Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, April 26: * HC sought the stand of the Competition Commission of India and Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) on Google’s challenge to an order asking the regulator to look into the tech giant’s policy of allowing use of third-party payment processors for paid app downloads and in-app purchases on a commission basis.
* Following an incident of shooting in a district court premises here earlier this month, the HC directed that a meeting of stakeholders, including police and bar representatives, be held to discuss measures in relation to security inside courts.
* The CBI told the HC that the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was manipulated to favour cartelisation and monopolisation in liquor trade in the national capital and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and businessman Vijay Nair were the main conspirators.
* The Centre opposed before the HC here a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board against the de-listing of 123 ‘waqf’ properties, saying the Board has no stake in them as they were acquired pursuant to land acquisition proceedings initiated between 1911 and 1914 and the mutation was carried out in its favour.
* HC refused to grant interim injunction to Dream 11-backed cricket-centric NFT marketplace Rario to stop rivals MPL and Striker from offering fantasy gaming using NFTs, saying it cannot claim exclusive right over the use of the technology that is freely available.
* An NSUI leader debarred by the Delhi University over his alleged involvement in the screening of a controversial BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots urged the HC to permit him to submit his PhD thesis before the retirement of his supervisor on April 30. * HC expressed its displeasure over the “reluctance” exhibited by internet platforms in implementing the law against illegal sharing of sexually explicit content and directed that if such content “re-surfaces” in spite of a take-down order, it must be removed immediately and a victim need not approach the court again for its removal.
* Supreme Court judge Justice Hima Kohli said women face unique challenges in securing and protecting their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in India, including gender bias, discrimination at workplace and lack of awareness and education concerning IPRs. PTI SKV ADS RHL
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