Category: Delhi High Court

Jessica Lal murder case: Delhi HC asks jail authorities to decide within a week convict’s parole plea.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the jail authorities to decide in a week the plea of Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who has spent about 17 years in jail, seeking eight-week parole to look after family needs. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar was informed by the counsel for Sharma that his

Shut down 4,774 industries in residential areas immediately, NGT directs Delhi govt.

Source – indiatoday.in The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to immediately shut down 4,774 industrial units running in residential areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel passed the order after perusing a report filed by an Oversight Committee, headed by former judge Justice Pratibha Rani, which said that

Delhi HC rejects former DU teacher’s plea against dismissal over sexual harassment charges.

Source – hindustantimes.com “Consent, given under coercion, or without volition, is not consent at all”, the Delhi High Court said on Monday while dismissing former Delhi University professor Ajay Tiwari’s appeal against the varsity’s decision to give him compulsory retirement after he was proven guilty for sexually harassing an MPhil student in 2008. “Consent may

INX Media case: Delhi court allows ED to interrogate P Chidambaram on November 22, 23.

Source – scroll.in A Delhi court on Thursday permitted the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate Congress leader P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail on Friday and Saturday in the INX Media money laundering case, PTI reported. The order was passed by special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar on a plea by the investigation agency. The Enforcement Directorate in

Delhi HC allows Instagram handle to maintain interim anonymity in Subodh Gupta sexual harassment case.

Source – indiatoday.in The Delhi High Court on Monday permitted Instagram handle – Herdsceneand – to file in a sealed cover its response to artist Subodh Gupta’s plea seeking removal of the allegedly defamatory content made against him on social media. The court also allowed the Instagram account handle to file in a sealed cover

Explained: What bringing the Chief Justice of India’s office under RTI means.

Source – indianexpress.com On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and including Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna, upheld a Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Kejriwal Government Over Increasing Pollution.

Source – outlookindia.com The Delhi High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and other concerned authorities over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, saying “there is complete lack of will to implement” ideas to tackle the problem. A division bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Anup Jairam Bambani