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Delhi HC sets aside LG order cancelling bungalow allotted to AAP

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The Delhi High Court today set aside an order of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) cancelling the allotment of a bungalow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the heart of the capital, saying no reason was given for the action. Justice Vibhu Bakhru remanded the matter back to LG Anil Baijal to pass a reasoned […]

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We are here to protect life, liberty of people: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court today send out a strong message to those eateries at Hauz Khas village operating without mandatory clearances, saying “we are here to protect the life and personal liberty of every person in the city”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, however, made clear that […]

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Delhi HC seeks Centre, police reply on probe plea into illegalities in NEET 2016

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The Delhi High Court today sought reply of the Centre and the police on a plea seeking court- monitored CBI/SIT probe into the alleged illegalities in the National Eligibility Entrance Test, 2016, to admit students into post graduate medical courses. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued […]

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Delhi HC for speedy decision to regularise Kashmiri migrant teachers

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The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to take an expeditious decision on regularising Kashmiri migrant teachers who had fled their state in the wake of disturbances and were working in government and municipal schools here on contractual basis for about 13 years. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Deepa Sharma […]

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No ‘name calling’ in Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court today asked a TV channel and the kin of Sunanda Pushkar not to indulge in “name calling” in connection with her death case but said there could be a possibility of some posturing from both sides. The court was hearing Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s plea seeking to restrain journalist Arnab Goswami […]

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Delhi HC extends bail of 2008 BMW hit-n-run convict Utsav Bhasin

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The Delhi High Court today extended till August 23 the bail granted to the 2008 BMW hit- and-run convict Utsav Bhasin by a sessions court. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal extended the relief after the convict informed the court that the bail granted to him by the trial court is expiring on August 14. Bhasin sought […]

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Maken opposes in HC AAP plea ag’st panel report on ads

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Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today opposed the AAP’s plea in the Delhi High Court against a Centre-appointed panel’s report recommending that the ruling party be made to pay an amount of Rs 97 crore that the Delhi government had spent on advertisements. The Congress leader questioned the maintainability of the petition saying the Supreme […]

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Delhi HC extends bail of 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict

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The Delhi High Court today extended till August 18 the interim bail granted to a former Congress councillor, serving life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to enable him to arrange funds to pay his lawyers. A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra granted the relief to Balwan Khokhar […]

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Uphaar fire tragedy: SC agrees to hear ex-IPS officer appeal

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal filed by ex-IPS officer challenging a Delhi High Court order which had rejected his plea that he cannot be tried in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case because the CBI had failed to procure sanction to prosecute him. A bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and […]

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EC bribery case: Accused again alleges torture inside jail

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Sukesh Chandrashekar, an accused in the Election Commission (EC) bribery case, today moved the Delhi High Court alleging that despite an order not to subject him to violence inside Tihar jail, he was tortured. The high court on July 24 had warned of “serious action” over the alleged “torture” of Chandrashekar, saying any such incident […]

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Another HC bench recuses from hearing MP minister’s plea

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Another bench of the Delhi High Court today recused from hearing Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra’s plea against an Election Commission (EC) order disqualifying him on charges of paid news. The matter was listed before a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Navin Chawla, one of whom recused from hearing the BJP leader’s petition. No […]

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Tharoor in Delhi HC to stop TV channel from misreporting wife’s case

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction to journalist Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV to refrain from “misreporting” the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death. Tharoor alleged that despite assurance given in the court on May 29 by the counsel for Goswami and the news channel, […]

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