Role Of Police Is Not To Just 'Arrest And Dump' People In Jail: Delhi High Court Calls For Cooperation During Prosecutions

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, while strongly criticising the approach of the Delhi Police in handling matters concerning personal liberty.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that despite repeated judicial directions, the approach of the police towards bail matters had not improved. The Court said that the role of the police was “not...

Delhi High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Who Called Cops After Attacking Wife & Daughter With Hammer

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for murdering his wife and teenage daughter, relying on his extra-judicial confession, PCR call and recovery of a blood-stained hammer used in the crime.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the appeal filed by Vimal Singh against his 2002 conviction under Section 302 IPC.According to...

Arrest Memo Containing Mere 'Reasons For Arrest' Can't Substitute Person-Specific 'Grounds Of Arrest': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, holding that arrest memo containing mere reasons for arrest cannot substitute “grounds of arrest” which are personal and specific to the accused. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that failure to furnish written grounds of arrest within the constitutionally mandated timeline renders the arrest...

Citing Roman Jurist Cicero, Delhi High Court Orders Defreezing Of Bank Account Frozen On Cyber Crime Complaint Without FIR

The Delhi High Court has directed the HDFC Bank to immediately defreeze bank account of a man whose account had been frozen following a complaint from the Cyber Police Station in Vadodara, Gujarat, observing that continued seizure of the account without any FIR, accusation or material connecting him to an offence was wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law. Citing Roman jurist Cicero,...

Strictly Check Dissemination Of Obscene Content Through Play Store Apps: Delhi High Court To Google, Apple

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Google LLC and Apple Inc to take strict action to ensure that dissemination of obscene and pornographic content through mobile applications on their play-stores is immediately checked.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the intermediaries not only have the responsibility to act when they receive...

'Highly Misconceived': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To Impose Tax On Agricultural Income

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking imposition of tax on agricultural income of citizens in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rejected the plea calling it “highly misconceived.”The Court remarked that it cannot issue a mandamus upon the Delhi Government to make a law imposing tax...

'Morality Has To Be Kept Separate From Offence In Matters Of Liberty': Delhi High Court While Granting Bail To Rape Accused

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a gym trainer accused in a rape case while observing that “morality has to be kept separate from the offence” when deciding questions concerning personal liberty.Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observation while allowing the regular bail plea in connection with offences under Sections 308(2), 351(2), 64(2)(m) and 79 of the Bharatiya...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Gang Rape Convict's Repeated Interim Bail Pleas For Mother's Surgery, Imposes Costs

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an interim bail plea moved by a gang rape convict seeking temporary suspension of sentence on the ground that his mother required gallbladder surgery, while observing that the repeated filing of similar applications amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the convict, directing that the amount...

Labour Court Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Service Entitlements Like TA/DA Under Section 33C(2) ID Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Labour Courts exercising jurisdiction under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 cannot adjudicate disputed service entitlements and are confined only to computation or recovery of pre-existing rights.Justice Shail Jain made the observation while allowing a writ petition filed by Allahabad Bank challenging a 2007 order of the...

Industrial Dispute | Employer's Head Office In Delhi Not Enough To Confer Territorial Jurisdiction In Delhi Labour Courts: High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the situs of employment and the place where termination takes effect are the determinative factors for identifying the “appropriate Government” in industrial disputes.Justice Shail Jain observed that the mere existence of an employer's office in Delhi would not by itself confer territorial jurisdiction on Delhi labour authorities.“The existence of...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside TTFI Order Suspending Olympian Kamlesh Mehta From Post Of Secretary General Without Hearing

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) suspending its Secretary General Kamlesh Mehta — described by the Court as an “illustrious veteran” of Indian table tennis.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav held that the Federation violated basic principles of natural justice by acting without giving him any opportunity of hearing and thus...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 04 To May 10, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 440 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 474NOMINAL INDEXVijay Singh Meena v. Joint Seat Allocation Authority Josaa & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 440 ARJUN KAPOOR v. ARTIST BOOKING COMPANY & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 441 PRAVEZ KHAN v. ED & other connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 442 Sonia Bansal & Anr. v. State Of Nct Of Delhi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw...