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Delhi HC grants time to DMRC to pay remaining arbitral amount to DAMEPL

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation till August 5, after noting that it has called for a proposal from banks for the loan

Six high courts get new chief justices, likely to take office soon

New chief justices were appointed to six high courts on Sunday including to the Delhi HC

Criminal proceedings not shortcut for other remedies, says Delhi HC

Criminal proceedings are not a shortcut for other remedies and criminal law cannot be set into motion in a usual manner, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court stated that summoning an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter and the complainant has to bring on record material to support the allegations to have criminal law set into motion. The observations were made by the high court while quashing the complaint and summoning order against a practicing lawyer for the alleged offence of criminal breach of trust on account of the absence of material to prima facie establish the commission of the offence as alleged in the complaint. The complainant real estate company, in the present matter, claimed that the petitioner lawyer illegally released to its opponents' certain documents kept in an escrow account created in his name. Giving relief to the lawyer, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said Criminal proceedings are not a shortcut for other remedies. The petitioner is a ...

RIL-BGEPIL dispute: Govt mulls appealing against English court order

Reliance and BGEPIL on Dec 16, 2010, dragged the govt to arbitration over cost recovery provisions, profit due to the state and amount of statutory dues including royalty payable

Hate speeches by elected representatives warrant stringent action: Delhi HC

The judge said elected leaders in a democracy owe their responsibility not only to their electorate but also towards the society and nation as a whole and ultimately to the Constitution.

DMRC invites bids from 18 banks to raise loans to buy Airport Line assets

"DMRC invites bids in two parts i.e. part I -- unpriced bid and part II -- price bid from banks to whom this letter of invitation is sent to submit their most competitive rate," reads the letter

Swastika Ghosh becomes 3rd player to move HC over exclusion from CWG squad

Swastika Ghosh on Thursday became the third table tennis player to approach the Delhi High Court over exclusion from India's Commonwealth Games squad. Her father and coach Sandeep Ghosh told PTI that they have a filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court and the matter will be heard on Friday. "She is number four as per the selection criteria and should be in the team," said the father. Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter. Chitale has now been included in the squad at the expense of Archana Kamath but the selectors did not include Manush, who too is in the top-four as per the criteria, in the men's team when the Committee of Administrators running the TTFI announced the final squad on Tuesday. Manush's case will also be heard on Friday. Swastika, 19, was named as a standby with the revised squad comprising Manika Batra, Chitale, Reeth Rishya and Sreeja Akula. The men's squad includes veteran Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai,

High Court convicts 3 PWD officers and a cop for damaging 80 trees in Delhi

About 80 trees at Vikas Marg in Delhi were extensively damaged by the PWD officials, who breached the judicial mandate, the Delhi High Court noted

India-France DTAA sparks tax row with Saint Gobain, HC orders higher outgo

Court says firm can pay "under protest", subject to final order; dispute could trigger similar rows in tax matters with MNCs, experts warn

Visa scam case: Delhi HC to hear anticipatory bail plea by Karti on June 8

The trial court had denied the relief to Karti and two others saying the offence was of a very serious nature.

Merely smuggling gold not terrorist act under UAPA: Delhi High Court

The court asked the appellants to surrender their passports, not leave the country without prior permission of the trial court and also periodically report to the jurisdictional police station.

Karti moves Delhi HC seeking anticipatory bail in money laundering case

Denied relief by the trial court, Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate

Delhi HC calls for strict action against air passengers over Covid rules

The Delhi High Court called for strict action against those found violating masking and hand hygiene norms at airports and in aircraft

DU admission row: St Stephens challenges withdrawal of its prospectus

A plea was moved by St Stephen's College on Thursday in the Delhi High Court against the Delhi University's order to withdraw its admission prospectus and allow admissions through CUET

Delhi court summons Cong leader D K Shivakumar in money laundering case

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress leader D K Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case lodged against him in 2018 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet. Special Judge Vikas Dhull directed Shivakumar to appear on July 1. The court gave the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by ED through its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana against Shivakumar and others in the case. Shivakumar, who is the president of the Congress' Karnataka unit, was arrested by the ED in the case on September 3, 2019 and was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23, 2019. The case is based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores of rupees.

Khalid's speech in bad taste but doesn't make it terrorist act: HC

The high court had earlier questioned Khalid for using certain objectionable words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech in Amravati on February 21, 2020.

Centre in talks to address legal hurdles in liquidating Devas Multimedia

Officials discussed the Companies Act and its implementation under the mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT)

Title 'Sholay' can be protected from misappropriation under trademark law

The court also restrained the defendants from using any variation of the mark or name 'Sholay' on the internet or otherwise including use as a metatag in the source code

Huawei CEO India approaches Delhi HC challenging LOC against him

On May 1, Xiongwei was stopped at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi as there was the LOC against him issued by the Income Tax department

HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt's response over plea on Vande Mataram

The Delhi High Court sought to know the Centre and Delhi government's stand on a plea seeking that a policy be framed to equally propagate the national anthem and the national song -- 'Vande Mataram'