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TopicDelhi High Court

Topic: Delhi High Court

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.

I&B Ministry notified OTT Accessibility Rules under shadow of contempt. Here’s what they say

The guidelines, which came days after a contempt petition, aim to ensure that all media content is in an accessible format for the hearing and visually impaired within three years.

Delhi HC pulls up MCD for not publishing civic records after 20 years of RTI, says it is ‘no exception’

Court directs civic body to file affidavit on compliance steps; civic body had claimed Section 86 of DMC Act governs circulation, not RTI law.

Allowing travel to US with son, Delhi HC rescues woman from difficult choice between motherhood & career

Refusing to make motherhood a barrier to professional advancement, court rejects the notion that constitutional freedoms must be surrendered to fulfil traditional maternal roles.

Why Delhi High Court wants Finance Ministry to decide on electoral disclosure of cryptocurrencies

Structural loophole surrounding cryptocurrencies can be exploited for undisclosed political funding, electoral malpractices & concealment of wealth, argues PIL.

Visually-impaired student’s court battle puts end to MBBS transfer ban. ‘PwD Act can’t be decorative’

The order was a response to a petition by Sahil Arsh, an MBBS student suffering from a 40% visual impairment and denied a transfer to a Delhi college despite deteriorating health conditions due to high temperatures in Barmer.

In Delhi HC order of Indian passport for Tibetan refugee, a reassertion of ‘citizen-by-birth’ principle

The Dharamshala-born woman migrated to Switzerland in 1997, lacked valid travel documents. Court rejected MEA claim that she effectively renounced Indian citizenship with refugee status.

‘Time does not return’: Why Delhi HC ordered release of ex-President’s guard who was convicted of rape

Setting aside repeated rejections by sentence review boards, the Delhi High Court ruled that reform documented over two decades outweighed 'mechanical' dependence on the gravity of the crime. 

On Camera

Why Modi’s Israel visit has become the stage for a Knesset vs Judiciary battle

Unless Chief Justice Isaac Amit receives an official invitation—as parliamentary protocol dictates—Israel's opposition is threatening to abstain from Modi's address to the Knesset.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.