Delhi High Court
Landlord Need Not Disclose Exact Nature Of Business To Seek Eviction Of Tenant For Bonafide Need: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that in today's fast-changing economy, a landlord seeking eviction of tenant under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 for bonafide use, need not disclose the exact nature of business proposed to be carried out from the tenanted premises.Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed,“In the opinion of this Court, the nature/ purpose/ disclosure of the...
Delhi High Court Restrains YouTuber From Posting Disparaging Content Against 'BROCODE' Beverage
The Delhi High Court has restrained a YouTube channel 'Sipp_Smart' ran by influencer Praveen Aminigadda from publishing or circulating any content or video on social media which disparages the goodwill and reputation of alcoholic beverage brand 'BROCODE'.Justice Tejas Karia directed the influencer to take down a YouTube video which claimed that Brocode is 'poisonous', 'deadly' and 'not fit...
Lack Of Pleadings Showing Neglect No Grounds To Reject Senior Citizen's Plea To Void Gift Deed In Favour Of Child: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a senior citizen's plea to void the gift deed in favour of their child, over neglect or for want of maintenance, cannot be thrown out merely for lack of pleadings to that effect.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed,“While exercising the powers under Section 23(1) of the Senior Citizens Act on...
Delhi Govt Can Regulate Private School Fees Only To Prevent Profiteering, Not To Control Fee Structure: High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Delhi Government's Directorate of Education (DoE) has the power to regulate fee structure of unaided private schools only to the extent necessary to curb profiteering, commercialization of education, and collection of capitation fees.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela clarified that the government...
Social Media Posts Crossing Line Into Insult Or Humiliation Affect Person's Right To Dignity: Delhi High Court
“When the speech crosses the line into insult, humiliation or incitement, it collides with the right to dignity…The freedom of 'speech' and 'expression' granted by the Constitution under Article 19 must be exercised within the bounds of the reasonable restrictions it places,” the judge said.
Delhi High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Actor Aijaz Khan Booked For Making Sexually Explicit Remarks On YouTuber Harsh Beniwal's Family
The Delhi High Court today granted anticipatory bail to actor Ajaz Khan, booked for making sexually explicit remarks on social media against the mother and sister of YouTuber Harsh Beniwal.Justice Ravinder Dudeja however sounded a note of caution against the ills of social media.“Any content on the internet is porous and accessible to a large audience. Every content on the internet must...
Delhi High Court Drops Suo Moto Contempt Action Against Income Tax Officer For Allegedly Passing Unreasoned Order
The Delhi High Court has dropped the civil contempt proceedings initiated against a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (now retired) six years ago, for alleged wilful disobedience of its order to give reasons for insisting an assessee to deposit 20% demand in appeal.The proceedings were initiated suo moto in 2019 on a prima facie opinion but on a closer scrutiny, Justice Vikas Mahajan now...
Karisma Kapoor's Children Question Veracity Of Father Sunjay Kapur's Will Before Delhi High Court, Claim It Is Forged
Karisma Kapoor's children told the Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 9) that it was highly suspicious that a well educated man like their father the late Sunjay Kapur would not inform the executor of the purported will that she had been appointed as an executor.This, the plaintiffs said, is an unnatural conduct by their late father, adding that the Will is a forged document indicating...
Delhi High Court Restrains Online Wholesaler From Infringing Trademark Of Agro-Chemical Company 'Dhanuka'
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction, restraining an online wholesaler from infringing the trademark of agro-chemical company Dhanuka Agritech.Justice Tejas Karia observed that the alleged acts attributed to the Defendants are likely to cause confusion in the course of trade of the Plaintiffs, such that the consumers may associate the Infringing Products with...
NDPS Act | Failure To Videograph Chance Recovery Doesn't Vitiate Seizure: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that failure to videograph or produce CCTV footage of a chance recovery does not vitiate seizure of alleged contraband from an accused.Though the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 does not mandate video-recording of seizure, the same has become mandatory with the introduction of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.Even the...
Delhi High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Lawyer For Running Office From Basement After 22 Yrs
After a 22 year long battle, the Delhi High Court quashed the criminal complaint and consequent proceedings initiated against a lawyer for running his offices from the basement of a residential building in the city.In doing so, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna cited Clause 10 of the Master Development Plan 2001, which permits non-residential use of residential premises.It stipulates that a...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Review Petition Seeking To Scrap EVMs And Conduct General Elections Through Ballot Papers
The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea for review of its earlier order dismissing a PIL seeking a direction on the Union Government and Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct general elections through ballot papers and not electronic voting machines (EVMs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the review petition filed...