Tag: Delhi High Court

New Delhi: The Delhi University is behaving like an ostrich by “sticking its head in the sand” instead of taking action against a law student accused of intimidating teachers on several occasions, Delhi High Court said today. “There is complete lawlessness and you have stuck your head in the sand like an ostrich,” a bench […]

New Delhi: Several students, preparing for various competitive exams, have approached the Delhi High Court seeking to be heard on the issue of running of coaching centres from residential units, saying any decision in the matter would affect their future. The students, studying at various coaching centres in Outram Lines, Kingsway Camp and Mukherjee Nagar […]

New Delhi: Delhiiites can soon hope to take the help of an application on their smartphones to locate a washroom in the city to attend urgent call of nature. The Delhi High Court, which found it difficult to ascertain the location of public toilets in the city on perusing the response of civic bodies, directed […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed its information officer to disclose under the RTI, the marks awarded by an interview panel to candidates of Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) examination held in 2013. The court said when the results of the examination have been placed in public domain, there was no question of […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the AAP government to run an awareness campaign informing the general public about their rights in the event of arrest or detention by the police in criminal cases. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that there […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought responses from former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother and industrialist Kalanithi Maran and others on a CBI plea challenging their discharge in the Aircel-Maxis graft case. Justice I S Mehta issued the notices on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea against the February 2 order […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order framing charges of tampering of evidence against real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a case related to the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy. A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul held that there was adequate material on record before the magisterial court which […]

New Delhi: The fate of four death row convicts of the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case would be decided tomorrow as the Supreme Court would deliver its verdict on their appeals challenging the Delhi High Court judgement. A bench comprising Justices Diapk Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan would deliver the judgement tomorrow […]

New Delhi: A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a ban on 66 pesticides used in India, claiming these are banned or restricted in several countries. The plea seeks cancellation of the registration of the 66 chemicals and a prohibition on their sale in India on the ground that they pose a […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre and Odisha government on Vedanta Ltd’s plea against a rule that mandates that mining lessees have to pay contributions to district mineral foundations. Vedanta Ltd, a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta group, has challenged Rule 3 of the Mines and Mineral (Contribution to District […]

Delhi High Court today sought response of the city police on a woman’s plea seeking cancellation of bail of a man accused of raping a female canine. Justice Manmohan Singh issued notice to Delhi Police and 55-year-old accused Shiv Kumar seeking their replies by April 16 on the plea of the woman, who claims to […]

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd today denied that it has made any false statement before the Delhi High Court over changing the end-use of two coal blocks in Odisha and Chhattisgarh which had been alloted to it

New Delhi: Delhi High Court today asked how the coal ordinance gave government the power to change the end-use of coal blocks and questioned the “tearing hurry” to hold their auction. It also sought to know whether the auction process could be kept on hold till it examines the issues raised by JSPL and its […]

The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish certain information in relation to a probe ordered by it into the instant messaging app's new privacy policy.

New Delhi: A day after Jitender Singh Tomar resigned as Delhi’s law minister after being arrested over his alleged fake degree, the AAP government on yesterday decided to induct Kapil Mishra as his successor. Tomar, remanded to four-day’s police custody after his dramatic arrest on Tuesday, was taken to Uttar Pradesh on yesterday to probe […]