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TopicDelhi High Court

Topic: Delhi High Court

No biryani or chhole bhature: LPG crisis hits signature dishes of Delhi HC lawyers’ canteen

Firewood was brought to the Delhi High Court canteen, say staffers, as the shortage of LPG cylinders forces the operations manager to notify lawyers about disruption in kitchen services.

After CBI, now ED seeks expunction of trial court’s remarks while discharging Kejriwal. What HC said

HC issues notice to Arvind Kejriwal & 22 others discharged by trial court in excise policy case. ED says trial court made remarks against it even though it was not party to case.

How Delhi HC dealt with CBI challenge to trial court order discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia

In its February order, trial court pulled up CBI for procedural ‘lapses’ & overly relying on ‘hearsay evidence’. It also recommended departmental inquiry against investigating officer.

Judge who upheld Kejriwal arrest to hear CBI challenge to discharge—her past orders in excise policy case

From Kejriwal, Sisodia, Sanjay Singh to BRS leader K. Kavitha, Delhi High Court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma's significant rulings in the high-profile case back in spotlight.

Judge’s ‘selective reading’: CBI’s 974-page challenge to Kejriwal discharge order in excise policy case

On 27 February, a Delhi trial court dismissed the CBI case against the 23 accused in the Delhi liquor policy case, slamming the CBI for procedural lapses & reliance on hearsay evidence.

5,612 ‘unenforced orders’, no contempt powers—HC order puts focus on ‘handicapped’ Armed Forces Tribunal

To ensure AFT orders not rendered 'unenforceable', HC ruled, disobedience of final AFT order attracts contempt jurisdiction of HC, Soldiers meant to protect nation, can't be embroiled in litigation.

Backtracking over ‘kundali’ mismatch after sex on promise of marriage is an offence—Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has held that this can amount to offence under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which criminalises sexual intercourse by deceit or on false promise of marriage.

Win for UPSC aspirants with learning disabilities as Delhi HC upholds CAT order directing 0.5% quota

A two-judge bench rejected Centre's appeal, setting an 8-week deadline to comply with CAT’s 2025 direction, which has not been implemented for over four months.

‘At loss of words,’ HC pulls up Delhi govt as women & child welfare bodies headless for over 2 years

Court questions ‘institutional paralysis’, says why don’t they ‘scrap’ the acts creating these commissions if posts remain vacant for years.

Delhi HC asks woman to return maintenance to husband with interest if ‘adultery’ charge proven

The HC said the law disentitles a woman from maintenance on grounds of adultery, but it could not interfere with earlier orders without evidence, which had to be established in a trial court.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.