Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Sukesh Chandrashekhar's Alleged Associates In Extortion Case, Cites Long Incarceration And Protracted Trial
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Arun Muthu, B. Mohanraj, Sudheer and Kamlesh Kothari, accused in the Rs. 217-crore extortion case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 633]Justice Prateek Jalan granted the relief primarily on the ground of prolonged incarceration and the unlikely early conclusion of trial.The prosecution alleged that Muthu was a...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Court-Monitored Measures To Prevent Recurring Waterlogging, Disclosure Of Monsoon Preparedness
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Delhi Government and civic agencies to prevent recurring waterlogging in the national capital, disclose pre-monsoon preparedness measures and ensure accountability for repeated flooding during every monsoon season.Filed by advocate Akansha Saini, the petition seeks institutional...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 29 To July 05, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 592 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 625NOMINAL INDEXShri Dhanpat Rai Gupta v. Shri Kashmiri Lal Gupta (Since Deceased) & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 592A v. V 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 593Sudipti Hajela v. Equestrian Federation Of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 594State v. Lalit Kumar 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 595Major Jayati Chandra v. UoI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 596Delhi High Court...
Delhi High Court Protects Actor Ravi Kishan's Personality Rights; Orders Takedown Of AI-Generated, Obscene Content
The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishan. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 632]Justice Jyoti Singh restrained several individuals and online entities from unauthorizedly using his name, image, likeness and other attributes of his persona through artificial intelligence, deepfakes and other technologies. The Court passed the...
Delhi High Court Orders Surprise Audit Of 38 Govt Hospitals After Patient Denied ICU Bed Despite Portal Showing Availability
The Delhi High Court has directed a surprise audit of 38 Delhi government hospitals where the NextGen e-Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) has been implemented, after a patient was allegedly denied ICU bed despite the online portal reflecting bed availability. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 631]HMIS is a platform designed to digitize healthcare workflows, alongside the “Delhi ICU...
Courts Can't Read 'Equivalent Qualification' Into Recruitment Advertisement After Selection Process Begins: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a recruitment advertisement is the “charter of the selection process” and courts cannot enlarge the eligibility criteria by recognising equivalent qualifications not contemplated in the notification. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 630]Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while upholding the National Seeds Corporation's (NSC) decision to reject the candidature...
2008 Delhi Serial Bomb Blasts: High Court Denies Bail To 'Indian Mujahideen' Operative Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative in relation to the 2008 serial bomb blasts case. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 629]A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the appeal filed by Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, challenging a trial court order denying bail to him. Peerbhoy was denied bail by the trial court on July...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Accused In PFI Money Laundering Case, Says ED Failed To Establish Payments Were 'Proceeds Of Crime'
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to two alleged Physical Education trainers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in a money laundering case, holding that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to prima facie establish that the payments received by them constituted “proceeds of crime” under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 628]Justice Purushaindra...
Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Accused Athar Khan In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea filed by Athar Khan, who has been booked in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 627]A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain upheld the trial court order denying bail to him. The Court said that Khan repeatedly sent messages on WhatsApp group and...
Can't Proactively Monitor And Remove Unauthorized Videos Of Court Proceedings From Social Media: Meta, Google Tell Delhi High Court
Google LLC and Meta Platforms have told the Delhi High Court that they cannot proactively identify, monitor and remove content related to unauthorized recording of court proceedings circulating on social media. The tech giants have made the submission while opposing the plea filed by one Vaibhav Singh against Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders, alleging that they unauthorizedly recorded...
Cricketer Abhishek Sharma Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Cricketer Abhishek Sharma has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter was listed today before Justice Jyoti Singh who asked Sharma's counsel to file an additional affidavit bringing on record relevant screenshots of the impugned content matching with the tables mentioned in the plaint. The counsel appearing for Meta took the Court through 8 URLs....