Right To Be Forgotten: Indian Kanoon Moves Delhi High Court Against Ruling To Disable Name-Based Search Of Court Records

Legal database platform Indian Kanoon has moved the Delhi High Court against a recent single bench judgment recognising the “right to be forgotten” and laying down the framework for de-indexing and masking of personal information from judicial records available online.Indian Kanoon contends that the ruling unduly curtails the principles of open justice and the public's right to...

Delhi High Court Protects Cricketer Abhishek Sharma's Personality Rights, Orders Takedown Of Deepfakes And Unauthorized Merchandise

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma restraining several social media accounts, online sellers and e-commerce platforms from using his name, image, voice, likeness and other personality attributes without his consent. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 650]Justice Jyoti Singh passed the sentence interim order in a suit filed by Sharma alleging...

Section 354 IPC Not Covered By Section 42 POCSO Act, Trial Court Erred In Not Awarding Separate Sentence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a trial court erred in not awarding a separate sentence for the offence under Section 354 IPC (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) in a case involving sexual assault on a six-year-old girl, clarifying that the provision is not among the IPC offences covered by Section 42 of the Protection of Children from Sexual...

Delhi High Court Directs Take Down Of Facebook Links Unauthorizedly Hosting Zee Content

The Delhi High Court on Monday passed a john doe order directing take down and removal of various URLs on Facebook unauthorizedly hosting content of Zee. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 648]Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the ex parte ad interim order in a suit filed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited against various Facebook profiles uploading and hosting its content without any authorisation....

Multiple Sclerosis Qualifies As 'Specified Disability' Under RPWD Act, Delhi High Court Upholds PwD Reservation In SSC Recruitment

The Delhi High Court has upheld the grant of reservation benefits under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act) to a candidate suffering from multiple sclerosis and low vision, holding that multiple sclerosis is a “specified disability” under the statute. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 647]A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Vinod Kumar dismissed a plea by the...

No Prescribed Format For Providing Written Grounds Of Arrest: Delhi High Court Upholds NDPS Accused's Custody

The Delhi High Court has refused bail to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, holding that there is no legislatively or judicially prescribed format for communicating written grounds of arrest and that substantial compliance with the constitutional requirement would suffice in the facts of the case. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 646]Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that the arrest memo prepared by...

Passport Dispute From UP Can't Be Filed In Delhi Merely Because Ministry Of External Affairs Is Located Here: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a passport dispute cannot be brought before it merely because the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is located in the national capital. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 645]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution depends on whether any part of the cause of action arose within the court's...

LiveLaw Delhi High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 597NOMINAL INDEXSandeepa Virk v. ED 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1Nippon Steel Corporation v. The Controller Of Patents 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 2Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax -7, Delhi M/S TCK Advisers Pvt. Ltd. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 3U.S. Green Building Council v. Deming Certification Services Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 4TENZIN YOUTEN & ANR v. THE STATE...

Consequential Arrears Can't Be Denied Once Pay Parity Is Restored: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Prasar Bharati Technicians

The Delhi High Court has held that once pay parity between similarly placed employees is restored, consequential arrears cannot be denied. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 644]A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan thus directed Prasar Bharati to extend the upgraded pay scale of ₹5,000-8,000 to eligible Technicians and Senior Technicians with effect from January 1, 1996,...

Delhi High Court Rejects Disqualified Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti's Plea To Suspend Conviction In Rural Development Bank Fraud Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, seeking a stay on his conviction in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 643]Justice Manoj Jain rejected the plea. The Court said that Bharti had abused his position and failed to...

Delhi High Court Sentences Actor Rajpal Yadav To Three Months Imprisonment In Cheque Bounce Cases

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in various cheque bounce cases registered against him. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 642]While upholding the conviction and sentence, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also sentenced Yadav to undergo simple imprisonment of three months in each seven cases. All sentences have been directed to run concurrently.The actor has also...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Google's Appeal Against Order Holding It Liable For Trademark Infringement Through Keyword Advertising

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on an appeal filed by Google against a single judge ruling which restrained it from using the trademark “HINDWARE” as advertising keywords, holding that it could not avoid responsibility for enabling infringement through its keyword advertising tools.A division bench comprising Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora...