Delhi High Court Issues Criminal Contempt Notice To Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Leaders Over Posts Against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party in the criminal contempt proceedings initiated for allegedly vilifying Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma through a targeted campaign across social media platforms.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has asked all the alleged contemnors to file...

'Shoot And Scoot Acts Not Protest': Delhi High Court Refuses To Discharge Men Accused Of Throwing Burning Effigy At Politician's Bungalow

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that violence in the guise of protest “cannot be acceptable to any tenet of demosprudence” while refusing to discharge several persons accused of throwing a burning effigy at the official bungalow of a prominent political leader in 2022.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that “shoot and scoot” acts carried out after setting an effigy on fire...

Delhi High Court Sends YouTuber To Jail For Criminal Contempt After 'Taanashahi' Remark Against Judiciary

The Delhi High Court has sentenced a YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months' simple imprisonment in two criminal contempt cases for scandalising the judiciary and lowering the authority of courts through his videos targeting judicial officers.A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that Pahuja had shown “no regret” or “course correction” despite...

Students With 0% Attendance Cannot Seek Promotion To Next Semester: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has upheld refusal to grant direct admission to Semester-IV to a law student of Delhi University who had neither attended classes nor appeared in Semester-III examinations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that students with 0% attendance cannot claim parity with those suffering from mere shortage...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Jailed MP Engineer Rashid Following Father's Demise

The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 18) granted interim bail to jailed Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh in a terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency, following the demise of his father.A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Madhu Jain passed the order after noting that Rashid's father passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi, in the intervening night of...

Justice Manoj Jain Of Delhi High Court To Hear CBI's Plea Against Discharge Of Arvind Kejriwal, Others In Excise Policy Case

Justice Manoj Jain of Delhi High Court will hear tomorrow CBI's petition challenging discharge of AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all other accused in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.The development comes after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who was hearing the matter earlier as per roster, transferred it to another bench. The transfer was done after...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Consumer Protection Act Provisions Relating To 'Substantial Question Of Law'

The Delhi High Court, comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, has issued notice to the Union of India in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The plea challenges provisions which vest the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) with the power to...

Delhi High Court Quashes ED Attachment Orders In PACL Case, Refers Matter To Justice Lodha Committee

The Delhi High Court has set aside provisional attachment orders issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with PACL-linked properties, holding that the matter ought to be dealt with under the Supreme Court-monitored framework headed by the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the continuation of proceedings under the Prevention of...

Complete Silence In Face Of Sustained Vilification May Weaken Public Confidence In Judiciary: Delhi High Court

While initiating criminal contempt proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court observed that “judicial silence” cannot become “surrender before those who commit contempt.”In a strongly-worded 68-page judgment, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that the Court was faced with “two options” — judicial silence or discharge...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stall OTT Release Of Dhurandhar Film In Copyright Dispute Over 'Tirchi Topiwale'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to Trimurti Films Private Limited in its copyright infringement suit concerning the alleged unauthorized use of the iconic song “Tirchi Topiwale” from the film Tridev in the movie Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that if Trimurti Films is able to establish its rights as asserted, adequate compensation...

Delhi High Court May Initiate Contempt Against YouTubers For Circulating Edited Video Targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday said that she may pass an order against certain YouTubers who have been part of a "vilification campaign" against her and shared an edited video of her carrying "contemptuous" allegations. Justice Sharma said so while initiating criminal contempt proceedings against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh,...

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Transfers Excise Policy Case, Says She Can't Hear Matter After Initiating Contempt Against AAP Leaders

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday (May 14) refused to hear liquor policy case saying that since she has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, she cannot continue to hear CBI's challenge against their discharge.Justice Sharma said that a judge drawing contempt proceedings cannot hear the...