High Profile Cases No eatery in Hauz Khas Village has sanctioned building plan:HC January 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Not a single restaurant or pub in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas Village have taken a sanctioned building plan from the municipal authorities to run their businesses, the Delhi High Court has observed. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation after the south Delhi municipal corporation (SDMC) […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured Hauz Khas village HC Justice C Hari Shankar No eatery in Hauz Khas Village sanctioned building plan SDMC South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Top Law News Move to alternate facility: HC to visually impaired students January 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed a group of visually impaired students, whose hostel was recently demolished, to immediately shift to the alternate facilities being provided to them by the DDA. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said its order of January 3 asking them to move out […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal DDA Delhi Development Authority featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar visually impaired students
Top Law News HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in serving warrants and summons January 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to form a policy, or amend existing laws to ensure that warrants and summons are served expeditiously to accused and witnesses. A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre was hearing a PIL claiming that the issue of a large number of pending summons […] Read more » delay in serving summons delay in serving warrants featured HC Maharashtra government
Top Law News Need for final action on illegal encroachments: HC January 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is a need to act “once and for all” against illegal encroachments, the Delhi High Court today told a municipal body and the police while taking note of the practice of permitting shops on pavements. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation while hearing a […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured HC illegal encroachments Justice C Hari Shankar Need for final action
High Profile Cases Give report on Rohini ashram founder’s whereabouts: HC to CBI January 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today termed as “extremely suspicious” the conduct of the founder of a north Delhi-based ashram where girls were allegedly kept in illegal confinement and asked the CBI to give a report on his whereabouts. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar prima facie found substance […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal CBI Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar Rohini ashram Rohini ashram founder’s whereabouts Virender Dev Dixit
Top Law News HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to quash Haj policy barring differently-abled January 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking quashing of certain provisions in the new policy for Haj pilgrims that bar differently-abled persons from undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal barring differently-abled featured Haj Committee of India Pilgrims for Haj Haj policy HC Justice Hari Shankar New Haj Policy of Haj Committee of India Pilgrims for Haj 2018-2022 plea to quash Haj policy plea to quash Haj policy barring differently-abled
Top Law News Failure of authorities made Delhi a polluting city: HC December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has rapped authorities in the city saying had kept their eyes open, the national capital would not have become a “polluting city”. Expressing displeasure over the connivance of officials of municipal corporations in allowing industrial units in residential and non-conforming areas, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice […] Read more » Delhi a polluting city Failure of authorities featured HC
Top Law News HC seeks report on probe into bitumen purchase irregularities October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to file within four weeks a status report on probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bitumen in Tamil Nadu. A Division Bench comprising Justices M M Sundaresh and M Sundar directed the DVAC to file the status report on a […] Read more » bitumen purchase bitumen purchase irregularities directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption DVAC featured HC irregularities Justice M M Sundaresh Justice M Sundar Madras High Court report on probe into bitumen purchase
Top Law News MBBS: HC asks Centre to include student in waiting list as NRI September 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to include a student, seeking admission to MBBS course through NEET as an NRI candidate though he appeared for the entrance exam as a resident candidate, in the waiting list for deemed universities. Justice Vibhu Bakhru said that this would enable the student to approach the deemed […] Read more » advocate Pradeep Kumar Arya Centre to include student in waiting list as NRI Delhi High Court featured HC Justice Vibhu Bakhru MBBS MBBS course through NEET National Eligibility cum Entrance Test NEET
Criminal Law News Family Law News Top Law News HC seeks govt reply on plea to fast-track child custody cases September 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction to formulate guidelines for expeditiously resolving issues of custody and maintenance concerning minors arising from the now rampant practice of “inter-parental child abduction”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar has issued notice to the […] Read more » Art of Learning Foundation child custody child custody cases fast-track child custody cases featured HC PIL
High Profile Cases Create a law abiding culture: HC to Centre and AAP govt July 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Create a law-abiding culture, the Delhi High Court has said while cautioning the Centre and the AAP government against issuance of pollution under control (PUC) certificates to polluting vehicles in the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also expressed concern over the agencies failure to conduct “random […] Read more » AAP govt Additional Delhi government Standing Counsel Gautam Narayan Chief Justice Gita Mittal counsel Anil Aggarwal Create a law abiding culture featured HC HC to AAP govt HC to Centre issuance of pollution under control Justice C Hari Shankar law abiding culture PUC
Top Law News HC notice to man on plea against discharge in murder case June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to a senior citizen here seeking his response to a petition of the Maharashtra government challenging his discharge from the 2003 murder case of a Canadian national. The state government approached the high court challenging an order passed by a sessions court in February this year, discharging […] Read more » discharge in murder case HC murder case notice to man plea against discharge in murder case the Bombay High Court
