Delhi High Court
Tata Power Moves Delhi High Court Against DERC Rules Forcing DISCOMs To Finance Govt Works Without Interest
The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a petition filed by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. challenging Delhi government's recent amendments to the Delhi Electricity Commission Regulations inasmuch as it compels distribution companies to finance Government infrastructure works, without allowing recovery of interest, time value of money, or compensatory interest for delayed...
Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Rani Kapur's Plea Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust
The Delhi High Court will hear on Thursday (January 29), a suit moved by late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur against her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children alleging that they orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip her of her entire estate.The matter was listed on Wednesday (January 28) before Justice Vikas Mahajan,...
Delhi High Court Flags Need For Emergency Healthcare Facilities In District Courts, Directs Petitioner To Administrative Side
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) disposed of a PIL seeking adequate medical facilities in city's District Court Complexes, to provide emergency healthcare to stakeholders including lawyers, litigants and security personnel.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia emphasized on the importance of issue raised and asked the Petitioner to approach the...
'Very Stressing': Delhi High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Alleged Drug Syndicate In Okhla Industrial Area
"This is very stressing", the Delhi High Court orally remarked today while taking suo moto cognizance of alleged drug syndicate running in city's Okhla Industrial area.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia has appointed an amicus curiae to visit the area and conduct an inquiry, following which Police action will be ordered.The development comes while the Court...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Bar On Adoption Of Unused Embryo By Infertile Couples
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) issued notice on a PIL challenging "blanket prohibition" on altruistic donation of a couple's unused frozen embryos, for adoption by another infertile couple.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally observed that the Petitioner seeks to expand the scope of Section 28 of the Assisted Reproductive...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Congress Leader Karti Chidambaram's Plea Against Charges In Chinese Visa Scam Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) issued notice on a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P Chindambaram challenging a trial court order framing charges against him in connection with the Chinese visa scam case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. After hearing the matter for some time Justice Manoj Jain in his order dictated:"The petitioner assails order dated...
'Direct Nexus With Safety': Delhi High Court Seeks DGCA Stand On Plea To Implement Pilot Resting Norms
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) sought stand of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a plea challenging its decision to keep in abeyance the regulations on Flight Duty Time Limitations, which prescribe minimum resting time for pilots and flight crew members to ensure passenger safety.The plea states that the norms are meant to strengthen "fatigue management"...
Delhi High Court To Hear In April NIA's Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) granted time to National Investigation Agency to submit its rejoinder to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik's reply in the agency's appeal seeking death penalty for Malik in a terror funding case. During the hearing, SPP Akshai Malik appearing for NIA, before a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought some time...
'Childhood Not Lived On Screens': Delhi High Court Rejects 'Stereotypical' Tender Years Doctrine, Grants Custody To Father
The Delhi High Court has held that the long-standing "Tender Years Doctrine", which presumes that custody of young children should ordinarily vest with the mother, is rooted in "highly stereotypical" premises and is "no longer apposite" to contemporary custody adjudication.Observing that "childhood is not lived on screens", a Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan...
Marriage Registration Not Proof Of Marital Harmony, Can't Be Used To Deny Mutual Divorce Before One Year: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that mere registration of marriage between two individuals cannot determine matrimonial harmony or their intention to cohabit together. “Registration of marriage is merely a statutory mandate, and by itself, cannot be determinative of matrimonial harmony, intention to cohabit, or the viability of the marital relationship,” a division bench comprising...
Attempt To Hoodwink Court: Delhi HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail Application Noting Parallel Plea Before Sessions Court
The Delhi High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail application after finding that the accused had filed parallel anticipatory bail pleas before two different courts, which were being heard on the same day, terming the conduct a "clear abuse of process in the name of liberty".A bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that there was no acceptable explanation for filing two anticipatory...
Supreme Court's 'Mihir Rajesh Shah' Ruling On Written Grounds Of Arrest Operates Prospectively: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Supreme Court's judgment in Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra (2025), which mandates the furnishing of written grounds of arrest to an accused before remand in all offences, will operate prospectively and cannot be applied to arrests made prior to the date of the ruling.The Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain thus dismissed...