Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 475 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 497

NOMINAL INDEX

J & Anr. v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 475

Mrs. Khushnuma Khan And Others v. UoI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 476

SANJAY SHARMA AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 477

State v. MK 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 478

BHAVREEN KANDHARI v. VIJAY KUMAR BIDHURI AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 479

Kamlesh Mehta v. TTFI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 480

Rajeshwar Dayal Aggarwal v. M/S Enicar Machine (India) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 481

Allahabad Bank v. RS Saini 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 482

Rajan v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 483

Sabir v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 484

Aakash Goel v. GNCTD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 485

Rubika Thapa v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 486

TUSHAR VERMA v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 487

BRIJESH KOTHIA v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 488

Vimal Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 489

RIFAT ALI @ DANISH v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 490

Azad Saifi v. Akhtar Ali 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 491

RT v. GNCTD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 492

SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 493

KAMAL KAPOOR v. STATE 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 494

CBI v. Kuldeep Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 495

TRIMURTI FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED v. B62 STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 496

DDPL Global Infrastructure Private Limited & Anr. v. ED 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 497

Husband's Pension-Receiving Parents Can't Be Treated As Fully Dependent To Reduce Wife, Child's Maintenance: Delhi High Court

Case title: J & Anr. v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 475

The Delhi High Court has held that while a man has a legal and moral obligation to maintain his elderly parents, however, such parents receiving regular pension cannot be treated as “fully dependent” on him so as to substantially reduce the maintenance payable to his wife and minor child.

Mere Eviction From Jhuggi Cluster, Rehabilitation At Alternate Site Doesn't Violate Article 21 If DUSIB Safeguards Are Followed: Delhi High Court

Case title: Mrs. Khushnuma Khan And Others v. UoI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 476

The Delhi High Court has held that mere eviction of jhuggi dwellers and their rehabilitation at an alternative site would not violate their fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, so long as the safeguards prescribed under the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) Policy and Protocol are complied with.

Delhi High Court Orders Restoration Of '4PM' YouTube Channel, Directs Temporary Blocking Of 'Objectionable' Videos

Title: SANJAY SHARMA AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 477

The Delhi High Court has ordered restoration of YouTube channel “4PM”, which was blocked pursuant to directions issued by the Centre citing concerns of national security, sovereignty and public order, subject to temporary suspension of 26 allegedly objectionable videos.

Taunting Wife Over 'Small Car', Insufficient Gold Prima Facie Amounts To Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Delhi High Court

Case title: State v. MK

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 478

The Delhi High Court has held that repeated taunts directed at a woman over allegedly bringing insufficient dowry, including remarks about a “small car” and lesser quantity of gold, prima facie amount to cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

High Court Stays Delhi Government's SOP Allowing Tree Pruning Without Prior Permission

Title: BHAVREEN KANDHARI v. VIJAY KUMAR BIDHURI AND ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 479

The Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) issued by the Delhi Government last year permitting “general tending and light pruning” of tree branches having girth less than 15.7 cm without prior permission from the Tree Officer.

Delhi High Court Sets Aside TTFI Order Suspending Olympian Kamlesh Mehta From Post Of Secretary General Without Hearing

Case title: Kamlesh Mehta v. TTFI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 480

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) suspending its Secretary General Kamlesh Mehta — described by the Court as an “illustrious veteran” of Indian table tennis.

Industrial Dispute | Employer's Head Office In Delhi Not Enough To Confer Territorial Jurisdiction In Delhi Labour Courts: High Court

Case title: Rajeshwar Dayal Aggarwal v. M/S Enicar Machine (India)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 481

The Delhi High Court has held that the situs of employment and the place where termination takes effect are the determinative factors for identifying the “appropriate Government” in industrial disputes.

Labour Court Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Service Entitlements Like TA/DA Under Section 33C(2) ID Act: Delhi High Court

Case title: Allahabad Bank v. RS Saini

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 482

The Delhi High Court has held that Labour Courts exercising jurisdiction under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 cannot adjudicate disputed service entitlements and are confined only to computation or recovery of pre-existing rights.

Delhi High Court Dismisses Gang Rape Convict's Repeated Interim Bail Pleas For Mother's Surgery, Imposes Costs

Case title: Rajan v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 483

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an interim bail plea moved by a gang rape convict seeking temporary suspension of sentence on the ground that his mother required gallbladder surgery, while observing that the repeated filing of similar applications amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.

'Morality Has To Be Kept Separate From Offence In Matters Of Liberty': Delhi High Court While Granting Bail To Rape Accused

Case title: Sabir v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 484

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a gym trainer accused in a rape case while observing that “morality has to be kept separate from the offence” when deciding questions concerning personal liberty.

'Highly Misconceived': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL To Impose Tax On Agricultural Income

Title: Aakash Goel v. GNCTD

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 485

The Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest litigation seeking imposition of tax on agricultural income of citizens in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rejected the plea calling it “highly misconceived.”

Strictly Check Dissemination Of Obscene Content Through Play Store Apps: Delhi High Court To Google, Apple

Title: Rubika Thapa v. Union of India & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 486

The Delhi High Court asked Google LLC and Apple Inc to take strict action to ensure that dissemination of obscene and pornographic content through mobile applications on their play-stores is immediately checked.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the intermediaries not only have the responsibility to act when they receive any complaint but they also need to exercise due diligence while permitting applications displaying obscene and vulgar content at the time of getting uploaded.

Citing Roman Jurist Cicero, Delhi High Court Orders Defreezing Of Bank Account Frozen On Cyber Crime Complaint Without FIR

Title: TUSHAR VERMA v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 487

The Delhi High Court has directed the HDFC Bank to immediately defreeze bank account of a man whose account had been frozen following a complaint from the Cyber Police Station in Vadodara, Gujarat, observing that continued seizure of the account without any FIR, accusation or material connecting him to an offence was wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law.

Arrest Memo Containing Mere 'Reasons For Arrest' Can't Substitute Person-Specific 'Grounds Of Arrest': Delhi High Court

Title: BRIJESH KOTHIA v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 488

The Delhi High Court granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, holding that arrest memo containing mere reasons for arrest cannot substitute “grounds of arrest” which are personal and specific to the accused.

Delhi High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Who Called Cops After Attacking Wife & Daughter With Hammer

Case title: Vimal Singh v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 489

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for murdering his wife and teenage daughter, relying on his extra-judicial confession, PCR call and recovery of a blood-stained hammer used in the crime.

Role Of Police Is Not To Just 'Arrest And Dump' People In Jail: Delhi High Court Calls For Cooperation During Prosecutions

Title: RIFAT ALI @ DANISH v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 490

The Delhi High Court granted bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, while strongly criticising the approach of the Delhi Police in handling matters concerning personal liberty.

Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that despite repeated judicial directions, the approach of the police towards bail matters had not improved.

'Classic Case Of Abuse Of Procedural Law': Delhi High Court Slaps ₹50,000 Costs On Accused For Delaying Trial Since 2016

Case title: Azad Saifi v. Akhtar Ali

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 491

The Delhi High Court has imposed costs of ₹50,000 on an accused for repeatedly attempting to stall a criminal trial pending since 2016, describing the case as a “classic case of abuse of the procedural law.”

Delhi High Court Upholds Eviction Of Daughter-In-Law From In-Laws' House To Protect Their Right To Peaceful Residence

Case title: RT v. GNCTD

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 492

The Delhi High Court has upheld the eviction of a daughter-in-law and her son from her in-laws' house under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, holding that the senior citizens' right to peaceful residence must prevail in the facts of the case.

Delhi High Court Recalls Order Granting Relief To The Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan Against Rejection Of OCI Card

Title: SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN v. Union of India

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 493

The Delhi High Court said that The Wire's Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan is prima facie guilty of “suppressing material facts”, regarding bail conditions imposed upon him by the Allahabad High Court, in his plea seeking OCI card.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked Varadarajan to file an affidavit explaining his conduct, while also recalling its earlier order setting aside Central Government's decision rejecting his request for conversion of his PIO card to OCI card.

Recalling the earlier orders passed in the matter, the Court restored the petitioner to its original number.

Delhi High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Adultery, Says Section 497 IPC Unconstitutional With Retrospective Effect

Title: KAMAL KAPOOR v. STATE

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 494

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted for adultery, holding that the conviction could not survive after Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v. Union of India judgment.

Delhi HC Initiates Criminal Contempt Against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak & Saurabh Bharadwa

Case Title: CBI v. Kuldeep Singh & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 495

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma initiated criminal contempt proceedings against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak and Saurabh Bharadwaj in the excise policy case noting that they had posted defamatory, contemptuous and vilifying things against her.

Justice Sharma passed the order after taking note of note various social media posts and videos shared by the respondents in connection with the recusal proceedings.

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

Title: TRIMURTI FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED v. B62 STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 496

The Delhi High Court 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.

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

Case title: DDPL Global Infrastructure Private Limited & Anr. v. ED

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 497

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.