Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against Woman Journalist Booked By ACP Vivek Bhagat Under SC/ST Act
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to pass an urgent order staying the investigation in an FIR lodged by Delhi Police's ACP Vivek Bhagat under the SC/ST Act against a woman journalist who accused him of sexual harassment during CEC protest.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response of the Delhi Police on a plea filed by the woman journalist seeking quashing of the FIR and listed the...
Free Legal Aid In Prison No Ground To Deny Parole To Convict Seeking Lawyer Of Choice To File SLP: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the availability of free legal aid in prison cannot be a ground to deny parole to a convict seeking to challenge his conviction before the Supreme Court through a counsel of his choice.Justice Mini Pushkarna observed that a prisoner's right to pursue a legal remedy before the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) is a valuable right that...
Delhi Riots: High Court Allows Natasha Narwal To Travel To UK For Academic Conference
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Natasha Narwal, an accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, to travel to the United Kingdom for an academic conference and research work.Justice Amit Bansal directed Narwal to visit the UK from November 02 to December 01, subject to her executing a personal bond of Rs. 1 lakh with surety of her brother who is a resident of Haryana. The...
Suspension Of Table Tennis Federation Prima Facie Arbitrary: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Delhi High Court has observed that the suspension of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) as a recognised National Sports Federation is prima facie arbitrary.Justice Amit Mahajan made the observation while hearing a plea filed by the TTFI challenging the Union Government's August 12 order suspending its recognition. Vide the impugned order, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)...
No Basis To Fear That SIR-Deleted Voters Will Be Giving False Declaration If They Apply Through Form-6 : Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by two voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls after they could not complete the enumeration process during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the national capital.A Division Bench comprising Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Aditi Choudhary said that the apprehension of the voters, of being accused of making a...
Delhi High Court Closes PIL Against Use Of 'Shoorveer' Song In Mirzapur Movie, Notes Track Removed
The Delhi High Court has closed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the removal of the musical composition 'Shoorveer' from Mirzapur: The Movie, after the producer informed that the song has been removed from the film.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma accepted the submission that the song, attributed in the plea to the...
Bollywood Actor Kriti Sanon Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Her Personality Rights
Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon moved the Delhi High Court on Friday seeking protection of her personality rights.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked the actor's counsel, Advocate Pravin Anand, to file a compilation of relevant judgments and other research material on the issue of personality rights. At the outset, the Court questioned Anand as to what all will be included or falls within...
Delhi High Court Rejects 'Unbelievable' Settlement To Quash POCSO Conviction, Says It Would Harm Interests Of Minors
The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a man's conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the basis of a settlement with the victim, describing the memorandum of understanding between them as “incredulous and unbelievable”.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that the case did not fall within the category of cases colloquially known...
Litigants Can't Blame Lawyers For Their Own Inaction, Must Track Proceedings: Delhi High Court
With online case status and court orders available, litigants are in a better position to follow up their case, Court said.
'Scant Respect For Individual Liberty': Delhi High Court Slams 'Botched Up' Police Probe In Murder Case, Grants Bail
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man accused of murder, while criticising the Delhi Police for conducting a “completely botched up investigation” in the case.Justice Girish Kathpalia questioned the delay in registering the FIR despite information about the unnatural death having been received by the police.The Court observed that the FIR was registered more than three days after...
Women Can Be Charged With Gang Rape Even If They Don't Physically Commit Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a woman can be charged with the offence of gang rape under Section 376D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 70 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), even if she has not personally committed the act of rape.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that the expression “persons” used in the provisions on gang rape cannot be restricted to men, and that...
'Will Take Steps Against CJP, Abhijeet Dipke': Delhi Police Tells High Court In Plea Over Protest At Connaught Place
The Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 15) that it will take "appropriate steps" against Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke who has called for a protest on Friday at Central Delhi's Connaught Place. The court was hearing a plea by Anil Kumar Gupta, licensed street vendor who has sold readymade garments at Palika Bazar, claiming that the protest will affect...