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Centre rejects Saurabh Kirpal's name for elevation as Delhi HC judge

On November 17, Kirpal told the media that his promotion had been delayed 'at least since 2017' due to his sexual orientation

Delhi HC rejects Amazon plea alleging dilution of broadcast rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a petition by Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd against the alleged dilution of its exclusive media rights to broadcast the ongoing cricket series between India and New Zealand. Dismissed, said Justice Yashwant Varma who was hearing Amazon's challenge to a TDSAT order which, the petitioner claimed, allowed all private cable and DTH operators to re-transmit the sports content shared by it with Prasar Bharati. The detailed copy of the order is awaited. The petition said, following a plea by a private DTH operator, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) erringly expanded the scope of the contractual rights granted by the petitioner to Prasar Bharati with respect to broadcasting the cricket series on its channel DD Sports. The plea asserted the rights granted by the petitioner to Prasar Bharati were restricted for retransmission only on Prasar Bharati's DTH platform namely DD Free Dish, and this limited transmission cannot b

Delhi HC restrains people from using Amitabh Bachchan's name, pic, voice

Actor sought order against book publishers, T-shirt vendors, mobile apps associating themselves with TV quiz show KBC

Delhi High Court grants bail to Rana Kapoor in money laundering case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted regular bail to former Managing Director and CEO of YES Bank Rana Kapoor in a Rs 466.51 crore money laundering case.The case is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The Bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain on Friday granted bail to him.The trial court in October last year, took cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Chargesheet (Prosecution Complaint) filed against Avantha group promoter Gautam Thapar involving Yes Bank's Rana Kapoor and several employees in connection with money laundering case.According to the ED, an ECIR was registered against Gautam Thapar, Avantha Realty Ltd., Oyster Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. and others, alleging criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery for diversion/ misappropriation of public money during the period 2017 to 2019.

HC give 'last indulgence' to ASI to remove Tughlaqabad Fort encroachment

The Delhi High Court Thursday granted six weeks as the last indulgence to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to remove encroachments in and around the Tughlaqabad Fort. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made it clear that non-compliance with its order will lead to strict action by the court and that it will call for appearance of members of a committee which was formed in 2017 to oversee the task of surveying the structure to determine which of them existed in 1993. As the counsel for ASI expressed its inability to remove the encroachments due to non-cooperation of other departments, the lawyers for MCD, DDA and other authorities submitted they will extend full assistance to the ASI. The bench asked power utility BSES to cooperate as the electricity supply at the site needs to be disconnected before removing encroachments, and directed all the authorities concerned and the committee members to file their status reports. The fact ...

CCI to look into anti-profiteering steps under GST, replace NAA from Dec

The decision comes at a time when 50-odd cases against the constitutional validity of NAA have been clubbed and are being heard in the Delhi High Court

Excise case: CBI moves Delhi HC against bail to Vijay Nair, Boinpally

Investigation agency submitted that the seven tests prescribed by the Supreme Court to test any discretionary order dealing with a bail have not been complied with in the present case

Delhi HC awards Rs 13 lakh to Starbucks in lawsuit against Jaipur cafe

Justice Navin Chawla permanently restrained LOL Cafe from using the "Frappuccino" mark to sell its products and opined that Starbucks Corporation is also entitled to the "cost of the suit"

Delhi HC stays govt order limiting use of herbicide glyphosate for 3 months

Directs Centre to review decision with all stakeholders in the interim and come out with a solution

ED opposes in Delhi HC plea by D K Shivakumar against probe in PMLA case

The ED on Wednesday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar challenging a money laundering probe against him, saying the two ECIRs lodged by the agency pertain to different cases with certain overlapping of facts which cannot be termed a re-investigation. Shivakumar, in his plea, has sought quashing of the entire investigation, including summons issued to him in the (Enforcement Case Information Report) ECIR registered by the ED in 2020, on several grounds like the agency was re-investigating the same offence which it had already probed in a previous case lodged by it in 2018. However, the Enforcement Directorate said in its counter affidavit that both the ECIRs are based on different set of facts and even the scheduled offence in both the cases are different. The quantum of proceeds of crime involved is also different, it said. the allegation made in the complaint of the Income Tax department and FIR of CBI depict different modes of ...

Delhi govt to pay over Rs 16L to judicial officer for Covid treatment

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to reimburse forthwith over Rs 16 lakh to a serving judge of the district judiciary towards the cost of Covid treatment incurred by him during the second wave of the pandemic. The high court refused to accept the submission of the Delhi government's counsel that the private hospital, where the Additional District Judge (ADJ) was treated, shall be asked to explain why it charged amounts higher than those prescribed in a government circular. The hospital, he said, shall be directed to refund the overcharged amount of Rs 16,93,880. Justice Rekha Palli said the fact remains that during April-May 2021, when the residents of Delhi were not only struggling to get hospital beds but there was also a huge shortage of oxygen, the petitioner judge had no other option but to seek treatment at a private hospital and has thankfully survived. One shudders to think what fate the petitioner would have met if he had not, at that point, been treate

Delhi HC rejects challenge to CIC order on RTI plea over PM's suit auction

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected a petition challenging a CIC decision refusing to impose penalty on an official for belatedly providing information on an RTI application seeking certain details in relation to the auction of a suit worn by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling the plea "misconceived". Justice Yashwant Varma dismissed the petition by the RTI applicant and said no case was established before the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) to warrant a penalty. The petitioner, who assailed the order passed by the CIC in July 2021, said he had filed an application under the Right to Information Act seeking information pertaining to Modi's suit and its auction but it was given to him after a delay of one year and therefore the CIC should have imposed a penalty on the official concerned. He stated the CIC only cautioned the official for the delay in responding to the application but did not levy a penalty, which was contrary to the RTI Act. The court ruled the petition

Delhi HC rejects Future Group plea to terminate arbitration before SIAC

Judge says he hasn't expressed any opinion on merits of the arguments raised by the parties; arbitration before SIAC will continue as intended

Delhi HC dismisses plea to transfer Shraddha Walkar murder case to CBI

Terming it a 'publicity interest litigation', the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed with costs a PIL seeking directions for the Shraddha Walkar murder investigation to be transferred from Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court, however, did not specify the cost amount. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said it was a publicity interest litigation and not a single ground was made out. The plea alleged that the presence of media and public in places of recoveries amounts to interference with evidence. It alleged that Delhi Police had revealed every detail to the media and public persons regarding each step of its investigation and this is not permitted under the law. Aaftab Amin Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled Shraddha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a fridge for almost three weeks at his home in south Delhi's Mehrauli locality. He then dumped the body parts across the city over

Govt to fix cut-off date to change pension conditions for employees: HC

Entitlement to post-retirement benefits is based on the terms of the services and it is open for the Central government to fix a cut-off date for the purposes of changing the conditions relating to payment of pension to its employees, the Delhi High Court said on Monday. The observations came on a batch of petitions by some high court employees challenging a Central government office memorandum (OM) which said that the coverage under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, i.e. the Old Pension Scheme was confined to only to those candidates who were recruited against vacancies arising on or before December 31, 2003 and the selection results were declared on or before April 1, 2004. According to the government's new pension scheme, all other employees, which included the petitioners who received their appointment letters after the cut-off dates, would participate in the National Pension Scheme which is a contributory scheme. The petitioners submitted that they had applied f

Delhi violence: HC to hear pleas in larger conspiracy case from next week

The Delhi High Court on Monday decided to hear several bail pleas in a larger conspiracy case lodged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) related to North East Delhi riots

Broadcast must carry official press release: HC to channels on liquor scam

The Delhi High Court directed news channels to adhere to the guidelines governing them and to ensure that all broadcasts carried while reporting liquor scam case are based on official press releases

Excise policy scam: Delhi HC to hear Nair's plea on info leak to media

The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a plea by businessman Vijay Nair, an accused in the Delhi excise policy scam case, claiming that sensitive information related to the matter was being leaked to the media by investigating agencies. Earlier, Justice Yashwant Varma had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to place before the court all press communications and releases put out by them in relation to the probe. Nair, who is in custody in a money laundering case being probed by the ED in relation to the alleged scam, is a former chief executive officer of an event management company and communication in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Earlier this month, he was granted bail by a trial court in the case also being probed by the CBI. Nair through his lawyer has argued before the high court that the case was at a critical stage and his rights as an accused are adversely affected when the details are released to the media. He h

Late payment rule doesn't apply to pvt unaided institutions in Delhi: HC

The Delhi High Court has said provisions of the Delhi School Education Rules which state a school cannot charge fine in excess of five paise a day for late payment of fees, does not apply to private unaided schools here. The order was passed by a bench of justices Vibhu Bakhru and Amit Mahajan on a petition by the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private School, an umbrella association of more than 500 private unaided schools in Delhi. The petitioner had assailed a February 2013 order of the Directorate of Education (DoE) holding that in terms of rule 166 under Chapter XIII of of the Rules, a private unaided school here cannot charge any fine in excess of five paise per day on account of late payment of fees by a student. The petitioner, represented by advocate Kamal Gupta, also sought a direction that the rules contained in Part B, which contained rules 166, of Chapter XIII of the Rules do not apply to private unaided recognised schools. Setting aside the DoE order, the court s

Delhi High Court to hear pleas challenging Agnipath scheme on Dec 12

The Delhi High Court Friday said it will first hear the pleas directly challenging the Centre's Agnipath scheme and then decide those concerning the recruitment processes for the armed forces under certain previous advertisements. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said it will hear on December 12 a batch of pleas challenging the scheme. The bench asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to segregate petitions which are challenging the Agnipath scheme and those concerning the recruitment processes for the armed forces under certain previous advertisements and file a chart before the court. "We will first hear the Agniveer matter. The core issue here is Agniveer. This is our opinion. If this issue is decided this way or that way, it will have some bearing on other cases," the bench said. It said the court cannot hear all the pleas together so it will first take up the Agnipath issue. "We will take it up on December 12 at 2:30 pm.