Delhi High Court
Information On SEBI's Internal Probe Into Alleged Insider Trading Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that information pertaining to internal investigation being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela thus upheld a single bench order declining to interfere with Chief Public Information Officer's...
Delhi High Court Questions Patanjali's Appeal In Dabur Chyawanprash Ad Case, Warns Of Costs
Patanjali Ayurved has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a single judge order restraining it from running advertisements allegedly disparaging to Dabur's Chyavanprash product.The matter was heard today by a division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla. At the outset, the Court orally told Senior Advocate Jayant Mehta representing Patanjali that there was...
Calling Woman 'R***i' Attacks Her Character By Questioning Sexual Dignity, Amounts To Insulting Modesty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that calling a woman “r***i” attacks her character by questioning her sexual dignity and will amount to the offence of outraging her modesty. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the word in question, when directed towards a woman, is laden with sexual innuendo and directly imputes unchastity to her. The Court said that the word is not a "casual term of...
Accused Not Stating Self-Incriminatory Facts, Refusing To Confess Is Not Non-Cooperation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of an accused not responding to the questions asked by the investigating officer on dotted lines or refusing to make any confession cannot be termed as non-cooperation. Justice Arun Monga said that even the refusal by an accused to say anything incriminating against him cannot be called non-cooperation.The Court was dealing with a plea filed by...
"Can't Be Based On Whims": Delhi High Court To Centre Over Delay In Allotment Of Govt Bunglow To Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court on Thursday remarked that the allotment of residential accommodation cannot be based purely on whims of the authorities, as it heard a plea to allot residential accommodation to Arvind Kejriwal, in his capacity as the National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Justice Sachin Datta ordered the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as well...
Unadjudicated Claims Cannot Be Secured Through Interim Relief U/S 9 Of A&C Act Merely Due To Financial Distress: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has observed that mere financial distress of the other party would not be a ground to allow interim relief and grant its unadjudicated claim under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act (ACA)."However, the calculation of any permissible rebate and the resolution of quality-based objections require factual findings and interpretation of the terms...
Delhi High Court Stays Recruitment Of Lawyers By NHAI Based On CLAT-PG Score Till Verdict On PIL
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (September 18) reserved its verdict on a PIL challenging National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) August 11 notification stating that CLAT-PG scores will be a basis for recruiting lawyers. The court also halted the recruitment by NHAI till it pronounces verdict on the plea. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela...
Delhi High Court Transfers Winding-Up Petitions Against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd To NCLT
The Delhi High Court has transferred winding-up petitions filed against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd to the NCLT. The petition was filed under Sections 433(e), 434, and 439 of the Companies Act, 1956, seeking winding up of the respondent company due to its inability to pay the debt of the petitioner. During the pendency of the petition, an application was filed for the transfer...
Delhi High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 22-Week Pregnancy Resulting From Sexual Relations Established On False Promise Of Marriage
The Delhi High Court has permitted a 30-year-old unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of her 22-week pregnancy which resulted from sexual relations established with a man on the false promise of marriageJustice Ravinder Dudeja noted that the pregnancy was unwanted, which had caused the woman "severe physical and mental trauma" and was also the subject matter of an FIR against the...
Solid Waste Management At Delhi Airport Not Under Purview Of MCD: High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi cannot assert its right to manage solid waste generated in the Delhi Airport zone.Justice Jyoti Singh ruled that the Airports Authority of India, responsible to manage the Airports, has empowered the Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL) to step in its shoes and thus exercise power as the local body/authority in respect...
Hindu Succession Act | Property Of Father Who Dies Intestate Devolves On Son In Individual Capacity, Not As Family's Karta: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the property of a father who dies intestate devolves on his son in his individual capacity and not as the “Karta” of his own family.“Therefore, so long as the father (deceased's son) is alive, the son (deceased's son's son) cannot claim any right in his father's property, since Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act excludes the concept of survivorship...
Wife Pressurizing Husband To Sever Bonds With His Family Is Cruelty, Ground For Divorce: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a wife's “persistent and pressurising conduct” to sever the husband's bonds with his family certainly amounts to cruelty and is a ground for divorce. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar further said the act of a wife of publicly berating the husband at his workplace in the presence of his...