2019 Amendment To Section 29A Of The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 Is Procedural In Nature; Applies To All Pending Arbitrations: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that 2019 Amendment to Section 29A of the A&C Act is procedural in nature and would apply to all arbitrations that were pending on the date of its coming into force. By way of the amendment, the time limit of 12 months for rendering an award was to be calculated from the date of the completion of proceedings and not from the date when the arbitrator...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: June 2023 [Citations 473 - 536]

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 473 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 536NOMINAL INDEXCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGTATION v. KAPIL WADHAWAN & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 473TARUN KUMAR & ANR. v. THE PRINCIPAL HAPPY HOURS SCHOOL & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 474MADHURI JAIN GROVER & ANR. v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 475RR v. THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI 2023 LiveLaw (Del)...

Victim Can Invoke PoSH Act When Sexually Harassed By Man Working In Department Other Than Her Own: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the scope of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 or PoSH Act is not limited to cases where a woman employee is sexually harassed by another employee working in her own office or department but also extends to cases where the delinquent employee is employed elsewhere.Analyzing the statute and its...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 26 To July 02

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 529 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 536NOMINAL INDEXDarpan Kohli Versus Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 529State v. Jeevak Nagpal 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 530SH.PRADEEP KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 531MADHU BALA v. STATE 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 532Siddharth Mishra & Ors. V. UPSC 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 533Home Credit...

Delhi High Court Upholds Decision To Terminate Services Of National Judicial Academy’s Professor

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the termination of Dr. Geeta Oberoi, a contractual professor of National Judicial Academy, Bhopal on the basis of a show cause notice issued to her in 2021 over allegations of “encouraging and harbouring” stray dogs inside the campus. Justice Jasmeet Singh dismissed the plea of the professor, who was working in the Academy since 2014, challenging the...

Advocates' Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building : Delhi High Court

Holding that the "professional activity" of lawyers cannot be seen as "commercial activity", the Delhi High Court held that an advocate's office run from a residential building is not subject to property tax under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act as a "business building".The division bench of Justice Najmi Waziri and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain noted that the Master Plan for Delhi(MPD),...

Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Prelims Of UPSC Civil Services Exam 2023, Seeks Fresh Exam

A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court challenging the preliminary examination of Civil Services Examination 2023 which was held by Union Public Service Commission last month.Filed by Advocate Rajeev Kumar Dubey, the plea has been moved by 17 civil services aspirants. The plea also seeks a direction on UPSC and Union Government to re-conduct the preliminary exam and General...

AO Unclear whether The Notice Is Issued To An Individual Or A Corporate Entity: Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice

The Delhi High Court has quashed the reassessment notice for non-application of mind by the department.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has directed the AO to recommence the proceeding if deemed necessary after gathering the relevant material that would show that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment by the petitioner.The petitioner has challenged...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Pass Urgent Order On Plea Seeking Strict Implementation Of Advisory Against Illegal Slaughtering Of Animals On Bakra-Eid

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass urgent orders on a plea seeking strict implementation of an advisory issued by the Delhi Government to deal with illegal slaughtering of cows and other animals on the occasion of Bakra-Eid on June 29. “We are now in the last week of vacation in June. We are not going to entertain this. It is our discretion to decide if it is urgent or not,”...

Civil Services Exam 2023: Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief, Asks CAT To Expeditiously Decide Plea Seeking Reduction In CSAT Cut Off

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Administrative Tribunal to decide expeditiously the plea seeking reduction in the cut off from 33% to 23% for qualifying Part II (CSAT) exam of 2023 Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC last month.A vacation bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Manoj Jain refused the interim relief and disposed of a petition moved by a group...

Ensure Sufficient Number Of Short, Long Stay Homes For Mentally Ill Inmates: High Court To Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that a sufficient number of short and long stay homes are available for mentally ill inmates who do not require regular hospitalization and have no homes to go back to live in a safe environment. Observing that it is the bounden duty of the State to take care of the life of all its citizen, a division bench of Justice Mukta...

Custodial Death Of 26-Yr-Old: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction, 10 Years Sentence Of Uttar Pradesh Cops In 2006 Case

The Delhi High Court today upheld the conviction and 10 years of sentence awarded to five cops of the Uttar Pradesh Police over custodial torture resulting in death of a young 26-years-old man in 2006. They were convicted and sentenced in the year 2019. A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the appeals moved by the five police officials and upheld the...