The Delhi High Court agreed to hear a PIL challenging imposition of prohibitory orders in and around India Gate here on the ground of maintaining public tranquility during the stir against the gang rape of a girl. “We are simply re notifying the matter on next Wednesday (January 2),” a bench of justices Siddharth Mridul [ Read More ]
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High Court assuages enraged nation in 2012The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. Following the widespread protests and calls for speedy justice, the high court came up with the unprecedented order that [ Read More ] High Court allows transfer of Gayatri Devi’s sharesThe legal battle over transfer of late Maharani Gayatri Devi’s shares in royal family’s firms has been decided in favour of her grandchildren, Devraj and Lalitya Kumari with the Delhi High Court ordering rectification of share registers of the companies. Jagat Singh, son of Gayatri Devi and Sawai Man Singh, held 99% shares in firms including Jai [ Read More ] High Court suo motu junks closure report in gangrape caseTaking suo motu cognisance of a gang-rape case of 2008, the Delhi High Court has set aside a magisterial court’s decision to accept the police report to close the case against the two alleged rapists. Justice P K Bhasin set aside the magisterial court order while dismissing the pleas of the two accused, who had [ Read More ] 3G roaming services: HC asks Centre to form panelThe Centre has been asked by the Delhi High Court to set up a committee to examine and decide the row between the Department of Telecommunications and the telecom operators over providing 3G roaming services to their customers outside their licensed areas. The direction of the court came on telecom major Reliance Communication’s appeal against a [ Read More ] High Court takes suo motu cognisance of gang rape, pulls up policeTaking suo motu cognizance of the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, the Delhi high court pulled up the city police asking how the offence remained undetected. “This incident is of great concern for all the citizens of the capital city as it relates to the safety particularly of women and girl [ Read More ] Delhi High Court dismisses PIL against Sachin’s nomination to RSA PIL challenging cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha has been dismissed by the Delhi High Court. According to division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, “The petition is dismissed” Earlier, Additional Solicitor General Rajeev Mehra, who appeared on behalf of the Centre, had said that Tendulkar’s nomination [ Read More ] ‘No need to amend rule on helmet for woman’The city government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that “there is no need to amend the motor vehicle rules to make helmet mandatory for woman as the issue is sensitive.” Appearing for the Delhi government, Counsel Zubeda Begum told this to Justice Rajiv Shakdher and placed before him the file, dealing with Transport [ Read More ] 1981 AI plane hijack: Two move court for stay of fresh trialTwo alleged Sikh militants, sent back to India in 2000 after serving a life term in Pakistan for hijacking an Air India plane to that country in 1981, have moved a Delhi court seeking stay of a fresh trial against them here for the same offence. The two, in their plea to Additional Chief Metropolitan [ Read More ] |
