New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday extended the interim suspension of sentence granted to Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav in connection with cheque bounce cases. Observing that the actor had already made substantial payments to the complainant company, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said it was not inclined to send him back to jail at this stage. “I am not sending him to jail. He has already made substantial payment. I will be hearing the main petit…
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New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Observing that delays in judicial proceedings cannot operate to the disadvantage of the claimant, the Delhi High Court has held that interim maintenance awarded to a wife and her children under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) should ordinarily be granted from the date of filing the application, rather than from the date of the court’s order. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma modified an order passed by a Family Court, which had…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking the transfer of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition in the Delhi excise policy case from the Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.In his representation, former Delhi CM Kejriwal requested Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya – who is the master of the roster -that the case be reassigned to a different Bench of the Delhi …
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by a woman advocate challenging the discharge of her former partner and two others in a case alleging rape, deceitful marriage, wrongful confinement, and criminal intimidation. Holding that the material on record reflected a long‑standing consensual relationship rather than sexual exploitation, a single‑judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma upheld the Sessions Court’s order discharging Irshad Ali Kh…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with an order granting Rs 26,000 per month as interim maintenance to a woman under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDV Act), holding that unproven allegations of adultery cannot be a ground to deny such relief at the interim stage. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by the husband, who had challenged concurrent orders of a magistrate and a sess…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has enhanced the interim maintenance awarded to a woman in a matrimonial dispute from Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,500 per month, holding that the husband’s allegation that she was employed as a nursery teacher was unsupported by any documentary evidence.A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma partly allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the wife, who had challenged an order of the Family Court, Shahdara, granting her Rs 2,500 per month as …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Sandeepa Virk in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), saying that the allegations date back to 2008–2013, while the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) was registered only in 2025. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma allowed the bail plea in a case arising from an ECIR lodged by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), holding that there was no justifi…