Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: March 6 To March 12, 2023

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 204 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 225NOMINAL INDEXAditya Birla Finance Limited vs. Siti Networks Limited & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 204Syed Shahbaz Hussain & Anr v. State 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 205COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 206RKY v. MD 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 207SHOAIB ALAM v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 208NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 209TVF MEDIA LABS PVT LTD & ORS v. STATE (GOVT.OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 210Prashant Kumar Umrao v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 211Swati Chaturvedi v. State 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 212Commissioner of Customs (Airport & General) vs M/s R.P. Cargo Handling Services 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 213Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. vs. National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 214M/s Mittal Pigments Pvt Ltd vs M/s GAIL Gas Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 215NHAI v. Patel-KNR (JV) , O.M.P.(COMM) 416 of 2018 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 216CHIRAG KHANDAL v. EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION OF INDIA & ORS. and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 217STATE (NCT OF DELHI) v. VS 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 218Master Arnesh Shaw v. Union of India & Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 219Swati Maliwal v. State 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 220Newton Engineering and Chemicals Ltd vs. UEM India Pvt Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 221GADE INNA REDDY AND ANR. v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT DELI AND ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 222RAIL DAWA BAR ASSOCIATION, LUCKNOW v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 223Burger King Corporation v. Ranjan Gupta and others. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 224ITD Cementation India Limited v. SSJV-ZVS Joint Venture and ors, OMP(ENF.)(COMM.) 188 of 2021 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 225Delhi High Court Refers Claims Against Essel Group Companies under ‘Letters Of Comfort’ To ArbitrationCase Title: Aditya Birla Finance Limited vs. Siti Networks Limited & Ors.Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 204The Delhi High Court has ruled that the statements made by a party in a ‘Letter of Comfort’, assuring the creditor that it shall ensure that the debtor repays the loan on the relevant due dates, are promissory in character and thus enforceable, even if they do not meet the requirement of Section 126 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 which deals with the Contract of Guarantee.The bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao thus referred the claim raised by the petitioner/ claimant, Aditya Birla Finance Ltd, seeking compliance with the ‘Letters of Comfort’ issued by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Essel Corporate LLP, in relation to a loan availed by their group company, Siti Networks Ltd, to arbitration.Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Directing Registration Of FIR Against BJP Leader Shahnawaz Hussain, His Brother In Alleged Rape CaseTitle: Syed Shahbaz Hussain & Anr v. StateCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 205The Delhi High Court has set aside a trial court order directing registration of FIR against BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and his brother in an alleged rape case.The woman had alleged that Hussain’s brother Shahbaz Hussain raped on her on the false pretext of marriage in 2017 whereas the BJP leader asked her to not highlight the matter and raise a hue and cry.While the Metropolitan Magistrate had refused to direct the police to register an FIR, an Additional Sessions Judge of Patiala House Court in criminal revision on May 31 last year observed that the complaint lodged by the woman disclosed cognizable offence by Shahbaz Hussain and directed the Delhi Police to register FIR against him and the BJP leader.Prisoners Being Treated Equally In Jails, Parole Or Furlough Given Without Any Discrimination: Delhi Govt To High CourtTitle: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORSCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 206The Delhi Government has told Delhi High Court that prisoners are being treated equally in jails in the national capital and parole or furlough is extended to them without any discrimination.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad closed proceedings in a suo moto case initiated in 2015 on the issue of preferential treatment given to certain prisoners in jails.The court had taken cognizance of two articles published in Hindustan Times titled “Loners, 'Gandhi', fusspots: VIPs spice up jails” and “Inside the world of celebrity prisoners.”Delhi High Court Upholds Order Asking Man To Provide Maintenance For Wife's Child From Previous Marriage, Says Can't Avoid Responsibility NowTitle: RKY v. MDCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 207The Delhi High Court has observed that an individual marrying a person who has a child cannot be allowed to argue later that the child is not his or her responsibility.“When a person solemnizes a marriage with a person who already has a child, said person shall be presumed to have undertaken the responsibility of the child and also cannot later be...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: March 6 To March 12, 2023

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