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 lawyers support Hazare August 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers Tuesday organised a half-hour impromptu protest outside the Delhi High Court here against the detention of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare and his supporters, seeking implementation of a strong anti-corruption bill. “This is the black day of Indian democracy as the government has taken an unconstitutional step to scuttle the peaceful and democratic protest of […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption bill Arvind Kejriwal Delhi High Court Delhi lawyers Kiran Bedi
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 Can’t touch seats reserved for OBC students: Supreme court August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said conversion of seats reserved for students belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) to general category seats in central educational institutions was not permissible. The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said this while reserving its verdict on a petition by P.V. Indiresan, former director […] Read more » Can't touch seats reserved for OBC students Delhi High Court Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal
Criminal Law News Court rebukes Kalmadi; Asks why he wants to attend parliament July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday snubbed Congress MP and sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, who asked for permission to attend parliament, and said the government would not fall if he didn’t attend the session. “There is no such important issue going to take place in parliament that if you (Kalmadi) do not […] Read more » (ASG) A.S. Chandhiok CBI Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Kalmadi for permission to attend parliament Suresh Kalmadi
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