Delhi High Court
Street Vendors Can't Claim Fixed Sites Under Provisional Certificate Of Vending: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has street vendors cannot claim to vend on fixed or stationary vending sites under a provisional certificate of vending, and asked the MCD to verify whether 42 vendors who had approached the court even possessed a provisional certificate of vending. It said that upon verification if vendors will be permitted to vend as mobile vendors. The court was hearing a plea by...
Delhi High Court Restricts Entry Of Law Interns To Senior Batches
The Delhi High Court restricted the entry of intern law students to the court premises to only third year students of 3-year-LLB course and fourth as well as fifth year students of the 5-year integrated LLB course. A circular issued by the High Court states:"As directed by Hon'ble the Chief Justice, it is hereby circulated for information of all concerned that, henceforth, the entry...
Delhi High Court Upholds August 1 Cut-Off Date For CSE Age Eligibility, Says Courts Must Defer To Executive's Discretion
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a cut-off date for age eligibility in competitive exams is not arbitrary or violative of Articles 14 and 16 merely because it is not 1 January, as the executive has wide discretion to fix such dates. Background Facts The petitioner was a candidate for the Civil...
Delhi High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against Senior Advocate Pinaki Misra, Finds No 'Prima Facie' Case
The Delhi High Court has quashed a 2019 criminal defamation case against senior advocate Pinaki Misra over allegations of calling the complainant a "crook‟ and a "black mailer" in an interview to a news portal. It was alleged that the complainant had filed a complaint with Bar Council of Delhi in 2018 against the petitioner, alleging that Misra's appearance on behalf of power...
Delhi High Court Grants 6-Weeks To Three Slum Clusters Near PM's Residence For Relocating To DUSIB Colony
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) granted six weeks to residents of three slum clusters located near the Prime Minister's residence in the Race Course area to vacate the premises and move to a DUSIB Colony at Savda Ghevra where alternative accommodation has been provided by the authorities. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia in its order though...
Delhi Police Oppose Bail Pleas Of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid In High Court, Says No Change In Circumstance
Opposing fresh bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi Police has told the High Court that the pleas are "illegal" and "an attempt to mislead" the court by projecting that Supreme Court judgment passed in an unrelated case amounts to change in circumstances to maintain the present proceedings. For context, Khalid and Sharjeel had...
3-Year LLM Course Enables Lawyers To Continue Practice While Simultaneously Pursuing Masters Program: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that purpose of 3-year LL.M. course is to enable students to continue practice before Courts while simultaneously pursuing their Masters program. In doing so the court permitted a lawyer to appear in his second semester LLM exam at Delhi University after he was earlier prohibited for not completing the mandatory attendance requirement. The court was hearing...
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Decide In Two Months Plea Seeking Constitution Of National Nursing & Midwifery Commission
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to decide within two months a plea by Indian Professional Nurses Association seeking expeditious constitution of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission. The petitioner had sought a direction to the Centre to constitute, execute and implement the provisions of National Nursing and Midwifery Commission (NNMC) in terms of Section 3...
Delhi Riots: Tahir Hussain Moves High Court Against Conviction In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case
Former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.For context, A Delhi Court had on July 31 sentenced Hussain to life imprisonment in the case. He was convicted in the case on July 13. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh...
'Unclean Hands': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging IFCI's NSE Share Divestment, Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs
The Delhi High Court imposed Rs. 5 Lakh cost on a PIL litigant seeking disclosure of information on divestment of Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd's (IFCI) shareholding in National Stock Exchange of India Limited, observing that petitioner had suppressed pendency of another plea with overlapping issues before the Bombay High Court. The petitioner had alleged irregularities in...
Delhi High Court Directs State To Decide Representation Objecting To Biometric Attendance Of Public Prosecutors
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to decide within four weeks a representation filed by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association objecting to requirement of biometric attendance of public prosecutors. The court was hearing a plea moved by the Association seeking directions to quash Delhi Government circulars on mandatory biometric attendance of public prosecutors or in...