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Delhi HC Deliberates on Extension of Benefits of Advocates Welfare Scheme to All Members...
A single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh of the High Court of Delhi issued a notice to the Delhi Government. Explicitly, the...
Bhima Koregaon Case: Delhi HC Issues Notice in Navlakha’s Plea for Interim Bail Plea
The Delhi High Court, on May 22, 2020, issued notice in Gautam Navlakha's interim bail plea; in relation to the Bhima Koregaon case. Accordingly,...
Delhi HC Hears Plea for Free Telecom & Internet Services Amid Lockdown
Advocate Amit Sahani sought directions to the telephone operators and internet services providers; not to charge any amount from businesses or households that remained...
Delhi HC Bashes Policemen for not Registering FIR on Complaints by a Dalit Man
Delhi High Court has directed initiation of proceedings against police officers. For the reason of not registering FIR upon receiving complaints of abuse and...
MHA informs Delhi HC of a SOP to Bring Back Mortal Remains of Indians...
Recently, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had informed the Bureau of Immigration that arrival of corpses and remains of Indian nationals/OCI cardholders from...
Delhi HC Seeks a Response from Netflix on Plea Against ‘Hasmukh’
The Delhi High Court sought Netflix's response on a plea for stopping the airing of the web series 'Hasmukh'. The ground of such a...
Delhi HC Examines the Jurisdiction of Commercial Courts
Delhi High Court recently examined the appellant jurisdiction of the commercial courts provided under Sec. 13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. It was...
PIL for Waiver of School Fees Amid Lockdown Filed in Delhi HC
A PIL seeking a waiver of school fees has been filed in the Delhi High Court. Filed by Amit Sahni, the plea prays for...
Delhi HC Decides on Reoccupation of Securitized Property Amid Lockdown
The Delhi High Court passed an order in a writ petition seeking permission to allow the petitioner's family to reoccupy a floor of the...
Delhi HC Widens the Scope of the RBI Advisory on Moratorium
The Reserve Bank of India vide an advisory dated 27.03.2020 permitted all lending institutions to allow a 3-month moratorium on the outstanding payment of...
Delhi HC: Organ Donation by Minors Not Prohibited
In an urgent writ petition, the Delhi High Court held that there is no complete prohibition on organ donation by minors.
The petition was filed...
Delhi HC Allows Witnesses to Depose Through Video Conferencing
With the advent of technology in every sphere of life, the courts of our country are not ready to be left behind. This was...
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020: The Account of Delhi Police’s Uncorroborated Character Assassination...
Recently, under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the Delhi Police blocked the website of Fridays For Future India, There Is No Earth B...
Rape of a 14-Year-Old at a COVID Centre -The Female Gender Must Again Choose...
The Pandemic has led to a rise in the cases of violence against women.
School Burnt in Delhi Riots, Arrested Owner Granted 4 Weeks to File Reply
A Delhi Trial Court, on June 20, 2020 had granted bail to Faisal Farooq for want of prima facie evidence of his involvement in...
IPOB Seeks Permission for #BlackLivesMatter Protest in Delhi
On 19th January 2020, the Delhi High Court in its order directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to assess the petition by Indigenous People...
Patients to Undergo COVID Screening Before Emergency Surgery: Delhi High Court
Delhi based ENT surgeon Dr. Anand Varma filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court; under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution. The...
Delhi Police Restricted From Sharing Information Against Delhi Riots Accused
'Pinjra Tod' member Devangana Kalita filed a writ of Mandamus before Delhi High Court; under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution. It sought directions...
Delhi High Court Suspends Service of Physical Delivery of Court Summons and Notices
The Delhi High Court has temporarily amended the process of the service of notices, summons and daaks. This is done due to the increasing...
Delhi High Court: “COVID outbreak can’t be used as an excuse for breach of...
Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh passed an order in the Delhi High Court. Earlier, Delhi High Court vacated an order restraining...
Tenant Not Entitled to Suspension of Rent on Account of Force Majeure: Delhi High...
A revision petition was moved before Delhi High Court by a Khan Market Tenant. The petition was filed in the case of Ramanand &...
Bois Locker Room: Delhi High Court Directs Police to Complete Probe
The Delhi High Court today directed Delhi Police and Cyber Crime Cell to speedily complete probe in the 'Bois Locker Room' case. The Petitioner...
Delhi High Court Hears Plea on Resuming Public Transport Amid Lockdown
The Delhi High Court while hearing a petition issued a notice dated May 14, 2020, to the Delhi Government. The petition sought directions to...
New Link Created for Filing Ordinary Matters in the Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi issued a new office order on May 8, 2020, in view of the on-going lockdown. The order intimated all...
Delhi High Court Order: Functioning Restricted till May 17
The Delhi High Court decided to limit its and the district courts' functioning to urgent matters only till May 17; as per the extended...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Frivolous Plea by a Charitable Trust
On 10.04.2020, the Government of NCT Delhi (GNCTD) issued an order which cordoned off the area of Chandni Mahal. For the reason of the...
Delhi Government Forbids School Fee Hike Given the Lockdown
No private school is allowed to increase school fee during the lockdown. Only the tuition fee will be charged until the time schools reopen...
Andhra HC Quashes Government Orders Mandating English as a Medium of Education
A division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court including Chief J. JK Maheshwari and J. Ninala Jayasurya quashed government orders on April 15, 2020....
Chhattisgarh HC Orders Tracking Down of Tablighi Jamaat Attendees
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ordered the state to initiate 'intensive search operations' to track down the people who returned from Tablighi Jamaat. People...
Transfer of Justice S. Muralidhar amidst Delhi protests
On February 26, Justice S Muralidhar said a strongly-worded message to the government. The third highest judge of Delhi High Court, criticised the state...