Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, including his name, image, voice, and likeness. In his petition, the actor argued that his identity was being misused without authorization by several online platforms and digital content creators, causing both reputational damage and the risk of misleading the...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and six others in the larger conspiracy case linked to the February 2020 Delhi riots. The bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur ruled that the accused must remain in custody while trial proceedings continue. The...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas filed by former JNU student leaders Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, along with seven other accused in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots. The nine accused have been in detention since 2020, with the trial yet to commence. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Navin...
The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed the Central Information Commission (CIC)’s 2016 order that had directed Delhi University to allow inspection of records of all students who cleared the BA exam in 1978, the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi graduated. The judgment, delivered by a bench headed by Justice Sachin Datta, ruled in favour...
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court granted anticipatory bail to Prabir Purkayastha, the founder of NewsClick, in a foreign funding case initiated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna’s bench also approved anticipatory bail for Prabir in the money laundering case linked to the EOW investigation. “Bail granted,”...