Marriages can be registered in the virtual presence of parties, the Delhi High Court has ruled, saying that in the present times, citizens cannot be prevented from exercising their rights because of a rigid interpretation of law which calls for “personal presence”. Hearing a plea by a US-based Indian couple seeking to register their marriage
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it may resume its physical functioning on experimental basis. It was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from August 16. The administrative order issued by High Court Registrar General Manoj Jain said this will be done in a restricted manner subject to further orders based on evaluation of
By Ramandeep Kaur Mr. Uday Bedi, an advocate has filed a petition in Delhi High Court challenging 3 and 4 of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Codes) Rules, 2021. Thus, putting a question mark on the validity of said enactment concerning grievances addresses system of social media platform like Facebook, Instagram and
The Delhi High Court Fri day dismissed a plea on be half of student-activist Gul fisha Fatima, claiming her detention in a Delhi riots case to be illegal, saying it was “completely mis placed” and “not maintainable”. A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said the writ of habeas cor pus would not
Bench of Justice JR Midha observed thus: “Community dogs (stray/street dogs) have the right to food and citizens have the right to feed community dogs but in exercising this right, care and caution should be taken to ensure that it does not impinge upon the rights of others or cause any harm, hindrance, harassment and
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the criminal proceedings against Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor in a defamation complaint over his alleged ‘scorpion on shivling’ remarks referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The stay order was passed by a single-judge Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait who heard the
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court alleging that journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel were reporting distorted and misleading facts over the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, resulting in a fair trial of actor Riya Chakraborty violation of the right. The petition seeking to give instructions to the
CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the FIR against him for alleged hate speeches by Union Minister Anurag Thakur and BJP MP Pravesh Verma in connection with the protests against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh. The CPI (M) leader has challenged the lower court’s order
Today the Delhi High Court issued notices in the Delhi High Court Bar Association’s petition against the classification of law offices as business activities for the purposes of calculating property tax under the Delhi Municipal Act. The petition has been filed through advocate Nikhil Mehta. Sudhanshu Batra, Senior Advocate for DHCBA appeared. A bench of
Bollywood actoress Rakul Preet Singh has moved the Delhi High Court in connection with a drug investigation that emerged after the demise of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, seeking immediate interim directions from the media to stop or publish articles against the show. The petition, filed through advocates Himanshu Yadav, Aman Hingorani and Shweta Hingorani,
