Delhi High Court Reinstates Mandatory Gown Rule For Advocates From October 27

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice, making it compulsory for advocates to wear gowns when appearing before the court, with the rule taking effect from October 27, 2025.In a notice dated October 10, 2025, the Registrar General, Arun Bhardwaj, stated that the new directive supersedes the court's earlier notice from February 20, 2025, on the same matter."In supersession of this Court's...

'Will Mispells Son's Name, Contains Wrong Address': Late Sunjay Kapur's Children Tell Delhi High Court On Allegations Of Forgery

Actress Karisma Kapoor and Late industrialist Sunjay Kapoor's children told the Delhi High Court on Monday (October 13) that the purported Will of their late father was forged, as it misspelt his son's name and gave an incorrect address of his daughter in multiple places. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani pointed to the errors in the Will, and said that the same were uncharacteristic of...

Delhi High Court Asks Meta, Google To Inform On Removal Of 'Morphed Videos' Of Singer Kumar Sanu

The Delhi High Court on Monday (October 13) has asked Meta and Google to inform as to why URLs bearing "morphed videos" and containing "profane language" against Indian playback singer Kumar Sanu cannot be taken down by the Grievance Officers of the two social media intermediaries. The court was hearing suit moved by the singer seeking protection of his personality rights.While dictating...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Revenue's Demand Against Casio India In Transfer Pricing Case

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a transfer pricing demand against Casio India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese watchmaker, related to advertising, marketing and promotion expenses for the assessment year 2017-18The Division Bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Vinod Kumar ruled that the issue had already been settled in Casio's favour in previous years and...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Police's Plea To Recall Witness In 2020 Riots Arson Case Involving Tahir Hussain

The Delhi High Court on Monday (October 13) dismissed a plea moved by the Delhi Police against a trial court order rejecting its application seeking recall of a prosecution witness in the trial pertaining to an arson case in connection with 2020 North-East Delhi Riots, wherein one of accused is former AAP leader Tahir Hussain. After hearing the matter for some time, Justice Neena Bansal...

Delhi High Court Raps Authorities For Not Providing Reservation To Transgender Persons In Public Employment

The Delhi High Court has directed the authorities to take appropriate decision for providing relaxation of 5 years age and qualifying marks to the extent of 5% to transgender persons in public employment concerning recruitment to various posts in the Court establishment.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that despite the 2014 judgment...

Delhi High Court Holds PFI's Plea Challenging UAPA Tribunal's Order Confirming 5-Year Ban As Maintainable, Issues Notice To Centre

The Delhi High Court on Monday (October 13) issued notice to the Central government on Popular Front of India's (PFI) plea challenging an order of an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal confirming the five-year ban imposed on it.In doing so the court said that PFI's plea challenging order confirming ban is maintainable before the high court. For context, the Union Home...

Delhi High Court Slams Authorities For Defying Prison Rules, Says Long Incarceration Without Parole Can Lead To Anarchy In Jail

The Delhi High Court has slammed the State authorities for defying the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018, observing that they do not have any sensitivity towards the prisoners who are suffering long incarceration. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that long incarceration without break by way of Parole and Furlough can lead to a situation of indiscipline and anarchy in the Jail.The Court said that it...

Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Add 'DIN Field' In GST Writ Petitions To Avoid Conflicting Rulings

In order to avoid duplication of GST cases, the Delhi High Court has asked its Registry to add a new field for filing of writ petitions to record DIN (Document Identification Number) and date of order being challenged.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain passed the direction on observing that multiple writ petitions were being filed challenging same impugned...

S.276 Income Tax Act | Director Can't Be Prosecuted Individually For Transferring Company Asset To Relative Without Consideration: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that a corporate director can't be prosecuted individually merely because a company asset was transferred to his relative, in this case daughter-in-law, without payment of any consideration.Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that omission to implead the company as an accused in the case is an incurable defect, which goes to the root of jurisdiction.“Section 278B IT...

Delhi High Court Declares 'WIPRO' As Well Known Trademark

The Delhi High Court has declared 'WIPRO', popular for consumer care products and lighting business, as a well known trademark under Section 2(1)(zg) of the Trade Marks Act 1999.Justice Tejas Karia observed that Plaintiff-Wipro Enterprises Private Limited has been using the Mark 'WIPRO' continuously and uninterruptedly at least since the year 1977 and has earned considerable goodwill...

No Blanket Rule That Litigant Won't Suffer For Counsel's Negligence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that while it is often held that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of his counsel's negligence, the same is not an absolute rule.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that Courts must examine the overall facts and circumstances of the case otherwise, for every failure, every counsel would blame the previous counsel.In the case at...