[ad_1] Delhi high court has ordered social media platforms to take all steps to block a sexually explicit video circulating for the past few days of a person stated to be a judge of the district judiciary.Acting on the complaint of one of the affected people shown in the video,...
Delhi HC ultimatum to Centre, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted the “last opportunity” to the Centre to file its reply to a plea seeking transfer from Delhi Police to an independent agency the FIRs lodged against students in the incidents of violence in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in December 2019 following protests against...
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has asked the excise department to decide the plea of a liquor distributor, who is currently being probed in the alleged excise policy scam, to sell off unsold stock to the city government’s subsidiaries.Justice Yashwant Varma gave three weeks time to the department...
Delhi HC notice to civic body on vacancies, school infrastructure, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday sought the stand of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on a plea seeking directions on filling vacancies and improving infrastructure in schools run by the corporation.The petition sought to fill teachers’ vacancies in municipal schools and to install CCTV cameras and...
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Special treatment for the underprivileged is a facet of equality guaranteed under the Constitution and treating unequal as equals while giving special treatment is a well-recognised form of discrimination, Delhi High Court has said.The court noted that the Constitution includes special provisions for the Scheduled Castes (SC)...
Delhi HC disposes of plea demanding Covid facility for prosecutors, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has ended proceedings on a plea that sought a dedicated Covid facility for public prosecutors, noting that all possible steps to provide medical treatment to combat the pandemic have been taken by the city government and the Centre.The HC disposed of the public litigation...
PIL in Delhi HC against overcrowding of prisoners in Tihar Jail, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi high court in relation to the overcrowding of prisoners in the Tihar prison complex in Delhi.The plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail had exceeded the actual capacity of each barrack and it...
Delhi HC upholds life term of 3 convicts in girl rape case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Thursday upheld the life sentence awarded to three persons in a minor's gang-rape case. The division bench of justice Mukta Gupta and justice Anish Dayal dismissed the appeals filed by the three men who were convicted on December 15, 2018, and awarded life...
Meeting due with govts on payment process, Delhi HC told, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Monday told the high court that a meeting with the Centre and Delhi government is scheduled to discuss the modalities on payment of the balance arbitral award to the Reliance Infrastructure-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited.The DMRC told the court that...
Any corrosive matter is ‘acid’, rules Delhi HC, upholds life term of 2 attackers, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The high court has upheld the life term of two men in a 2014 'acid attack' case and awarded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a woman who has been left with "severe deformity of her face, including loss of almost complete vision in her left eye".The...