Top Law News No contempt move for now, Delhi college teachers told May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday said that no contempt proceedings would be initiated against the teachers of Delhi University-affiliated Dyal Singh College who had flouted the court’s order by protesting against the semester system, but asked all teachers to cooperate in the system’s implementation. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra contempt Delhi college teachers Delhi High Court DUTA Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Court reserves order against DU teachers May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on charges by Delhi University (DU) that teachers of Dyal Singh College had flouted court orders by protesting against the implementation of the semester system. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “The court will pronounce its final verdict on whether […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi University Teachers Association DUTA Dyal Singh College Justice Sanjiv Khanna Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Court notice on insurance for AIDS patients May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on a petition to make HIV/AIDS patients eligible for health insurance policies. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the insurance regulator to reply by July 27. The court also issued notice to the […] Read more » AIDS patients Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court insurance IRDA Act Justice Sanjiv Khanna NACO National Aids Control Organization
Top Law News What is being done to decriminalise suicide: Court May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to list the steps it had taken on a 2008 Law Commission report calling for suicide to be decriminalised. As per the present provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a person attempting suicide can be punished with a maximum jail sentence of one year. Expressing […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court decriminalise decriminalise suicide Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna suicide
Top Law News Court orders probe into Delhi parking mafia March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order that could put an end to the widely prevalent network between parking mafia and the police in the city, the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police commissioner to inquire into one such nexus at Mangalam commercial complex in Rohini. “Such a nexus cannot be tolerated in a democratic polity. […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra commissioner BK Gupta Court Delhi Development Authority Delhi parking mafia Justice Sanjiv Khanna orders probe RTI
Top Law News Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit The Delhi High Court Monday sought the central government’s response on a petition challenging a single judge’s ruling that information pertaining to the appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the department of […] Read more » Appointments Central Information Commission Chief Justice Dipak Misra CIC Delhi High Court DoPT Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna notice plea RTI ambit
Top Law News Court questions government, school on girl’s eye injury March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the Delhi government and officials of a school as to why they were not able to provide immediate treatment to a girl whose eyes were injured in an incident in the institution. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court eye injury girl Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna Patrons for Poor People’s Foundation school Vishwamitra Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya
Top Law News Delhi government questioned on school kids using intoxicants March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the Delhi government on a petition seeking steps to prevent city school children from accessing intoxicants. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the education department and asked it to file a reply by May 18 on the issue raised by a […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Commission for Protection of Child Rights questioned school kids
Top Law News Court tells exam board to re-evaluate marks promptly March 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to evolve a mechanism to complete in a time-bound manner the re-evaluation of marks of Class 12 students seeking admissions to colleges. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna gave the direction on the petition of a student […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court exam board Jalnidh Kaur Justice Sanjiv Khanna marks Prabhsahay Kaur promptly re-evaluate St. Stephen's College
Top Law News Give permanent shelter to homeless near Jama Masjid: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide a permanent alternative shelter to the homeless who were using a facility near Jama Masjid before it was demolished in 2003. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Till the shelter home is constructed, the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court homeless Jama Masjid Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi permanent shelter Urban Shelter Improvement Board USIB
Top Law News Delhi Zoo a death trap, court told February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the central government on a public interest litigation by a law student who said that the National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo) had become a “death trap” for animals and should be shifted to the city’s outskirts. A division bench of chief justice Deepak Misra and Justice […] Read more » chief justice Deepak Misra Court death trap Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo)
Top Law News Health of citizens is wealth of nation: Court February 21, 2011 / February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘The health of the citizens is the wealth of the nation’ and it cannot be allowed to be jeopardized, the Delhi High Court said Monday while slamming an anti-quota stir at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2006. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘The […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Anbumani Ramadoss Chief Justice Dipak Misra Citizens Court Health Justice Sanjiv Khanna nation P. Venugopal Prashant Bhushan wealth