PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Mandatory Body-Worn Cameras For Police, RAF During Protest-Control Duties

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre, Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) to frame a binding Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) making body-worn cameras (BWCs) compulsory and “always-on” for personnel deployed on crowd-control and protest-management duties.The petition, filed by Advocate Chahat Raghav, also seeks a comprehensive regime governing the storage, integrity, retention and evidentiary use of footage recorded...

'Tried To Softly Bend Law Towards Justice': Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya Bids Farewell To Delhi High Court

Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya on Tuesday bid farewell to the Delhi High Court on his elevation to the Supreme Court of India, saying that throughout his judicial career, he had tried to “bind law, justice, and compassion together.”A function was organized by the Delhi High Court today in order to bid farewell to CJ Upadhyaya, which was attended by all the judges as well as Central and Delhi Government counsels as well as lawyers. On September 28, the Supreme Court Collegium had...

Delhi High Court Seeks Actor Salman Khan's Response On Plea To Stay His Suit Against 'Kala Hiran' Film

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by maker of proposed film “Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy” seeking to stay Bollywood actor Salman Khan's suit against release of the movie.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani sought response of the actor who is seeking restraint on the release of the film.The proposed movie is stated to be inspired by Khan's 1998 blackbuck...

₹3,000 Crore Construction Workers' Cess Lying Unutilised: Delhi High Court Seeks Action Plan For Welfare Benefits

Noting that around Rs. 3,000 crore collected as cess for the welfare of construction workers is lying unutilised, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre, Delhi Government's Labour Department and the concerned Welfare Board to state whether they have an action plan to extend benefits from the corpus.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...

Delhi High Court Declares Nehru Place No-Hawking, No-Vending Zone; MCD Free To Remove Unauthorized Vendors After October 12

The Delhi High Court has declared the Nehru Place District Centre area as a “No-hawking zone” and “No-vending zone”.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt made the declaration while permitting 90 identified vendors to temporarily vend from a designated site pending a decision by the Town Vending Committee-II (TVC-II).The Court observed that in...

Matrimonial Discord Without Positive Incitement Can't Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that mere matrimonial discord, emotional outbursts or disappointment in a marriage cannot by themselves constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), unless there is a positive act of encouragement or incitement by the accused.A Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt observed that there must...

Justice Nitin Sambre Appointed As Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice

Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. “In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Judge of the Delhi High Court, to perform the duties of office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from the date Shri...

Wholesale Reproduction Of News Videos Not Fair Dealing: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To ANI In Copyright Suit Against RSY News

Observing that wholesale reproduction of copyrighted news videos cannot be treated as “fair dealing” for reporting current events, the Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of news agency Asian News International (ANI) in its copyright infringement suit against RSY News.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav granted summary judgment in favour of ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. in its suit against RSY News...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer Gurvinder Pal Singh As Additional Judge Of Delhi High Court

The Central Government on Monday notified the appointment of judicial officer Gurvinder Pal Singh as an Additional judge of the Delhi High Court.The announcement was made by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on X, formerly Twitter.“In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint...

No Material To Show Senior Police Officers Compromised Delhi Riots Investigation: High Court

While refusing to transfer the investigation into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots to an independent agency or constitute a Special Investigation Team, the Delhi High Court has held that there was no specific material to show that any senior police officer or supervisory authority had compromised, influenced or interfered with the investigations.A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek...

Delhi High Court Flags 'Political Selectivity' In Pleas Seeking FIR Against Politicians Over Alleged Hate Speeches During Delhi Riots

The Delhi High Court on Monday (October 5) said that there were elements of “political selectivity” in pleas seeking FIR registration against various politicians, including BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speeches in connection with the 2020 Delhi Riots. The court said this while dismissing a batch of petitions seeking SIT or independent investigation into...

[2019 Jamia Violence] Police Did Not Enter Campus To Disperse Peaceful Assembly, Intervened Due To Violent Escalation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Delhi Police did not enter Jamia Millia Islamia University in December 2019 to deal with an otherwise peaceful assembly confined to the campus, noting that the entry took place after the situation outside the university had escalated and protesters had moved into the campus.A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain...