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Bill drafted to regulate placement agencies, HC told

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The city police Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that the Delhi Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Bill has been drafted to regulate placement agencies here. The government filed a status report before the court that 1,754 placement agencies have been registered under the Delhi Shops and Establishments Act. It told the division bench of Chief […]

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Ensure encroachment-free water bodie

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The Delhi High Court has directed the city police to ensure that water bodies like lakes and ponds are not encroached upon or allotted in future to make good the deficiency of land during consolidation proceedings. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan, in an order earlier this week, asked the […]

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Court unhappy over less women in Delhi Police

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The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed its anguish at the inadequate number of women police personnel and said that at least 50 percent posts should be filled by women. A bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan said: “Knowing well that the incidents (relating to lack of safety of women) are happening in […]

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Himachal hails Delhi HC ruling in favour of apple growers

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The Himachal government Wednesday hailed the Delhi High Court ruling against the six percent commission fruit merchants in Delhi’s Azadpur market were charging on the apple growers. Horticulture Minister Vidya Stokes said the growers would get a major relief as they would not have to pay extra for selling their produce in Delhi. The relief […]

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Court summons Delhi officials on child labour issue

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The Delhi High Court Thursday summoned the state chief secretary and labour secretary after they failed to comply with the its earlier directions to conduct raids and rescue children engaged in labour. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan ordered the chief secretary and the labour department secretary to appear before […]

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Policy on e-mail use by officials soon, court told

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The Delhi High Court Thursday was told by the government that it is on the verge of finalising the e-mail policy for official communication by government officers in order to bar transfer of data to a server outside the country. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, recording the submission of […]

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Act against juvenile delinquents’ handlers: Court

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The Delhi High Court has directed police to act against adult offenders who use children in thefts. The court while hearing a public interest petition Wednesday said police should follow the guidelines issued by the Juvenile Justice Board Jan 25, 2011 on the matter. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: HC to start hearing from Wednesday

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The Delhi High Court will start from Wednesday the day-to-day hearing on the death sentence awarded to four men in Delhi’s Dec 16 gangrape-cum-murder case. The trial court Sep 13 awarded the death sentence to Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20), convicted in the case, and referred the case […]

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Delhi gang-rape convicts to be produced in HC

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The Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants for Tuesday to four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case on the trial court’s reference for confirmation of the capital punishment given to them. A bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani directed Tihar Jail authorities to produce Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur […]

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Centre gets notice on plea against nod for AirAsia India

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The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the clearance given to the proposed low-cost airline AirAsia India. The petition alleged wrongdoing in the process and claimed that according to the policy foreign investment was only permitted in an existing airline but AirAsia […]

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No court relief for man who ‘forced’ wife to abort

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The Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a woman’s husband and in-laws who allegedly forced her to swallow abortion pills for causing a miscarriage. Sympathising with a “traumatised” Aarti Gupta, Justice R.V. Easwar said “at this age serious damage could have been caused to her reproductive system by forcing her to swallow abortion […]

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CIC order on parties: RTI applicants file caveat in HC

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A caveat was on Wednesday filed in the Delhi High Court to pre-empt any ex-parte stay on the Central Information Commission order bringing political parties under the purview of Right to Information Act. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a civil society claiming to bring transparency in Indian politics, on whose plea the CIC had […]

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