Delhi High Court Orders Aadhaar QR Verification To Speed Up Prisoners Release, Flags Delay In Accepting Bail Bonds

The Delhi High Court has observed that delay in accepting bail bonds defeat the very purpose of bail orders, while directing all Jail Superintendents across the national capital to use Aadhaar QR code-based verification to expedite release of prisoners.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Amit Mahajan was dealing with a suo motu petition initiated over delays...

Courts Must Show "Heightened Vigilance" When Young Brides Die Suspiciously: Delhi High Court Denies Bail In Dowry Death Case

The Delhi High Court has observed that courts must exercise “heightened vigilance” while considering bail in cases where young brides die under suspicious circumstances within a short span of marriage.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma thus denied bail to a mother-in-law accused in a dowry death case involving a minor husband.The Court noted that both the deceased and her husband were minors at...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18 To May 24, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 498 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 530NOMINAL INDEXABDUL RASHID SHEIKH v. NIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 498 AMAN BANSAL v. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 499 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. SHIV NARAYAN SHARMA ADV. AND ORS. DEEPAK SINGH, ADVOCATE AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 500 JAGDEEP SINGH @ JAGGA & ORS v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 501 M/S R. C....

“Completely Impermissible”: Delhi High Court Warns Against Fresh Construction In Yamuna Floodplains' Zone "O"

The Delhi High Court has observed that residential colonies in Delhi's Yamuna floodplain area, classified as Zone 'O', are “completely impermissible”, while noting that 91 unauthorised colonies in the area continue to enjoy temporary protection from punitive action till December 31, 2026 under the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011.A division...

Delhi High Court To Hear On Friday Plea By Abhijeet Dipke Against Blocking Of Cockroach Janta Party's X Account

The Delhi High Court will hear on Friday (May 29) plea by Abhijit Dipke, the founder of 'Cockroach Janata Party' challenging the blocking of the party's X account.The matter is listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav. 'Cockroach Janata Party' is a satirical social media movement which emerged in response to an oral comment made by the CJI during a hearing, where he equated...

'Aggravated Penalty Given Despite Not Being Public Servant': Kuldeep Sengar Opposes Unnao Rape Conviction, Life Term Before Delhi High Court

While arguing his appeal against conviction and life sentence in the Unnao rape case, former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) the he is not a public servant and the survivor's age was such that it will not be covered under POCSO Act. He further submitted before the high court today, that the survivor's testimony was not of sterling qualify. The court...

Exam For Law Students Celebrating Bakrid Will Be Held After July 4: DU Tells Delhi High Court

Delhi University told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) that examination for those students of Faculty of Law, who are celebrating Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on May 28, shall be rescheduled to after July 4. The submission was made by the varsity's counsel before Justice Jasmeet Singh in a student's plea challenging the varsity's decision to hold the exam on May 28, the date on which Centre...

Private Schools Permitted To Maintain Surplus Funds; Mere Surplus Doesn't Mean Profiteering: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that private unaided schools are legally permitted to maintain surplus funds and that the mere existence of a financial surplus cannot automatically be treated as “profiteering” or commercialisation. “Mere availability of surplus funds with a private, un-aided, recognised school, howsoever large, cannot be the sole basis for the DoE to infer that...

Delhi High Court Directs Police To Trace Untraceable Employers For Recovery Of Rescued Child Labourers' Back Wages

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to proactively assist in tracing employers who have gone untraceable, in order to ensure recovery of back wages owed to rescued child labourers. Justice Sachin Datta observed that authorities are under a legal obligation to recover the dues payable to rescued children and ensure compliance with the statutory framework and judicial...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Use Sunjay Kapur's EPF Funds For School Fees Of Karisma Kapoor's Children

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) issued notice on Priya Kapur's plea seeking clarification of certain paragraphs of a coordinate bench's April 30 interim order which had restrained her from dissipating her late husband industrialist Sunjay Kapur's assets. The application has been filed in a pending suit moved by actress Karisma Kapoor children— Samaira Kapur and her brother, seeking...

Quashed Rape FIR Can't Be Revived Merely Because Marriage Later Fails Or Husband Abandons Wife: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a rape FIR quashed on the basis of settlement and subsequent marriage between the parties cannot be revived merely because the marriage later breaks down or the husband allegedly abandons the wife. Justice Amit Mahajan observed that subsequent matrimonial disputes or allegations arising after quashing of the FIR cannot, by themselves, invalidate a judicial...

Terror Funding Case: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Late Father's 40th Day Ceremony In Kashmir

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) granted interim bail to jailed Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Engineer Rashid) in a terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency, to attend the rituals and 40th day ceremony of his late father in Kashmir.Engineer Rashid is currently on interim bail till June 02, to attend his father's last rites.A division bench of...