Sofi Ahsan is a Senior Correspondent reporting from the Delhi High Court. He has previously reported from the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana and J&K. He tweets @sofiahsan

July 25, 2022 18:48 IST
Following the completion of arguments, the division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad reserved its decision on the appeals of Meta and WhatsApp against CCI probe into WhatsApp’s privacy policy update of 2021.
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
July 22, 2022 21:39 IST
CCI came to a prima facie conclusion in 2021 that the conduct of WhatsApp in “sharing of users’ personalised data with other Facebook companies, in a manner that is neither fully transparent nor based on voluntary and specific user consent'', appears unfair to the users.
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
July 21, 2022 19:48 IST
The bench rejected the ECI's argument that the Supreme Court has held that the poll panel does not have the power to de-register a political party.
Thu, Jul 21, 2022
July 20, 2022 11:49 IST
In its guidelines issued on July 4, the CCPA had said that “no hotel or restaurant shall force a consumer to pay service charge and shall clearly inform the consumer that service charge is voluntary, optional and at consumer’s discretion.”
Thu, Jul 21, 2022
July 16, 2022 19:17 IST
In the Gurgaon school murder case, apex court asks national and state child rights bodies to issue guidelines to facilitate JJBs in making the preliminary assessment .
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
July 16, 2022 10:38 IST
Delhi High Court dismissed a 25-year-old unmarried woman’s plea seeking permission for termination of a pregnancy of 23 weeks and 5 days
Sat, Jul 16, 2022
July 15, 2022 11:50 IST
While the court reserved its order, it made it clear that it was not in favour of allowing termination of the pregnancy.
Sat, Jul 16, 2022
July 12, 2022 16:48 IST
The court directed the authorities to file a detailed and exhaustive reply within four weeks and listed the case for next hearing on September 16.
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
July 08, 2022 14:52 IST
The ED on Thursday said that 48 locations across the country belonging to Vivo Mobiles India Private Limited and its 23 associated companies were searched on Tuesday in connection with a money laundering probe.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 08, 2022 07:18 IST
At least 11 other accused booked in NDPS cases with recoveries of charas and ganja between 2010 and 2021 (10 hailing from Bihar and one from Haryana) are wanted by the GRP Punjab.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 06, 2022 01:02 IST
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.
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
June 16, 2022 21:43 IST
Since the minister’s arrest, the party’s poll efforts in Himachal Pradesh and the Delhi government’s project planning have taken a hit.
Fri, Jun 17, 2022
June 13, 2022 19:17 IST
Justice Singh said hate speeches by elected representatives, political and religious leaders warrant “stringent peremptory action” by the Central and state governments.
Tue, Jun 14, 2022
June 08, 2022 10:34 IST
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?
Wed, Jun 08, 2022
June 07, 2022 02:39 IST
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.
Tue, Jun 07, 2022
June 06, 2022 01:54 IST
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.
Mon, Jun 06, 2022
June 03, 2022 18:45 IST
Declines to issue notice on BJP leader’s plea to prohibit forced conversions
Sat, Jun 04, 2022
May 24, 2022 13:36 IST
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.
Wed, May 25, 2022
May 24, 2022 01:33 IST
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.
Tue, May 24, 2022
May 23, 2022 18:41 IST
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.
Tue, May 24, 2022
May 21, 2022 09:56 IST
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?
Sat, May 21, 2022
May 20, 2022 19:32 IST
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.
Fri, May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022 01:39 IST
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.
Fri, May 20, 2022
May 19, 2022 18:03 IST
The court said that there was “no other way” to mitigate the environmental degradation, while ordering the interim stay.
Thu, May 19, 2022
May 17, 2022 15:24 IST
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”
Tue, May 17, 2022




