Delhi High Court
Bomb Scare In Delhi High Court, Evacuation Ongoing
Update: Partial functioning restored. Some courts have now re-convened.The judges of the Delhi High Court rose from their Courts suddenly on Friday, following a bomb threat email.On the queries put by lawyers, the Court Staff of various judges informed that the judges won't sit. Dates were then given in all the matters. The bomb threat email was received by the Registrar General of the...
Why Enhanced Remuneration Can't Be Given To Law Researchers From October 2022? High Court Asks Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to explain as to why the approved enhanced remuneration of Rs. 80,000 per month cannot be paid to the law researchers with effect from October 01, 2022. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta was dealing with a plea seeking to enhance the monthly remuneration of the High Court's law researchers...
Delhi High Court Protects Actor Abhishek Bachchan's Personality Rights; Restrains Unauthorised Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice
The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan by restraining various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent or authorization. Justice Tejas Karia observed that use of technology to depict Bachchan in settings that are misleading, derogatory...
High Court Rejects Plea For FIR Against Delhi Art Gallery Over Exhibition Of 'Offensive' MF Husain Paintings On Hindu Deities
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a trial court order refusing to register an FIR against the Delhi Art Gallery and its Directors over exhibition of two allegedly offensive paintings of Indian painter MF Husain on Hindu deities. Justice Amit Mahajan rejected the plea filed by lawyer Amita Sachdeva and said that the Trial Court is already seized of the matter and will...
Films That Ridicule Religions Or Incite Hatred Can't Be Granted Certification In Secular Society: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that in a diverse and secular society, certification cannot be granted to a film that ridicules religions, incites hatred or threatens social harmony.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that if a film makes it seem that taking the law into your own hands is something to be admired and celebrated, it can damage people's trust in the legal system and may...
GST Department Can't Access Computer Device Of Any Lawyer Without His Presence Or Consent: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has cautioned the GST Department against accessing the computer device of any advocate, in his absence or without his consent.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“GST officials ought not to be permitted to open the CPU or computer of any advocate without his presence and consent, inasmuch as the same could lead to serious breach...
'Disturbing': Delhi High Court On Untreated Factory Waste Flowing Into Yamuna River, Asks DPCC About Corrective Measures
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (September 11) directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to present a complete chart of all industrial areas and what steps it is taking on regular basis for monitoring treatment of waste discharged by the industries and factories in the city. The court further directed the body to appear in the matter on the next date and make submissions on report of...
Arbitration Clause In Loan Agreement Becomes Incorporated In Deeds Of Guarantee When Both Form Part Of Single Transaction: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has observed that contemporaneously executed Loan Agreement and Deeds of Guarantee, where the intent of the parties to incorporate the Loan Agreement into the Deeds of Guarantee is clear, the Guarantor although a non-signatory to the Loan Agreement, becomes bound by the arbitration clause in the Loan...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Says Unauthorised Exploitation Violates Right To Privacy
The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, observing that unauthorized exploitation of personal attributes of an individual violates right to privacy and undermines the right to live with dignity.Justice Tejas Karia restrained various entities from misusing the personal attributes of the actress like her name and images by...
'Procedure Is Handmaiden Of Justice But It Can't Be Defeated In The Name Of Substantive Rights': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 10) observed that while procedure is handmaiden of justice and technicalities must not be allowed to infringe upon substantive rights of parties however, the procedural requirements cannot be “trashed” in the name of substantive rights.“Even the substantive rights have to be claimed and granted following procedure prescribed by law…The...
Students Suicide Becoming More Frequent, Functional Anti-Ragging Helpline Utmost Necessity: Delhi High Court
Observing that students suicide are becoming more frequent, the Delhi High Court has emphasised that a proper, functional and effective Anti-Ragging Helpline is an immediate and utmost necessity.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal said that the process can brook no delay “lest we lose more young lives to this scourge.”“The Court has...
Employees' Contributions Must Be Paid By Due Date Under ESI/EPF Act, Not Income Tax Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that an employer can claim deduction of employees' contributions towards Provident Fund or Employer's State Insurance Fund, held by it in trust, only if it deposits these amounts on or before the statutory due date prescribed under the relevant labour law.Section 36(1)(va) of the Income Tax Act, 196 pertains to employees' contribution. It stipulates that...