Delhi High Court
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...
Lawyer Moves High Court Challenging Bar Council Of Delhi’s Notification Making Aadhar Card, Voter ID With Delhi Or NCR Address Mandatory For Enrolments
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court by a lawyer challenging a recent notification issued by the Bar Council of Delhi making the filing of Aadhar Card and Voter ID bearing address of Delhi or NCR region mandatory for future enrolments. The plea has been moved by Advocate Rajani Kumar, a law graduate from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and a resident of Bihar. It is her case...
No Money Trail Found By CBI In Liquor Policy Case, Allegations In ‘Realm Of Likelihood’: Manish Sisodia To Delhi High Court
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that no evidence of money trail has been found from him by Central Bureau of Investigation in the alleged liquor policy scam case and that the allegations against him are “in the realm of likelihood.”The submissions were made by Senior Advocates Dayan Krishnan and Mohit...
‘Every Child Entitled To Honour And Respect’: Delhi High Court Restrains YouTube Channels From Publishing Fake Content On Aaradhya Bachchan’s Health
The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained various YouTube channels from disseminating, publishing or sharing videos or any fake content relating to the mental and physical health of Aaradhya Bachchan, daughter of Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Delhi High Court to hear a suit filed by Aaradhya Bachchan, daughter of bollywood actors Abhishek and Aishwarya...
Will Tender Unconditional Apology In Contempt Case Filed By Former TERI Chief R.K. Pachauri: Arnab Goswami To Delhi High Court
Managing Director and Editor-in-chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami has told the Delhi High Court that he will tender an unconditional apology in a 2016 contempt case moved by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri against him and others for “fragrant and willful disobedience” of the court’s earlier orders restricting them from publishing certain claims against him. Goswami...
Court Can't Direct Party To Cross-Examine Witness On Basis Of Photocopies, Speculative Documents: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order passed by the trial court which directed a party to a civil suit to cross-examine a witness of the opposite party on the basis of photocopied documents.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the procedure directed by the trial court is “alien to law” and the order “cannot withstand a judicial scrutiny.”“This possibly cannot be the intent...
Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Ensure Confidentiality Of Victims Of Sexual Offences
The Delhi High Court has issued directions to its Registry for ensuring that anonymity and confidentiality of the prosecutrix or victim or survivor of sexual offences is strictly maintained in the filings.Directing the Registry to “carefully scrutinise” all the filings relating to sexual offences, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said that the name, parentage, address, social media...