Delhi HC Upholds Mandatory Driving License Rule for Male SI Candidates
The Court ruled that requirement is non-discriminatory and rejects candidate’s plea for relaxation despite COVID-related delay in obtaining license.
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Jail Visitor’s Room Not Conducive Environment for Effective Lawyer—Client Communication; Delhi HC grants Parole to POCSO Convict to File SLP
The Court noted that mechanical police objections without substantive reasoning cannot be a valid ground to deny parole.
Dishonest Adoption and Suppression of Prior Rights Vitiate Trademark Registration; Delhi HC Orders Rectification of ‘S.S. WHITE’ Mark Registration
“An applicant cannot be permitted to reap the benefit of an illegality, as any such registration would be nothing but the fruits of a poisonous tree.”
Delhi High Court stays arbitral award concerning IRCTC’s policy on revision of catering licence fee
The Court granted interim protection to IRCTC, holding that tariff-linked revision of licence fee raises a prima facie case and warrants a stay on the arbitral findings impacting IRCTC’s policy framework.
Explained | Why Delhi HC Upheld Acquittal Despite Holding Stranger Grabbing Minor’s Hand at Night Constitute Criminal Force Under Section 354 IPC
The Court observed that the conduct of the accused, being a stranger, approaching the victim at night while she was returning from a common washroom, and catching hold of her hand without her consent, would certainly amount to use of criminal force.
False Declaration of Own Educational Qualification Not a “Corrupt Practice” under Section 123(4) RP Act: Delhi HC
Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief Allowing Debarred Candidate to Register for JEE Advanced Exam 2026
The Court clarified that at the present stage it was not conducting a final hearing, because if the petitioner was not provisionally permitted to appear in JEE Advanced 2026 to be conducted on 17 May 2026, the petition would become infructuous.
Inside Delhi High Court Guidelines for Quashing of POCSO FIR in Consensual Adolescent Relationship
“The jurisprudential basis for the State being the prosecuting agency in criminal offences is to prevent a criminal prosecution from descending into an exercise in vengeance, where the victim goes baying-for-the-blood of the offender; and to maintain objectivity, neutrality, fairness and a sense of proportion in prosecution of an offender.”
Does a Single Top Rank Give Rise to Personality Rights? Delhi High Court Weighs In
The Court opined that it was not appropriate for the defendants to carry out any campaign, whether defamatory or otherwise, in Plaintiff 3’s name.
Written Consent Not Indispensable for IVF under ART Act, 2021: Delhi HC Permits Cryopreservation of Soldier’s Genetic Material
The Court directed that the petitioner’s husband action and his consent in opting for IVF treatment be treated to be sufficient compliance for the purposes of Section 22, ART Act.
Read Why Delhi HC awarded Rs 150+ Cr. in damages for patent infringement, while actual costs yet to be determined by Taxation Officer?
“The general principle for award of damages is that the innocent party has to be put in the same position as it would have been, if not for the infringement.”
Delhi HC: Fresh tender during subsisting contracts valid; no vested right in continuation of procurement policy under CGHS
The principal issue is whether the respondents are barred from initiating a fresh tender for empanelment of local chemists for a future period during the subsistence of existing contracts.
Delhi High Court Protects “Toprankers Edtech” from Defamatory Campaign by Edtech Rival Platform; Restrains Misuse of CLAT 2026 Topper’s Identity
Recognising the plaintiffs’ right to protect their goodwill and trademark against a coordinated online campaign, the Court issued interim injunction in favour of them
“No indefeasible right to appointment merely on ground of unfilled vacancies when candidate doesn’t fall under cut-off & waiting lists”: Delhi HC
Unfilled vacancies do not entitle non-selected candidate to appointment where cut-off and 10% waitlist rule duly applied
Acceptance of Benefits and Long Silence Creates Acquiescence Against Challenge to Agreement to Sell: Delhi High Court
“A party cannot be permitted to ‘blow hot-blow cold’, ‘fast and loose’ or ‘approbate and reprobate’. Where one knowingly accepts the benefits of a contract, or conveyance, or of an order, he is estopped from denying the validity of, or the binding effect of such contract, or conveyance, or order upon himself.”
Consenting Adults Have the Right to Choose Life Partners and Seek Protection even from Parents, Relatives or Friends: Delhi HC
The case highlights the continuing challenges faced by adult couples who choose to marry against family wishes.
No retrospective benefit of enhanced retirement age for CAPF retirees above 60 on 31 January 2019: Delhi High Court
It is a settled principle of service law that payment of salary and attendant monetary benefits is ordinarily premised upon actual discharge of duties.
“MARQ” v. “MARC”: Delhi High Court affirms interim injunction in Trade mark dispute involving Flipkart
Minor differences and addition of house mark cannot outweigh phonetic and structural similarity between competing marks.
Delhi HC: Consenting Adults in Live-in Relationship Entitled to Protection Under Articles 19 & 21; Marital Status Irrelevant
‘Since the petitioners are both Indian national citizens, they are well and truly entitled to the protection as available to them in the form of the guarantees and fundamental right(s), enshrined under Article(s) 19 and 21 of the Constitution.’