Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Foreign National Booked For Drug Trafficking, Notes IO Admitted To Mixing Samples From Different Packets

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a foreign national, incarcerated for over 4 years in connection with a drug trafficking case.In doing so, Justice Arun Monga noted that the Investigating Officer had himself admitted during cross-examination that the seized substance had been mixed before sampling, making it impossible to identify which packet the samples sent for testing came from...

Delhi High Court Orders Economic Offences Wing To Probe Alleged Forgery Of Customs Stamps At Airport

The Delhi High Court has asked the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police to conduct an enquiry into alleged forgery of Customs stamps at the Delhi International Airport.A division bench comprising ​​justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain passed the direction after the Department claimed that the Customs stamp on an air traveller's representations in connection with their seized...

'Acnestar' Phonetically Similar To 'Acnescar': Delhi High Court Rules In Favour Of Mankind Pharma In Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has restrained Maharashtra-based Brinton Pharmaceuticals from using the mark ACNESCAR, or any other mark which is confusing or deceptively similar to Mankind Pharma's ACNESTAR.A division bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed that ACNESCAR is phonetically nearly identical to ACNESTAR and unless the two words are pronounced syllable...

Calling Off Marriage After Courtship Not Necessarily Breach Of Promise: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Accused

The Delhi High Court has observed that calling off a marriage after the courtship period, after reasoned choice, cannot be termed as breach of promise to marry.Granting bail to a man in a case registered for the offence of sexual intercourse with a woman under a false promise of marriage, Justice Arun Monga said:“It seems to be an unfortunate case where two consenting adults entered into...

FIRC Need Not Match Each Transaction, Periodic Certificate Sufficient If Total Forex Benefit Proven: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate (FIRC) need not correspond to each individual transaction and it may reflect a period as a whole, provided that the overall benefit being claimed is fully substantiated by the total foreign exchange remittance.FIRC is issued by bank as proof of international payments for exports.A division bench comprising...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With Rejection Of AAI's ₹9.34 Crore CENVAT Credit

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with an order of the GST authority rejecting CENVAT Credit to the tune of Rs.9.34 crores claimed by the Airport Authority of India.A division bench comprising ​​justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain noted that the central authority had failed to furnish documents in support of its claim and said, “there is no jurisdictional error...

Claims Raised After Commencement Of Insolvency Proceedings Stand Extinguished, Not Amenable To Arbitration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh has observed that claims which are not a part of the Resolution Plan on the date of approval, shall stand extinguished and no person will be entitled to arbitrate such claims. Put differently, post-insolvency commencement date claims which are not made a part of the Resolution Plan are not arbitrable. Facts The present petition...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: September 2025 [Citations 1050 - 1235]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1050 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1235NOMINAL INDEXSharjeel Imam v. State & other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1050VIKAS VERMA v. DIRECTOR OF PROSECUTION AND ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1051Himanshu v. TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1052AJAY KUMAR NAYYAR v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1053X v. Y 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1054Chetan v. State...

Husband Can't Claim Exclusive Ownership Of Joint Property Merely On Ground Of Paying EMIs: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a husband cannot claim exclusive ownership of a property jointly held by both the spouses, merely on the ground that he alone paid the EMIs. “….once the property stands in the joint names of the spouses, the husband cannot be permitted to claim exclusive ownership merely on the ground that he alone provided the purchase consideration. Such a plea...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Injuncts Deepfake And Morphed Content

The Delhi High Court has recently passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of “The Art of Living” foundation founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora restrained john doe (unknown entities) from infringing Shankar's personality and publicity rights by using his name, voice, image, likeness, unique style of discourse and delivery or any other...

Delhi High Court Quashes Sexual Harassment Case After Accused Undertake To Do Community Service At Jama Masjid

The Delhi High Court has quashed a sexual harassment case following settlement and an undertaking by the two accused to do two months of community service at city's Jama Masjid. Justice Anish Dayal noted that the parties entered into a settlement and that the chances of conviction of the two accused were remote and bleak. The Court said that there was no use continuing with proceedings of the...

Quashing Case Of Child Marriage & Sexual Offences Over Settlement Would Grant 'Judicial Imprimatur' To Unlawful Conduct: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has said that quashing a case of child marriage and sexual offences over settlement between the parties would grant “judicial imprimatur” to the unlawful conduct which the Parliament seeks to deter. “To quash a case of child marriage and sexual offences on the plea of settlement would, in effect, grant judicial imprimatur to unlawful conduct that the Parliament...