New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will pass an interim order protecting the personality and publicity rights of cricketer Abhishek Sharma in a suit seeking the removal of alleged unauthorised and objectionable online content that misuses his identity across digital platforms. A single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh issued summons in the suit and indicated that interim directions would be passed to remove and take down the infringing links identified by the pl…
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New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has held that the suspension of an employee of a recognised private school automatically lapses if it is not approved by the Directorate of Education (DoE) within 15 days, clarifying that any approval granted thereafter cannot revive the suspension. A Full Bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar, Om Prakash Shukla and Renu Bhatnagar answered a reference arising out of conflicting Division Bench judgments on the interpretation of the second proviso …
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of two interim bail applications filed by Al-Falah Trust money laundering case accused Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui to the Bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee, before whom his regular bail plea in one of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) cases is also pending. The interim bail applications, arising out of two separate ED cases, were listed before the Benches of Justice Manoj Jain and Justice Madhu Jain.Appearing for Siddiqui, c…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted regular bail to advocate B. Mohanraj, an accused in the Rs 200 crore extortion case allegedly orchestrated by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, holding that his continued incarceration as an undertrial was unwarranted despite the stringent bail restrictions under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).Allowing the bail plea, a single-judge Bench Justice Prateek Jalan observed that Mohanraj had spent nearly four years a…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of alleged Indian Mujahideen media cell head Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy in the 2008 Delhi serial blasts case, holding that the gravity of the terror allegations, the material collected against him, and the advanced stage of the trial outweighed the long period of his incarceration as an undertrial. A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain dismissed Peerbhoy’s appeal challenging a trial court order r…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Two brothers, both convicted to life imprisonment in a 1996 Delhi murder case and absconding for nearly a decade, have been arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in separate operations conducted in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. One of the accused, Firasat Ali, was also wanted in a sensational 2006 Mumbai contract killing case involving the brutal murder and dismemberment of a man. According to the Delhi Police Crime Branch, the arrests were made by a team of the Anti-…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Athar Khan, an accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that there was a prima facie case against him and observing that he posed a flight risk and could influence witnesses.A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain dismissed Khan’s appeal challenging a trial court order rejecting his bail plea under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).U…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to take a decision within two weeks on the show-cause notice issued to wrestler Vinesh Phogat, while closing as infructuous her petition challenging exclusion from the Asian Games 2026 selection trials. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that the writ petition had become infructuous since Phogat had already been permitted to participate in the selection trials pursu…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) concerned to inquire into the circumstances under which an Investigating Officer (IO) sought permission to travel to Mumbai for the “search and arrest” of an accused despite the latter being under interim protection from arrest. A single-judge Bench of Justice Prateek Jalan passed the direction while hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Amit Jain in connection with an FIR registered at Subhash Pla…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted an ex parte ad-interim injunction in favour of actor and BJP MP, Ravi Kishan, restraining multiple entities from unauthorised commercial exploitation of his name, image, voice and other personality attributes, including through Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfake technology and other digital tools.A single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim order in a commercial suit filed by Ravi Kishan alias Ravindra Shukla against…