Delhi High Court
Online Single Window System For Seamless Payment To Empanelled Lawyers Will Be Operational Within Two Weeks: Delhi Govt Tells High Court
The Delhi Government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the Online Single Window System (OSWS) portal for seamless processing of payment of professional fees to the standing counsels will be made operational within two weeks.The Delhi Government told a division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora that the aspect of fee...
CUET | Henceforth Final Answer Key Of Exam Will Be Uploaded Prior To Declaring Result: NTA Assures Delhi High Court
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has assured the Delhi High Court that in future, the final answer key for Central University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) exam would be uploaded on its website at least a day prior to the final declaration of result. Justice C Hari Shankar was given the assurance that the final answer key would be accessible only through the individual login ID and password of...
Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case: Convicts Move Delhi High Court Against Conviction & Sentence, Notice Issued
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on the pleas moved by all four convicts in the murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan challenging their conviction and sentence of life imprisonment. A division bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain also issued notice on the applications moved by the convicts seeking suspension of their sentence awarded by...
Delhi High Court Recalls Order Allowing Woman To Terminate 29 Weeks Pregnancy After Husband's Death
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday recalled its recent order allowing a woman to terminate her pregnancy of 29 weeks as she was suffering with extreme trauma after her husband's death.“The order is recalled,” Justice Subramonium Prasad said while allowing an application moved by the Central Government seeking recall of the order passed on January 04.Justice Prasad had allowed the woman...
Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Former Bureaucrat For Allegedly Inducing False Complaint Against Special Secretary YVVJ Rajshekhar
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to quash an FIR against former 1997-batch Danics officer AV Prem Nath, prematurely retired from service in October last year over molestation charges, for allegedly inducing a to file a false complaint against YVVJ Rajshekhar, Delhi Government's Special Secretary (Services and Vigilance), in return for a job. Justice Amit Sharma said that it is not a...
PM Cares Fund: Delhi High Court Sets Aside CIC Order Directing IT Department To Disclose Details Of Tax Exemption Under RTI
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Income Tax (IT) department to provide details regarding the tax exemption granted to the PM Cares Fund under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the CIC does not have the jurisdiction to direct furnishing of information provided for in Section 138 of...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat On Ashok Gehlot's Plea Against Summons In Defamation Case
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on an appeal filed by Rajasthan's former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot challenging a trial court order upholding his summoning in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of Shekhawat within two weeks and listed the matter for hearing next on March 06. The court also...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 15 To January 21, 2024
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Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere With Lokpal Proceedings Against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief Shibu Soren
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to interfere at this stage with the proceedings initiated by Lokpal of India against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Shibu Soren in connection with a disproportionate assets case.Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the plea moved by Soren challenging the Lokpal proceedings is “premature at this juncture”.The court said that the Lokpal is yet to...
2019 Jamia Violence: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Action Taken On NHRC Recommendations
The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Delhi Government on the recommendations given by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its 2020 report on the violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 in connection with the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain directed the Delhi Government to...
Delhi High Court Stays IT Department's Order Cancelling Tax Exemption Status Of Oxfam India, Care India
The Delhi High Court has recently stayed the order passed by the Income Tax department cancelling the tax exemption status of two non-government organisations, Oxfam India and CARE India. A division bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order identical to an interim order passed on August 25 last year in favour of leading public policy think tank,...
'Preying On Religious Beliefs': Delhi High Court Orders Suspension Of Website Offering To Sell 'Ayodhya Ram Mandir Prasad' For Free
The Delhi High Court has recently ordered suspension of a website under the name of “Khadi Organic” which was promoting itself as an “official website for sale of Ayodhya Ram Mandir prasad” on various social media platforms. The website was offering for delivery of free prasad from the Pran Pratishta ceremony scheduled to be held today at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar...