Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Entry To OCI Cardholder Facing Blacklisting Over Alleged Anti-India Activities
The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an interim order permitting an 81-year-old Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, facing blacklisting over alleged “pro-Kashmir separatist activities” and “anti-India propaganda”, to visit India to attend family wedding festivities.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia held that the...
Wife Can't Be Awarded Interim Maintenance Solely Based On Husband's Income, Ignoring Other Factors Like Her Qualifications: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a Family Court cannot award interim maintenance to a wife being titled solely towards a husband's income while ignoring other factors relevant for grant of the relief. Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that even though the husband is a man of means, the Family Court granting interim maintenance cannot be oblivious of the cumulative variables which ought to...
Delhi High Court Fines Litigant ₹25K For Seeking Transfer Of Case Following Judge's Oral Remarks
The Delhi High Court has recently fined a litigant seeking transfer of a commercial dispute, observing that allegations against a Judicial Officer cannot be made lightly, merely on the basis of oral observations or remarks made during court proceedings.Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar deprecated the manner in which the allegations were made in the transfer petition and dismissed the same...
Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Provide Additional Personal Security Officer To MP Pappu Yadav Pending Decision On Enhanced Cover
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to provide one additional personal security officer (PSO) to MP Pappu Yadav without any further delay. Justice Manoj Jain said that the temporary measure will be in place till the time Centre decides Yadav's representation for enhanced security cover. For context, Yadav, Lok Sabha MP representing Purnia constituency in Bihar, claimed that he received death threats following his participation in protests in the Parliament against the...
NEET-UG 2026: Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With NTA's Final Answer Key For Biology Question
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the final answer key of NEET-UG examination, 2026, observing that courts cannot substitute their own assessment over that of subject experts, unless the answer is demonstrably and manifestly incorrect.Justice Jasmeet Singh noted that the National Testing Agency (NTA), in its response, stated that the challenges to answers contained in...
Delhi High Court Asks Supreme Court, High Court Judges To Share PAN Details Amid Dispute Over Taxability Of Judicial Allowance
The Delhi High Court has directed Private Secretaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges who have filed their income tax returns under the new tax regime, pursuant to the Court's earlier interim order concerning the taxability of judicial allowances, to furnish details including their PAN and return particulars to the Income Tax Department.The division bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta passed the direction while dealing with an application moved by the Income Tax...
Decide Plea To Remove Derogatory YouTube Videos Against Shirdi Sai Baba: Delhi High Court Asks Centre
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Union Government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide complaints and an appeal seeking removal of several YouTube videos, and other online publications allegedly containing false, derogatory and inflammatory content concerning Shirdi Sai Baba.The plea alleges that the content has the potential to promote religious hostility and communal disharmony.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the matter requires urgent consideration and said that...
PMLA Case Can't Be Erased Merely Because Predicate Offence Was Quashed On Basis Of Compromise: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a money laundering prosecution under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) can survive even after the predicate offence is quashed on the basis of a compromise, observing that such a settlement does not amount to a judicial finding that the scheduled offence never occurred.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while dismissing a bail application filed by an accused in a money laundering network allegedly linked to fraudulent investment...
Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea filed by Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar seeking bail in relation to the case of murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said that there was no genuine change in circumstances within the meaning of the liberty reserved by the Supreme Court, or, independently, for the...
LiveLaw Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 03 To August 09, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 716 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 737NOMINAL INDEXNaresh Balyan v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 716 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION REGARDING COMPLAINCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COURT & other connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 717 Bilal Mir v. NIA & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 718 KULDEEP KUMAR v. STATE & other connected matters...