Delhi High Court Asks If Blanket Telegram Ban Is Proportionate To Prevent NEET Paper Leak, Reserves Verdict

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (June 18) reserved its verdict in a plea filed by Telegram challenging Central Government's decision to temporarily restrict access to the messaging platform in India till June 22, to prevent paper-leak ahead of NEET 2026 Re-Examination which is scheduled on June 21.During the hearing, Justice Tejas Karia orally asked the Centre if rights of 150 million...

Internal Management Correspondence Cannot Override Terms Of Employee's Signed Salary Restructuring Letter: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that internal management correspondence cannot override the express terms of a signed salary restructuring letter, while dismissing a former employee's appeal seeking recovery of alleged deferred salary and compensation bonus from her erstwhile employer.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld dismissal of the recovery suit filed by the former employee, holding that...

Can An Oral Gift Of Immovable Property Confer Ownership Rights? Delhi High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that ownership rights in an immovable property cannot be transferred through an oral gift, holding that a valid gift of immovable property can be effected only through a registered instrument executed in accordance with law.Justice Vikas Mahajan observed,“...the law is well settled that a gift of immovable property can be effected only in writing by way of...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Relax 30-Day Notice Period Under Special Marriage Act, Says Personal Hardship Can't Dilute Procedure

The Delhi High Court refused to relax 30-day notice period under the Special Marriage Act for a couple, observing that mere personal hardship or individual inconvenience, however genuine it may be cannot be a ground to dilute or bypass mandatory statutory compliance. The petitioners, argued that they wanted to solemnize their marriage under Special Marriage Act, and had submitted a notice...

Confirmation Of Accounts Signed By Debtor Sufficient To Sustain Summary Suit Under Order XXXVII CPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a confirmation of accounts signed by a debtor acknowledging a loan transaction and the applicable interest terms constitutes a written contract and can form the basis of a summary suit under Order XXXVII CPC.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed an appeal filed by a chartered accountant challenging a decree passed in favour of a company for recovery of...

Advocate Entitled To Adjust Unpaid Professional Fees From Compensation Recovered For Client If Such Adjustment Was Agreed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that where a client and advocate had agreed that professional fees would be adjusted from the compensation amount recovered in litigation, the advocate would be entitled to such adjustment if the client failed to prove payment of the agreed fees.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld a decree allowing an advocate's counterclaim for recovery of ₹36,000...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Telegram's Plea Against Temporary Ban On Platform, No Interim Relief For Now

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by messaging platform Telegram challenging the decision of the Central Government to temporarily restrict access to Telegram in India till June 22, to prevent paper-leak ahead of NEET 2026 Re-Examination which is scheduled on June 21.Justice Tejas Karia allowed Centre's request to file a reply by tomorrow and listed the matter...

Delhi High Court Lists In July Anjana Om Kashyap's Defamation Suit Against Khan Sir, Others; No Interim Relief For Now

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 17) refused to grant interim relief for now in Journalist Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Today Network's suit against allegedly defamatory remarks by exam coaching teacher Faisal Khan–also known popularly as Khan sir, as well as other educators.The court did not pass any interim order today on plaintiffs' plea for interim injunction and listed the matter...

Telegram Moves Delhi High Court Against Centre's Temporary Ban On Platform Over NEET Exam Leak Concerns

Messaging platform Telegram has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the Central Government to temporarily restrict access to Telegram in India till June 22, to prevent paper-leak ahead of NEET 2026 Re-Examination which is scheduled on June 21. The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench comprising Justice Tejas Karia, who allowed urgent listing for today.The...

Removing Employee From Service In Private Unaided School Void If Passed Without Prior Approval Of Director Of Education : Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla held that the dismissal order is void for violating Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973, which requires prior approval of the Director of Education before imposing penalty of removal from service on an employee of a private unaided school. Background Facts...

'Reformative Approach Over Retribution': Delhi High Court Orders Premature Release Of 1993 Bowbazar Blast Life Convict

The Delhi High Court has ordered the premature release of Md. Rashid Khan, a life convict in the 1993 Bowbazar blast case, citing reformative approach to punishment.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed that Indian criminal jurisprudence has moved away from retributive theory of punishment and has embraced a reformative approach."Essentially, the present case pertains to the premature release...

Wife Cannot Continue To Occupy Sister-In-Law's Property After Husband Vacates: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a woman cannot continue to occupy a property owned by her sister-in-law after her husband, who was residing there as a permissive occupant, vacates the premises.While dealing with one such case, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed,“...it is her husband MK who had been permitted to occupy the Suit premises and after marriage she had merely joined him...