Top Law News Delhi High Court: Maintenance laws misused by greedy June 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The maintenance laws are “designed to help the needy and not the greedy“, the Delhi High Court has said while expressing displeasure at the misuse of the benevolent provisions to settle personal scores. The court’s remark, in a recent order, came on a plea filed by an elderly woman seeking enhancement of the maintenance amount […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi High Court: Maintenance laws misused by greedy maintenance laws
Top Law News Delhi High court quashed case against two army officers June 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today quashed an FIR against two Army officers, charge sheeted for allegedly causing injuries to two civilians with a knife last year, but directed them to pay Rs 25,000 each as cost after the parties settled the issue out-of-court. Justice Kailash Gambhir quashed the FIR lodged at Amar Colony police […] Read more » case against two army officers Delhi High Court Justice Kailash Gambhir settlement of issue out of court
Top Law News Murder accused acquitted for lack of credible evidence June 10, 2012 / June 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that “regretfully, notwithstanding a young life being snuffed at the prime…we are constrained to extend the benefit of doubt to the appellants (accused),” the Delhi High Court has acquitted six accused who were convicted by the trial court for allegedly kidnapping and later murdering an 18-year-old boy when his businessman father failed to fulfil a […] Read more » Delhi High Court Gang Nahar in Muradnagar lack of credible evidence Murder accused acquitted
Top Law News Criminal record of juveniles should be obliterated over time: Delhi High Court June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Criminal record of juveniles should be obliterated over time: Delhi High Court The criminal past of a juvenile should be “obliterated” after a period of time and not be allowed to stand in the way of his future life, the Delhi High Court has ruled. A division bench of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice V.K. Jain, citing previous judgments given by the court, observed: “The intention […] Read more » Care and Protection of Children Criminal record of juveniles Delhi High Court Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Juvenile Justice Act 2000
Top Law News Court notice to school on poor student’s plea June 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought response from the government and a private school on the plea of a poor Class 2 student seeking direction against the institution for allegedly not allowing him to continue his studies. Director of education, Delhi government, and Yuva Shakti Model School in north Delhi’s Rohini were told to give […] Read more » DDA Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
Top Law News School marks can’t be revealed under RTI: Court May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has ruled that the marks secured by a student in the secondary school examination cannot be obtained even under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as this would defeat the objective of replacing marks with grades introduced in 2010. The high court’s ruling came while hearing a plea filed by the Central […] Read more » CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw School marks can't be revealed under RTI
Top Law News Court seeks report from home ministry, DGCA on Vectra May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought records from the home ministry and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the basis on which the operating permit of the aviation firm Global Vectra Helicorp was suspended. Hearing the case filled by Global Vectra, aviation arm of the Ravi Rishi-led Vectra Group which operates a fleet of […] Read more » Delhi High Court DGCA on Vectra Global Vectra Helicorp Justice Vipin Sanghi
Top Law News High court quashes FIR against Pomersbach May 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR against Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach after he and the complainant U.S. national reached an out-of-court settlement in a molestation case. Justice M.L. Mehta quashed the FIR and the criminal proceedings arising out of it after recording statements of American citizen Zohal Hamid, her friend Sahil […] Read more » Delhi High Court FIR quashed High court quashes FIR against Pomersbach Justice M.L. Mehta Luke Pomersbach molestation charge
Top Law News Book Maneka Gandhi’s animal shelter: Court May 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Book Maneka Gandhi’s animal shelter: Court A Delhi court has directed the registration of a case against a veterinary hospital-cum-shelter, run by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Maneka Gandhi, for causing the death of 36 calves sent to its custody. Metropolitan Magistrate Naresh Kumar Laka on Tuesday said: “The Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre (SGACC) is a welfare organisation to take care […] Read more » advocate Sanobar Ali Qureshi Bharatiya Janata Party MP Maneka Gandhi Book Maneka Gandhi's animal shelter Delhi High Court Metropolitan Magistrate Naresh Kumar Laka Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre SGACC
Top Law News Court notice over girls’ admission to Delhi school May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a plea seeking directions to ensure conducive atmosphere for girls’ admission to a 350-year-old school in central Delhi. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw sought responses by July 18 from the government, the director of education, […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court girls' admission to Delhi school Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Have power to frame CNG tariff rules: court May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has the power to frame tariff regulations for Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) that distributes compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped gas in Delhi and adjoining region. IGL had moved court contending that the regulatory […] Read more » CNG tariff rules Delhi High Court Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
Top Law News Court sends activist’s death probe to crime branch May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday shifted the probe into the death of a right to information activist in a road accident here last month to the crime branch of Delhi Police and sought fortnightly reports on the investigation. Activist and retired government employee Ravinder Balwani, an aide of Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal and a […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Kejriwal's NGO Parivartan Ravinder Balwani Ravinder Balwani rti activist