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PM Modi’s new formula for India’s future: IT+IT= IT

The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a step towards a paperless Supreme Court.

Four years and stricter laws later, Delhi still reports 6 rape cases daily

In December 2012, the horrific gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student shocked the collective conscience of a nation, sparking street protests and leading to an overhaul of laws on crime against women. Four years later and after laws having been made stricter, Delhi continues to report six cases of rape every day.

Video targeting Rajnath: CRPF jawan moves Delhi HC seeking protection

Justice Ashutosh Kumar directed Pankaj Kumar Misra to give himself up before the CRPF director general. He also asked the paramilitary force authorities to accept the jawan’s surrender, and said the video issue should be dealt with “as per law”.

2012 Delhi gang rape verdict: Convicts to move review petition, after SC upholds death sentence

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeals of the four convicts — Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma — and confirmed the death sentences that were handed to them by the Delhi High Court. The convicts can now file a review petition to seek mercy from the top court.

To fight crime against women, self- defence classes for girls in Delhi govt schools

The court noted that these self defence classes are preventive measures “to arm and strengthen” the girls and ensure their protection. It also suggested that these girls could be imparted special techniques on self defence on a priority basis.

Delhi HC orders compensation for IAF pilot injured in MiG crash, raps HAL

More than 12 years after he was injured in a MiG-21 crash, the Delhi court has ordered the Centre and the Hindustan Aeronautical Limited to compensate Wing Commander Sanjeet Singh Kaila for exposing him to unreasonable risk.

JNU: Delhi HC admits case against new admission policy, stays order backing UGC norms

The Delhi HC allowed JNU student’s plea against admission process and stayed the previous order by single-judge bench till next hearing on April 28.

Need to look into increasing Lok Sabha seats, says President Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee said that in 1971, India’s population was 54 crores, which has now increased to 121 crores as per the 2011 census, and there is a need to have more number of seats in the Lok Sabha.

Twin murder convict freed after ‘typo’ by Delhi High Court, goes missing

A typographical error in a verdict delivered by the Delhi High Court has allegedly led to a double-murder convict being released. The convict, as of Sunday, was reported to be absconding for more than three months, posing a threat to eye-witness in the case against him.

Delhi HC refuses to quash DA case against HP CM Virbhadra Singh

The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s plea seeking to ‎quash an FIR registered against him and his wife by CBI in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

1984 riots: Supreme Court seeks files of 199 closed cases

To find out why a Special Investigating Team (SIT), formed two years ago to probe anti-Sikh riots cases, has closed down a large number of cases, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central government to submit records of 199 cases closed by the three-member team.

Babri Masjid case: SC adjourns hearing on reviving conspiracy charges against Advani, others

The Supreme Court adjourned for a second time on Thursday a plea challenging a trial court’s decision to drop criminal conspiracy charges top BJP leaders, including veteran leader LK Advani, in the 1992 Babri masjid demolition case.

HC quashes JNU students’ plea against MPhil, PhD ‘seat cut’

Why did you fail to act on parties accepting foreign funds?: Delhi HC to Centre

The Delhi high court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s reply on a contempt plea alleging the government failed to act against political parties, including the Congress and BJP, for allegedly accepting donations from foreign companies despite a 2014 court direction.

HC dismisses JNU students' plea on UGC guidelines

The Delhi high court has thrown out a plea by some JNU students challenging admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses under the UGC’s guidelines issued last year.

Delhi University photocopy case: Three publishers withdraw copyright suit against shop

Three international publishers, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis, on Thursday announced that they were withdrawing from the Delhi High Court a copyright suit against the sale of photocopied pages of their books in Delhi University

JNU admissions: MPhil, PhD rules don’t follow 2016 UGC notification, HC told

Arguing on behalf of Jawaharlal Nehru University, additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta said the 2016 UGC notification is binding on the varsity. Contrary to UGC rules which mandate 100 per cent weightage to viva-voce, JNU gives 80 per cent to entrance test and 20 per cent to viva voce.

Delhi nursery admissions: HC rejects AAP govt appeal on neighbourhood criterion

AAP government in Delhi had filed a plea against the stay on mandatory use of neighbourhood criterion by 298 private unaided schools during nursery admissions. The HC bench, on Monday, rejected the Delhi government’s plea.

Mukhtar Ansari won’t campaign in UP polls, Delhi HC refuses parole

Mukhtar Ansari, the BSP candidate from Mau, is being tried in a murder case

Nursery admission: Students’ fate can’t depend only their position on map, says Delhi high court

Delhi high court says if children from different parts of the city attend school it’ll promote diversity, rich parents can shift to areas around schools of their choice, get fake rent receipts. The court stayed the government notification on nursery admission.

Calcutta HC’s Justice Karnan accuses SC of ‘upper caste’ bias over contempt notice

On February 8, a seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar had ordered the registrar general of the Calcutta HC to relieve justice Karnan of his duties.

Kalkaji temple priest to pay Rs 6 lakh from offerings to sisters

BSF soldier video: Tej Bahadur’s wife moves court, claims he is missing

BSF soldier Tej Bahadur Yadav posted four videos on social media in January, showing unpalatable food at his camp along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir.

Delhi HC directs UGC to set up grievance redressal system in all varsities

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to set up grievance redressal system in all varsities within four months.

Delhi police need 54k more personnel to improve policing

The Delhi High Court, hearing a public interest litigation on women safety and recruitment of additional cops in Delhi after the December 16, 2012 gang rape, on Wednesday asked the Centre and police to submit a status report on when the new appointments will be made and what happened to the remaining proposals.

Delhi high court no to include AAP ministers in women safety panel

A bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Ashtosh Kumar, however, asked LG Anil Baijal to consider including the Delhi State Legal Service Authority (DSLSA) in the 12-member task force that was reconstituted on January 20.

Delhi HC stays order seeking details on PM Narendra Modi’s degree

The Delhi High Court put on hold a Central Information Commission (CIC) order on Monday, directing the Delhi University to allow the inspection of records of the students who had passed Bachelor of Arts in 1978, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also cleared the exam.

Missing JNU student: Nine students not joining probe, police tell HC

The Delhi Police on Monday told the high court that it has not been able to carry out lie-detector tests on nine “suspect” students, in connection with the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, as none of them responded despite multiple notices.

Delhi nursery admissions: HC stays ‘distance’ notification for minority schools

Notification made it mandatory for private unaided minority schools to admit students in the unreserved category on the basis of neighbourhood criteria. The order will give relief to around 15 minority schools in the capital that were set up on public land

Nursery admissions: Delhi High Court question legality of circular on minority schools

The Delhi High Court told the Delhi government that it cannot force private minority unaided schools to admit students in nursery on the basis of neighbourhood criteria. Nursery admissions are on in Delhi schools.