Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Autism, Mental Illness & Learning Disability Candidates From UPSC Reservation
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the exclusion of candidates with autism, intellectual disabilities, specific learning disabilities and mental illness from reservation benefits in the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).A Division Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 To March 22, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 291NOMINAL INDEXSHRI BALAJI v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 DIMPY CHUGH v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 260 ED v. M/S Mahanivesh Oils & Foods Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 261 State v. Shiv Shanker 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 262 HIMAYANI PURI v. KUNAL SHUKLA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 263 Ghunna...
Actor Mohanlal Withdraws Plea Seeking Interim Relief Against Infringing Content In Suit For Protecting Personality Rights
Malayalam actor Mohanlal on Tuesday (March 24) withdrew from Delhi High Court his application for interim injunction against content allegedly infringing his personality rights.The court permitted the actor to withdraw his interim application while granting him liberty to file it afresh with better particulars. The order was passed in the actor's main suit seeking protection of his...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash CBI FIR Against RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav In Land For Jobs Scam
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea moved by RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to quash the corruption case related to the alleged land for jobs scam case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Justice Ravinder Dudeja refused to quash the CBI FIR, three chargesheets as well as the trial court orders taking cognizance of the said chargesheets.The Court said...
Delhi High Court Orders Joint Meeting Between Govt, Police, MHA Over Security For Judicial Officers, Says Severity Can't Be Undermined
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday called for a meeting between the authorities on the aspect of providing adequate security arrangements for judicial officers in the national capital. Justice Manoj Jain directed that senior competent officials of the Delhi Government, Delhi Police and Ministry of Home Affairs hold a meeting in this regard within a week. The Court issued notice on a plea filed...
Universities Must Foster Free Thought And Expression, Not Suppress Dissent: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a University cannot restrict speech and peaceful expression of ideas merely because the views expressed by a group of students do not align with the ideology of the management. Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the role of a university is not to suppress every form of dissent, but to ensure that such expression is answered and catered to. “A university...
Delhi High Court Upholds Order Dissolving Ad-Hoc Committee To Manage Ski And Snowboard India's Affairs
The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a Single Judge's decision quashing the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) move to appoint an ad-hoc committee to manage the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia dismissed the appeal filed by the Indian Olympic Association, while modifying the impugned order on the...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actress Sonakshi Sinha, Orders Takedown Of Obscene AI Content
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained several artificial intelligence platforms and online retailers from unauthorisedly using her name, likeness, voice and other personality attributes.The Court passed the order in the interim injunction plea filed by Sinha in her suit filed...
Gautam Gambhir Withdraws Plea Seeking Interim Relief Against Infringing Content In Suit For Protecting Personality Rights
Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday (March 23) withdrew from Delhi High Court his application for interim injunction against content allegedly infringing his personality rights. The application was filed in his main suit seeking protection of his personality rights. When the matter was taken up in the morning at the outset Justice Jyoti Singh asked advocate Jai Anant...
Mediation Settlement Doesn't Erase Criminal Liability, But Relevant For Bail: Delhi High Court Grants Relief
The Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused in a Cheating FIR, observing that while a mediation settlement does not absolve criminal liability, it remains a relevant factor while considering bail.Justice Girish Kathpalia was hearing a plea seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, arising out of...
Matrimonial Relations 'Never Took Shape' Due To Lack Of Cohabitation, Consummation: Delhi High Court Waives 1-Year Waiting Period For Divorce
The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage which was neither consummated nor involved any meaningful cohabitation cannot be said to have taken shape in any real sense, and in such circumstances, insisting on the statutory waiting period for divorce would serve no purpose.“The absence of cohabitation and consummation, coupled with the immediate separation of the parties soon after...
'Public Land Can't Be Held Hostage': Delhi High Court In UNI News Agency Case
The Delhi High Court while upholding the cancellation of land allotted to United News of India (UNI) in the city's prominent Central Delhi area, observed that public land cannot be “held hostage” by a defaulting licensee who failed to fulfil the very purpose for which the allotment was granted.The Delhi Police on Friday evening sealed the UNI office at Rafi Marg.This, after Justice...