LiveLaw Delhi High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 597NOMINAL INDEXSandeepa Virk v. ED 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1Nippon Steel Corporation v. The Controller Of Patents 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 2Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax -7, Delhi M/S TCK Advisers Pvt. Ltd. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 3U.S. Green Building Council v. Deming Certification Services Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 4TENZIN YOUTEN & ANR v. THE STATE...

Consequential Arrears Can't Be Denied Once Pay Parity Is Restored: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Prasar Bharati Technicians

The Delhi High Court has held that once pay parity between similarly placed employees is restored, consequential arrears cannot be denied.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan thus directed Prasar Bharati to extend the upgraded pay scale of ₹5,000-8,000 to eligible Technicians and Senior Technicians with effect from January 1, 1996, along with consequential benefits, including arrears of pay.The Court allowed two writ petitions filed by 66 Technicians and Senior...

Delhi High Court Rejects Disqualified Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti's Plea To Suspend Conviction In Rural Development Bank Fraud Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, seeking a stay on his conviction in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 643]Justice Manoj Jain rejected the plea. A detailed order is awaited. The Court had stayed the three-year sentence awarded to Bharti on April 28.Bharti's counsel had said that once his conviction is stayed, there...

Delhi High Court Sentences Actor Rajpal Yadav To Three Months Imprisonment In Cheque Bounce Cases

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in various cheque bounce cases registered against him. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 642]While upholding the conviction and sentence, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also sentenced Yadav to undergo simple imprisonment of three months in each seven cases. All sentences have been directed to run concurrently.The actor has also been directed to pay Rs. 1.05 crore in each case to the complainant. Out of this fine, Rs. 1 crore 4 lakh 75...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Google's Appeal Against Order Holding It Liable For Trademark Infringement Through Keyword Advertising

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on an appeal filed by Google against a single judge ruling which restrained it from using the trademark “HINDWARE” as advertising keywords, holding that it could not avoid responsibility for enabling infringement through its keyword advertising tools.A division bench comprising Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed the parties to file their written submissions and listed the matter on July 24 for final disposal. Senior...

Delhi High Court Confers Senior Designation To 85 Lawyers, 11 Women Among Those [Read Names]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday conferred senior designation upon 85 advocates.The Committee who was part of the decision comprises Chief Justice, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice V Kameswar Rao, Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) President N Hariharan, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain.The development...

Delhi High Court Upholds Grade Pay-Based Financial Upgradation Under Centre's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Central government's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS), which grants financial upgradation to the immediate next higher Grade Pay instead of the Grade Pay attached to the next promotional post. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 641]A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan rejected a batch of petitions challenging the scheme as...

Delhi High Court Quashes Recognition Of Yogasana Bharat As National Sports Federation, Says Sports Ministry 'Surrendered' To AYUSH

The Delhi High Court today quashed the Union government's recognition of Yogasana Bharat as the National Sports Federation (NSF) for Yogasana, holding that the decision was contrary to the National Sports Development Code and suffered from non-application of mind. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 640]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also set aside the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports'...

Delhi High Court Asks SBI To Pay ₹1 Lakh To Worker For Illegal Termination, Sets Aside Regularisation Order

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Labour Court award directing the State Bank of India (SBI) to regularise the services of a worker whose termination was held to be illegal. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 639]Justice Shail Jain held that violation of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 does not automatically confer a right to regularisation in public employment. However, the bench directed SBI to pay...

Manual Scavenging: Delhi High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Engineer In 2017 Delhi Jal Board Sewer Deaths Case

The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR and all consequential criminal proceedings against a Junior Engineer of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in connection with the 2017 sewer deaths case, holding that criminal prosecution cannot continue when the accused has already been exonerated on merits in departmental proceedings on identical allegations. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 638]Justice Vikas Mahajan...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Ambassador Hotel's Plea Against Centre's Eviction Notice

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea moved by Ambassador Hotel against an eviction notice issued to it under the Public Premises Act. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar sought response of the Central Government as well as Land and Development Office (L&DO) and asked them to file their responses within three weeks. Senior Advocate Sudhir Nandrajog appeared for...

NSE Co-Location Scam: Delhi High Court Rejects Chitra Ramakrishna's Plea Against PC Act Provisions

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by former CEO of National Stock Exchange Chitra Ramkrishna, challenging the constitutional validity of definitions of public duty and public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 637]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that there is no vagueness in the definition...