Delhi High Court
'Not Expected Of Child Of Such Tender Age To Behave Like An Adult By Raising Alarm Promptly': Delhi High Court Dismisses Appeal Of POCSO Convict
Observing that the statement of the child victim is of sterling quality, the Delhi Court has dismissed the appeal filed against conviction for aggravated sexual assault and sexual harassment committed on a 7-year-old boy under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO).Justice Jasmeet Singh said the child with his vocabulary and comprehension was able to describe...
NIA Compares Yasin Malik To Osama Bin Laden While Seeking Death Penalty, Says USA Was Possibly Right In Denying Him Trial
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday compared Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was sentenced to life in a terror funding case after he plead guilty last year, to Osama Bin Laden and said that the USA was “possibly right” in not giving him a trial.The submission was made by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On NIA’s Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea moved by National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh issued notice to Yasin Malik through the concerned Tihar Jail Superintendent and listed the matter for...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 22 To May 28
Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 425 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 451NOMINAL INDEXMaj Pankaj Rai v. NIIT Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 425SMT. CHETNA RATHEE v. CHAHIT KUNDU 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 426UNION OF INDIA & ANR. v. SHRI. JOGINDER SINGH 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 427Kiran Thakur vs Resident Commissioner Bihar Bhavan 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 428RITVIK SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 429ANAND...
BREAKING - Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Notifications Allowing Exchange Of ₹2000 Notes Without ID Proof
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India's notifications that permit exchange of Rs. 2000 currency notes without requirement of any identity proof.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the plea moved by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar...
Insurance Policy Is To Be Referred To Arbitration When Only One Head Of The Claims Is Disputed And Not The Entire Liability: Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi has held that ordinarily the dispute under insurance policy claims would not be referred to arbitration when the reference is limited to quantum of compensation and the insurer disputes liability.The bench of Justice Prateek Jalan distinguished between a situation wherein the insurer denied the entire liability and where the entire liability is not disputed but only...
Arbitration Between Co-op Society and Member, Governed By S. 85(1) of the MSCS Act and Not Limitation Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the limitation period for reference of money dispute between the cooperative society and its defaulting member to arbitration, would be determined as per the provisions of Section 85(1)(a) of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (MSCS Act), and not as per the Limitation Act, 1963.The bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Girish Kathpalia...
Install Requisite Infra For Internet Connectivity, Hybrid Hearings In DRTs: Delhi High Court To Union Govt
The Delhi High Court has asked the Union Ministry of Finance to install requisite infrastructure for internet connectivity and facilitation of hybrid hearings at Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) in the national capital.“The court would expect the Administrative Ministry to be mindful of and anticipate the needs of the Bar and the Tribunals in the years to come and install all...
Victimization Of Trees: Delhi High Court Sentences Two Senior PWD Officers For Contempt Of Court
The Delhi High Court recently sentenced two senior officers of the Public Works Department to imprisonment after they were held guilty of contempt of court last year for not following judicial orders with regard of protection of trees. The court had earlier directed the PWD to "exercise due caution apropos all its ongoing civil works as well as for all future projects."Justice Najmi...
Faceless Assessment Is Not A Fundamental Right: Delhi High Court Dismisses Gandhis, Aam Aadmi Party's Pleas
The Delhi High Court, while dismissing the plea of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and the Aam Aadmi Party, has held that neither the e-assessment nor the faceless assessment scheme in any manner modifies the power to transfer cases from one Assessing Officer under a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax to another Assessing Officer under another Principal Commissioner of Income Tax who are...
Agniveer Vayus Being Recruited In Air Force Without Gender Discrimination: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that the “Agniveer Vayus” are being recruited in the Air Force without any gender discrimination.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of a public interest litigation seeking directions to allow recruitment of females for the post of Airmen in group "X" and "Y" trade in all the departments of the...