Functional Disability Must Be Proven; Loss Of Four Fingers Doesn't Necessarily Result In Total Loss Of Earning Capacity: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that amputation of a person's four fingers does not by itself establish a 100% loss of earning capacity under the Employees' Compensation Act, adding that functional disability must be assessed on the basis of the employee's vocation and evidence on record. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 671]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri thus reduced the claimant's loss of earning capacity from 100% to 50%, holding that the Employees' Compensation Commissioner had applied an incorrect legal...

'Extremely Disconcerting': Delhi High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage After Life Convict Alleges Assault By Tihar Jail Warden

The Delhi High Court has directed preservation and production of CCTV footage and ordered the personal appearance of a Tihar Jail Head Warden after a convict serving life sentence there alleged that he was physically assaulted in custody and denied medical treatment. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 670]A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan passed the directions while hearing...

Shifting Sonam Wangchuk To Hospital Of Choice Will Ensure Protection Of His Fundamental Rights: Delhi High Court

While directing shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (July 21) observed that the move will fulfil the requirements of ensuring his fundamental rights. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 669]Earlier today the high court had proposed shifting the activist to a hospital of his choice, noting a broad consensus among government and private doctors that he requires continuous medical monitoring in view of his ongoing hunger strike.A...

BREAKING | Delhi High Court Allows Shifting Sonam Wangchuk To Medanta Hospital, Cites Need For Continuous Monitoring

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday proposed shifting activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, noting a broad consensus among government and private doctors that he requires continuous medical monitoring in view of his ongoing hunger strike. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 669] A division bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing an appeal filed by Wangchuk's wife, Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, challenging a single judge's refusal to permit his...

Appeal Against Refusal To Shift Sonam Wangchuk To Private Hospital : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Hearing

Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo has preferred an appeal before the Delhi High Court challenging single judge's refused to pass any interim order allowing Wangchuk to be shifted to a private hospital of his choice. Follow this page for live updates

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Bail Granted To Activist Khurram Parvez, Journalist Irfan Mehraj In UAPA Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the trial court order granting bail to human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in a 2020 UAPA case. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 668]Mehraj and Parvez were accused in the alleged NGO Terror funding case registered by NIA in October 2020.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan refused to stay the grant of bail but observed that prima facie, the trial court failed to come to any...

Mere Absence Of Allegations In Domestic Incident Report No Ground To Refuse Summons In DV Case: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere absence of specific allegations against a respondent in a Domestic Incident Report (DIR) cannot be a ground to refuse summons in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 667]Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that a DIR is only intended to facilitate and assist the Magistrate and cannot substitute or supersede the original complaint filed under Section 12 of the DV Act.“The DIR, no doubt,...

Delhi High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of PIL Alleging Excessive Police Force During Cockroach Janata Party's Parliament March

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging excessive force was used by the Delhi Police on protesters during yesterday's Parliament march of the Cockroach Janta Party. The matter was mentioned by a lawyer before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Teias Karia. Refusing urgent listing of the matter for today, the Bench orally remarked: “Don't drag Court into all this. It will come up tomorrow.”As per Delhi Police,...

Can A Woman Act On Promise Of Marriage Made By Two Different Men Simultaneously? Delhi High Court Stays Rape Trial

The Delhi High Court has stayed proceedings in a rape case after observing that the complainant had made similar allegations of entering into sexual relationships on the false promise of marriage against two different individuals during the same period, raising a prima facie doubt as to whether she could have acted on both promises simultaneously. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 666]Justice Prateek Jalan made the observation while dealing with a petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against one...

No Violation Of RTE Act In Asking EWS Student To Repeat Class V After Failing Re-Examination: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a private school's decision to detain an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) student in Class V after he failed to clear the annual examination as well as the re-examination. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 665]Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that Section 16 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) needs to be read in a meaningful manner and children from economically weaker backgrounds cannot be promoted unless they are...

POCSO Act | Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Sexual Assault On Minor Boy, Notes Victim's Mother Has No Objection

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old woman booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 on allegations of sexually assaulting a minor boy, after noting that the victim's mother had no objection to her release, subject to her refraining from any such conduct in future. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 664]Justice Manoj Jain passed the order in a bail application arising out of an FIR registered at Chanakyapuri Police Station under Section 351(2) of the Bharatiya...

'Only Ensuring Law & Order': Delhi Police Opposes PIL Alleging Surveillance Of Protesters At Jantar Mantar

The Delhi Police on Monday opposed before the Delhi High Court a public interest litigation alleging "continuous surveillance" of peaceful protesters at Jantar Mantar.Appearing for the Delhi Police, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta told a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia that the measures in question were undertaken solely to maintain law...