Top Law News Guidelines being framed on health food in schools, court told August 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that a consultant had been tasked to frame guidelines on making available quality and safe food in schools. The FSSAI said this in a status report during the hearing on a public interest litigation that has sought a ban on […] Read more » AC Nielsen QRG-MARG Pvt. Ltd Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI to frame guidelines Guidelines being framed on health food in schools junk food and carbonated drinks Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw public interest litigation Rahul Verma and Rakesh Prabhakar of Uday Foundation sale of junk food near schools
Top Law News Court hauls up Delhi Police for not implementing order August 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police and the Department of Women and Child Development on a plea seeking implementation of Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) order against adults who force children to commit crimes. The petition, filed by an NGO, told the court that Delhi Police have not complied with the order […] Read more » adult criminals Chief Justice A.K. Sikri children to commit thefts Court hauls up Delhi Police for not implementing order Delhi Police for not implementing order Department of Women and Child Development force children to commit crimes Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Juvenile Justice Board lured into crime by adults
Top Law News No rollback of court fee hike, Delhi tells court August 29, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The state government Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it would not roll back the 10-fold hike in court fees. Refusing to roll back the upward revision of court fees, the city government said that it would not amend the Court Fee (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, as sought by a group of lawyers. The […] Read more » 10-fold hike in court fees Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Counsel Najmi Waziri Court Fee (Delhi Amendment) Ac Delhi High Court Delhi tells court financial burden on litigants increased the court fees Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw No rollback of court fee hike sought by a group of lawyers
Top Law News Court seeks action ASI report over mosque August 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file a report over the removal of illegal construction at the site of a purported mosque excavated near the historic Jama Masjid here. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher also asked ASI to file a list […] Read more » advocate of legislator Shoaib Iqbal Akbarabadi mosque Archaeological Survey of India Chief Justice A.K. Sikri coercive Court seeks action ASI report over mosque historic Jama Masjid Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice S.K. Kaul Mughal era Municipal Corporation of Delhi removal of illegal construction
Top Law News Delhi panel gives report to court on school fees hike August 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A committee set up to examine the accounts of private schools allegedly charging high tuition fees on Thursday submitted its interim report to the Delhi high court. The Justice Anil Dev Singh Committee was constituted about a year ago to submit its report on the determination of fees in the unaided schools of Delhi. A […] Read more » advocate Ashok Agarwal charging high tuition fees Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi panel gives report to court on school fees hike Justice Siddharth Mirdul private schools allegedly charging high tuition fees scrutinise the accounts of minority Sixth Pay Commission Unaided Private Schools unaided schools of Delhi
Top Law News Civil services English paper has experts’ nod, court told August 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has introduced a new aptitude test paper on English in the civil services exam on the suggestion of its experts’ panel. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the commission to present the […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri civil services Civil services English paper has experts Civil services English paper has experts' nod civil services exam examination system Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Petitioner Dina Nath Batra public interest litigation scope of judicial review Union Public Service Commission
Top Law News HC asks city govt to decide on plea to ban tobacco products August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was asked today by the Delhi High Court to examine and decide in two weeks a plea to ban the sale of tobacco products in Capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave the direction to the government, while disposing of a petition by […] Read more » ban tobacco products banned the sale of tobacco products Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Citing a media report Counsel Najmi Waziri Delhi Government's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Delhi High Court to examine HC asks city govt to decide on plea to ban tobacco products Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw public interest litigation Solicitor General Rajiv Mehra tobacco product
Top Law News Frame scheme for displaced Kashmiri bureaucrats’ June 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday asked the central government to frame a rehabilitation scheme for displaced retired Kashmiri bureaucrats here, and quashed the eviction notices issued against them for overstaying in government accommodation on the ground that they lost their properties in Kashmir due to militancy. A division bench of acting Chief Justice A K […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri displaced Kashmiri bureaucrats’ Frame scheme for displaced Kashmiri bureaucrats’ Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Aircraft purchase: High court refuses to pass order June 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday refused to pass any order on a plea seeking an enquiry into the purchase of 111 aircraft for the Air India fleet at a cost of Rs.67,000 crore, saying that parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was already looking into it. The court, however, asked the PAC to consider certain aspects […] Read more » (PIL) filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan Aircraft purchase Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Rajiv Sahai NACIL National Aviation Company of India Ltd purchase of 111 aircraft
Top Law News Court quashes regulatory board’s order on CNG June 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday quashed an order of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board slashing the network tariff and compression charges with retrospective effect for CNG distributed by Indraprastha Gas Ltd in Delhi and adjoining areas. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw set aside the […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw order on CNG raised prices of CNG regulatory board's order on CNG
Top Law News School marks can’t be revealed under RTI: Court May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has ruled that the marks secured by a student in the secondary school examination cannot be obtained even under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as this would defeat the objective of replacing marks with grades introduced in 2010. The high court’s ruling came while hearing a plea filed by the Central […] Read more » CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw School marks can't be revealed under RTI
Top Law News Court reserves order on CNG price cut May 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL) to stay a regulator’s order to cut CNG price in the national capital and refund the excess amount charged from consumers since 2008. The petitioner had moved court contending that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri CNG price cut hiked prices of cng Justice R.S. Endlaw Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board PNGRB