Delhi High Court
Over ₹9 Crores Due To Akshaya Patra Foundation Not Paid Despite Fund Availability: Delhi High Court Summons DUSIB’s Chief Executive Director
The Delhi High Court has summoned the Chief Executive Director of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) over non payment of over Rs. 9 crores outstanding dues to Akshaya Patra Foundation which supplied food to various shelter homes in the city which are under the supervision of the Board.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma observed that it is...
Order Of Arbitral Tribunal Refusing To Entertain Additional Counter-Claims Filed Without An Application Under Section 23 Is Not An ‘Interim Award’: Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi has held that an order of the arbitral tribunal refusing to entertain additional counter-claims filed without making any application under Section 23 of the Act is not an ‘interim award’, therefore, it cannot be challenged under Section 34 of the Act. The bench of Justices Najmi Waziri and Sudhir Kumar Jain held that order of the tribunal refusing...
Civil Prisoners Eligible For Remission Under Delhi Prison Rules: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that civil prisoners are eligible for grant of ordinary remission under the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018. “…a plain reading of the aforesaid Rules would show that while providing eligibility for remission in Rule 1175, the expression used is “convicted prisoner”. The expression is inclusive and does not distinguish between a convicted “civil prisoner”...
Impossible To Hold CLAT 2024 In Regional Languages, Will Prepare Roadmap For 'Eventual Introduction': Consortium Of NLUs To Delhi High Court
The Consortium of National Law Universities has told the Delhi High Court that it is a “near impossibility” to hold the CLAT 2024 examination, which is scheduled to take place in December, in regional languages.However, the Consortium said that it will be able to prepare a well-considered roadmap for the “eventual introduction” of additional languages in the examination in the...
Evidence By Way Of Affidavit Not Mandatory When Documentary Evidence Sufficient For Determining Well-Known Status Of Trademark: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that when documentary evidence is sufficient for determining the well-known status of a trademark, the filing of evidence by way of affidavit is not mandatory.Justice Prathiba M. Singh considered the question about the nature of the evidence, and the documents required to be filed by an applicant for determination as a well-known trademark under Section 11 of...
NEET-UG: High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Inclusion Of 'Delhi Residence’ Criteria For State Quota Seats In Medical Colleges
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the eligibility criteria for the State quota seats of NEET (UG) in medical colleges affiliated to Delhi University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav sought response of the Delhi Government, Directorate General of Health Services, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and...
Online Gaming: NGO Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Validity Of Information Technology Rules 2023
A Noida-based NGO has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutional and legislative validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 that seek to regulate online gaming.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula today listed the matter for hearing on July 13 and...
Delhi High Court To Hear On Monday Appeal Against Order Permitting Lessors To Carry Out Maintenance Of Aircrafts On Lease With Go First
The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday the challenge against a single judge order permitting various lessors to carry out inspection and interim maintenance tasks of their aircrafts, which are currently on lease with crisis-hit Go First airline, twice a month until final disposal of their pleas to de-register their planes from the airline.Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi mentioned the...
Plea That Claimant’s Claim Cannot Stand In The Absence Of A Third Entity, Can Be Raised Before The Arbitral Tribunal: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the plea that the claimant’s claim cannot stand in the absence of a third entity in the arbitral proceedings, is an aspect touching upon the maintainability of the claim(s) sought to be raised before the Arbitral Tribunal. The court said that the said plea can be urged before a duly constituted Arbitration Tribunal and the same cannot preclude...
NHAI's Contracts With Toll Collectors Not Violative Of National Highways Act and 2008 Rules: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) can enter into contracts for the purpose of collecting fee on behalf of the Central Government under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956. The court said that the contracts which have been entered into by NHAI for the purpose of performing its functions to collect fee on behalf of the Central...
Anathema In This Age To Diminish Woman's Autonomous Status By Treating Her Merely As Husband's ‘Adjunct’: Delhi High Court On Property Rights Of Women
It is anathema in this day and age to diminish the autonomous status of a woman by treating her “merely as an adjunct to her husband”, least of all in relation to what the law recognises to be her absolute property, the Delhi High Court observed on Thursday.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani allowed an application moved by a wife under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure,...
‘Can’t Have Damocles Sword Hanging On Someone’s Head For 5 Years, Must Put Quietus To It’: Delhi High Court On Contempt Case Against S Gurumurthy
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that there should be a quietus to the criminal contempt case filed against editor of Tamil political weekly “Thuglak” and RSS Ideologue S Gurumurthy for his tweet against Justice S Muralidhar in 2018 and that it cannot have Damocles’ sword hanging on someone’s head for five years. “Our view is that the gentleman has appeared before the court,...