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Delhi High Court restrains misuse of cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s identity

August 1, 2026 admin

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, restraining individuals and online entities from using his name, image, voice, likeness, and other personality attributes without his consent, particularly using Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfakes, and other digital technologies. Justice Jyoti Singh…

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Delhi HC seeks police response on Umar Khalid’s third bail plea

July 31, 2026 admin

Mr. Khalid has been booked under UAPA on allegations of being one of the ‘masterminds’ in the 2020 riots that left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured. | Photo Credit: file photo The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Delhi Police to respond to a plea by activist Umar Khalid seeking bail in…

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‘Can EC do whatever it wants?’: HC on deputing teachers for SIR in Delhi

July 24, 2026 admin

Booth-Level Officers in west Delhi’s Vikas Nagar area. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Election Commission’s (EC) response to a public interest litigation (PIL) plea challenging the “large-scale” deployment of government school teachers as Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) and enumeration staff for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR)…

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Freedom of press and accountability are important: Delhi High Court

July 17, 2026 admin

During the proceedings, the prosecution argued that the assault on the complainant and his colleague amounted to an attack on the freedom of the press. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court has observed that nowadays virtually anyone armed with a mobile phone and a microphone can proclaim themselves to be a “reporter”,…

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Can’t monitor court clips on recusal plea by Kejriwal: Meta, Google to Delhi High Court

July 6, 2026 admin

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. | Photo Credit: File photo Google and Meta have informed the Delhi High Court that they cannot proactively monitor and act against the unauthorised publication and dissemination of clips of court hearing on former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking recusal of…

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Plea against notice to Gymkhana Club: Delhi High Court asks Centre to reply

July 6, 2026 admin

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to petitions filed by a club member and employees’ association of the Delhi Gymkhana Club challenging the June 29 show-cause notice by the Estate Officer of the L&DO, asking the club and all its occupants to explain why eviction proceedings should not be initiated…

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Delhi Gymkhana Club staff, members challenge Centre’s fresh eviction move in HC

July 4, 2026 admin

The members of the Delhi Gymkhana Club and its employees’ association have approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre’s show-cause notice proposing their eviction from the 27.3-acre premises in Lutyens’ Delhi. The applications have been moved in two pending suits, one by club member Vijay Khurana and another by the club’s staff welfare association,…

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Delhi HC defers hearing on Indian Polo Association’s plea over eviction from Jaipur Polo Ground

July 2, 2026 admin

Jaipur Polo Ground’s gates closed after the takeover by the Centre through the Land and Development Office (L&DO), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) posted the hearing next for July 9 on the Indian Polo Association’s petition against a sessions court’s decision refusing to stay…

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Delhi High Court allows minor son to donate part of liver to save father’s life

June 30, 2026 admin

File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court has permitted a 17-year-old boy to donate a part of his liver to save the life of his ailing father, undergoing treatment for chronic liver disease at a hospital in the national capital, holding that the case met the stringent…

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HC junks BSES pleas against Delhi government’s proposed CAG audit

June 22, 2026 admin

Image for representational purposes only. The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to interfere with the Delhi government’s proposal to have the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit power distribution companies BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. A vacation Bench led by Justice Tejas Karia dismissed petitions filed by the discoms, holding…

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