Malavika Prasad is a former lawyer and now a City Reporter covering Delhi High Court for the Indian Express.
The last published article by Malavika Prasad was on 2024-07-12. This page is no longer being updated.

May 28, 2024 16:50 IST
The Delhi High Court observed that the plea was an "absolute abuse of the process of law" and said it did not give any "valid reasons" for seeking quashing of the appointment
Tue, May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024 16:19 IST
The former PFI head was arrested in September 2022 by the NIA and is currently in judicial custody.
Wed, May 29, 2024
May 28, 2024 13:13 IST
The ED registered a case against Jain on charge that he, “with the help of his family members and other persons, had acquired disproportionate assets from between 2015 and 2017, while he was a Delhi minister.
Tue, May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024 09:55 IST
The order on temporary accommodation has been reserved, the permanent allotment of land has gone to July
Tue, May 28, 2024
May 27, 2024 22:43 IST
As per lessor TWC, it entered into an agreement with SpiceJet on May 27, 2019, to lease the aircraft for 12 months at a basic monthly rent of $180,000, but the airline did not pay the rentals
Tue, May 28, 2024
May 27, 2024 15:26 IST
The petitioner also prayed for directions to restrain the BJP Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva from organising any protest or making statements relating to Arvind Kejriwal’s removal.
Mon, May 27, 2024
May 25, 2024 09:54 IST
The police registered a case against the Grovers for alleged misappropriation of funds and causing losses worth Rs 81 crore to Resilient Innovations Private Limited's (RIPL), which runs BharatPe
Sun, May 26, 2024
May 24, 2024 22:45 IST
Justice Shankar said that equivalence is a 'matter for academic bodies to decide' and courts 'cannot declare courses of study or the institutions from which such courses are undertaken, as equivalent to others'.
Fri, May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024 18:09 IST
In its reply to K Kavitha’s bail plea, the Enforcement Directorate said she was a ‘highly influential’ person accused of a grave economic offence and could tamper with evidence or influence witnesses.
Fri, May 24, 2024
May 22, 2024 21:19 IST
As per TWC Aviation Capital Limited, it entered into an agreement with SpiceJet on May 27, 2019, to lease the aircraft for 12 months at a basic monthly rent of $180,000 but the airline did not pay the rentals.
Wed, May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024 20:11 IST
Justice Sharma also said that the non-recovery of any amount of cash cannot be a proof “prima facie that no corruption” took place since the “offender’s mind uses new technology to commit offences” without leaving traces of its commission.
Wed, May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024 16:36 IST
The Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of a former LLB student who had cleared only 16 out of 30 papers.
Wed, May 22, 2024
May 21, 2024 20:21 IST
Points to finding on how integrity of decision-making was compromised
Wed, May 22, 2024
May 21, 2024 05:47 IST
The bench further said, “We refer to a quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the author of 'Crime and Punishment'... Dostoevsky writes that 'if he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake...”
Tue, May 21, 2024
May 20, 2024 21:28 IST
The order notes that the petitioner, Jacob Vadakkancherry, had not disputed the sufficiency of information supplied by the manufacturer “through the insert provided with the drug at the time of sale” by the registered pharmacist.
Mon, May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024 18:19 IST
The Delhi High Court, however, said that the interest of the passengers is to be safeguarded by the DGCA
Tue, May 21, 2024
May 20, 2024 15:09 IST
The Delhi High Court on April 22 dismissed the PIL filed by the law student seeking 'extraordinary interim bail' for Arvind Kejriwal in all the criminal cases registered against him.
Mon, May 20, 2024
May 18, 2024 11:52 IST
The Delhi High Court said that the unauthorised use of actor Jackie Shroff’s name, voice, image, likeness, mannerisms, gestures etc for commercial purposes ‘dilutes the brand equity painstakingly built’ by him over the years.
Sat, May 18, 2024
May 17, 2024 15:11 IST
A minor boy who was denied treatment at Delhi government-run hospitals after he fractured his left arm moved court seeking a direction to the Delhi government to reimburse his medical expenses and provide Rs 1 lakh compensation
Fri, May 17, 2024
May 16, 2024 21:19 IST
Around 120 mock drills have been conducted between January 1 to May 6 in schools located in the city's 10 districts, the report added.
Thu, May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024 18:17 IST
The HC was hearing a petition that highlighted that students in MCD schools and those under Delhi govt’s Directorate of Education (DoE) are being deprived of uniform, writing materials, scholarship etc”.
Thu, May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024 16:57 IST
The Delhi High Court also issued a notice to the CBI in K Kavitha's plea challenging her arrest by the agency and the trial court's subsequent order remanding her to the agency's custody.
Thu, May 16, 2024
May 15, 2024 22:28 IST
The latest status report in the matter was released Wednesday.
Wed, May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024 18:39 IST
A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain granted four weeks’ time to the Chief Minister to file his rejoinder to the ED's reply
Wed, May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024 11:59 IST
The Delhi High Court also ordered the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to ramp up testing for the "presence of chemicals in dairy units" in all the nine designated dairies, and take appropriate action in case of a violation.
Wed, May 15, 2024





