Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Registers Suo Motu Case On Establishment, Expansion Of Open Prisons
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday registered a suo motu case based on Supreme Court's recent directions to ensure effective utilisation, establishment, functioning and expansion of Open Correctional Institutions (OCIs) in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the order in pursuance to Supreme Court's directives passed...
Delhi High Court Rejects Kashmiri Migrant Contractors' Decades-Old Payment Claims Citing Missing Records
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by contractors who migrated from Jammu & Kashmir during the late 1980s unrest, seeking payment of dues for works allegedly executed prior to their displacement.A Division Bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora upheld the decision of the Single Judge refusing relief to the appellants, who had claimed...
Trusted Relationships Cannot Replace Proof In Money Transactions; Cogent Evidence Essential: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that financial transactions, particularly those involving large sums, must be supported by cogent evidence and cannot rest solely on claims of trust between parties.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while dismissing a petition under Section 482 CrPC, challenging concurrent orders of the Trial Court and Revisional Court, which had refused...
Judges Can't Defend Themselves Publicly, Criticism Must Be Responsible Backed By Cogent Evidence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that criticism aimed at judges must be responsible and backed by cogent evidence as they cannot defend themselves publicly when faced with attacks, especially on a social media platform.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja said that any criticism must be well founded, specially because a judge has no means to justify...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Contempt Action Against Arvind Kejriwal, Others Over Circulation Of Recusal Hearing Videos
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other leaders of the party as well as journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorizedly” recording and circulating videos of proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on social media.The plea has been filed by Advocate Vaibhav Singh alleging that the politicians have...
Delhi High Court Calls Upon NHAI To Introduce Real-Time Toll Monitoring Systems To Detect 'Windfall Gains', Prevent Revenue Loss
The Delhi High Court has called upon the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to put in place an automated, technology-driven monitoring system to track toll collections in real time and promptly identify “windfall gain” situations, stressing the need to prevent loss to the public exchequer.The direction came while the Court was dealing with a challenge to the premature termination...
'4 PM' YouTube Channel Blocked To Curb Anti-India Narratives: Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Central Government has filed a response opposing a plea challenging its order blocking access to “4 PM” YouTube channel, saying that the platform peddled anti-Indian propaganda and used digital lobbying to promote a one sided narrative. In its response filed through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Centre has said that the content published on the YouTube channel is...
Delhi High Court Grants 15-Day Interim Bail To Dowry Death Accused To Secure Daughter's School Admission
The Delhi High Court has granted 15 days' interim bail to an accused in a dowry death case to enable him to secure his daughter's school admission.Justice Girish Kathpalia allowed the plea filed by the accused, Rihan Khan @ Dulare, who is facing charges under Sections 498A, 304B, 120B, 313, and 511 of the IPC along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The interim relief was...
Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To RTO Clerk Accused In Pan-India Fake Vehicle Registration Racket
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Road Transport Authority (RTA) clerk accused of being part of a pan-India syndicate involved in fraudulent vehicle registrations using fake documents and tampered chassis numbers.Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed the plea filed by Gaurav Bhardwaj, who is facing charges under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 To April 19, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 395NOMINAL INDEXJASPREET KAUR v. JAGJEET SINGH & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 RISHABH GEHLOT v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 372 BALBIR CHAND TIWARI v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ORS and other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 373 ONKAR SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 374 SUMIT v. STATE OF NCT...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Allu Arjun, Restrains AI Misuse & Objectionable Content
The Delhi High Court has passed an ex parte ad-interim order protecting the personality rights of Telugu actor Allu Arjun, restraining multiple entities from unauthorised commercial exploitation of his personality, including misuse through artificial intelligence tools, deepfakes and sale of infringing merchandise.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the actor's name, image, voice,...