Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Directs MCD To Clear Hawkers From Anand Vihar ISBT, Orders Beautification Plan
The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove all hawkers and vendors from the congested area around the Anand Vihar ISBT, while permitting only 105 vendors, who were found eligible to vend through mobile carts and without any permanent structures.A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Madhu Jain said that the hawkers had created...
Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Allowing Childless Widow To Continue Family Pension After Remarriage
The Delhi High Court today upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, entitling a childless widow to continue to receive family pension after remarriage.A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed by the parents of a deceased CRPF personnel seeking grant of family pension...
Departmental Findings Can't Substitute Primary Evidence In Criminal Trial: Delhi High Court Discharges Process Server In Forged Summons Case
The Delhi High Court has discharged a process server who was accused of fabricating a false service report to facilitate an ex parte divorce, holding that the material on record did not disclose "grave suspicion" against him to justify framing of charges.The Court ruled that findings in departmental proceedings cannot be elevated to substantive evidence in a criminal case, nor can prosecution...
Double Jeopardy Bars Enhanced Departmental Penalty After Conviction In Criminal Appeal: Delhi High Court
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that once a disciplinary authority has imposed a penalty based on a conviction, it cannot reopen the same incident to impose a harsher punishment merely because the criminal appeal results in a reduced sentence, as this violates the principle against double jeopardy. Background...
Delhi High Court Permits Direct Cash Transfer Of School Uniform Subsidy To EWS Students, Instead Of In-Kind Supply
The Delhi High Court on Friday permitted the Delhi Government to provide school uniform assistance to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group (DG) students in private schools through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), instead of supplying uniforms strictly in kind.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Subramonium Prasad modified an...
Cash For Query Row: Delhi High Court Grants Two Months' Time To Lokpal For Deciding Sanction Against Mahua Moitra
The Delhi High Court has allowed an application filed by Lokpal of India seeking more time to decide on granting sanction to the CBI, to file chargesheet against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash for query row.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted two months' time to Lokpal and clarified that no...
Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Karti Chidambaram's Plea Against Charges In Chinese Visa Scam
The Delhi High Court has listed for hearing on January 28 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.The matter was listed today before Justice Girish Kathpalia. However, the judge recused, citing personal reasons. For context, the matter was listed today before a third judge...
Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Abusive Social Media Posts Against PhysicsWallah By Former Employee
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed removal or take down of abusive and derogatory social media posts made against online education platform PhysicsWallah, by a former employee. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim injunction order in a defamation suit filed by PhysicsWallah against Nikhil Kumar Singh and social media platforms. PhysicsWallah has sought Rs. 2 crore from Singh...
'We Will Stop Interacting': Delhi High Court Slams Media For Sensationalizing Its Oral Comments On Newslaundry Journalist
The Delhi High Court today expressed displeasure with certain media platforms for sensationalizing its oral remarks about Newslaundry journalist Manisha Pande, stating that its comments were taken out of context to make headlines.The Court said it never intended to proceed against Pande yet, some of its comments were made into a separate poster, which were circulated in social media,...
Refund For Canceled Tickets Done, Compensation To Stranded Passengers To Be Paid At Earliest: Indigo Tells Delhi High Court
Indigo Airlines informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that refund of tickets recently canceled by it amid the chaotic disruption of flights has been done and compensation to stranded passengers will be done at the earliest. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the airlines to furnish an affidavit detailing the manner of compensation to be...
“Being Over Sensitive”: Delhi High Court Tells TV Today, Says Newslaundry's Criticism Not Necessarily Disparagement
The Delhi High Court on Thursday told TV Today, which owns news channels India Today and Aaj Tak, that it was being “over sensitive” of the videos made by digital platform Newslaundry by alleging that every comment made is disparagement or defamatory. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that while one of the videos impugned by TV Today...
Adults Can't Use Rape Law As Tool To Criminalise Breakups In Consensual Relationships: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that adults cannot use rape law as a tool to criminalize breakups when the relationship was consensual between two individuals. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that failed relationships cannot be given a criminal colour, also warning against the misuse of rape charges invoked in broken romantic relationships. “An educated and independent adult,...