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Face CBI on March 25 in Delhi, won’t be arrested: Delhi HC tells Tejashwi Yadav
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma recorded the submission of the CBI counsel who said Tejashwi may appear physically this month and the agency is not going to arrest him in the alleged land for job case
Updated on Mar 16, 2023 01:16 PM IST
Maintaining a surplus cannot be seen as commercialisation of education: Delhi HC
The court further said that the directorate of education cannot act as an appellate body and reject the financial documents, in absence of any evidence, to show that the accounts were not prepared following applicable standards or were rejected by tax authorities
Published on Mar 15, 2023 11:39 PM IST
‘Quash CBI summons’: Tejashwi Yadav asks Delhi HC in land-for-jobs case
Tejashwi Yadav’s plea is expected to be taken up by the Delhi high court’s bench of justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma on Thursday.
Published on Mar 15, 2023 10:22 PM IST
DGCA to constitute panel to hear plea against Shankar Mishra’s flying ban
Mishra, who is out on bail, was arrested in January for allegedly urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger in the business class of a New York-New Delhi Air India flight in November
Published on Mar 15, 2023 04:40 PM IST
Missile misfire into Pak could have led to a warlike situation: Govt to Delhi HC
Wing Commander Abhinav Sharma and two other officers were dismissed by the IAF for ‘gross negligence’ which led to the accidental firing. Sharma has challenged the IAF's action in the high court.
Updated on Mar 15, 2023 05:40 AM IST
Delhi HC flags conversion of public places of worship into ‘private tenements’
The court denied relief to a petitioner seeking de-sealing of a prime property next to Masjid Zabta Ganj near India Gate, calling him an “unauthorised occupant”
Published on Mar 14, 2023 10:57 AM IST
Imam can’t stake claim over waqf mosque: Delhi HC rules
The court’s remarks came while dealing with a petition related to a property next to Masjid Zabta Ganj at central Delhi’s Man Singh Road
Published on Mar 14, 2023 12:32 AM IST
Capital’s green cover doubled in two decades: Centre to Delhi high court
Quoting from the India State Forest Report (IFSR) 2021 published by Forest Survey of India, the Centre in an affidavit said that the increase in the green cover depicts gradual improvement in its percentage share of the geographical area of the state from 10.2% in 2001 to 23.06% in 2021
Published on Mar 14, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Delhi HC grants pre-arrest bail to BJP leader booked in Tamil Nadu for fake news
Cases have been lodged over the posting of unverified information amid rumours of attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu
Updated on Mar 07, 2023 01:13 PM IST
Tighten rules to check language across OTT mediums, Delhi high court tells govt
Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma’s observation came while upholding a direction to register an FIR against TVF Media Labs and actors of its web series.
Updated on Mar 07, 2023 04:34 AM IST
Richa Banka, New Delhi
Bihar migrants in TN: UP BJP spokesperson moves Delhi HC for pre-arrest bail
The Tamil Nadu police have registered a case against Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesperson Prashant Kumar Umrao for allegedly spreading fake news about migrant workers from Bihar being killed in the south Indian state
Updated on Mar 06, 2023 05:02 PM IST
HC cancels order for FIR against BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain, brother in rape case
Justice Amit Mahajan ruled that the two brothers did not have a right to be heard when the woman first approached the sessions court to file an FIR against them but the right could not be taken away in a challenge
Updated on Mar 06, 2023 01:09 PM IST
Delhi HC stays NGT’s order on tree pruning in Vasant Vihar
Sanjeev Bagai, a Padma Shri awardee, had moved the high court challenging the NGT’s January 19 order, contending that around 800 trees in the area have been pruned or copped off, without following proper procedure and guidelines
Published on Mar 05, 2023 12:07 AM IST
‘Truth has become a victim of false news; even judges are not…': CJI Chandrachud
Speaking at a conference organised by the American Bar Association, CJI Chandrachud said that while humanity has expanded with the global advent of travel and technology, it has also retreated within by not willing to accept anything that we as individuals believe in.
Updated on Mar 04, 2023 08:32 AM IST
Richa Banka, New Delhi
‘Agnipath constitutionally valid’: HC rejects plea against scheme
The court said that the formulation of the scheme was an exercise of the “sovereign policymaking functions” of the Centre, which ought not be interfered with.
Updated on Feb 28, 2023 01:18 AM IST
Delhi High Court upholds Agnipath scheme
A bench of chief justice Satish Chandra Sharma and justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed pleas seeking resumption and enrolment under the previous recruitment scheme
Updated on Feb 27, 2023 11:29 AM IST
Delhi high court to pronounce verdict on pleas against Agnipath scheme today
A bench of chief justice Satish Chandra Sharma and justice Subramonium Prasad reserved its order on December 15
Published on Feb 27, 2023 08:36 AM IST
High court stays MCD standing committee repoll
In his order on the petition moved by Shikha Roy and Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Justice Gaurang Kanth on Saturday said that the notice for re-election has been given without declaring the results of the polls conducted on Friday.
Updated on Feb 26, 2023 01:23 AM IST
Richa Banka and Paras Singh
‘Seek long remand only if needed in UAPA cases’: Delhi high court
The court also said the public prosecutor’s report must have three pointers based on which the special court will extend the period of remand.
Updated on Feb 25, 2023 01:52 AM IST
Delhi HC directs AAP leaders to remove defamatory post against BJP leader, son
Asking the AAP leaders to take down the defamatory content within two days, justice Navin Chawla also restrained them from making further such statements against the Jajus in the future
Published on Feb 24, 2023 12:36 PM IST
Prisoners who get serious work injury to get compensation from jail, says HC
The court said that a convict may not spend the rest of his life in jail and there is life beyond jail after he is released after serving his entire sentence
Published on Feb 19, 2023 01:15 AM IST
Delhi high court rejects WinZO plea against Google’s download warning
The Delhi high court said the Google disclaimer is not discriminatory and appeared to be the industry practice for third party applications that are downloaded from the internet
Updated on Feb 17, 2023 05:36 PM IST
Judiciary must step in to ensure an effective arbitration ecosystem: CJI
The judiciary has to play an important role in ensuring an effective arbitration ecosystem by stepping in to protect the independence and impartiality of arbitral proceedings, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said on Thursday, while also stressing on the need for a “gender-diverse arbitral pool” to bring experiential learning to the entire process
Published on Feb 17, 2023 12:57 AM IST
Richa Banka, New Delhi
Man, 20, charged under Pocso, moves HC to challenge law
The plea challenged a trial court order by which charges were framed against the 21-year-old man, contending that his partner (then 17 years old) voluntarily left her house and went to a friend’s house
Published on Feb 15, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Jamia violence: Delhi HC notice to Sharjeel,others on discharge
In its plea against the judgement, Delhi Police contended that the trial court was swayed by “emotional and sentimental feelings” while discharging the accused and passed “gravely prejudicial, adverse remarks”
Updated on Feb 14, 2023 12:58 AM IST
Probe sale of banned manjha in Delhi: High court to police
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by relatives of people, who died after their throats were slit by stray strings made of Chinese manjha while riding motorcylces
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Richa Banka, New Delhi
Twitter can’t oppose blocking of accounts: Govt in Karnataka HC
Questioning the maintainability of the petition, Sankarnarayan said Twitter was not the aggrieved entity in this case
Published on Feb 08, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Sister Abhaya murder case: Virginity test unconstitutional, says Delhi HC
Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma said the basic dignity of a person in custody has to be upheld, which has been flouted in the present case
Published on Feb 07, 2023 01:36 PM IST
‘ECI is master of elections’: High court on ‘one nation, one election’ plea
ECI told the high court that it was for Parliament to consider amendments to the Constitution and the Representation of People Act if simultaneous elections were to be conducted in the country.
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 06:01 PM IST
Delhi HC directs ASI to detail status of instruments at Jantar Mantar
On September 22, 2010, the high court said that Jantar Mantar has its national importance and must be preserved by all concerns
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 04:52 PM IST