Delhi High Court Asks DDA To Decide On Request For Holding Ramleela On Plot Allotted For Judicial Staff Quarters

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to consider an application for holding Ramleela at a plot in Shahdara, Delhi, which has been acquired by the Delhi Government for the purposes of constructing judicial staff quarters. The applicant's request to organize Ramleela at the said plot was rejected by the DDA on 08 August on the ground that the plot was offered...

[IAS Aspirants Deaths] Delhi High Court Asks CBI About Reasons For Water Logging Outside Coaching Centre That Day, Calls For Status Report

The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation about the reason for heavy water logging and the amount of rainfall on July 27 when three civil services aspirants died after drowning in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajendra Nagar. The court orally said this while asking the central agency to submit a one page status report on certain points....

NCLT In Better Position To Consider 'Unsavoury Practices' Of Banks, Financial Institutions: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is an appropriate authority to consider issues relating to 'unsavoury' practices of banks, calculating compound or penalty interest in a manner which leads to a situation where it becomes difficult to seek a resolution under Section 12A of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (for withdrawal of corporate...

Delhi HC Grants Bail To Proofreader Of 'Islamic Movement' Magazine Published By Banned Organisation SIMI, Finds No Specific Act Of 'Incitement'

The Delhi High Court has granted regular bail to a UAPA accused who is alleged to be a member of the banned organization, Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).A magazine published by SIMI named the 'Islamic Movement' was seized during the police raid conducted at SIMI headquarters. It is alleged that the magazine is inflammatory and provocative in nature and that the accused was a part of...

'Was Frustrated Over Separation With Son': Delhi HC Drops Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Father For Using Abusive Language In Court

The Delhi High Court dropped the criminal contempt proceedings initiated against a father who had used abusive language in the Court and walked away, refusing to appear before the Court as he was upset and frustrated after his son was separated from him. The Court accepted the father's/ contemnor's apology subject to the condition that he shall deposit Rs. 25,000/- to the Delhi High Court...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Writ Seeking Criminal Action Against Packaged Food Manufacturers For Using Excessive 'Added Sugar'

The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a writ petition seeking initiation of criminal proceedings under FSSAI Act against packaged food manufacturers, for using excessive added sugar in their products.Section 41 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 empowers the Food Safety Officer and Designated Officer to initiate prosecution against violators of the Act and the Rules...

Delhi High Court Seeks Puja Khedkar's Response On UPSC's Plea Alleging Perjury

The Delhi High Court today issued notice to former probationer IAS officer Puja Khedkar on an application filed by the Union Public Services Commission, seeking to initiate perjury proceedings against her for allegedly giving false statement and affidavit in the court.Khedkar is accused of “misrepresenting and falsifying facts" in her UPSC application. On July 31, the UPSC cancelled...

Delhi Riots: High Court Restrains Trial Court From Passing Final Orders On Framing Of Charge Till Sept 23

The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained the trial court, hearing the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, from passing any final orders in the matter.Single bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the direction while hearing a petition filed by Devangana Kalita, one of the accused in the case, seeking certain videos of the CAA-NRC protests and chats of WhatsApp groups gathered by...

S. 17A PC Act | Preliminary Enquiry Against Unknown Offenders Not Strictly Barred: Delhi High Court

In a significant development, the Delhi High Court observed that although there's no bar to initiating preliminary enquiry against unknown public officials under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 no case could be registered against such unknown officials unless previous sanction is obtained from the competent authority.“The preliminary enquiry against unknown persons may not...

Court Cannot Assess "Functional Disability", Domain Of Experts: Delhi High Court Denies Relief To MBBS Aspirant With Missing Fingers

The Delhi High Court has declined the plea of a medical aspirant with "missing multiple fingers", seeking admission into MBBS course.The bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made it clear that it cannot delve into expert domains like assessing the "functional disability" of a medical aspirant and "the evaluation of the petitioner‟s ability to pursue the course, and later practice as a...

Employee's Performance Assessment Must Be Limited To Specified Year, Incidents Beyond Not Ground To Upgrade/ Degrade: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the assessment of an employee for a particular year must be based solely on their performance during that year, and incidents beyond the period covered by the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) cannot be used to either downgrade or upgrade an employee's rating.This observation was made by a division bench comprising Justices Shalinder Kaur And...

Referral Court Under Section 11 Can't Decide The Arbitrability of Non-Notified Claim: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice C. Harishankar, while deciding a Section 11 application, has held that a referral court under Section 11 cannot examine the arbitrability of non-notified claims. After the SBI General Insurance Co Ltd v. Krish Spinning judgment, the arbitral tribunal will decide on the arbitrability of disputes. Facts: The appellant and respondent entered...