Top Law News Give Rohini plots to blast victims on priority: Court September 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday accepted the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) proposal to give residential plots on priority to the Sep 7 Delhi blast injured who are eligible under a 1981 scheme launched in north Delhi’s Rohini neighbourhood. The court asked the housing agency to file details of its policy on the out-of-turn allotment to […] Read more » blast victims Chief Justice Dipak Misra DDA DDA Vice Chairman G.S. Patnaik Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna Rohini plots
Top Law News Rohini plots to be given by 2013, DDA tells court September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rohini plots to be given by 2013, DDA tells court Delhi Development Authority Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it needs one and a half years more to hand over possession of residential plots in Rohini to 25,000 applicants who opted for the scheme three decades ago. DDA Vice Chairman GS Patnaik filed an affidavit before the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra DDA DDA flats DDA Vice Chairman GS Patnaik Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna Rohini plots
Top Law News Cops barred from using mobile phones in court September 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Security personnel at the Delhi High Court will not be able to talk on mobile phones or flip through newspapers from Monday as Delhi Police has issued strict instructions against this. The move followed a decision at a high-level meeting Thursday to discuss the high court’s security in wake of two blasts within a span […] Read more » (CRPF) Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi High Court Bar Association RAC Security personnel at the Delhi High
Top Law News Notice to Delhi government on plea to make helmet compulsory August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court sought the city government’s stand on a plea to make it mandatory for pillion riders to wear helmets irrespective of their gender and religion. Issuing notice to the government on the plea and seeking its reply within four weeks, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court helmet compulsory Justice Sanjiv Khanna PIL
Top Law News Court pulls up DDA over delay in allotting plots August 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for an over 30-year delay in allotting plots to around 25,000 applicants in a housing scheme. The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by applicants of north Delhi’s Rohini Residential Scheme, 1981. “It is pathetic to hear that some of the applicants […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra DDA delay in allotting plots Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Delhi High Court rejects plea seeking spot for peaceful protests August 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to hear a public suit seeking to earmark a site in the national capital for holding peaceful protests, saying the plea was “dual” in nature. “There is a lot on confusion in you petition. The prayer has to be in consonance with your plaeding. One one hand you say […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna peaceful protests
Top Law News No stay on govt order for seizing Dawood’s kins’ properties August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to stay its single-judge bench order upholding the Centre s decision to forfeit the properties of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim s mother Amina Bi and his sister Hasina Ibrahim Parker Refusing to grant any interim stay on the government s order on a division bench of the high […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Dawood's kins' properties Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Court directs railways to rehabilitate scavengers July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Indian Railways to introduce bio-toilets in the trains and rehabilitate thousands of scavengers engaged for doing the menial job. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjive Khanna, who were hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Safai Karamchari Andolan, a federation of state-level organisations […] Read more » Bio-Toilets Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Indian Railways Justice Sanjive Khanna
Top Law News Derogatory word to be removed from caste certificates July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it will withdraw the word “chura” from certificates issued to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that the revenue department of the Delhi government used the […] Read more » caste certificates Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Derogatory word Derogatory word to be removed Justice Sanjiv Khanna PIL public interest litigation Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
Criminal Law News Notice to Delhi government on parole rules July 24, 2011 / July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Delhi government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a parole guideline which denies the benefit of liberty to those whose appeals against conviction are pending decision. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Issue notice to Government of […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna parole rules
Top Law News Court puts off decision on temporary night shelters July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the Delhi government’s plea for permission to shut down temporary night shelters for which there are few takers now. Accepting the report submitted by a three-member committee set up by it, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘We have […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Justice Sanjiv Khanna night shelters
Environment Law News No banned pesticides in Delhi vegetables July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed that no banned pesticides were detected in tests conducted on vegetable samples collected from markets in the national capital. The levels of pesticide residue, found in some of the samples, were within the limits prescribed under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, the central government told the court. […] Read more » Advocate V.K. Rao Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi vegetables Justice Sanjiv Khanna maximum residue limit (MRL) NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories pesticides Prevention of Food Adulteration Act