Top Law News Nursery admissions on course as court reserves order January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the admission process for pre-school (nursery) classes in city schools which are scheduled to put up on February 1 the first list of selected toddlers for the 2012-13 academic session. Hearing a plea challenging the Delhi government’s guidelines on admissions to schools, the court reserved […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Nursery admissions
High Profile Cases Swamy’s plea on voting machines disposed of January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday disposed of a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed rectification to ensure fair elections. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, however, appreciated the suggestion made. The court said it cannot give any direction to the Election […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Court firm on punishing lawyer for assaulting woman colleague January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday refused to recall its order, sending a lawyer to seven days in judicial custody and restraining him from entering the court premises, for assaulting a female lawyer during an hearing. Ruling on the lawyer’s plea Monday urging the court to recall its order, the court held him guilty under criminal […] Read more » assaulting a female lawyer Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Plea to make officials’ appraisal reports public January 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), may not be confidential anymore, with a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking to make them available under the RTI Act in “public interest”. The petitioner — RTI activist R.K. Jain — has raised the question whether performance […] Read more » ACR Annual Confidential Report Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shah RTI RTI Act.
Criminal Law News Lawyer sent to jail for seven days jail for assaulting female lawyer January 14, 2012 / January 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday sent a lawyer to judicial custody for seven days after the court found him guilty of misbehaving with a female lawyer during hearing. A male lawyer assaulted his female counterpart in the midst of a hearing before the Joint Registrar A.S. Jaichandra. It all started with a war of […] Read more » assaulting female lawyer Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw
High Profile Cases Order reserved on Swamy’s plea on voting machines January 11, 2012 / January 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed rectification to ensure free and fair elections. In his petition, Swamy said that the EVMs should be of international standard and needed rectification. Swamy submitted that […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Court seeks reply from car dealers on ‘illegal charges’ January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a response from an association of car dealers over a plea seeking to curb the collection by its members in the capital of allegedly illegal charges from car buyers. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw also allowed the association to become party […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court illegal charges Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Court refuses to stay toddlers’ admission in Delhi schools December 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to suspend the admission process for pre-school class in city schools, scheduled to start Jan 2 next year. Hearing a plea challenging the Delhi government’s guidelines on admissions by schools, the court said it would decide the issue Jan 6. NGO Social Jurist had moved court against the order […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw toddlers' admission in Delhi schools
Top Law News Notice to government on plea to shield CBI against influence December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the central government on a plea seeking insulation of the probe agency from political influence. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought the respondents’ reply within four […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Environment Law News Hygiene in Delhi: Court notice to civic agencies December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing anguish over the civic agencies’ failure in hygienic upkeep in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked for explanations from government departments and officials on a petition that pointed out poor state of public toilets, infrastructure and facilities in health and educational institutions. NGO Nyaya Bhoomi filed before the high court a […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Court notice to civic agencies Delhi High Court Hygiene in Delhi Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Reopen temporary night shelters, High Court asks govt December 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi high court directed the government to immediately reopen 84 temporary night shelters and also ensure that all other such shelters become functional. It was irked by the closure of the temporary night shelters in the city against its orders. The order came a day after Supreme Court asked all state governments to provide night […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Reopen temporary night shelters
Top Law News Court reserves order on plea against Hockey India ‘threats’ December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea alleging that Hockey India (HI) was threatening players to prevent them from taking part in the World Series Hockey (WSH) tournament. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved its order after conclusion of arguments by […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Indian Hockey Federation Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw