Investigating Officer Failed To Appear Before Trial Court Over 20 Times, Undertrials Spent 6 Yrs In Jail: Delhi High Court Laments

The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to sensitise the Investigating Officers (IOs) to ensure their timely cooperation in the expeditious conclusion of pending cases, particularly those involving accused persons who have remained in custody for a considerable long period. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 781]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while granting bail to two accused who had remained incarcerated for about six years in a 2020 murder case. The Court took...

'Passing The Buck': Delhi High Court Pulls Up Pollution Control Bodies Over 4-Year-Old Hazardous Waste Container

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for “passing the buck” over the disposal of hazardous goods lying in a container at the Inland Container Depot (ICD), Tughlakabad, for nearly four years. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 780]A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Shail Jain observed...

Delhi High Court Asks DSLSA Committee To Consider Giving Preference To 3rd-Year Law Students In Para Legal Volunteers Selection

The Delhi High Court has asked the District Legal Services Authority (DALSA) Committee responsible for selecting Para-Legal Volunteers (PLVs) to consider giving preference to third-year law students, noting that they would be passing out soon. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 779]Justice Jasmeet Singh requested the Committee to conclude the selection procedure for PLVs as per the extant rules and regulation at the earliest. It reasoned that the same will enable law students, who are in their 2nd and 3rd...

'Authorities Best Placed To Decide': Delhi High Court To Lawyer Troubled By Traffic Near His Connaught Place Office

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer seeking immediate deployment of traffic marshals at the Connaught Place to ensure uninterrupted vehicular flow. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 778]Referring to a division bench decision, Justice Amit Bansal noted that the traffic authorities are in best position to decide the regulation of traffic in the city and that the issue cannot be raised...

Lack Of Infrastructure, Doctors Can't Justify Excluding MD Geriatric Medicine From DM Super Speciality Courses: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to reconsider and include MD (Geriatric Medicine) as an eligible feeder qualification for admission to DM super-speciality courses via National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test- Super Specialty (NEET-SS) and Institute of National Importance – Super Specialty (INISS) examination. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 777]Justice Jasmeet...

Personality Rights Can't Extinguish Caricature, Lampooning Or Parody Unless Commercial Exploitation Is Involved: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has cautioned that the concept of personality rights cannot be deployed in an overbroad manner to prevent dissemination of information concerning wrongdoing or to extinguish forms of expression such as caricature, lampooning and parody, particularly where such expression does not amount to commercial exploitation of an individual's personality or publicity rights....

Delhi High Court Refuses Blanket Takedown Order In Janhvi Kapoor's Personality Rights Suit But Orders Removal Of Vulgar Content

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant a blanket takedown order covering 6,884 allegedly offending URLs in Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor's personality rights suit. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 776]Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani however directed the removal of 552 offending URLs containing content that appeared to be “grossly sexually vulgar or pornographic” against her. The Court observed that...

Delhi High Court Declares August 27 As Holiday; Sitting Days In Lieu Announced

The Delhi High Court has declared August 27, Thursday, as a holiday for the High Court as well as the courts subordinate to it.In lieu of the holiday, the High Court has declared September 19, as a Court sitting day for the High Court whereas September 12, will be a Court sitting day for the subordinate courts.The notification, issued by the Registry today, further provides that cases...

CJP's Saurav Das Moves Delhi High Court Against Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Jaipur Dialogues Etc For Revealing Personal Info

Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court against commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra, and certain web portals over allegations of revealing his residential address and personal information on social media.The suit seeks mandatory and permanent injunction against the defendants, which also include portals such Sunday Guardian, Jaipur Dialogues, Pamphlet...

'Gruesome': Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Chopping Wife's Body, Dumping It In Septic Tank

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of murdering his wife, chopping her body into pieces and dumping the remains in a septic tank. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 775]Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that the “gruesome manner” in which the crime was committed cannot be ignored while considering bail.The Court dismissed the bail application filed by one Ashu Pal in relation to an...

Court Can't Prescribe Methodology For Fixing Property Tax In Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that court, in exercise of its writ jurisdiction, cannot direct formulation of a particular methodology to determine rateable value and assess property tax as such matters fall within the statutory and administrative domain of the competent authority. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 774]A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Khetarpal and Justice Shail Jain dismissed a...

Delhi High Court Restrains FIITJEE Directors From Travelling Abroad, Orders Attachment Of ₹66 Lakh Over Unpaid Rent Dues

The Delhi High Court has restrained the directors of test-prep coaching institute FIITJEE Limited from travelling outside the country without its permission in a case involving unpaid rent dues. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 773]Justice Sachin Datta also ordered attachment of Rs. 66.31 lakh lying in the bank account of the company's sister concern towards alleged unpaid rent dues.The Court also ordered...