Top Law News Give stipulated period of time line for completing rail underpass in Karol Bagh: Delhi High Court February 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With construction of a railway underpass in Karol Bagh area here pending completion since its approval in 2010, the Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to hold a meeting of all stakeholders and give a time line within which the work would be finished. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal completing rail underpass Delhi High Court featured Give stipulated period of time line Give time line HC Justice C Hari Shankar Karol Bagh NDMC North Delhi Municipal Corporation rail underpass in Karol Bagh
Top Law News Delhi held to ransom by traders who protested against the sealing drive : Delhi High Court February 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an apparent disapproval of the government’s proposed amendment of the master plan after traders protested against the sealing drive, the Delhi High Court has observed that a few people have “held the city to ransom”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar further observed that by sitting on […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal amendment of masterplan Delhi Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar ransom by traders sealing drive
Top Law News Remove word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ from Rohini ashram name: Delhi High Court February 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed a Rohini-based institution, where girls and women were allegedly kept in confinement, to immediately remove the word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ from its name. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the use of the word ‘vishwavidyalaya’ by the ashram was completely contrary to […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar Remove word 'vishwavidyalaya' Rohini ashram
Top Law News Set up independent body for Haj pilgrims : PIL in Delhi High Court February 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL seeking an independent Muslim body to look into the arrangements for Haj pilgrims and quashing of the government controlled Haj Committee has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The plea referred to a recent notification of the Centre, scrapping the subsidy for pilgrims to get cheaper flights to- and-fro. Since it has […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Haj pilgrims HC independent body for Haj pilgrims PIL PIL in HC
Top Law News Police complaint authority constituted for Delhi: Delhi High Court February 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A police complaint authority to look into complaints against erring policemen in the national capital has been set up, the Centre told the Delhi High Court today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was also informed that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) has constituted the authority on the Centre’s […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar PCA Police Complaint Authority
High Profile Cases HC declines to entertain plea against ‘Padmaavat’. January 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea by a Rajasthan-based group seeking quashing of the certification granted to controversial Bollywood film ‘Padmaavat’, saying the Supreme Court had permitted its release. The film, which hit the theaters today, is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in lead […] Read more » army of Mewar Deepika Padukone Delhi High Court featured HC declines to entertain plea Maharaja Ratan Singh Mewar Padmaavat Ranveer Singh Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shahid Kapoor Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi.
Top Law News Patiala House Court gets first permanent national flag January 24, 2018 / January 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 50-feet high tricolour was today unfurled at Patiala House District Court premises by Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. The flag, which will fly permanently, is the first in a trial court across the country, said the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA). NDBA secretary Neeraj said the flag was installed by the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Patiala House court Patiala House District Court premises permanent national flag
Top Law News Marital rape offence under penal law: AAP govt to HC January 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP Government today told the Delhi High Court that marital rape, where a spouse indulges in sexual relations without the willingness of the other, is already an offence under a penal provision. The AAP government submitted that a woman is entitled to refuse sexual relations with her husband as the right to bodily integrity […] Read more » AAP govt Additional Standing Counsel Nandita Rao Advocate Karuna Nandy Delhi High Court featured HC marital rape Marital rape offence NGO All India Democratic Women's Association NGO RIT Foundation penal law
Top Law News Govt recovering tax : Cairn UK January 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cairn India, now Vedanta Ltd, today told the Delhi High Court that proceedings regarding an over Rs 20,000 crore tax demand for non-payment of withholding tax on capital gains in 2006 by its former parent Cairn UK, need not continue as the authorities have taken action against the foreign entity. Cairn India, which in April […] Read more » Cairn Cairn UK Cairn UK Holdings Ltd. Delhi High Court featured Govt recovering tax Vedanta Ltd
Criminal Law News Top Law News Father gets life term for raping, sodomising minor daughter January 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a man for repeatedly raping and sodomising his nine-year-old daughter, saying instead of protecting her, he had indulged in a “dehumanising act”. The division bench held that the man does not deserve any leniency as he has violated the privacy and sanctity of his […] Read more » Delhi High Court father Father gets life term for raping featured Justice C Hari Shankar Justice S.P. Garg life term raping minor daughter sodomising minor daughter
Top Law News HC questions need of committees for government to do its work January 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned the need to set up “elaborate committees” for the government to do its work. “Does the government need committees to do its work? Why do you need elaborate committees,” was the query posed by a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla to the Delhi government. […] Read more » committees for government committees for govt Delhi High Court featured HC Justice A K Chawla Justice S. Ravindra Bhat need of committees for government
High Profile Cases SC questions locus of BJP leader who filed appeal in Bofors case January 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked BJP leader Ajay Agrawal to explain his locus in filing an appeal in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-offs case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that the CBI has not filed any appeal in the apex court challenging the May 31, 2005 Delhi High Court […] Read more » Bofors case Bofors pay-offs case Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court featured Justice R S Sodhi retired Justice J D Kapoor
