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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…
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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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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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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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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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has pulled up a lawyer for virtually appearing before it from a park and said hybrid courts were still courts and a decorum should be maintained. Justice Girish Kathpalia said the lawyer even switched off his video during the course of dictation of the court’s order. When an advocate…
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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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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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New Delhi: Gender neutrality is the hallmark of a fair justice delivery system and crimes involving serious bodily injuries must be firmly dealt with, irrespective of the perpetrator being a man or a woman, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of a…
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has significantly held the consent to have sex doesn’t allow capturing private moments and posting it on social media. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma while dismissing the bail application by a rape accused said consent did not extend to permitting misuse and exploitation of private images. “Even if the consent…
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