Delhi High Court Orders Round-The-Clock Police Deployment For Accused’s Mother After Alleged Attack On Home

Justice Girish Kathpalia of the Delhi High Court has directed the Uttam Nagar police to ensure round-the-clock deployment of sufficient personnel in the lane where the petitioner’s house stands, after her counsel showed CCTV footage of stones and bricks being thrown at it. The petitioner is the mother of an accused in FIR No. 122/2026, and the Court said that, whatever the case against her son, she cannot be left vulnerable to such violence.

Delhi High Court Stays Rustication Of DU Bakery Student Who Flagged Hygiene Lapses; Calls Action ‘Dictatorial’

Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court has stayed the rustication of Priyanka Rawat from a six-month Certificate Course in Bakery and Confectionery at Delhi University’s Open Learning Development Centre, holding that the penalty was imposed without a show-cause notice or hearing, and that the manner in which the Centre proceeded was ‘dictatorial’. The Centre’s counsel told the Court the procedure was not followed and that it will hold a de novo inquiry.

Delhi High Court Told Permission For Jantar Mantar Protest Against E20 Policy Rejected On Law-And-Order Grounds

Justice Amit Mahajan of the Delhi High Court has listed for October 27, 2026 a writ petition seeking permission to hold a peaceful protest against the E20 ethanol blending policy at Jantar Mantar on October 2, after the Union of India said the request had already been rejected considering the law and order situation in the area. The petitioners’ counsel sought time to challenge the rejection order.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Enhance Wife’s Interim Maintenance; Bank Transactions Not Disposable Income

The Delhi High Court has dismissed Annu Garg’s revision seeking a higher interim maintenance than the Rs 15,000 a month fixed by the Family Court, holding that bank transactions cannot, without examining their nature and source, be treated as the husband’s monthly disposable income, and that maintenance is not a fixed percentage of income.

Delhi High Court Rejects JEE Aspirant’s Plea For IIT Seat, Says Sympathy Can’t Override Eligibility Rules

The Delhi High Court has dismissed Ashi Agarwal’s writ petition seeking an IIT seat for 2026 on the basis of her JEE (Main) 2025 result, holding that alleged discrepancies in NTA’s audit log raise disputed facts unfit for writ review and that Criterion A4 of the JEE (Advanced) 2026 brochure cannot be relaxed on grounds of sympathy.

Delhi High Court Upholds Discharge Of In-Laws In Dowry Case, But Faults Sessions Judge’s ‘Conjecture’

The Delhi High Court has dismissed Poonam Tanwar’s challenge to a 2012 revisional order discharging her in-laws under Section 498A and all accused under Section 406 IPC, holding the accused-wise view was reasonably open, while disapproving the Sessions Judge’s reasoning on the car variant, her return to the matrimonial home and women implicating relatives.

Delhi High Court Declines To Allow Ramlila At Chintoo Park, Naraina; Residents’ Welfare Prevails

Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition by Shri Sanatan Dharam Ramleela Samiti against the DDA’s cancellation of its booking of Chintoo Park, Naraina for a Ramlila from September 30 to October 25, 2026, holding that maintaining the park as a green space for residents, as earlier directed, outweighs temporary use for the event.

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Stand On PIL For Independent Audit Of IRCTC Reservation System

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to take instructions on advocate Uttam Kumar’s PIL seeking an independent, technically competent audit of the IRCTC passenger reservation system, which alleges recurring technical failures, payment deductions without tickets and rapid exhaustion of displayed availability, and has listed the matter for next Wednesday.

Delhi High Court Grants UAPA Bail To Accused In ISIS-Linked Arms Case After 7.5 Years

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has granted bail to Naim @ Mohd. Naeem, accused by the NIA of arranging weapons for an alleged ISIS-linked terror module, noting that he has been in custody since January 2019, that only 42 of 112 witnesses have been examined, and that there is no possibility of the trial concluding soon.

Delhi High Court Upholds Senior Citizens Rule Allowing Eviction Of Daughter-In-Law From Mother-In-Law’s Property

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has dismissed a daughter-in-law’s challenge to Rule 22(3)(1)(i) and (iv) of the Delhi Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009, holding that the eviction rules are referable to Sections 22 and 32 of the Senior Citizens Act, and upheld an order directing her to vacate her mother-in-law’s property, noting that she has a separate house in Bahadurgarh and is employed as a Post Graduate Teacher.