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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TopicDelhi High Court

Topic: Delhi High Court

Why Delhi HC said Modi’s degree is exempt from RTI, can’t be disclosed to ‘satisfy public curiosity’

Ruling sets aside a Central Information Commission order that allowed an examination of Delhi University records of students who completed BA in 1978, when Modi says he graduated.

‘Strikes at core of informed consent’: Marriage voidable if marital history concealed, says Delhi HC

Four kinds of marriages are considered voidable under Hindu Marriage Act: voidable due to impotency, legal defects, defect of consent due to fraud, or pre-existing pregnancy by another spouse.

Delhi HC notice to NMC on plea challenging eligibility rules for medical college faculty

The petition claims that the notification permits appointment of non-medical faculty up to 30% in the core MBBS subjects

‘Deeply alarmed’: Over 100 vets urge govt body to act against Palamur for animal rights violations

Delhi HC had directed CCSEA to take interim corrective steps against Palamur after govt body's report on its handling, housing and euthanizing of animals at Telangana facility.

3 yrs after being made legal guardian, Delhi man still struggling to bring adopted Nigerian child home

Mohd Wasi alleges his adopted son’s case is stuck as India’s adoption agency was dragging its feet even though laws give High Commission the power to issue visas or OCIs.

Supreme Court empowers pollution control boards to levy preventive damages for environmental harm

SC reaffirms 'polluter pays' principle while hearing plea against Delhi HC order which said pollution boards lack power to levy penalties or damages for environmental damages.

Artistic freedom vs fair trial: Udaipur Files court battle sparks debate over two constitutional rights

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday raised serious constitutional concerns over the Centre’s use of revisional powers under the Cinematograph Act, 1952, as...

Why a district judge’s name has been cleared for promotion to Delhi HC 7 months after retirement

It's very rare for SC collegium to recommend a retired district judge as a judge of high court. Vimal Kumar Yadav demitted office in January as district judge of Patiala House Court.

Judges must deliver reserved orders within 2-3 weeks of transfer, no rehearing allowed: Delhi HC

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said responsibility to pronounce a reserved order lies with the judge who heard it, even after transfer, & that handovers erode credibility & cause confusion.

Tablighi case over, but 5 years of stigma linger. ‘Did it happen because I’m Muslim?’

‘We kept asking what our crime was, but there was no answer,’ said Shafiquddin Malik, one of 70 men cleared after five years in the Tablighi Jamaat case by the Delhi High Court.

On Camera

The killing of a Minnesota woman by ICE agent has awoken the ‘tech Left’

‘We all bear a collective responsibility to speak up and not be silent when we see things like the events of the last week,’ Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, wrote on X.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.