Making Minor Touch Private Part With Sexual Intent Amounts To Aggravated Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that making a minor child touch the private part with sexual intent amounts to aggravated sexual assault under Section 10 of the POCSO Act.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld the conviction and seven years sentence of a man for committing aggravated sexual assault upon a minor girl aged 3 years and 11 months. However, the Court set aside his conviction for the offences under Section 354 (outraging modesty), 354A (sexual harassment) and 354B (assaulting or using...

Delhi High Court Stays Over ₹20 Crore Decrees In Favour Of Philips In DVD Patent Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the execution of money decrees worth over Rs 20 crore passed in favour of Koninklijke Philips N.V., the Netherlands-based electronics company widely known as Philips. The stay is subject to the judgment debtors furnishing unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantees covering the principal amounts of damages. A Division Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said it found no fault with the Single Judge's conclusions on patent...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Patiala House Courts Bar Elections 2025

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking to declare the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA) Elections, 2025, for Patiala House Courts as null and void and for conducting fresh polls. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the election process of the NDBA cannot be said to have any public character, and cannot be decided in writ proceedings. The Court said that the election process of NDBA or the results declared are not connected to the functions of any State, government or authority under the...

IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Lalu Prasad Yadav's Plea Against Framing Of Charges

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav challenging framing of charges against him in the alleged IRCTC scam case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of CBI and listed the matter for hearing on January 14.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Yadav. CBI was represented by Senior Advocate and SPP DP Singh.Vide the impugned order pass on October 13, 2025, the Trial Court had...

Delhi High Court PMLA Digest 2025

'Not A Minor Offence, Part Of Crime Syndicate': Delhi HC Denies Bail To PMLA Accused Booked For Supplying Spurious Anti-Cancer MedicinesCase title: Lovee Narula vs.Directorate Of EnforcementCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 115The Delhi High Court has denied bail to an accused/applicant booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) for his alleged involvement in the...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025 [Part II]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 900Delhi High Court Quashes Trademark Registration Of 'Captain Blue' In Plea By Producer Of 'Captain Morgan' RumCase title: Diageo Scotland Limited vs. Prachi Verma & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451The Delhi High Court has directed the removal 'Captain Blue' mark from the Trade Marks Registry, in a plea by the alcoholic...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Patent Office Order Rejecting Emitec Emissions Dosing Device

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Patent Office order rejecting a patent application filed by Emitec Gesellschaft für Emissionstechnologie mbH, a Germany-based automotive emissions firm, for a reducing-agent dosing device that helps cut vehicle pollution.A single-judge bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, in a judgment pronounced on December 24, 2025, held that the Patent...

Delhi High Court Family Law Digest 2025

Co-Accused Can Apply Separately For Compounding Of Offences Committed By Company Or HUF Under Income Tax Act: Delhi High CourtCase title: Sumit Bharana v. UoICitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 4The Delhi High Court has held that co-accused are entitled to apply separately for compounding of offences committed by a Company or a Hindu Undivided Family under the Income Tax Act, 1961.A division bench...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Cancel Bail In ₹72 Crore GST Evasion Case After 5 Years, Pulls Up Department For Lapse In Probe

The Delhi High Court has refused to cancel bail granted to an accused in Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion case involving alleged tax fraud of Rs. 72 crore more than 5 years ago, while strongly criticising the investigating agency for lapses in the investigation.Justice Amit Mahajan said that the investigation was still not complete in the matter and even after a lapse of more than five...

Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Injunction Against Piracy Sites Streaming Warner Bros, Netflix Content

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex parte ad interim dynamic+ injunction restraining dozens of piracy websites from hosting or making available copyrighted films and television shows owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and other global entertainment companies. The injunction will operate until April 20, 2026. The suit was filed by Warner Bros along with other major global...

Delhi High Court Upholds JEE Candidates' Dismissal Over Alleged Manipulation In Response Sheets, Asks Them To Do Community Service

The Delhi High Court has upheld dismissal of a petition filed by two students challenging the National Testing Agency's (NTA) findings regarding alleged manipulation of their JEE Mains, 2025, examination response sheets, while sparing them of costs but ordering them to do one-month community service instead. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ...

'Unfortunate': Delhi High Court Laments Culture Of Indiscriminate Adjournments, Hopes For Change In Future

Calling the trend “unfortunate”, the Delhi High Court has observed that a culture of seeking adjournments has developed over a period of time, leading to a misplaced expectation that such requests would be granted as a matter of course.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that it is hoped that such culture of seeking adjournments would change over a period of time. “Unfortunate, there is...