Delhi High Court Directs Meta To Pull Down Fake Instagram Accounts Posting Obscene Photos Of Minor

Coming to the rescue of a 15-year-old minor girl, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 25) directed Meta, which owns social media platform Instagram, to take action against fake accounts posting her obscene photos.Justice Manoj Jain further directed the platform to disclose details of the persons behind the fake accounts.“Defendant no. 1 is directed to provide Basic Subscriber Information (BSI) including IP details of said defendant nos. 2 to 6 and is also directed to action qua the URLs as...

Taxpayers Must Be Vigilant About Communications On GST Portal, Department Can't Be Blamed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that if an assessee fails to respond to a show cause notice duly communicated to it on the GST portal, the Department cannot be blamed for passing an order raising demand, without hearing the assessee.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed,“Since the Petitioner has not been diligent in checking the portal, no...

S.187(3) BNSS | Chargesheet Filed Without Obtaining Sanction To Prosecute Under Arms Act Not Incomplete, No Default Bail: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that an accused under the Arms Act, 1959 cannot seek default bail under Section 187(3) of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 merely on the ground that the chargesheet filed against him in terms of Section 193(3) BNSS, lacks the sanction to prosecute.Sanction under Section 39 of the Arms Act is mandatory to prosecute a person for offences under Sections 25/ 27.Justice Tejas Karia conceded that if an incomplete chargesheet is filed by the...

High Court Asks Delhi Police To Explain Alleged Lapses In Handling Custody Of Girls Rescued From Trafficking Racket

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to explain its alleged negligence in handling the custody of eight girls (minor and adult) rescued from a commercial sexual exploitation racket in the city's Burari area.Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice on the plea moved by NGO Just Rights For Children Alliance.The organisation submitted that in terms of Section 31 of Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the agency should have produced the minor girls before the Child Welfare Committee.The provision states...

Delhi High Court Issues Further Directions On Tree Felling, Says Project Proponent Responsible For Maintaining Transplanted Trees For 5 Yrs

The Delhi High Court recently issued various directions to ensure that the standard operating procedure (SOP) on felling or transplantation of trees in the national capital be "implemented in an effective manner to achieve the desired objective".Issuing a slew of directions Justice Jasmeet Singh ordered that the DCF or Tree Officer shall be involved at the very stage of planning of a project which involves felling or transplantation of trees.“Additionally, the compensatory plantation shall...

Must Stop 'Unabashed Abuse' Of Protected Content: Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Plus Injunction Against Piracy Of 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

The Delhi High Court has granted Dynamic+ injunction in favour of British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform Dazn Limited, restraining rogue websites from infringing its exclusive rights to air FIFA Club World Cup 2025, being played in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025.In doing so, Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed,“The present case, prima facie, appears...

Non-Compete Clause Can't Curtail Right Of Employee To Get Employment After Notice Period: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 25) held that terms of an employment contract that imposes a restriction on right of the employee to get employed post-termination of the contract are 'void', for contrary to Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act.Section 27 declares agreements in restraint of trade as void.Justice Tejas Karia held that after termination of employment, the non-compete...

Delhi High Court Seeks HDFC's Response On Customer's Plea Alleging ₹74 Lakhs Fraud Transaction Through Unauthorised 'Virtual Debit Card'

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Reserve Bank of India, RBI Banking Ombudsman and the HDFC Bank on a customer's plea alleging that he was defrauded of ₹74 lakhs, by creation of a virtual debit card without his authorisation.Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the respondents to file their counter-affidavits in the matter in four weeks.As per Petitioner-Manmohan Kumar,...

'No Intention To Infringe': Lenskart Tells Delhi High Court Over 'Mistake' In Using Titan's Trademarks On Website & As Meta Tags

Indian multinational eyewear company Lenskart recently admitted to its mistake in using Tata owned eyewear brand Titan's trademarks on its website and in meta tags.Titan Company Limited had sued Peyush Bansal's Lenskart for infringement of its trademarks Titan, Titan Eye+ and Fastrack.The company claimed that its registered marks are used on Lenskart's website and also as meta tags to the...

'Exclusivity May Vanish': Delhi High Court While Granting Interim Relief To Volvo Against Knock-Off Indian Buses

The Delhi High Court recently issued an ex-parte ad interim injunction restraining a bus manufacturer and two inter-city bus service providers, from infringing the 'grille slash' trademark of Sweden-based renowned Volvo buses.Justice Amit Bansal noted that the Defendants deliberately and dishonestly created buses bearing lookalike of Volvo's trademark to encash upon the company's good...

High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan's Bail Plea In MCOCA Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Delhi Police on a plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan seeking bail in a case registered against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, related to an alleged organised crime.Vacation judge Justice Manoj Jain issued notice to the Delhi Police on Balyan's fresh regular bail plea....

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTube Channel Using Deepfake Impersonations Of Aaj Tak's Anjana Om Kashyap

The Delhi High Court has ordered Google LLC to take down a “fake” YouTube channel using news clipping, videos and deepfake impersonations of Anjana Om Kashyap, anchor and Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Aaj Tak news channel. Vacation judge Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that such fake YouTube pages or fake profiles being made using the goodwill of Kashyap and the news...