Top Law News Court reserves order against DU teachers May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on charges by Delhi University (DU) that teachers of Dyal Singh College had flouted court orders by protesting against the implementation of the semester system. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “The court will pronounce its final verdict on whether […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi University Teachers Association DUTA Dyal Singh College Justice Sanjiv Khanna Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Court notice on insurance for AIDS patients May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on a petition to make HIV/AIDS patients eligible for health insurance policies. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the insurance regulator to reply by July 27. The court also issued notice to the […] Read more » AIDS patients Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court insurance IRDA Act Justice Sanjiv Khanna NACO National Aids Control Organization
Top Law News What is being done to decriminalise suicide: Court May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to list the steps it had taken on a 2008 Law Commission report calling for suicide to be decriminalised. As per the present provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a person attempting suicide can be punished with a maximum jail sentence of one year. Expressing […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court decriminalise decriminalise suicide Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna suicide
Top Law News Stay on lawyers paying service tax April 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Stay on lawyers paying service tax The Delhi High Court today issued stay on a notification of the central government regarding imposition of service tax on lawyers. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked the government to file a reply within two weeks and listed the case for hearing on May 23. The notification was to be implemented from […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Justice Sanjeev Khanna lawyers paying service tax stay
Top Law News Court questions Delhi University on semester system April 29, 2011 / April 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the Delhi University vice chancellor, the University Grants Commission and the central government on the implementation of the semester system in the varsity’s arts stream for 2011-12. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said: “Issue notice to all the respondents. The matter […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi University Justice Sanjeev Khanna questions semester system
Top Law News I-cards, welfare fund proposed for lawyers’ clerks April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers’ clerks in all district courts in the city may soon get identity cards and access to a welfare fund as the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked its registrar general to meet the district and sessions judge and chalk out a scheme for the purpose. Disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a […] Read more » chief A.S. Chandhiok Chief Justice Dipak Misra clerks High Court I-cards Justice Reva Khetrapal lawyers proposed Supreme Court welfare fund
Media & Entertainment News Notice issued to MCD on community hall site April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a response from the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after it failed to identify a site for the construction of a community hall in a posh south Delhi colony. Issuing notices to Delhi’s civic agency and also the builder DLF Universal, a division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra community hall site Delhi High Court issued Justice Reva Khetrapal MCD notice
Top Law News Court orders probe into Delhi parking mafia March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order that could put an end to the widely prevalent network between parking mafia and the police in the city, the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police commissioner to inquire into one such nexus at Mangalam commercial complex in Rohini. “Such a nexus cannot be tolerated in a democratic polity. […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra commissioner BK Gupta Court Delhi Development Authority Delhi parking mafia Justice Sanjiv Khanna orders probe RTI
Top Law News Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit The Delhi High Court Monday sought the central government’s response on a petition challenging a single judge’s ruling that information pertaining to the appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the department of […] Read more » Appointments Central Information Commission Chief Justice Dipak Misra CIC Delhi High Court DoPT Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna notice plea RTI ambit
Top Law News Court questions government, school on girl’s eye injury March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the Delhi government and officials of a school as to why they were not able to provide immediate treatment to a girl whose eyes were injured in an incident in the institution. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court eye injury girl Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna Patrons for Poor People’s Foundation school Vishwamitra Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya
Top Law News Delhi government questioned on school kids using intoxicants March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the Delhi government on a petition seeking steps to prevent city school children from accessing intoxicants. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the education department and asked it to file a reply by May 18 on the issue raised by a […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Commission for Protection of Child Rights questioned school kids
Top Law News Court tells exam board to re-evaluate marks promptly March 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to evolve a mechanism to complete in a time-bound manner the re-evaluation of marks of Class 12 students seeking admissions to colleges. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna gave the direction on the petition of a student […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court exam board Jalnidh Kaur Justice Sanjiv Khanna marks Prabhsahay Kaur promptly re-evaluate St. Stephen's College