St Stephen’s and DU have been at loggerheads over the minority institution’s refusal to do away with interviews for admissions to its general seats. The college in May announced that it will give 85 per cent weightage to CUET score and 15 per cent to interview.
Justice Singh said hate speeches by elected representatives, political and religious leaders warrant “stringent peremptory action” by the Central and state governments.
The Delhi High Court has ruled on petitions challenging the location of liquor vends in residential areas. What was the case, and what has the court said? Why was there controversy over the issue? What do the rules state?
While noting that contract value is of Rs 125 crore, the court had asked the company to pay 10% (12.50 crore) of it for a public cause — for setting up the smog tower.
In total, 77,420 trees have been permitted to be cut or transplanted in 2019, 2020 and 2020 — 29,946 by the tree officers under Section 9 of the DPTA and 47,474 by the government under Section 29 of the DPTA.
Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, representing Delhi Police, had submitted that the police commissioner needs to be separately made a party to the case as allegations have been made against the police in the plea filed by Mohali SSP.
On May 6, a Punjab Police team took him into custody from his Janakpuri residence but were stopped by police in Haryana on the way back, following receipt of information from Delhi Police regarding a search warrant.
The submission was made before the Delhi High Court, in context of reference to a Supreme Court ruling wherein it has been stated that an activity which creates “a sense of fear and insecurity” among people can be called a terrorist act.
What is the Delhi government's doorstep ration delivery scheme, and what hurdles has it faced? What was the legal battle, and what has Delhi High Court ruled now?
Court continues to question speech made by Umar Khalid at Amravati in February 2020, says he could have used “some other words” for Prime Minister Modi.
It further said the Chief Minister should place the matter before the council of ministers and consider the proposed scheme in light of the objections raised by the Centre last year and observations made by the court in the verdict delivered Thursday.
The Centre in February 2021 in a written reply before the court argued that a marriage in India necessarily depends upon “age-old customs, rituals, practices, cultural ethos and societal values”
While Justice Rajiv Shakdher struck down the Exception 2 that protects men, who have forced non-consensual intercourse with their wives, from criminal prosecution under Section 376 IPC, Justice C Hari Shankar disagreed saying that the exception doesn't violate Article 14, 19 and 21.
A district magistrate had allegedly issued “fake certificates, certifying as Delhi residents for making Aadhaar Cards, to over 400 people from his home state, Rajasthan”.
As a Punjab Police team took Bagga away, and his father filed a complaint at the Janakpuri police station alleging he had been abducted, the Delhi Police filed an FIR and its inspector Antariksh approached the Dwarka court for a search warrant.
The IT Rules, 2021 specify that the significant social media intermediaries must provide a user with an “opportunity to dispute the action being taken by such intermediary and request for the reinstatement of access to such information”, the company said.
The court said that the Delhi Police commissioner should inquire whether the security arrangements were adequate and the reasons for their failure. The court also asked the city’s top police officer to fix the responsibility for the lapse “which admittedly has occurred”.
The court made the observation when the counsel representing Khalid was reading the portion where he is reported to have said Mahatma Gandhi had launched a non-cooperation movement against the British in 1920, and Jamia Millia Islamia University was one of the first educational institutes to be established after Gandhi’s call.
The HC division bench dismisses the board’s appeal against a single-bench order that refused to stay the transfer of property to ITBP on the grounds that the land would still remain in possession of Centre