Tag: Delhi High Court

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Order tmw on plea agst withdrawal limit for weddings

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Delhi High Court today reserved its order for tomorrow on a plea seeking relaxation of the Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal limit for marriages after demonetisation. The plea, which has also sought that old currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 should be accepted for paying court fees, came up for hearing before a bench […]

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2007 graft sting: Delhi HC transfers probe to CBI

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Delhi High Court has transferred to CBI the probe in a case in which traffic policemen were filmed allegedly taking bribes from Blueline bus operators, saying the investigation has not proceeded “meticulously and punctiliously” despite its direction issued six years ago. Besides handing over the case to CBI, the high court also expressed concern over […]

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PIL in Delhi HC for fixing price of stents

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A plea for fixing price of stents, used to treat narrowed or weakened arteries in the body, has been moved in the Delhi High Court, contending that the rate of the medical device has not been fixed despite it being included in the national essential list of medicines (NLEM). The matter was listed for hearing […]

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Affair during subsistence of marriage is cruelty: Delhi HC

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Having an affair during subsistence of marriage by either of the spouses amounts to cruelty, the Delhi High Court has observed while setting aside a trial court’s judgement granting divorce to a man who was in an “open adulterous relationship”. A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Yogesh Khanna allowed the appeal filed by a […]

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Delhi HC not to go into correctness of demonetisation policy

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The Delhi High Court today said that it will not go into the correctness of the Centre’s policy on demonetisation as the Supreme Court is already seized of the issue. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V K Rao also refused to issue any direction to the Centre to remove the cap […]

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Delhi HC to hear pleas against demonetisation on Dec 8

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The Delhi High Court today fixed December 8 for hearing the pleas against demonetisation which questioned the government allowing certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to use the old notes. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V K Rao said that it will take up the matter in December as […]

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Delhi HC to hear tomorrow plea against demonetisation

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Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea against demonetisation which said once the currency was invalidated then how could the government direct certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to accept old notes. A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Jayant Nath listed for hearing tomorrow the plea which also sought […]

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Delhi HC sets free two men accused of raping colleague

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Delhi High Court has set free two men of the charge of raping their colleague, saying there was “inconsistency” in the woman’s version about the incident. Holding that the two convicts, who have been in custody since June 2009, “deserve the benefit of doubt”, Justice S P Garg directed their release from jail immediately. “…Nothing […]

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Delhi HC refuses to defreeze NGO’s a/c to use foreign funds

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The Delhi High Court today refused to defreeze an NGO’s account enabling it to use its foreign funds as the Centre claimed the decision not to renew the foreign funding registration under FCRA was taken in “public interest”. “I am not inclined to give any interim relief with regard to defreezing of the petitioner account. […]

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Travel firm pay Rs 6.3 L to ex-HC judge for discomfort

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A major travel company has been directed by a district consumer forum here to pay a compensation of over Rs 6.3 lakh to a former Delhi High Court judge for deficiency in service to him and his family during their leisure trip to South Africa. The forum, headed by its president S K Sarvaria, also […]

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Delhi HC dismisses PIL for ban on burqa, other face veils in Delhi

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The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on burqas and other face veils in public places due to security threat to the capital, saying it is not a public interest matter. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal dismissed the plea saying, “If it […]

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