Delhi High Court
Sunjay Kapur's Mother Moves Delhi High Court Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust
Late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur, has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court against her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children alleging that they orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip her of her entire estate.The 80 year old widow has alleged that the “RK Family Trust/Rani Kapur Family Trust” is fraudulent, null...
Tribunal Can't Direct Reinstatement Without Considering Pending Criminal Matters: Delhi High Court
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that even if dismissal is set aside in departmental proceedings, reinstatement and service benefits must be decided by the competent authority after considering the employee's subsequent criminal conviction on a different charge. Background Facts The respondent was a Constable in...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 12 To January 18, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 68 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 81NOMINAL INDEXMCDONALDS INDIA LTD v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 68 Court On Its Own Motion v. Union Of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 69 BHUVAN BAM & ANR v. INKWYNK & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 70 Sandeep Sethi & Anr v. Rajinder Kumar Sethi Deceased Through Lrs 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 71 MCD v. M/S Ram...
Delhi High Court Amends Rules To Include Complainant, Victim As 'Parties' In Criminal Cases
The Delhi High Court has amended its Rules to clarify that in criminal cases, the term “parties” shall be deemed to include the complainant or the victim. A notification to the said effect has been published in the Delhi Gazette on January 19, amending Part C of Chapter 16 of Volume IV of the Delhi High Court Rules & Orders. “In criminal cases, the term 'parties' shall be deemed...
Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa's Images Misused On Social Media To Defraud People
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday passed an interim order for take down or removal of images of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa being used on social media for defrauding people. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained various individuals, including john doe (unknown) entities, from using the senior lawyer's images unauthorizedly for monetary gains. Advocate Peeyoosh Kalra appearing for Pahwa submitted...
Repeated IT Reassessment Against NDTV Founders Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy Amounts To Harassment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that repeatedly reopening income tax assessments against NDTV founders Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy for the same year amounted to their "unnecessary harassment" A Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar made the observation while dealing with reassessment proceedings initiated by the Income Tax Department for the Assessment Year...
Delhi High Court Rejects Kuldeep Singh Sengar's Plea For Suspension Of Sentence In Case Of Unnao Rape Victim Father's Death
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea seeking suspension of his 10 years sentence in the custodial death case of Unnao rape victim's father. In April 2018, the family of the minor rape victim had travelled to Unnao for a court hearing when her father was brutally assaulted by the accused persons in broad daylight.The very next day, the police arrested the father...
Pendency Of Probate Proceedings No Bar To FIR Alleging Forgery Of Registered Will: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR alleging forgery of a registered Will, holding that the pendency of probate proceedings examining the Will's validity does not bar a parallel criminal investigation into allegations of fabrication and use of forged documents.A bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, in her order, observed thus:"Forgery, fabrication of documents and their use...
Cash For Query Row: Lokpal Moves Delhi High Court Seeking More Time To Decide Sanction Against Mahua Moitra
The Lokpal of India has moved the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking more time to decide on granting sanction to the CBI, to file chargesheet against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash for query row.For context, the High Court had last year set aside the Lokpal's order granting sanction to the CBI to file chargesheet against her.It had observed that Lokpal erred...
Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dept
The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.The bench further imposed Rs. 2 Lakh costs on tax authorities, directing that Rs. 1 Lakh be paid to each petitioner.Senior...
Delhi High Court Rejects AAP Leader Somnath Bharti's Plea Challenging Election Of BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay From Malviya Nagar
The Delhi High Court on Friday (January 17) dismissed an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency.Bharti, a former Delhi Law Minister and three-time MLA from Malviya Nagar, had approached the High Court seeking to set aside Upadhyay's victory in the...
Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Manish Sisodia's 2020 Election Win, Says Mere Registration Of FIR Need Not Be Disclosed
The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere registration of an FIR does not imply pendency of a criminal case for the purpose of “disclosure” by an election candidate under Section 33A of Representation of Peoples Act. “It is only when charges are framed, or cognizance of the offence is taken by the Court, that the statutory obligation to disclose arises,” Justice Jasmeet Singh said....