Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking QR Codes On Medicinal And Food Products For Visually Impaired Persons
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking affixation of QR Codes on all medicinal and food products to help visually impaired persons in identifying such products and access all relevant information.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response of Union Ministries of Health and Family...
Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Notification Barring Use Of Donor Gametes In Surrogacy, Notice Issued
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging a recent notification issued by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which bars the use of donor gametes for an intending couple wanting to undergo surrogacy.The notification issued on March 14 makes amendment to Form 2 under Rule 7 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022. Form 2 is a consent form cum agreement of surrogacy...
Refusal To Refund Court Fees In An Unadjudicated Lis Would Discourage Litigant From Approaching Justice Dispensation System: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the refusal to refund court fees in a lis which remained unadjudicated and expecting the litigant to pay it again would discourage the litigant from approaching the justice dispensation system. “Such a form of docket exclusion would be highly counterproductive for any civilized society,” a division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice...
Judges Must Not Only Have A ‘Sensitive Heart’ But Also An ‘Alert Mind’ While Conducting Trial In Child Sexual Assault Cases: Delhi High Court
It is the duty of every judge to not only have a “sensitive heart” but also an “alert mind” while recording of witness statements and conducting trial in cases of sexual assault with children, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed though the State and the administration can provide “necessary and modern infrastructure” to the judges, including...
‘Sick Or Infirm Person Has Right To Have Adequate Treatment’: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To P Sarath Chandra Reddy In Liquor Policy Case
The Delhi High Court has granted regular bail on medical grounds to P Sarath Chandra Reddy in the money laundering case connected to the now-scrapped liquor policy of national capital, observing that a person who is sick or infirm has a right to have adequate and effective treatment. Observing that right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes right to live...
Statement Of Youth Beaten & Forced To Sing Vande Mataram During Riots Be Recorded Before Magistrate: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered that statement of a man, who was one of five men who were forced to sing Vande Mataram during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, be recorded before the concerned Magistrate under Section 164 of CrPC within one week. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said that Mohd. Wasim, who was a minor when the incident happened, be produced before the Magistrate for...
Reconsidering Decision Of Making Aadhar Card, Voter ID With Delhi Or NCR Address Mandatory For Enrolments: BCD To Delhi High Court
The Bar Council of Delhi on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it is reconsidering the recent notification making the filing of Aadhar Card and Voter ID bearing address of Delhi or NCR region mandatory for future enrolments.The counsel appearing for lawyers’ body told Justice Prathiba M Singh that the matter will be reconsidered by BCD in a meeting to be held on May 12. The court was...
Mandatory Reporting Provisions Of POCSO Act Override Restrictions Imposed Under Section 198(1), 198(3) Of CrPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that Section 19 read with Section 21 of the POCSO Act, which provide for mandatory reporting of the offences under the enactment, shall override the restrictions imposed under Section 198(1) read with Section 198(3) of Cr.P.C.A division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Saurabh Banerjee also said that there is no distinct category within child victims of rape...
Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Introduction Of Legal Studies As Separate Subject In Schools
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking introduction of legal studies compulsorily as an elective or optional subjects in all schools. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the subject matter is purely in the domain of the government and that such direction cannot be issued by court.The PIL...
2019 Jamia Violence - ‘CCTV Footages Were Collected Well In Time, Duly Preserved’: Delhi Police To High Court
Responding to a plea filed in relation to the incidents of violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December, 2019, the Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that the CCTV footage of cameras installed inside and outside the varsity and New Friends Colony area were collected “well in time” and have been “duly preserved.”The fresh affidavit has been filed on May 04 in a plea...
‘Unacceptable State Of Affairs’: Delhi High Court Seeks Tihar Jail Admin's Response On Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya's Murder, Summons Jail Superintendent
Calling it “totally unacceptable state of affairs”, the Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of Tihar jail authorities on the action taken to prevent the murder of Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside the jail premises. The 33-year-old was recently stabbed to death allegedly by members of a rival gang inside Tihar prison. The incident was captured in the CCTV cameras installed inside...
Ensure Strict Compliance Of Law Against Unauthorised Alteration, Fitment Of Crash Guards In Motor Vehicles: Delhi High Court To Union Govt
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union of India to ensure strict compliance of law against unauthorised alteration or fitment of crash guards or bull bars in vehicles under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Section 52 of the Act states that no owner of a vehicle shall alter it in a manner that the particulars contained in the certificate of registration are at variance with those...