Delhi High Court Orders Meta To Takedown AI Videos Linking Former Union Minister Saleem Iqbal Shervani To Atiq Ahmed

The Delhi High Court has ordered Meta, which owns and runs social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, to takedown two AI generated videos against former Union Minister Saleem Iqbal Shervani from Samajwadi Party, linking him with alleged gangster late Atiq Ahmed. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 720]Single bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela also restrained Defendant no.2, claiming to be a journalist...

Delhi High Court Quashes FIRs Against AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar Over 2021 Tiranga Yatra Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

The Delhi High Court has quashed two FIRs registered against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar over an Independence Day Tiranga Yatra conducted in 2021 amid the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 719]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also quashed the FIR registered over the same incident against four other individuals- Ravinder, Yogesh, Anita Bhatt and...

NIA Courts Must Independently Assess Threat To Each Witness Before Declaring Them 'Protected' Under UAPA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Special NIA Courts must independently assess the threat perception concerning each witness before declaring them “protected” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 718]Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed that blanket or omnibus orders granting witness protection in such cases, without recording proper individual...

Stray Dogs Issue: Delhi High Court Directs Launch Of Pilot Sterilisation Camp, Says Dogs Won't Be Sent To Dog Pounds Or Killed

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to identity one ward each in their area and organize a camp for sterlization and vaccination of stray dogs there, as a pilot project. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 717]A division bench comprising Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Rajnish Kumar Gupta ordered that the initiative...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 To August 02, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 695 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 715NOMINAL INDEXSalman Khan v/s John Doe & Others 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 695SFLC.in (SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER, INDIA) v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 696ZARNIGAR FATIMA V/s THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 697Mohd. Arfin & Anr. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi 2026...

Delhi High Court Seeks NIA's Response On Appeals Filed By Kashmiri Separatist Asiya Andrabi, Others Against UAPA Conviction

Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) Chief Asiya Andrabi and two other women associates have moved the Delhi High Court against their conviction in a UAPA case. The trial court had convicted them for their involvement in a terror conspiracy and seditious activities aimed at waging war against the Government of India and promoting secession of Jammu & Kashmir.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan In MCOCA Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in a case registered against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, related to an alleged organised crime. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 716]Justice Manoj Jain said that there was discernible nexus between Balyan and other members of syndicate as well as head of the...

Central Secretariat Club Moves Delhi High Court Against Centre's Derecognition, Eviction Orders

The Central Secretariat Club has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Union Government's decision to withdraw its recognition and evict it from its premises.Filed through Advocate Nakul Gandhi, the plea seeks quashing of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) derecognition order passed on July 14 and the Estate Officer's eviction order dated July 17. According to the Club, the...

Delhi High Court Protects Cricketer Yuvraj Singh's Personality Rights Against AI Misuse, Orders Take Down Of Deepfakes

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 715]Justice Jyoti Singh observed that Yuvraj Singh had made out a prima facie case for grant of an ex parte ad interim injunction, holding that the balance of convenience was in his favour and that he would suffer irreparable harm if protection...

Employee's Compensation Act | Accident During Lunch Break At Worksite Arises Out Of Employment: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an accident suffered by a worker during a lunch break at the worksite would still be treated as one arising out of and in the course of employment under the Employee's Compensation Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 714]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri observed that a temporary break for meals does not sever the nexus between employment and the accident.The Court made...

Delhi High Court Grants 30 Days Interim Bail To Life Convict After Medical Report Confirms Fracture In Alleged Tihar Jail Assault

The Delhi High Court has granted 30 days interim bail to a life convict, after his medical report revealed that he had suffered a fracture in his forearm, lending prima facie corroboration to his allegations that he was assaulted inside Tihar Jail by the Head Warden. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 713]The division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan passed the direction while hearing...

Times Now Navbharat Moves Delhi High Court Against Network 18, Journalist Sushant Sinha Over 'Pathshala' Show

Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, which owns Times Now Navbharat, has filed a copyright infringement suit before the Delhi High Court against Network18 and journalist Sushant Sinha, alleging that Sinha's new show, "Desh Ki Pathshala", copies the format of its programme "News Ki Pathshala."For context, Sinha hosted "News Ki Pathshala" on Times Now Navbharat before leaving the channel....