Articles by Soibam Rocky Singh
Supreme Court cancels bail granted to former RJD MP Shahabuddin
The Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to former Rashtriya Janata Dal parliamentarian Mohammad Shahabuddin on Friday.

Updated on Sep 30, 2016 04:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Karnataka says in SC it doesn’t have water to share with Tamil Nadu till Jan

Published on Sep 27, 2016 10:17 AM IST
SC issues notice to Centre on guidelines to prevent torture of jail inmates
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre over a public interest plea seeking direction to establish guidelines to prevent torture, cruelty, inhuman or degrading treatment of jail inmates.

Published on Sep 26, 2016 07:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
SC defers plea for bail cancellation of RJD strongman Shahabuddin
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on petitions filed by the Bihar government and an old couple whose three sons were allegedly murdered by Siwan RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin for Wednesday.

Updated on Sep 26, 2016 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Supreme Court to hear plea against AMU VC appointment
The Supreme Court will on Monday take up a petition challenging the appointment of Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah (retired) as the vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.

Updated on Sep 26, 2016 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
SC to hear plea for bail cancellation of RJD strongman Shahabuddin today
The Supreme Court will on Monday take up petitions filed by Bihar government and an old couple whose three sons were allegedly murdered by Siwan RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin.

Updated on Sep 26, 2016 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Soibam Rocky Singh
No change in officer-civilian mix in military engineering: Delhi HC
Military Engineering Services (MES), one of the oldest and largest government infrastructure development agencies in India, will continue to have fixed posts and cadres for army officers, the Delhi high court has ruled, dismissing a plea of an association representing civilian officers of MES.

Published on Sep 26, 2016 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Delhi: Boy tortured for relieving in open
A 15-year-old boy who was allegedly thrashed and given electric shocks for relieving himself near the Ghitorni metro station has moved the Delhi High Court, seeking government help for better treatment at a private hospital.

Updated on Sep 24, 2016 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
WhatsApp can’t share pre-September 25 user data with FB, says high court

Published on Sep 24, 2016 06:36 AM IST
Delhi HC rules that Tibetans born between 1950-87 in India are Indian citizens
The Delhi high court on Thursday ruled that the nationality of Tibetans born in India between 1950 to 1987 cannot be questioned under the Citizenship Act.

Published on Sep 22, 2016 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
No user information saved after account deletion: WhatsApp to HC
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it does not retain information of its users on its servers once the account has been deleted by the user. The popular instant messaging app was responding to a query by the Delhi high court about the fate of users’ information once an account is deleted.

Updated on Sep 21, 2016 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Retired CRPF officer to face fresh action for offences during service
Retired CRPF commandant Brajendra Singh Yambem will have to face fresh disciplinary proceedings for two alleged offences during his service period, the “seriousness” of which was considered by the Supreme Court to be a fit case to pursue to its logical conclusion.

Published on Sep 19, 2016 09:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Norms meant to protect women’s dignity: Maharashtra defends dance bar law in SC
The Maharashtra government on Saturday defended the new norms regulating dance bars saying that it did not wish to ban these establishments, but wanted to “protect the dignity of women performing dance”.

Updated on Sep 18, 2016 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Delhi HC makes safety inspection must at schools
Taking serious view of the death of two students after falling into water tanks of their respective schools in January this year, the Delhi High Court on Thursday made it mandatory for all schools in the capital to carry out periodical inspections of buildings and premises.

Published on Sep 15, 2016 10:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Honey-trapped CISF constable can’t get his job back, rules Delhi HC

Published on Sep 12, 2016 08:30 AM IST
Develop facial recognition software to find missing kids: HC asks Centre
The Delhi high court has asked the Centre to consider developing a unique ‘facial recognition’ software by which information and details of missing children can be matched.

Updated on Sep 11, 2016 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
High court asks Centre to develop facial recognition software to find missing kids

Published on Sep 11, 2016 07:08 AM IST
1961 acquisition of Vasant Kunj land quashed as owners not paid

Published on Sep 11, 2016 06:09 AM IST
Denying sex to spouse for a long time ground for divorce: Delhi HC
Denying sexual intercourse to the spouse without sufficient reason, is mental cruelty and is a ground for divorce, the Delhi High Court has reiterated.

Published on Sep 10, 2016 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
HC sets aside 21 AAP MLAs’ appointment as parliamentary secretaries in Delhi government

Published on Sep 09, 2016 06:03 AM IST
HC scraps Delhi govt appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries
The Delhi high court set aside the order appointing 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs as parliamentary secretaries on Thursday on the grounds that it was made without the lieutenant governor (L-G)’s approval.

Updated on Sep 08, 2016 06:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Children neglected at private care in Delhi, high court takes note
Shocked at the deplorable condition in which children were kept at a private child care home in the Capital, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the city government’s department of women and child development to transfer all children to an alternative home.

Published on Sep 07, 2016 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Litigants in a bind as cyber tribunal yet to find a chairperson
The Cyber Appellate Tribunal has not heard a single case since 2011 leaving petitioners to battle multiple litigations.

Updated on Sep 05, 2016 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi
Chief Justice to look into issue of ‘opaque’ system of judges appointment
“We will sort it out,” said Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Saturday in the wake of a senior Supreme Court judge’s stunning attack on the functioning of the collegium system in selection of judges.

Updated on Sep 04, 2016 01:10 AM IST
Soibam Rocky Singh, New Delhi