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Delhi police propose murder charges in Sunanda Pushkar case

Counsel for Delhi police read out statements by witnesses and medical board opinions while urging the court to decide if Pushkar had been murdered or if Tharoor had been responsible for her suicide.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor addresses a press conference at AICC headquarters in New Delhi.(PTI)
Published on Aug 31, 2019 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Sunanda Pushkar Case: ‘Shashi Tharoor fought with her in Dubai,’ court told

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court is hearing a case on the framing of charges against Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar’s death

Delhi Police had said Tharoor’s wife Sunanda’s body had as many as 15 injury marks caused by blunt force.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Targeted because we are from a particular political party: Karti Chidambaram

Karti, who is also being probed in the INX Media case along with his father, raised questions on the nature of the probe and said, “This is just a show. It is a false case and theatrics. My father and I are being targeted because we are the part of a particular party,” he said.

Karti, who is also being probed in the INX Media case along with his father, raised questions on the nature of the probe.(Reuters)
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Serious allegations, says judge; sends Chidambaram to CBI custody for 4 days

Chidambaram was brought to the Rouse Avenue court complex around 3 pm after a medical check-up. His son Karti and wife Nalini had arrived much earlier. So did his team of lawyers including senior Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Singhvi.

The 73-year-old politician was arrested yesterday, about 90 minutes after he made a surprise appearance before television cameras at the Congress headquarters to rebut criticism that he was on the run. (HT Photo by Raj K Raj)
Updated on Jun 19, 2020 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka and Namita Singh

INX media case: On CBI’s ‘evasive to questioning’ charge, P Chidambaram’s firm reply in court

P Chidambaram sought to take down the CBI, which had arrested him last night from his house after scaling the complex boundary wall, telling the CBI judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar to requisition the transcript of his questioning by the agency sleuths on June 6 last year.

The CBI said Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation was necessary to unearth the “quid pro quo and larger conspiracy” and he is required to be confronted with documents. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 19, 2020 05:24 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | ByRicha Banka and Namita Singh

Chidambaram Arrest in INX Media Case: CBI gives 5 reasons for former FM’s custody

Chidambaram Arrest in INX Media Case: CBI’s arguments for custodial interrogation of highlighted Chidambaram’s alleged non-cooperation and silence during questioning in the past.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram flanked by CBI officials, on the way to the CBI court(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | ByRicha Banka and Namita Singh

Prem Nagar residents forced to walk the deadly tracks, demand underpass

Prem Nagar Colony is located along the serpentine railway tracks near the Patel Nagar railway station.

School children walk on railway tracks to reach school, at Prem Nagar, in New Delhi.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 03:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Anticipatory bail denied, Chidambaram gets visits by CBI, ED

Teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), both of which are investigating the INX media case, visited Chidambaram’s residence in the evening to arrest him but left after they couldn’t find him.

The CBI and the ED teams at senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s house in New Delhi on August 20, 2019. (Photo by Biplov Bhuyan/HT)
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Was going to Harvard, Shah Faesal petitions court on detention at Delhi airport

In his petition, the civil servant-turned-politician told the high court that he was at the Delhi airport on the night intervening August 14 and 15 to travel to Harvard University, Boston to pursue his academic career.

Shah Faesal, the IAS topper who quit the civil services to launch his political party this year, moved to the Delhi High Court challenging his detention at the Delhi airport from where he was sent back to Jammu and Kashmir.(Reuters file photo)
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 08:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Government defends segregation of students in Chunauti format

The state government’s Chunauti scheme aims to improve the learning levels of students from classes 6 to 9.

The reply comes on a plea filed by the Parents Forum for Meaningful Education, which said the children were facing discrimination due to their segregation.(HT image)
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Steel unit in Delhi challenges closure notice

Justice Vibhu Bakhru said DPCC will not take any steps to recover the EDC till next date of hearing, September 18. The court posted the matter to be heard with a bunch of other similar petitions.

The Delhi High Court.(HT image)
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Lens on Select City Walk for charging parking fee from visitors

The south civic body’s reply came while hearing a contempt plea which had contended that malls and hospitals are still charging for parking fee despite the order of the court.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that they had issued a notice to Select City Walk mall in October last year for charging parking fee from visitors.(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 15, 2019 04:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Mobile app to report missing persons in final stage

In a status report filed through advocate Rahul Mehra, standing counsel (criminal), the Delhi government apprised the court of the development and told the court that the work was issued to the department concerned on June 28.

The high court had recently asked the authorities to take a strict stance on the recovery of missing children.(AFP/ Representational image)
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Delhi High Court bench orders special fund to help burn victims

The fund will be generated by the penalty (cost) that the high court bench of Justice Najmi Waziri imposes in other cases of litigation on either of the parties.

A single-judge bench of Delhi High Court has started a fund for rehabilitation of the victims of burns.(Mint)
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 03:35 AM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Delhi HC stops further cutting of trees near Sunder Nagar

The Delhi High Court also asked the Delhi government’s public works department (PWD) to give a detailed drainage plan to check water logging in underground U-turns.

The Delhi High Court on Monday restrained the authorities from further felling trees for the construction of an underground U-turn at Sunder Nagar.(Pradeep Gaur/Mint)
Updated on Aug 05, 2019 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

High Court orders special screening of upcoming film on Batla house encounter

The plea was filed by Ariz Khan— one of the accused in the 2008 shoot out—and Shahzad Ahmad — convicted of the murder of a police officer during the encounter.

The plea alleged the filmmakers had “willfully and deliberately ignored the legal processes” and “tried to portray a definitive account of the alleged incidents” which might affect their trials.(Photo: Pradeep Gaur/ Mint)
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 04:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

FSL officials in dock for fake DNA report

FSL had informed the court that the DNA recovered from the victim did not match that of the accused Khurseed. The court was also informed that the sample has been destroyed.

High court bench directed the CBI to investigate the anomalies in the FSL reports and register a preliminary inquiry to look into the working of the department, particularly preparation of DNA test reports.(HT FILE)
Published on Aug 01, 2019 07:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Delhi High Court sets aside JNU V-C order on chairperson posting

JNU’s counsel contended that the plea which challenges the chairperson selection for Centre for Linguistic Study is premature but the court observed that chairpersons were appointed from same centre.

The issue regarding chairperson posting arose when Centre for Linguistic Study chairperson was chosen, according to a plea filed, in contravention of the rules and regulations laid by the JNU Act.(Hindustan Times/Sonu Mehta/HT Photos)
Updated on Jul 30, 2019 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

HC pulls up NBCC for copying Nauroji Nagar’s green assessment report

A bench of justice G S Sistani and justice Jyoti Singh sought to know from NBCC India as to how EIA for the Nauroji Nagar project could be given based on the report of some other project.

The Delhi high court Monday told the NBCC India that it will have to satisfy the court on the environment impact assessment (EIA) report for the Nauroji Nagar redevelopment project .(Pradeep Gaur/Mint)
Updated on Jul 29, 2019 11:01 PM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Businessman at centre of CBI vs CBI row arrested

Special Judge S Malik remanded businessman Sana Satish Babu in five days in custody on Saturday

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a Hyderabad-based businessman who filed the complaint that prompted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case of corruption against its own former second-in-command, Rakesh Asthana, and triggered upheaval in the top echelons of the agency.(Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 28, 2019 01:11 AM IST
New Delhi | BySudhi Ranjan Sen and Richa Banka

Delhi HC stays general body meeting of Gymkhana Club after allegations of fraud

Justice Suresh Kait also sought the response of the Centre and the Gymkhana Club on the plea by one Sanjeev Mohan Ahluwalia, who alleged serious fraud and favouritism in the functioning of the Club.

The Gymkhana Club has refuted all allegations made in the plea.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Man petitioned high court to ban IPL auctions, judges fine him Rs 25,000

The plea had contended that the players go through the auctioning process where they are purchased and sold through bidding corporates thus amounting to illegal human trafficking.

A man who had filed public interest litigation challenging the auctioning of cricketers in the IPL, comparing it to human trafficking, has been fined Rs 25,000 by the Delhi High Court.(File photo for representation)
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 04:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

HC directs Delhi LG to decide on transformers in Chandni Chowk

On July 19, the L-G had conducted a meeting with stakeholders where he had referred the matter of deciding on the location of transformers to the Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC).

Trransformers in Chandni Chowk , Delhi.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 04:19 AM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Delhi govt employees health scheme can’t be extended to all family members: HC

Rejecting the plea of a retired government teacher who had sought inclusion of his widowed daughter-in-law and minor grandson in the scheme, justice Vibhu Bakhru said DGEHS is a contributory scheme.

The court said the facilities would not be extended to all family members of an employee/retired employee.(Photo: Pradeep Gaur/ Mint)
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Farmhouses can’t operate as banquet halls: Delhi High Court

The ruling came as the high court heard a plea by Manaktala Farms, through its owner, which challenged an order of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 08:06 AM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

FSL seeks two months to start fingerprint system

The technique called “brain fingerprinting” involves measuring of brain activity in response to different words, phrases or questions.

The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Rohini, on Monday sought two more months from the Delhi High Court to start operating its brain fingerprinting system , which was recently procured from the United States.(AFP Photo)
Published on Jul 23, 2019 03:29 AM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

No weekly markets on Netaji Subhash Marg, says Dehi HC

The decision comes after the North Delhi Municipal Corporation moved the court seeking a modification of its earlier order wherein it gave temporary relief to vendors by allowing them to have weekend markets.

On July 3, the north body gave a list of squatting and non-squatting zones prepared on the basis of joint inspections.(HT File photo)
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 04:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Cannot videograph Sentence Review Board meetings, government tells Delhi High Court

In an affidavit submitted before a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar, the additional standing counsel of the Delhi government, advocate Gautam Narayan told the court that no instances of bias were cited by the petitioner.

The Delhi government Thursday informed the Delhi high court that it cannot videograph proceedings of the Sentence Review Board (photo:pradeep gaur/mint
Published on Jul 13, 2019 10:08 AM IST
New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Police verification must for foreign volunteers with NGOs, says Delhi govt

On Friday, the Delhi High Court disposed off a plea, which had sought the formation of rules and regulations regarding volunteers and donors in special schools and institutions, based on the government’s submission.

Kumar’s lawyer, Ajay Verma had contended that police verification of the volunteers should be conducted to stop such incidents. Image used for representational purpose only.(Pradeep Gaur/ Mint)
Updated on Jul 10, 2019 04:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka
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