Delhi High Court
Continue Initiating Prosecution, Carrying Out Regular Raids Against Those Selling Contaminated Water Or Beverages: Delhi High Court To MCD
The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to continue initiating prosecution and carrying out regular raids against individuals who are selling contaminated water or beverages like shikanji and soda water on the roadside.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also directed the civic body to ensure that the hawkers...
Delhi High Court Upholds CIC Order Denying Information To 2006 Mumbai Train Blast Convict On Documents Related To UAPA Ban On ‘Indian Mujahideen’
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by the Central Information Commission denying information under Right to Information Act to a death row convict seeking documents related to the ban on Indian Mujahideen under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.Justice Prathiba M Singh dismissed the plea of Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique, a death row convict in Mumbai Train Blast case...
High Court Finds Delhi Govt’s Chief And Labour Secretaries Guilty Of Contempt Of Court Over Failure To Enhance Minimum Wages Of Bus Staffers
The Delhi High Court has found the Delhi Government’s Chief Secretary, Secretary of Labour and Special Commissioner of Transport guilty of contempt of court for wilfully disobeying a judicial order passed in 2017 directing them to enhance the minimum wages of staff for the operation and maintenance of buses plying in the national capital. Justice Rekha Palli said that the officials...
Pressing Rape Charges In Matrimonial Cases Against Husband, His Family Members Which Are Later Settled Needs To Be Curbed: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of pressing rape charges in matrimonial cases by the complainant against the husband and his family members which are later settled needs to be curbed. Justice Yogesh Khanna noted that serious offence of rape under section 376 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 is being pressed during investigation of cases by complainants in a matrimonial lis against...
Deceptively Similar To Mankind's Mark: Delhi High Court Directs Removal Of ‘Nikind’ Mark From Trademarks Register
The Delhi High Court has directed removal of a registered “Nikind” mark from the register of trademarks observing that it was identical and deceptively similar to “Nimekind” mark owned by Indian pharmaceutical and healthcare products company Mankind Pharma Limited.Justice Amit Bansal observed that the adoption and use of the trademark “Nikind” by a trading entity is very similar...
‘Requires Prioritization’: Delhi High Court To Hear On July 18 Plea Against Early Release Of Ansal Brothers In Uphaar Fire Evidence Tampering Case
The Delhi High Court will hear on July 18 the petition moved by Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy challenging a Trial Court order releasing real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal as against the jail term already undergone by them, in the evidence tampering case connected to the Uphaar fire tragedy that happened in the year 1997.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani allowed the...
Either Party To Marriage Can Marry Again If No Appeal Filed Against Ex-Parte Divorce Decree Within Limitation Period: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that either party to a marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, can marry again if no appeal is filed against an ex-parte decree of divorce within the period of limitation. A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vikas Mahajan said that section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act enables the parties to marry again only after the decree of divorce...
Can Agreement For Co-Working Space Be Termed As Lease Or Sub-Lease? Delhi High Court To Decide In India Mart’s Plea
The Delhi High Court is set to consider if an agreement for co-working space be termed as a lease or sub-lease and whether stamp duty would be liable to be paid on such an agreement or not.Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice on a plea moved by India Mart Intermesh Limited challenging an order passed by the Office of Collector of Stamps on December 19, 2022, upholding the impounding of...
Probe Can't Be Transferred To CBI Merely Because Litigant Feels She Is Being Unfairly Prejudiced: Delhi High Court In Sexual Harassment Case
The Delhi High Court has observed that an order for transfer of investigation is a serious affair, and that investigation cannot be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) merely because the litigant feels she is being unfairly prejudiced.While dismissing the plea seeking transfer of further investigation in a sexual harassment case from the State Police to the CBI, the...
Delhi High Court Asks Police To Respond To Intercaste Couple's Plea For Protection
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought Delhi Police's response on an intercaste couple's petition for protection. While hearing a protection plea moved by the intercaste major couple who married against the consent of the girl’s family, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani also suggested that Delhi Police could consider having a “runaway couple cell” for helping and assisting the couples, who...
Delhi High Court Makes Wearing Of Face Masks In Court Premises Mandatory For Lawyers, Staff And Litigants Due To Surge In COVID-19 Cases
The Delhi High Court has made it mandatory for lawyers, staff and litigants to wear face masks at all times in court premises “as a matter of caution” due to surge in COVID-19 cases in national capital. A circular issued today by the Registrar General also urges individuals not to gather in larger numbers at common and waiting areas, and follow the COVID-19 protocols “in letter...
Manish Sisodia Is Kingpin Of Conspiracy In Liquor Policy Case, Statements Of AAP Leaders In Press Conferences Effort To Shield Him: CBI To Delhi HC
The Central Bureau of Investigation has told the Delhi High Court that Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is the kingpin of the conspiracy in alleged liquor policy scam case and the statements made by other party leaders in various press conferences is an effort to shield him. Opposing Sisodia’s bail plea, the probe agency has said that the matter involves...