Delhi High Court flagged an emerging trend of complainants adding rape and other sexual misconduct allegations in matrimonial disputes to pressure in-laws into hefty settlements, observing that such accusations are increasingly being used to compel compromise after the Arnesh Kumar ruling.
The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, known as Engineer Rashid, from June 25 to June 30 for participating in his father’s post-death rituals, while directing him to surrender after expiry of previously granted interim bail linked to last rites.
Delhi High Court allowed Sheikh Abdul Rashid to meet father at AIIMS Delhi daily for 12 hours till May 10, with police escort and mandatory return to jail.
Delhi High Court protected personality rights of Arjun Kapoor, restraining misuse of identity. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ordered removal of infringing content including deepfakes, merchandise misuse, and impersonation materials.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected recusal pleas, saying allegations lacked proof and could damage judicial independence. The Delhi High Court ruled that courts cannot be influenced by narratives, politics, or “forum shopping.”
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the Justice Asha Menon Advisory Committee has no power to decide legal disputes on transgender recruitment. It granted relief to petitioners and said courts—not committees—must decide such rights-based issues.
The Delhi High Court ordered restoration of the Dr Nimo Yadav X account but allowed the government to continue blocking certain tweets against PM Narendra Modi. The Court said the flagged tweets will remain temporarily blocked and will be reviewed by a Review Committee.
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking more details in the Air India crash preliminary report, questioning the petitioner’s motive. The Court said such information can be sought through RTI and refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order.
The Delhi High Court summoned a Sub-Inspector from Gurugram’s Economic Offences Wing after a financial services company alleged that Investigating Officer SI Sanjay threatened its representatives and behaved rudely with their lawyer when she tried serving a notice on him.
The Supreme Court dismissed Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita’s plea seeking reconstruction of case diaries linked to the 2020 Delhi riots investigation. The Court refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order, allowing Kalita to raise allegations of tampering during the trial.
