team to represent India in the sport of Karate in the upcoming Asian Games.In the order dated May 18, Justice Tushar...
Delhi High Court Organises Awareness Workshop On Online Child Sexual Abuse, Launches ‘Cyber Awareness Interactive Videos’
The Delhi High Court on Thursday conducted an awareness workshop on “online child sexual exploitation and abuse” and launched various “cyber awareness interactive videos” for children, in collaboration with the Delhi police. The Chief Guest at the event was Supreme Court judge, Justice PS Narasimha. Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, other judges of the Delhi High Court and...