New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked YouTube to remove from its platform two songs posted by Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie. Justice Jayant Nath in an interim order on April 8 said the order should be complied with within two weeks. “In my opinion, it would be in the interest[Read More…]
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Delhi HC tells accused to plant trees as punishment
New Delhi: Two youngsters accused of keeping a minor girl in illegal confinement, physically assaulting her and not paying her any wages for household work she did were told by a court on Tuesday to plant 50 trees each – and pay the victim Rs 150,000. According to Justice Najmi[Read More…]
Delhi HC upholds trial court conviction of 89 people in 1984 riots
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court conviction of 89 people for rioting, burning houses and breaching curfew in Trilokpuri area in east Delhi during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Justice R.K. Gauba, in its 79-page judgement, said: “Thirty-four long years have passed after the crimes[Read More…]
Delhi HC questions AAP govt on vacant posts in schools across Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a plea seeking filling of vacant posts of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools across the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao asked Delhi Government to file its response and listed that matter for further hearing on November 2. The court was hearing[Read More…]
Delhi HC stays cutting of trees till July 4
New Delhi: In a relief to residents, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked authorities not to axe till July 4 the 16,500 trees sanctioned by the Centre for the redevelopment of six south Delhi colonies. A bench of Justice Vinod Goel and Justice Rekha Palli directed the National Buildings[Read More…]
Delhi HC upholds order on shifting IndiGo’s operations
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld its order which dismissed airline IndiGo’s plea against DIAL’s decision to shift a part of its operations from Terminal 1 to the newly opened Terminal 2 of the IGI here. IndiGo, India’s biggest airline by market share, had approached the court challenging[Read More…]
2009 Dehradun fake encounter: Delhi HC upholds conviction of 7 Uttarakhand cops
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld a trial court’s order convicting and awarding life terms to seven policemen for killing a 22-year-old MBA student in a staged shootout in Dehradun in 2009. The High Court ruled that a “fake encounter has no place in legal system”. “A fake encounter[Read More…]
‘Padmavati’: Delhi HC dismisses plea for expert panel to review the film
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking setting up of an expert committee of historians and social activists to examine Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” to ensure there were no “distortions”, saying such pleas were “encouraging” those agitating against the film. The court said the plea against the[Read More…]
Sunanda death case: Delhi HC wants status report in 2 weeks
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to the Delhi police regarding its probe into Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. It said, “If you have anything new then come within two weeks and if you can’t then we will look into it.” The police[Read More…]
Delhi High Court to hear NGO’s plea opposing marital rape today
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court will hear a plea, filed by an NGO, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. The NGO represents the men, victimised by the alleged misuse of gender laws, and has filed the petition in the court. On 28 August, a court[Read More…]
Where do sweepers and traffic cops have access to toilets, asks Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked three municipal corporations of the national capital as to whether the sweepers and on-duty traffic policemen have access to toilet facilities or not. A bench of acting chief justice, Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that it has not seen public[Read More…]
I will not cooperate with ‘banana republic channel’: Shashi Tharoor on Delhi HC order
The Delhi high court on Friday told Republic TV’s founder, Arnab Goswami, to respect Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor’s right to remain silent in the ongoing investigation into his wife, Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. As a response to the order, Tharoor wrote on his Facebook page and said, “My duty is to[Read More…]
Delhi HC forms committee to work on regularisation of unauthorised colonies
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court established a committee including officials from the Centre and the city government to come to a conclusion concerning the issue of regularisation of unauthorised colonies, including the posh Sainik Farms at New Delhi. A bench consisting of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Navin Chawla[Read More…]
Delhi HC hands over Najeeb Ahmed’s case to CBI
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday transferred “with immediate effect” the case of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A division bench, comprising of Justice GS Sistani and Justice Rekha Palli handed over the case to the CBI after the Delhi Police said it[Read More…]