Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Dismisses Aqualite's Appeal; Upholds Interim Injunction Granted To Relaxo In Design Piracy Suit
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Aqualite Industries Pvt. Ltd. and upheld the interim injunction granted by a Single Judge restraining Aqualite from manufacturing and selling slippers alleged to infringe Relaxo Footwears Ltd.'s registered designs. Delivering judgment on 18 November 2025, a Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla...
PIL In Delhi High Court Against CBFC Certification To Film '120 Bahadur' Over Alleged Distortion Of Historical Facts
A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate granted to Farhan Akhtar starrer movie “120 Bahadur” over allegations of distortion of historical facts. The matter will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The movie portrays Major Shaitan...
Minimum One Year Imprisonment Criteria For Seeking Parole Not Absolute, Can Be Relaxed For Filing SLP: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the minimum one year imprisonment criteria for being eligible for parole under the Delhi Prison Rules is not absolute and can be relaxed in special circumstances like filing SLP against conviction before the Apex Court. Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that the criteria can be relaxed where strict application would result in denial of a fundamental or...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Foreign National's Plea Alleging Illegal Arrest By Customs Dept In Gold Smuggling Case
The Delhi High Court recently refused to entertain the writ petition moved by a Turkmenistan national, alleging that the Indian Customs Department had illegally arrested him in connection with alleged gold smuggling back in 2018.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed that the Department had produced the seized gold jewellery in a sealed cover and the same,...
'Friction In Wheels Of Justice': Delhi High Court Frowns Upon 38-Year Delay In Will Case, Grants Letters Of Administration
The Delhi High Court recently disposed of a 38-year-old Will dispute, remarking that the case exemplifies the “friction” in the wheels of justice, against which the Supreme Court had cautioned in Yashpal Jain v. Sushila Devi and Others (2023).Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that it took 38 long years to decide the dispute and meanwhile, most of the original parties passed away...
Delhi High Court Bars Former Distributor from Selling CREED Perfume, Awards Rs 37.42 Lakh in Damages
The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favor of Fontaine Limited, owner of the luxury perfume brand CREED, restraining a former distributor from selling CREED products or using the CREED trademark after the expiry of their distribution agreement. The court also awarded Fontaine damages of Rs 37.42 lakh and legal costs of Rs 7.97 lakh for the unauthorized use of the...
Tariff During Registration Was To Remain Fixed For 25 Years; CSPDCL Waived Its Rights: Delhi High Court Allows IREDA's Appeal Over GBI Scheme
The Delhi High Court Bench of Chief Justice and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela has observed that under the Generation Based Incentive Scheme (GBI) Scheme, 2010 by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the tariff at the time of registration of project would remain constant for a period of 25 years and any upward revision of tariff by State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (“SERC”) from...
Delhi High Court Dismisses The Telegraph's Appeal Against ITC Hotel's Suit Over Allegedly Defamatory News
The Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed the appeals preferred by ABP Pvt Ltd, publisher of The Telegraph, in a defamation case filed by ITC Hotels back in 2004.The defamation case pertains to an allegedly defamatory news article carried out by The Telegraph against ITC's former chairperson Yogesh Chander Deveshwar.While YCD filed a defamation suit against the English daily in Calcutta...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10 To November 16, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1463 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1512NOMINAL INDEXJaya Bachchan v. Bollywood Bubble & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1463 Union of India & Anr. vs. Amit Kumar Yadav & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1464 DAZN Limited & Anr. v. 9GOALS.IO & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1465 Mankind Pharma Limited v. De Harbien Life Sciences Private Limited 2025 LiveLaw (Del)...
Unproven Immoral Acts Of Parent Not Relevant When Deciding Child's Custody: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that adjudication in child custody matters cannot turn on “unproven imputations of moral conduct” by one parent on another. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that in custody disputes, welfare of the minor child is the controlling and overriding consideration, transcending the legal...
Courtesy Of Passover/ Adjournment To Counsel Should Not Be Miscounstrued As Their Right: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has cautioned the lawyers that the “courtesy” of passover or adjournment granted to them during proceedings should not be construed as a “right”.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed, “...it appears that the learned counsel for petitioner/plaintiff is under mistaken impression that pass overs are matter of right of the counsel. That is not so. Adjournments and pass...
Landlord's Rights Under Rent Control Act Can't Be Waived By Contract With Tenant: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the rights conferred upon a landlord under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 cannot be waived off by entering into a private contract/ agreement with the tenant.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed,“It is settled law that a contract barring a legal remedy is void under section 28 read with section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, regardless...