Delhi High Court
Consider Installing Advanced Cardiac Life Support Facility At Three Major Interchange Metro Stations: High Court To Delhi Govt, DMRC
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to explore the possibility of installing advanced cardiac life support facility at three major interchange metro stations, namely, Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk and Hauz Khas.While hearing a suo motu matter initiated in 2018, a division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Saurabh Banerjee directed the...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 08 To May 14
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 377 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 400NOMINAL INDEXDharampal Satyapal Sons Private Limited vs Google L.L.C. & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 377AARSHI R KAPOOR & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR and other connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 378Virander Kumar Sharma Punj & Anr v. GNCTD & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 379INDEPENDENT THOUGHT v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR....
Need To Have A Relook At Patent Law’s Provision On Exclusions In View Of Growing Innovations: Delhi High Court To Union Govt
The Delhi High Court has observed that there is a need to re-look at Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, in view of growing innovations. Section 3(k) states that a mathematical or business method or computer programe per se or algorithms will be excluded from patentability under the Patents Act.Justice Prathiba M Singh took note of the 161st Report of the “Review of the Intellectual...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea For Retrospective Effect Of S.23 Senior Citizens Act Which Renders Property Transfer By Elderly Void In Certain Situations
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking retrospective effect of section 23 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 which provides certain circumstances in which transfer of property by an elderly person will be void.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed the plea moved by one Chiranjit Singh...
Article 226 | Interference In Proceedings Before Lokpal Must Be Avoided Unless Something Is Palpably Wrong Or Contrary To Law: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that interference in the proceedings pending before Lokpal of India, while exercising writ jurisdiction, ought to be avoided unless there is something palpably wrong or contrary to law. Justice Prathiba M Singh added that repeated petitions seeking to interdict in the proceedings before the anti corruption body would defeat the purpose of the Lokpal...
Delhi High Court Stays Demolition Of Wazirabad Road Hanuman Temple, Seeks Status Report From Police
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the demolition of an old two-storey Hanuman temple situated at Loni road of city’s North-East region.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the authorities to not take any coercive action of removing the temple in terms of a letter issued by Public Works Department on May 03. “In the meanwhile, no cocrcive action will be taken by any of the...
Formulate Programme To Educate Teenagers About Criminality Of Posting Intimate Content Online Without Consent: Delhi High Court To DSLSA
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to formulate a programme to educate students, potential vulnerable victims and teenagers about criminality of posting intimate content on social media platforms without consent of the person concerned. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that in a large percentage of cases of sexual assault before the court, victims...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Author Amrit Wilson's Plea Against OCI Card Cancellation
UK based writer and journalist Amrit Wilson has moved the Delhi High Court against cancellation of her OCI card and sought restoration of the same. Wilson has sought quashing of the order passed by the High Commission of India in London on March 17. It is her case that the cancellation of her OCI card is ex-facie illegal and arbitrary. The Indian High Commission had issued a show cause notice...
Delhi High Court Orders Sudarshan News, Social Media Platforms To Remove News Reports Accusing Muslim Man Of Forced Religious Conversion
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed certain news channels including Sudarshan News and social media platforms like YouTube, Google and Twitter to block links of news reports accusing a Muslim man of forcefully converting a woman to Islam. Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing a plea moved by one Azmat Ali Khan seeking removal of news items and videos published on online platforms in respect...
Adjudicate Payable Stamp Duty And Communicate It To Parties Within 30 Days: Delhi High Court To Collector Of Stamps
The Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government’s Collector of Stamps to adjudicate the stamp duty payable on documents and communicate it to the concerned parties within 30 days till a specific entry is added in the Delhi Act, 2011 fixing a reasonable time limit for such adjudication.Justice Prathiba M Singh said that if such adjudication duty involves any complexity or...
Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Hospitality Company From Using ‘Vivanta’ Trademark, Imposes ₹6 Lakh Costs
The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained a hospitality company from using “Vivanta” mark in a trademark infringement suit filed by Indian Hotels Company Limited, a part of TATA Group of Companies and registered proprietor of “Vivanta” trademark.Justice Amit Bansal imposed costs of Rs. 6 lakhs on Vivanta Hospitality Private Limited and held that the company used the...
Delhi High Court Orders Surprise Inspections Of Tihar Jail; Seeks Report On Hygiene, Food Facilities For Inmates
The Delhi High Court on Thursday constituted a committee to conduct surprise inspections in Tihar Jail and sought a report on the details of food being provided to the inmates and hygiene level maintained in the sitting area and canteen. Justice Prathiba M Singh sought report on the nature of food provided to the inmates at all times, i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the details of...