Union Housing Ministry Recommendation For Govt Loan Can't Change Mobile Vendor's Category To Fixed Vendor: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a recommendation issued by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to enable a street vendor to avail loan under a government scheme cannot convert a mobile vendor into a fixed vendor or alter the category specified in the vendor's Certificate of Vending (CoV). A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan observed that the category of vending is governed exclusively by the CoV issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)The...

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Street Vendor For Filing Misleading Photos To Conceal Encroachment, Imposes ₹25,000 Costs

The Delhi High Court has pulled up a street vendor for filing misleading photographs to conceal the extent of encroachment at his vending site, observing that he had attempted to hide the true factual position from the Court. While imposing costs of ₹25,000, the Court nevertheless protected the vendor's livelihood by permitting him to continue vending subject to strict compliance with the conditions of his Certificate of Vending (CoV).A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas...

Delhi High Court Seeks NTA's Response On Plea Challenging Answer Key For NEET-UG 2026

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea filed by a girl challenging the National Testing Agency's (NTA) final answer key for for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Under Graduate), 2026.Justice Jasmeet Singh sought response of NTA as well as Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The plea has been filed in relation to a question of Biology question, alleging that...

Delhi High Court Orders Railway Accident Compensation, Says No Scheduled Halt Can't Automatically Mean Passenger Tried To Deboard Moving Train

The Delhi High Court has held that merely because a train did not have a scheduled stoppage at a particular station, it cannot automatically be presumed that a passenger attempted to get off a moving train, so as to deny compensation under the Railways Act.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri made the observation while setting aside an order of the Railway Claims Tribunal that had rejected the...

Town Vending Committee Elections 'Extremely Crucial', Can't Be Derailed By Individual Nomination Disputes: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the ongoing Town Vending Committee (TVC) elections in the national capital, observing that the polls are "extremely crucial" and cannot be derailed over individual candidates aggrieved by the rejection of their nominations.Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed by four candidates...

Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Consider Plea On Alleged Gaps In Firecracker Safety Guidelines

The Delhi High Court on Friday disposed of a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive regulatory framework for the safe use of firecrackers. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the Union Government has recently issued guidelines on the subject and should first be given an opportunity to consider suggestions regarding any...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Criminal Action Against Protestors Who 'Assaulted' Police

The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking criminal action against those allegedly involved in violence, assault on police personnel and damage to public property during the July 20 student protest at Jantar Mantar.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked NGO Save India Foundation to approach the authorities who will...

PIL In Delhi High Court Challenges Internet Shutdown Around Jantar Mantar, Seeks Publication Of Suspension Orders

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the suspension of mobile internet services in parts of Central Delhi during student protest over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET examination.The matter was mentioned for an urgent hearing today morning before a division bench headed by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya. Even though the...

'OpenAI's Act Of Storing ANI's Works Does Not Amount To Copyright Infringement': Delhi High Court While Refusing Interim Injunction

The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 24) observed that Artificial Intelligence company OpenAI's act of storing media platform Asian News International's original works does not amount to copyright infringement under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957. The court said so while dismissing the interim injunction application filed by ANI in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI...

Centre Defends Before Delhi High Court Police Surveillance Of Jantar Mantar Protests, Calls Claim Of Privacy In Public Space 'Ironical'

The Central Government on Tuesday defended the videography of protesters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar before the Delhi High Court, contending that "every protest is videographed" as a routine law-and-order measure and that a "claim of privacy in a public place is ironical." The submission was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia in response to...

Jantar Mantar Student Protests | Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Seeking NIA Probe, Says ''It's For Centre To Decide'

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest over the NEET paper leak.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that in terms of Section 6 of the National Investigation Agency...

Delhi High Court Rejects ANI's Interim Plea Against ChatGPT, Says It Would Harm Public Interest

The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 24) dismissed the interim injunction application filed by Asian News International (ANI) in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI Inc, which founded ChatGPT.Justice Amit Bansal while pronouncing the judgment said that he had ruled in favour of ANI on the issue of territorial jurisdiction. The court further said:"I am of the prima facie view that...