No 100% Pension Parity With Army For Pre-2009 Special Frontier Force Personnel: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that personnel of the Special Frontier Force (SFF) who retired prior to January 1, 2009 are not entitled to claim 100% pension parity with corresponding ranks in the Indian Army, and can only seek restoration of 45% of the commuted value of pension in terms of the earlier directions of the Court.A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In RJ's Copyright Suit Against Riteish Deshmukh-Starrer 'Mastiii 4'

Radio jockey and popular content creator Ashish Sharma has moved the Delhi High Court, accusing the makers of the Hindi film Mastiii 4 of lifting a scene from one of his popular Instagram skits without his permission. Sharma has sought a permanent injunction, damages and rendition of accounts, claiming that a scene in the film closely mirrors his audio-visual skit titled “Shaq Karne...

Delhi High Court Raps Lawyer For Calling Others To Join Hearing On Alleged Arbitrary Empanelment Of Govt Counsel

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped a lawyer for publicly urging other members of the bar to join his petition alleging arbitrariness and unfairness in the appointment of lawyers as Union Government's panel counsel before the Supreme Court.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia pulled up Advocate Rudra Vikram Singh who is President of...

IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Tejashwi Yadav's Plea Against Framing Of Charges

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav challenging framing of charges against him in the alleged IRCTC scam case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of CBI and listed the matter for hearing on January 14 when a similar plea filed by Lalu Prasad Yadav is also listed.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Yadav. CBI was represented...

Blue Jays' Global Reputation Alone Not Enough To Cancel Indian 'BLUE-JAY' Trademark: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that mere global reputation of a trademark, without proof of spillover of goodwill into India, is insufficient to cancel a registered Indian trademark.A Division Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla thus set aside a single judge order cancelling the 'BLUE-JAY' mark used by an Indian partnership firm (Appellant-Defendant) on its apparel.The mark...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Restrain City Ayurvedic Drug Maker From Using “NOKUF” For Cough Syrup

The Delhi High Court has refused to stop Dehlvi Remedies Private Limited, an city based Ayurvedic drug maker, from using the mark “NOKUF” for cough syrups, holding that its use of the mark since 1994 defeats a later claim by Sana Herbals Private Limited, which sells its product as “NOKUFSYRUP.”In a judgment delivered on January 5, 2026, a Division Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and...

Making Minor Touch Private Part With Sexual Intent Amounts To Aggravated Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that making a minor child touch the private part with sexual intent amounts to aggravated sexual assault under Section 10 of the POCSO Act.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld the conviction and seven years sentence of a man for committing aggravated sexual assault upon a minor girl aged 3 years and 11 months. However, the Court set aside his conviction for...

Delhi High Court Stays Over ₹20 Crore Decrees In Favour Of Philips In DVD Patent Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the execution of money decrees worth over Rs 20 crore passed in favour of Koninklijke Philips N.V., the Netherlands-based electronics company widely known as Philips. The stay is subject to the judgment debtors furnishing unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantees covering the principal amounts of damages. A Division Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Patiala House Courts Bar Elections 2025

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking to declare the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA) Elections, 2025, for Patiala House Courts as null and void and for conducting fresh polls. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the election process of the NDBA cannot be said to have any public character, and cannot be decided in writ proceedings. The Court said that the election process of NDBA or...

IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Lalu Prasad Yadav's Plea Against Framing Of Charges

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav challenging framing of charges against him in the alleged IRCTC scam case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of CBI and listed the matter for hearing on January 14.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Yadav. CBI was represented by...

Delhi High Court PMLA Digest 2025

'Not A Minor Offence, Part Of Crime Syndicate': Delhi HC Denies Bail To PMLA Accused Booked For Supplying Spurious Anti-Cancer MedicinesCase title: Lovee Narula vs.Directorate Of EnforcementCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 115The Delhi High Court has denied bail to an accused/applicant booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) for his alleged involvement in the...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025 [Part II]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 900Delhi High Court Quashes Trademark Registration Of 'Captain Blue' In Plea By Producer Of 'Captain Morgan' RumCase title: Diageo Scotland Limited vs. Prachi Verma & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451The Delhi High Court has directed the removal 'Captain Blue' mark from the Trade Marks Registry, in a plea by the alcoholic...