Delhi High Court

SC declines to interfere with Delhi HC ruling on Category-III AIF taxes

The Supreme Court declines to interfere with a Delhi High Court judgment reading down a CBDT circular that prescribed maximum marginal rate taxation for Category-III AIFs

Delhi HC judge recuses self from hearing Gymkhana Club eviction case

Delhi High Court judge Justice Prateek Jalan on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a lawsuit over the Centre's proceedings against the Delhi Gymkhana Club for its eviction from the 27.3-acre premises on Safdarjung Road here. Justice Jalan directed that the lawsuit by the Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd Staff Welfare Association be listed before another bench on Friday. "I am going to recuse from this matter. There are matters where one does not trust one's own judgement," Justice Jalan said. "There is too much personal involved. I will feel more comfortable of someone else heard it," he further observed. Gymkhana member Vijay Khurana and Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd Staff Welfare Association have filed separate lawsuits against the Land and Development Office (L&DO)'s May 22 order terminating the colonial-era club's perpetual lease deed and asking it to return its land by June 5 on grounds of "strengthening and securing defence infrastructure". Khurana's lawsuit is stated to be supported .

Delhi High Court judge strength rises to 50 after new appointment

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday got a new judge with the swearing-in of Justice Gurvinder Pal Singh. Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre administered the oath of office to Justice Singh, taking the strength of judges of the Delhi High Court to 50. The sanctioned strength of the high court is 60 which includes 45 permanent and 15 additional judges. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the high court premises. Justice Singh, who was a judicial officer of the Delhi district judiciary and has been elevated to the high court as an additional judge, took oath in Hindi. The Centre had on October 5 notified the appointment of the judicial officer as judge of the high court. In September, a total of seven judges had taken the oath of the office of the Delhi High Court. On September 10, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended eight judicial officers for elevation to the Delhi High Court. While seven were elevated, Singh did not find his name in that list.

Banks cannot cut interest on court-ordered FDs arbitrarily: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court dismissed NatWest Markets' appeal over a ₹5.89 crore fixed deposit, ruling that any reduction in the interest rate must have a valid basis

Delhi HC allows Reliance to sell Campa as 'energy drink', stays FSSAI order

The court granted interim relief to Reliance Consumer Products against an FSSAI directive restricting the use of the term 'energy drink' for high-caffeine beverages

Reliance gets court relief over FSSAI ban on Campa's 'energy drink' label

The relief came after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in June directed makers of high-caffeine beverages sold as 'energy drinks' to stop using the description

SC asks Delhi HC to hear plea against Centre's takeover of Gymkhana Club

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to consider a plea of 11 members of the Delhi Gymkhana Club, who had challenged the Centre's decision to take over the club's 27.3-acre premises and the subsequent eviction proceedings. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was apprised by senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the members of the club, that the Delhi High Court refused to entertain their plea on the grounds that only the club can challenge the Centre's decision. Singh said the high court asked the members to get a clarification from the apex court that they can also move the plea there. The top court permitted them to move the high court subject to objections, which may be raised by the other side regarding the maintainability and other legal oppositions. Singh, appearing for the 11 members, had earlier told the bench that a Central government-nominated committee is presently managing the club, and it cannot .

Delhi HC dismisses pleas for SIT probe into 2020 riots, 2019 Jamia violence

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a SIT probe into the 2020 riots in the national capital and the 2019 violence that broke out in Jamia Millia Islamia following anti-CAA protests. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain said, "for the reasons mentioned in the judgment, all the petitions are dismissed". "The batch is decided into two parts, one is northeast Delhi riots and another is for Jamia Millia riots," the bench said while pronouncing the verdict. A detailed judgment is awaited. The court had reserved its verdict on the batch of petitions on July 24. In the northeast Delhi riots matter, the court was hearing a batch of petitions seeking directions for setting up a special investigation team (SIT), commission of inquiry or a fact-finding committee, for medical treatment, grant of compensation and registration of FIRs against the erring police officers. Some of the pleas also demanded that political leaders be booked for alleged h

Senior citizens can seek eviction of children from property: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court upheld a rule allowing senior citizens or parents to seek eviction of children or legal heirs from their property on grounds of non-maintenance and ill-treatment

Delhi HC denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in 2020 riots case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case under the anti-terror law UAPA on the "larger conspiracy" behind the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Dinesh Bhatt dismissed the third bail pleas by Khalid and Sharjeel in the case. The bench said it cannot modify the Supreme Court's January 5 order asking the two accused to seek bail either on completion of protected witnesses' examination or expiry of one year from passing order, whichever is earlier. Khalid and Imam have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on allegations of being one of the masterminds of the February 2020 riots that left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured. The violence erupted during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Activist Khalid Saifi and former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, among others, were

Disability cannot be sole ground to deny reproductive autonomy: Delhi HC

Delhi HC says hysterectomy can be considered only if medical experts find it in the woman's best interest and protect her welfare and dignity

Delhi HC quashes FSSAI order barring Red Bull from using energy drink label

India ordered makers of high-caffeine beverages sold as 'energy drinks' to stop using the description, rejecting efforts to stall the move in a market expected to be worth $1.6 billion by 2028

Red Bull challenges FSSAI for prohibiting use of 'energy drink' label

The move has triggered a standoff, as Pepsi, Red Bull, ​Monster Beverage and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance fear removing the category label could damage brands built around instant-energy claims

SC stays Delhi HC directions on search of advocate's office in GST case

Supreme Court questions how GST authorities can segregate attorney-client privileged material while staying directions permitting examination of seized computer data

Delhi HC orders Meta to immediately remove morphed photo of woman with PM

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Meta Platforms to immediately remove objectionable content of a woman's morphed picture posted on social media with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that this is an extraordinary position in which the matter is not of one woman but also of the country's prime minister. If the Delhi Police is not sensitive about it, the court will ensure it becomes sensitive, he further noted. The high court also issued notice to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Abhijit Dipke,, Ashutosh Ranka and Ratna Singh on a plea by the woman alleging that they circulated her morphed and explicit picture with the prime minister. The court, which listed the matter for further hearing on October 14, directed the police to give complete police protection to the woman who submitted that she was receiving threats to her life. The woman's plea accused the CJP leaders of morphing and circulating her deepfake vulgar pictures with Prim

Delhi HC rejects CBI plea against Chitra Ramkrishna's bail in NSE case

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the CBI's challenge to a December 2022 order granting former NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna bail in the alleged employee phone interception case

Labourers least paid in India, society does not value their work: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that labourers in the country are "least paid and cared" for and that society has failed to value and respect their physical labour. The high court's observations came while deciding a man's appeal challenging his conviction and five-year sentence for assaulting a labourer when he objected to the nuisance created by the convict and others while he was trying to sleep. It modified the conviction of convict Veer Pal from the offence of attempt to murder to voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, holding the requisite intention or knowledge to attract the former was not established in the facts of the case. The court also modified the five-year jail term to three years' imprisonment. "A back-breaking hard day's labour requires a sound peaceful sleep in the night to rejuvenate the body in order to enable it to assume and discharge next day's assignments which invariably involves hard physical work. "This has become a regular and unending plight

Delhi HC scraps panel, gives Full Court power to name Senior Advocates

The new rules replace the framework notified in March 2024, with a permanent secretariat administering the process and the Full Court taking the final decision

Delhi HC refuses plea for FIR, probe against ex-judge Yashwant Varma

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking the registration of an FIR and a probe by an SIT or CBI into the purported discovery of huge stash of cash following a fire at the residence of former Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma. Terming the petition a "wild witch hunt", Justice Amit Bansal remarked that the petitioner, lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay, has alternative remedies in law. "I'm not entertaining this. This is a wild witch hunt. You have nothing better to do?" the judge observed. During the hearing, the court questioned the locus of the petitioner and asked why he did not approach the trial court with his plea for an FIR. The petitioner submitted that the incident was "extraordinary" in nature and the lower court "can't do justice to the matter". "This is regarding justice Yashwant Varma. Criminal law can be set into motion by anyone. There is no embargo," he further explained. After the court indicated that it would dismiss the plea, the petitioner

Delhi High Court gets seven new judges, total strength rises to 50

Seven judicial officers took the oath of office as Delhi High Court court judges on Monday, taking the strength of the court to 50. Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya administered the oath to Justices Nivedita Anil Sharma, Nisha Sahay Saxena, Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun Bhardwaj, who were serving as judicial officers in the district judiciary here. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the high court premises and after administering the oath, the chief justice congratulated the new judges. While Justices Sharma and Saxena took oath in English, the other five took the oath in Hindi. They have been appointed as additional judges of the high court. The central government notified the seven new appointments on September 19 after the Supreme Court collegium made a recommendation in favour of these judicial officers. The sanctioned strength of the high court is 60 and with the seven new appointments, its current strength has risen to 50.