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

October 08, 2017 00:13 IST
The courts have convicted 83 accused so far and 32 have been acquitted of the charges of possession of illicit drugs.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
October 07, 2017 23:47 IST
CBI’s counsel Sumeet Goel told the court the case was at a crucial stage and any relief to them may hamper the probe.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
October 07, 2017 17:05 IST
CBI had opposed the bail pleas saying the investigation is at a crucial stage and their custody is necessary to unearth the "larger conspiracy" behind the murder.
Sat, Oct 07, 2017
October 06, 2017 04:55 IST
According to the Supreme Court website, the order for the transfer of the case was issued Thursday. Hearing of the case is tentatively listed for November 20.
Fri, Oct 06, 2017
October 05, 2017 05:20 IST
The HC direction came after the government failed to respond to an order asking it to file a detailed affidavit on the status of the exported cows since the enactment of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 — the law which prohibits cow slaughter in the state.
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
October 05, 2017 00:47 IST
The college had been setup in 2011, but a year later, the MCI denied it the permission to conduct any fresh admissions because of the lack of adequate infrastructure.
Thu, Oct 05, 2017
October 04, 2017 12:14 IST
The rape survivor, who was a disciple of the Dera head, sought a revision of the judgement of the Special CBI Court which had sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim to 20 years of imprisonment in the two rape cases.
Wed, Oct 04, 2017
October 04, 2017 04:54 IST
According to the data submitted by the UT Administration before a division bench in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday, 165 cases have been registered under the NDPS Act till August 31
Wed, Oct 04, 2017
October 03, 2017 03:37 IST
The latest data on the inmate deaths recently submitted by the union government before the Supreme Court has revealed that Punjab has the second highest number of deaths of jail inmates in the country.
Tue, Oct 03, 2017
October 02, 2017 06:14 IST
The ‘suicide game’ has its origins in Russia where many a ‘death group’ — provoking users to carry out some dangerous tasks — were spotted in 2013 and now the trend has travelled across the world, including India.
Mon, Oct 02, 2017
October 02, 2017 00:26 IST
An old question — how, and from whom, to recover losses caused by violent protesters — is back. Indian Express lays down key issues and the backstory.
Mon, Oct 02, 2017
October 01, 2017 05:23 IST
“Even Tanner-Whitehouse (TW-3) test method leaves a margin of six months to one year while assessing the age. Prima facie, this court feels that such assessment cannot determine the exact date of birth of a person.”
Sun, Oct 01, 2017
September 30, 2017 04:42 IST
The incumbent BJP government told the High Court last year that it was considering withdrawal of the petition filed by the previous government.
Sat, Sep 30, 2017
September 30, 2017 04:32 IST
Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda, while opposing the anticipatory bail plea of retired chief engineer Gurdev Singh Syan, who has also been accused of extending favours to Gurinder, told the HC, “It has been one month and none of the accused could be interrogated.
Sat, Sep 30, 2017
September 29, 2017 00:34 IST
This was the first time that their pleas were finally heard by the High Court
Fri, Sep 29, 2017
September 28, 2017 00:44 IST
The Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the the Haryana government to submit a transparent report on whether any movable asset was allowed to be removed from the Dera Sacha Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa.
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
September 27, 2017 13:47 IST
High Court also asked the Haryana government to clear its stand that whether any movable property was removed from the Sirsa-based Dera before the inspection carried out by the Court Commissioner
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
September 27, 2017 01:23 IST
A resident of Tarn Taran district, Sohan Singh was picked up by the police on March 3, 2011, in connection with an FIR registered under various Sections of Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. He died in the police custody 11 days later.
Wed, Sep 27, 2017
September 26, 2017 00:49 IST
Saying there are contradictions and omissions in the testimony of the prosecution witnesses, Ram Rahim has said the trial court has ignored the “peculiar feature” of the case that the FIR was registered on the basis of an anonymous complaint.
Tue, Sep 26, 2017
September 24, 2017 06:21 IST
The division bench said though the airport has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,400 crore, it is still not fully operational.
Sun, Sep 24, 2017
September 22, 2017 06:17 IST
“The testimony of the victim does offer an alternate story of casual relationship with her friends, acquaintances, adventurism and experimentation in sexual encounters and these factors would therefore, offer a compelling reasons to consider the prayer for suspension of sentence.”
Fri, Sep 22, 2017
September 21, 2017 09:40 IST
“We would like to have a little corpus...there should not be any objection from any side,” said the division bench, also expressing concern over the PU vice chancellor having to appear in court regularly for the hearing.
Thu, Sep 21, 2017
September 21, 2017 07:24 IST
Lawyers representing the trio appeared before the single bench of Justice Inderjit Singh in the morning seeking pre-arrest bail for the school trustees and the group CEO, but could not convince the High Court.
Thu, Sep 21, 2017
September 21, 2017 05:11 IST
“I am not going to pass any detailed order in the case. I will first issue a notice of motion in the case,” observed Justice Inderjit and adjourned the case for Monday while issuing notice to the state government
Thu, Sep 21, 2017
September 21, 2017 04:27 IST
High Court asks Punjab DGP to enforce prohibitory orders strictly during the five-day protest
Thu, Sep 21, 2017





