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
Media & Entertainment News Delhi High Court urged to let all reappear at AIEEE May 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Delhi High Court urged to let all reappear at AIEEE The mother of a girl student, who appeared in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), Wednesday appealed to the Delhi High Court that all students who took the test be allowed to sit in the re-examination May 11. Schailka Tyagi, mother of student Manisha Tyagi, filed the petition in the court of Justice Kailash […] Read more » AIEEE Delhi High Court
Top Law News CP shootout case: apex court confirms cop’s life sentence May 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the appeal by former Delhi assistant commissioner of police (ACP) S.S. Rathi and others, undergoing life imprisonment for the killing of two people in a shootout in the capital’s Connaught Place area in 1997. Two people, Jagjit Singh and Pardeep Goel, were killed and another was injured in a shootout […] Read more » apex court confirms cops CP shootout case Delhi High Court Life sentence
Top Law News No stay on Air India’s derecognition of pilot union April 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court Friday refused to stay Air India’s decision to derecognise the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) whose members have been on strike for three days, grounding many flights. Ruling on a petition by ICPA seeking a stay order on Air India’s decision, Justice S. Murlidharan said derecognition would not come in the way […] Read more » Air India's derecognitionf Delhi High Court Indian Commercial Pilots Association pilot union
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 High court slams Air India’s striking pilots April 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday slammed the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) which is on strike since Tuesday midnight forcing the national carrier Air India to cancel and reschedule around 100 flights. Pulling up ICPA, Justice Gita Mittal said: “Think properly about what is going on. Sickness, education and many more urgencies are affected by […] Read more » Air India Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi Delhi High Court High Court ICPA Indian Commercial Pilots Association Justice Gita Mittal pilots slams striking
Top Law News Cancel licences of units employing child labourers: Court April 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued orders to cancel the licences of factories employing child labourers, an NGO here said in a statement. “Honorable Chief Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna passed an order to cancel factory license of the units where such child labourers were found working,” said Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), a […] Read more » Bachpan Bachao Andolan BBA Cancel Chief Justice Deepak Mishra child labourers Delhi High Court employing Justice Sanjeev Khanna licences
Media & Entertainment News Court restricts cable operators from showing ‘Thank You’ April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained cable operators nationwide from distributing, telecasting and broadcasting the forthcoming release “Thank You” and/or otherwise infringing the copyright, production house UTV said in a statement. Those thinking of enjoying on their home TV sets the Akshay Kumar starrer through cable network will have to scrap their plans after UTV, […] Read more » Akshay Kumar Bobby Deol cable operators Celina Jaitly Court Delhi High Court Irrfan Khan restricts Rimmi Sen Sonam Kapoor Suniel Shetty Thank You
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 allows 65 detained Pakistanis to stay in jail April 5, 2011 / April 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A total of 65 Pakistani nationals, detained for staying in India without valid documents, will continue to stay in Tihar Jail as the Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the government not to decide on their deportation till April 28. The court was hearing a plea to hand over the Pakistanis, detained in 2007, to the […] Read more » 65 allows Court Delhi High Court detained Gowhar Shahi sect jail Justice Hima Kohli Pakistanis stay