Delhi High Court Confers Senior Designation To 85 Lawyers, 11 Women Among Those [Read Names]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday conferred senior designation upon 85 advocates.The Committee who was part of the decision comprises Chief Justice, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice V Kameswar Rao, Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) President N Hariharan, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain.The development...

Delhi High Court Upholds Grade Pay-Based Financial Upgradation Under Centre's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Central government's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS), which grants financial upgradation to the immediate next higher Grade Pay instead of the Grade Pay attached to the next promotional post. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 641]A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan rejected a batch of petitions challenging the scheme as...

Delhi High Court Quashes Recognition Of Yogasana Bharat As National Sports Federation, Says Sports Ministry 'Surrendered' To AYUSH

The Delhi High Court today quashed the Union government's recognition of Yogasana Bharat as the National Sports Federation (NSF) for Yogasana, holding that the decision was contrary to the National Sports Development Code and suffered from non-application of mind. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 640]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also set aside the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports'...

Delhi High Court Asks SBI To Pay ₹1 Lakh To Worker For Illegal Termination, Sets Aside Regularisation Order

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Labour Court award directing the State Bank of India (SBI) to regularise the services of a worker whose termination was held to be illegal. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 639]Justice Shail Jain held that violation of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 does not automatically confer a right to regularisation in public employment. However, the bench directed SBI to pay...

Manual Scavenging: Delhi High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Engineer In 2017 Delhi Jal Board Sewer Deaths Case

The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR and all consequential criminal proceedings against a Junior Engineer of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in connection with the 2017 sewer deaths case, holding that criminal prosecution cannot continue when the accused has already been exonerated on merits in departmental proceedings on identical allegations. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 638]Justice Vikas Mahajan...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Ambassador Hotel's Plea Against Centre's Eviction Notice

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea moved by Ambassador Hotel against an eviction notice issued to it under the Public Premises Act. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar sought response of the Central Government as well as Land and Development Office (L&DO) and asked them to file their responses within three weeks. Senior Advocate Sudhir Nandrajog appeared for...

NSE Co-Location Scam: Delhi High Court Rejects Chitra Ramakrishna's Plea Against PC Act Provisions

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by former CEO of National Stock Exchange Chitra Ramkrishna, challenging the constitutional validity of definitions of public duty and public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 637]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that there is no vagueness in the definition...

Delhi High Court Issues Summons In Cricketer Abhishek Sharma's Personality Rights Suit, Orders Take Down Of Infringing Content

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will pass an interim order directing take down of various offending posts and links misusing the personality traits and likeness of cricketer Abhishek Sharma.Justice Jyoti Singh said that she will pass an interim order in the suit filed by Sharma seeking protection of his personality rights. The counsel appearing for the cricketer said that an...

Delhi High Court To Decide Next Week Mahua Moitra's Plea For Visitation Rights To Pet Dog Henry

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will hear next week the dispute between Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and her former partner Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, over the custody of Henry, a Rottweiler.Justice Jasmeet Singh today asked Dehadrai's lawyer, Senior Advocate Percival Billimoria if he was agreeable to letting Moitra have visitation rights to the pet who is presently in...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Broadcasters' Challenge To TRAI's 12-Minute Per Hour Cap On TV Advertisements

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) regulations limiting television advertisements to 12 minutes per clock hour, observing that the regulations do not fail to meet the rights envisaged under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 636]A Division Bench comprising Justice...

Private School Employee's Suspension Automatically Ends If DOE Approval Isn't Received Within 15 Days: Delhi High Court Full Bench

A Full Bench of the Delhi High Court has held that suspension of an employee of a recognised private school automatically lapses if the Director of Education (DOE) does not approve it within 15 days. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 635]“Any later order of approval passed by the Director of Education would not revive the said suspension,” the Full Bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar, Om...

Large Number Of Affected Investors Doesn't Convert Crypto Dispute Into Public Law Issue: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere fact that a large number of investors are affected does not convert an essentially private dispute involving a cryptocurrency exchange into a public law issue warranting exercise of writ jurisdiction. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 634]Dismissing an appeal filed by users of cryptocurrency platform BitBNS, the Court refused to direct a CBI or Special...