Delhi High Court
Superior Authority Not Bound To Record Or Communicate Detailed Reasons When Rejecting Representation Against Adverse Remarks: Delhi HC
A Division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav held that a superior authority rejecting a representation against adverse remarks is not legally obligated to record or communicate detailed reasons for its decision. Background Facts The employee joined the BSF as a Group A officer in November 2012. Before that he served in...
Delhi High Court Orders Finalization Of SOP On Mobile Phone Access To Open Prison Inmates
The Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to frame and notify a SOP on the access of mobile phones to open-prison inmates. Justice Sanjeev Narula said that the SOP should either allows such inmates to keep their mobile phones with proper rules and checks or sets up a secure system for them to deposit their phones and get them back during the hours they must stay inside...
Delhi High Court Constitutes Committee To Oversee Operation Of Crowd Funding Platform For Rare Diseases Treatment
The Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee to supervise and oversee the operation of Union Government's crowd funding digital platform for treatment of people with rare diseases.Justice Sachin Datta directed that the Committee shall take adequate steps to spread awareness regarding the existence and objective of the platform. The Court said that the aim should be to encourage...
Delhi High Court Directs Labour Court To Reconsider Maintainability Of Airport Employees Union's Plea Against Air India Over Pay Parity
The Delhi High Court has ordered the Labour Court to reconsider the maintainability of an application filed by the Airport Employees Union against Air India Limited, seeking parity of pay for sub-contract workers.For context, Air India had engaged M/s. Neha International for providing services of loading and unloading of passenger baggage. The firm engaged 183 contract workers for...
Delhi High Court Questions Rule Disqualifying Candidates From Armed Forces Over Right Forearm Tattoo
The Delhi High Court has questioned the Rule of disqualifying a candidate from the Indian Armed Forces citing mere presence of a tattoo in the right forearm, but not in the left forearm. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla referred to the guideline on the issue and said that the authorities did not find anything amiss if the tattoo is on...
Delhi High Court Raps Railways For Forcing Medal-Winning Boxer Into Litigation Over Sports Increments; Imposes ₹20K Cost
The Delhi High Court has slammed the Railway authorities for forcing into litigation a medal-winning boxer, working under the sportspersons quota, for increments due to him.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain observed that a sportsperson, who brought recognition and honour to the country, had been made to run from pillar to post for what was legitimately due to him....
Delhi High Court Upholds Liability Of Company To Reimburse Official Liquidator's Security Expenses For Safeguarding Corporate Assets
A division bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, has upheld the liability of a company to reimburse the official liquidator's security expenses for safeguarding corporate assets. Background of the Case The winding-up process of the appellant company (M/s Connoisseur Buildtech Pvt. Ltd.) was going on in the year...
'Private Body': Delhi High Court Restrains All India Carrom Federation From Using 'India', 'Indian' Expression
The Delhi High Court has restrained the All India Carrom Federation (AICF) from using the expression “India” or “Indian” in its name or logo or in the further competitions conducted by it. Justice Mini Pushkarna noted that the Federation is a private body and did not have the renewal of its recognition by the Union Government. It thus directed the AICF to change its name in order...
'Serving Nation, Deserved Better': Delhi High Court Slams Disciplinary Authority Over CRPF Officer's 20-Yr Legal Battle
A CRPF personnel serving the nation deserved better treatment, remarked the Delhi High Court while lamenting the 20 years long battle fought by a sub-inspector to get clearance in disciplinary proceedings.A division bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Saurabh Banerjee observed that the Petitioner, “belonging to the CRPF ought to have been on the field for which he was recruited by...
“Undermines Public Confidence”: Delhi High Court Upholds BSF Personnel's Dismissal Over Illicit Relations With Colleague's Wife
The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Border Security Force Sub-Inspector for developing illicit relations with a colleague's wife.Stating that such conduct goes against the very ethos of the uniform worn by the Petitioner, Justices C.Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla rejected his plea against orders of General Security Force Court and Director General, BSF. It observed,“We...
Ba***ds Of Bollywood Created To Take Revenge Of Aryan Khan's Arrest: Sameer Wankhede Tells Delhi High Court
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has told the Delhi High Court that Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” has been created to take revenge of the arrest of Aryan Khan, director of the show, in relation to an alleged drugs case. Wankhede has made the submission in response to the reply filed by Red Chillies Entertainment while opposing the interim injunction application in his defamation suit....
Matrimonial FIR Can't Be Quashed If Settlement Agreement Between Estranged Couple Not Executed: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a matrimonial FIR cannot be quashed if the settlement agreement between the estranged couple is not executed.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna refused to quash an FIR lodged against a Dubai-based man in 2005, accusing him of dowry harassment by the wife. The same was done after the Court observed that the settlement agreement between the couple was never...