Delhi HC

Supreme Court imposed status quo orders on August 18, preventing Committee of Administrators formed by Delhi High Court from taking over Indian Olympic Association. IOA and Center had petitioned SC in response to Delhi HC's decision. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Center, pointed out "India has already been suspended from FIFA. The Olympic Association may also suspend the Indian Olympic Association if CoA is appointed as 'third… read-more

The Delhi HC reviewed Smriti Irani's petition filed against Congress leaders, Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'souza for a post claiming BJP Minister Irani's daughter Zoish Irani is running an illegal bar in Goa. In this regard, the court issued summons to Ramesh and others, asking to delete all their social media posts. Meanwhile, Ramesh tweeted, "We will challenge and disprove the spin being put out by Ms. Irani."

The Delhi High Court bench reviewed a petition and stayed a ban on levying service charges on food bills, for restaurants. During the hearing, the court said, hotels and restaurants have no restriction in fixing prices of food, therefore adding extra charges for services in unfair trade practices, and shouldn't be entertained. Furthermore, citing the CCPA guidelines for hotel and restaurants, which are not allowed to take additional charges… read-more

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi HC seeking to stop the operation of SpiceJet flights on the country, citing safety concerns over certain recent incidents. Hearing the plea, the court dismissed the petition on the grounds that "the court cannot stop a particular airline from operating based on averments in a PIL and press clippings". The court then stated that DGCA is looking into recent occurrences.

Bhagwati Sharma, a 77-year-old woman who was arrested in a cheating case, has been granted bail by Delhi High Court, on June 30. Sharma was arrested upon her return from Canada, and was sentenced to judicial custody since May 31. She allegedly cheated Rs 37 lakh, in an agreement to sale of a property worth Rs 3.08 crore. The bail was granted after a bond of Rs 50,000 was obtained.