Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi high court refused to hear a plea challenging a provision in law setting the minimum age of marriage for women and men at 18 and 21 years, respectively. However, it granted protection to a man and woman, both 19 years old, who feared torture by people, including policemen, for solemnising an
Source – financialexpress.com The Delhi High Court has declared unconstitutional certain provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, that make begging a crime. While India doesn’t have a central anti-begging law, most states, including Delhi, have modelled their anti-begging laws on the 1959 Act. A bench comprising of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C
Source – indiatimes.com New Delhi: The CBI today approached the Delhi High Court seeking an enhanced jail term for former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who along with others was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a coal scam case. Besides Koda, the CBI has also sought enhancement of punishment for other convicts, his close aide Vijay Joshi, former Jharkhand chief
Source – businesstoday.in The Delhi High Court has asked e-commerce giant Amazon to delist some sellers on their platform as they are selling counterfeit goods. The court’s order came after Beverly Hills Polo Club said that sellers were selling fake goods of the brand on Amazon. Beverly Hills Polo Club took Amazon to court last month
Source – indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of a student with a hearing impairment, and directed the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to allow her to participate in the admission counselling process to enroll for MBBS/BDS courses. The court also called recommendations of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC)
Source – firstpost.com PepsiCo India Holdings Private Ltd has secured an interim order from the Delhi High Court (HC) to delete hundreds of posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, that claim its snack brand Kurkure’s corn puffs product contains plastic, according to media reports. In the wake of malicious rumours that the popular snack food contains
Source – indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted interim protection to former Union minister P Chidambaram from arrest in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) money-laundering case related to INX Media. “Till next date of hearing, August 1, no arrest of the petitioner,” Justice A K Pathak said. The court, however, directed the Congress leader to cooperate
Source – indiawest.com NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court July 18 sought a response from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the state government and civic authorities on a plea seeking construction of baby feeding and child care rooms in public places. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C. Hari Shankar
Source – bloombergquint.com The Delhi High Court has asked Air India to replace the chairperson of its panel looking into the sexual harassment allegations by an air hostess against one of the carrier’s senior officials, following which the national carrier agreed to bring in a new person. The complainant had claimed that the panel chairperson was
Source – moneycontrol.com The plea to quash the infamous Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has risen from the grave and made its way back to the Supreme Court yet again after ruthlessly being thrown out in 2013. What needs to be seen is whether the apex court will scrap the section or condone it
