Top Law News Dichotomy in implementing arrest guidelines by police: Delhi HC November 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There exists dichotomy between standard guidelines on effecting arrest and their actual implementation by police on ground, according to a report of the Delhi High Court Registry. Highlighting the contrasting situation, the report of Delhi High Court Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Sharma stressed the need to train and sensitise the police on proper implementation of […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 84 anti-Sikh riots: SC refuses to stay proceedings in Delhi HC November 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to stay the proceedings in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases before the Delhi High Court which has issued show cause notices to 11 persons asking why they should not be re-tried. Eleven persons including former councillor Balwan Khokhar and ex-MLA Mahender Yadav have already been acquitted by a trial court in […] Read more » 84 anti-Sikh riots Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Civic bodies failed to clean even one area of Delhi clean: Delhi HC November 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The civic bodies of the national capital have not been able to keep even one area of the city completely clean, the Delhi High Court said today. “You take one step forward, then four steps back,” a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva told the civic bodies and asked their officials whether […] Read more » Civic bodies Court Delhi clean Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Jaitley’s suit based on heresay evidence: Kejriwal November 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today told the Delhi High Court that Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s second defamation suit against him over the usage of ‘scandalous’ words by his former counsel was based on heresay and thus was inadmissible as evidence for fresh action. Jaitley’s counsel, however, termed as “belated” the chief minister’s denial that he […] Read more » Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal Court DDCA defamation suit Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Whole of Delhi is unauthorised: Delhi HC November 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Entre Delhi is unauthorised, an anguished High Court remarked today while hearing a plea regarding the ongoing demolition at Kathputli colony in west Delhi. The observation was made by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar when an NGO representing some residents of the area said that jhuggis were […] Read more » Court DDA Delhi High Court featured Kathputli colony Law Legal News Whole of Delhi is unauthorised
Top Law News TN chief secy, 3 other IAS officers appear in HC in contempt November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan and three other IAS officers today appeared in the Madras High Court following its directive on a contempt plea over failure by authorities concerned to reconvey the land acquired by the government for a project. A division bench comprising justices K K Sasidharan and P Velmurugan said it ordered […] Read more » contempt plea Court Delhi High Court featured Girija Vaidyanathan Law Legal News Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Delhi HC quashes Meghalaya panel’s order summoning Golf Club secy November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today quashed the order of the Meghalaya State Commission for Women summoning the Delhi Golf Club secretary over a tribal woman being asked to leave the dining room as her traditional Khasi attire looked like a “maid’s uniform” to staffers. Justice Vibhu Bakhru also held that the Meghalaya Women’s Commission has […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured golf club Law Legal News Meghalaya Meghalaya State Commission
Top Law News Delhi HC seeks govt’s stand on plea to ban use of Prez, PM’s photo November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre on a plea to ban the use of photos of persons holding constitutional posts, including the President and the Prime Minister, in private advertisements. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the Press Council […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Recording court proceedings would aid openness: Delhi HC November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an age driven by technology, recording of court proceedings would aid the concept of openness, the Delhi High Court has said while deciding to examine the issue of audio-video recording of cases before it and the subordinate courts. A bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sunil Gaur was hearing a plea seeking […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Recording court proceedings would aid openness
High Profile Cases Delhi HC not to interfere with Patra’s appointment as ONGC director November 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with the appointment of BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra as an independent director on the board of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar refused to entertain the PIL which also sought cancellation of […] Read more » BJP Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ONGC Sambit Patra
Top Law News Delhi HC forms panel for enhancing prison security November 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Proper functioning of CCTV cameras in Tihar jail, which is overcrowded with prisoners by over 100 per cent, is a “non-compromisable imperative”, the Delhi High Court has said while setting up a high-level committee to suggest measures for enhancing security of three jails here. The court said it was aware that Tihar jail was under […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News prison security Tihar Jail
Top Law News Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note: PIL in HC November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The newly issued Rs 50 currency notes cannot be differentiated from others by visually impaired persons, a PIL today claimed in the Delhi High Court which sought the RBI and the Centre’s stand on the issue. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the matter needed urgent attention […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL RBI Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note
