In an effort to help the visually impaired, the Reserve Bank of India is likely to develop an app that will help them identify new currency notes. The move came after an application was filed by advocate Rohti Dandriyal in a pending PIL filed by three advocates, a company secretary[Read More…]
Tag: Delhi High Court
Air hostess suicide: Delhi HC rejects in-laws’ anticipatory bail
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the in-laws of an air hostess who fell to her death from the terrace of her home here. Justice Mukta Gupta rejected the bail plea R.S. Singhvi and his wife Sushma. The court[Read More…]
HC extends interim protection to Chidambaram in INX media case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday extended former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s interim protection from arrest in the INX Media money laundering case till October 25. Justice Mukta Gupta said that the interim order on protection from arrest will continue till October 25. The court was hearing Chidambaram’s[Read More…]
Sharad Yadav disqualification case: Jolt to JDU?
Former Janata Dal-United leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav is likely to tip the scale in the disqualification case that the Delhi High Court is hearing. Yadav had registered a case with the Delhi High Court after he was debarred from JDU for making an announcement of his own[Read More…]
HC seeks Delhi Metro’s response to Ajay Maken’s plea
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the city government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to file their response to Congress leader Ajay Maken’s plea for subsidising the metro fare. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V.A. Kameswar Rao issued notice to the Delhi government and DMRC on[Read More…]
No hearing in the DU’s case on disclosure of 1978 batch result; Delhi HC puts on hold
The Delhi High Court has yet again put the hearing of the Delhi University case related to the disclosure of the result of the batch of 1978 on hold. The hearing was scheduled to be done on Thursday after Delhi University (DU) opposed a plea by Right To Information (RTI)[Read More…]
Delhi High Court to hear DU’s case on disclosure of 1978 batch result
Delhi High Court to hear the Delhi University case related to the disclosure of the result of the batch of 1978, the same year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims to have graduated. The hearing will be done today after Delhi University (DU) opposed a plea of Right To Information[Read More…]
Delhi High Court slams Centre for not framing guidelines on e-cigarette
Coming down heavily on the Central government for its failure to frame any policy on e-cigarette, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought an affidavit indicating a time frame for putting in place a mechanism to regulate the manufacture, import and sale of e-cigarettes. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao pulled up the Central government for[Read More…]
Delhi HC directs AAP govt to implement provisions of NFSA within 2 weeks
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi government to examine the model rules suggested by the central government on distribution of food by fair price shops and take steps under the provisions of the National Food Security Act within two weeks. Following a PIL filed by the Delhi[Read More…]
Is Congress planning to boycott general election 2019?
Congress along with other like-minded opposition parties in states are planning to call a stir to protest against the present mode of voting in India. According to a reliable source, all the non-BJP parties are coming together on one platform with a demand to switch back to the previous mode[Read More…]
Delhi govt empowers College principals to issue Learner’s Driving License
New Delhi: Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Saturday said Delhi students can get the Learner’s Driving License from their college as the government has empowered the Directors and Principals of colleges to issue the document. Young and studying in Delhi? You can soon get your Learner’s Driving License from your[Read More…]
Separated by police reunited by court: Interfaith couple rejoices reconciliation
A young couple who was parted by Ghaziabad police for belonging to two different faiths has been reunited by the Delhi High Court. The couple was living in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus when a team of Loni police station came and arrested the husband. Both of them are majors[Read More…]
Netflix’s ‘Sacred Games’ in legal trouble for allegedly defaming Rajiv Gandhi
A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court against the Netflix series Sacred Games, seeking the removal of certain scenes, claiming that its content was derogatory to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The plea, which alleged that certain scenes and dialogues in the show defamed the former Prime Minister, was[Read More…]
Delhi HC reminds Centre and AIIMS, acid attack victims should be given reservation under PWD quota
Delhi High Court issued a notice to AIIMS and the Centre on Friday July 6, in connection with the petition filed by an acid attack victim over right to employment. The court asked the Central government and AIIMS as why an acid attack victim (petitioner) has been denied reservation under[Read More…]
High Court holds JNUSU chief, others guilty of contempt of court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held JNU Students Union members, including its President Geeta Kumari, guilty of contempt of court for violating an order that barred them from protesting near the administrative building on the campus. On the basis of the photographs and admissions made by the[Read More…]
Delhi HC granted extension to P. Chidambaram from arrest in INX media case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, July3, granted extension in interim protection from arrest to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case till August 1. Justice A.K. Pathak directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to take any coercive action against Chidambaram till August 1. Meanwhile,[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…]
SC go-ahead for reservation in promotions, as per law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotions to certain categories of staff in accordance with law but did not stay a Delhi High Court judgment that quashed an office memorandum on such reservation. It is made clear that the Union[Read More…]
Truth has won, says Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday welcomed the Delhi High Court verdict that set aside the EC recommendation disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs in an office-of-profit case, saying truth has won. “Truth has been victorious. The elected representatives of Delhi were disqualified wrongly. The High Court has provided[Read More…]
Will shift operations partially to IGI T2 in coming weeks: IndiGo
New Delhi: Low cost carrier IndiGo on Saturday said it accepts the Supreme Court’s decision regarding partial shifting of operations to Terminal 2 of IGI airport here and would implement the order in the coming weeks. The apex court on Friday rejected the airline’s plea challenging a Delhi High Court[Read More…]
Delhi HC rejects plea seeking ban on coins with religious symbols
The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea seeking a ban on issue of coins with religious symbols embossed on them, saying it does not hamper the “secular fabric” of the country. Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar, while dismissing a petition questioning the issue[Read More…]
2009 Jigisha murder: Delhi High Court commutes death of two to life
The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case. A division bench of Justice S. Murlidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta modified the death sentence awarded to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla by the trial court and[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor can’t be ‘compelled to speak’ on Pushkar death, HC tells Republic TV
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that Republic TV news channel’s right to air stories on the death of Sunanda Pushkar cannot be curbed, but it has to be “tempered and balanced”, and that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor cannot be “compelled to speak”. The court also came down on[Read More…]
Rivals can’t say anything against Tharoor after HC ruling: Congress
Welcoming the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea in the Sunanda Puskhar death case, the Congress on Friday said no political rival now has the right to say anything against her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. “The court has said nothing has been placed on[Read More…]
Other countries have criminalised marital rape doesn’t mean India should also follow: Centre
The government has told the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape may disrupt the institution of marriage and will also become an easy means to harass husbands. It also pointed out that there can be no lasting evidence in case of sexual acts between a man and his wife.[Read More…]