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Delhi High Court rejects plea against tax exemption for agricultural income in Capital

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Delhi High Court rejects plea against tax exemption for agricultural income in Capital

Petitioner Aakash Goel, in his plea, said the “continued blanket exemption” of agricultural income from taxation for Delhi residents resulted in fiscal inequality and amounted to an arbitrary classification among taxpayers. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) rejected a petition against the blanket exemption from tax…

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Delhi HC to pass interim order protecting Shashi Tharoor’s personality rights over deepfake videos

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Delhi HC to pass interim order protecting Shashi Tharoor’s personality rights over deepfake videos

FIle photo of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) said it will pass an interim order to protect personality rights of Mr Shashi Tharoor, after the Congress leader moved court seeking removal of deepfake videos of him circulating online falsely attributing statements to him…

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Delhi HC protects actor Arjun Kapoor’s personality rights

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Delhi HC protects actor Arjun Kapoor’s personality rights

The Delhi High Court directed Meta and Google to disclose the ‘Basic Subscriber Information’ of certain allegedly offending Facebook/Instagram accounts and YouTube channels, respectively. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of actor Arjun Kapoor restraining several websites, online platforms from unauthorised commercial use of his name, image,…

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“Being In WhatsApp Groups Doesn’t Indicate Criminality”: Umar Khalid To Court

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“Being In WhatsApp Groups Doesn’t Indicate Criminality”: Umar Khalid To Court

New Delhi: Activist Umar Khalid on Thursday argued in the Delhi High Court that his mere presence in WhatsApp groups was not enough to attribute any criminality to him and the police equated staging protests and attending meetings with terror. Senior advocate Trideep Pais, while representing Khalid, argued before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla…

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Court Refuses To Cancel FIR Against Swati Maliwal For Sharing Rape Victim’s Name

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Court Refuses To Cancel FIR Against Swati Maliwal For Sharing Rape Victim’s Name

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR against AAP MP Swati Maliwal for allegedly disclosing the identity of a 14-year-old rape victim who succumbed to injuries. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said Maliwal’s claim that she was protected from prosecution as her actions were in good faith would have to be…

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‘Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse’: Delhi High Court Judge

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‘Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse’: Delhi High Court Judge

New Delhi: Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court called for having strong provisions in the law not only to protect women, but also men. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Justice Singh also pointed at numerous cases that take a long time – 10 to 15 years – to be decided, which…

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Delhi High Court Sends Ex-Judge’s ‘Freebies Are Corruption’ Plea To Top Court

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Delhi High Court Sends Ex-Judge’s ‘Freebies Are Corruption’ Plea To Top Court

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to hear a petition filed by an ex-judge, Justice SN Dhingra, against freebies promised by the AAP, BJP, and Congress before last week’s Delhi election. In his complaint, Justice Dhingra alleged that such promises by political parties amounted to “corrupt practices”, as under the Representation of…

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Relief For AAP Before Polls, Court Turns Down BJP Plea Over Central Audits

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Relief For AAP Before Polls, Court Turns Down BJP Plea Over Central Audits

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to direct a sitting of the state assembly for tabling several CAG reports on governance. Justice Sachin Datta, however, said there was an “inordinate delay” on part of the Delhi government in the matter. The court underlined the tabling of the audit reports was mandatory under…

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