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Delhi HC seeks ED stand on plea by Sukesh against money laundering charges

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate to state its stand on a plea by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar challenging the framing of charges against him under the anti-money laundering law in connection with a 2017 Election Commission bribery case. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma heard the counsel for the petitioner as well as the agency, and said the matter "needs further consideration" while seeking written submissions from the parties. "Both of you file written submissions. I am not issuing notice (at this stage)," said the judge. The counsel for the petitioner said that in view of the stay on proceedings in the scheduled offence in the matter, the trial court could not have framed charges under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). "Scheduled offence is the base. When it goes, everything goes, said the lawyer. Counsel for the Enforcement Directorate said that the petition was a dilatory tactic and if the petitioner's argument is accepted, it woul

HC asks Centre, Delhi govt to respond to plea on cow protection in Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea seeking direction to authorities to take steps to stop cow slaughter in the national capital. The petition sought a court direction to authorities for a separate cow protection cell in every district of Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi government and the Delhi Police after hearing the petition. It granted six weeks to the authorities to file counter affidavits or status reports in the matter and listed it for further hearing on May 17. During the hearing on Thursday, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and central government standing counsel Ajay Digpaul submitted that "it is a genuine case and cow is respected in this country". Petitioner Ajay Gautam said there are 15 districts in Delhi which have over 200 police stations, 52 police posts with a strength of about 80,000 police ...

No reason to interfere with Agnipath scheme, says Delhi HC quashing pleas

A Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad had on December 15 last year reserved its verdict on the matter.

HC asks Centre to decide on attaching DMRC's assets for payment to RInfra

The court also made it clear that if the Centre refused the sanction, it has to disclose the reasons for the same, so that the Court could take a view thereon

Victory for party: AAP on HC stay on reelection of MCD standing committee

The AAP on Saturday called the Delhi High Court stay on re-election of six members of the MCD standing committee a "major victory" for the party and also claimed that the party can run the affairs of the civic body till the court examined the matter. Sources said reins of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be taken over by the mayor and deputy mayor till the time the High Court looks into the matter, thus ensuring that the House is run without any hindrances. Reacting on the High Court's decision, Mayor Shelly Oberoi said the verdict is a personal victory for her and the Aam Aadmi Party. She said everyone saw how the BJP councillors in a planned manner staged a personal attack on her and the AAP councillors just before the results for the standing committee were to be declared on Friday. AAP senior lader and MLA Atishi also said that the court order was a victory for the party as the BJP was hoping that the HC would endorse an illegal demand of the party regarding countin

Delhi HC stays mayor's notice for re-election of Standing Committee members

It was free for all in the MCD House with BJP and AAP councillors trading blows at each other, showing scant disregard for the sanctity of the House

Delhi HC to hear ED's submissions on Satyendar Jain's bail plea on Monday

The Delhi High Court will hear final submissions of Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea of jailed AAP Minister Satyendar Jain on February 27 in connection with a money laundering case

Deal with RTI applications as per prescribed timelines: Delhi HC to NGT

The Delhi High Court has asked the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to deal with RTI applications strictly in accordance with the timelines prescribed under the law. Justice Prathiba M Singh, while dealing with a matter related to NGT's failure to respond to an RTI plea, said being a national tribunal, its RTI cell ought to function properly. In view of the fact that the NGT is a national tribunal, the RTI cell of the NGT ought to function properly. Needless to add, the RTI applications received by the NGT in future shall be dealt with strictly in accordance with the timelines and rules prescribed under the RTI Act and RTI Rules, said the court in a recent order. The counsel for the NGT told the court that now the tribunal has created a proper RTI Cell and the First Appellate Authority. The NGT counsel said the tribunal did not have full time staff in 2013. The RTI applicant had filed an application in March 2014 and sought disclosure of certain information on appointment to a certai

HC asks Waqf Board to file plea against Centre's decision on properties

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Waqf Board to file a separate substantive petition to challenge the Centre's decision to take away 123 waqf properties. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri refused to grant any interim relief in the board's application filed in a pending petition challenging the Centre's decision to re-examine the de-listing of its 123 properties. You file a fresh substantive petition to challenge the Centre's February 8 letter, the judge told the counsel for the board and listed the application along with the pending petition on August 4. The Land and Development Office (L&DO) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) recently decided to take over 123 properties of the Delhi Waqf Board, including mosques, dargah and graveyards, based on the report of a two-member committee. Board chairman Amanatullah Khan has said the report of the committee was not shared with the board, and added that a case challenging its formation was already pending in the high ..

Delhi HC asks Centre to take decision on filling up MBBS seats for PWDs

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take a policy decision on a representation to fill up the vacant seats reserved in medical colleges for those suffering from benchmark disability by taking in candidates who fall short of the threshold but are persons with disabilities (PWD). A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma also asked the Centre to respond to a petition filed by an MBBS aspirant having less than benchmark disability who sought admission in a medical college against one of the unfilled seats reserved for PWD. The petitioner, who has a permanent locomotor disability, scored 96.06 percentile in NEET-UG 2022 and was found to be short of the 40 per cent threshold prescribed for a benchmark disability a precondition for claiming reservation in education. The petitioner said it will be unfair to grant a seat earmarked for candidates with benchmark disabilities to a candidate without any disability by converting them into general category seats. UOI

DMRC vs Rinfra to be heard on Friday, HC tells Delhi, Union govt

Attorney General R Venkatramani, appearing for DMRC, suggested asking GNCTD and MoHUA how they would proceed in the matter

HC frames guidelines for compensation to prisoners injured while working

A prisoner cannot be made to suffer due to the inadequacy of policies and a firm attitude by the court was needed to "awaken the relaxed authorities from their slack approach" towards prisoners' fundamental rights, the Delhi High Court has observed. The court made the observations while issuing a slew of guidelines for quantifying and assessing the compensation to be paid to a prisoner for injuries sustained while working in jail. In case a convict suffers work-related amputation or a life-threatening injury, the court said, the jail superintendent will be duty-bound to inform the concerned jail inspecting judge within 24 hours of the incident. A three-member committee comprising Director General (Prisons) of Delhi, medical superintendent of a government hospital and secretary of Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) of the concerned district will be constituted to assess and quantify the compensation to be paid to the victim, it said. The court also said that interim ...

DMRC-DAMEPL: HC issues notices to Centre, Delhi govt to make submissions

The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and AAP government to apprise it how the unpaid arbitral award, passed in favour of Reliance Infrastructure-owned Delhi Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) and against Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), would be paid. The Central and Delhi government are the two essential stakeholders in the DMRC, which informed the high court that despite making requisite efforts, the two stakeholders have been unable to arrive at a consensus on the ways and means in which the amount payable under the award may be liquidated. The high court impleaded the two governments as parties in the execution proceedings filed by DAMEPL seeking recovery of the unpaid portion of the arbitration award. The court noted the total amount of the award with interest till February 14, 2022 was Rs 8009.38 crore. Out of this, a sum of Rs 1678.42 crore has been paid so far by the DMRC and Rs 6330.96 crore is still due to be

Shiv Sena (UBT) to challenge EC decision on name-symbol in Delhi high court

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Shinde's party, which was following the ideals of the late Balasaheb Thackeray, has been given the name 'Shiv Sena' and 'Bow and Arrow' symbol

Cyber criminals' modus operandi changing, need to deal with heavy hand: HC

The modus operandi of cyber criminals is changing and the court cannot remain immune to sufferings of people who are cheated by app developers who misuse phone data and blackmail them, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court said it is saddening to see people are not aware that once they give access of their contacts and images to an app they have downloaded on their mobilephones, the developer, in case of being a criminal, misuses images, morphs them and sends them in inappropriate form to their social contacts, and thereafter, blackmails users. Its observations came while dismissing the bail plea of a man accused of extorting lakhs of rupees from several people by morphing pictures stored in their mobiles, and sending them to their relatives. "The courts also have to remain conscious of the social context in which the crime is committed and how it impacts the society. The same needs to be kept in mind while granting bail to an accused. The offences, as the present one, are .

NSE co-location scam: Delhi HC asks CBI to file affidavit mentioning status

Ray has alleged that despite the whistleblower providing details of the scam nearly three-and-half years ago, nothing "substantial" has happened in the case

Delhi HC notice on plea to restrain DDA's demolition drive near Mehrauli

The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice on a plea seeking court's direction to the city government to put a stop to demolition drive by Delhi Development Authority (DDA)

Not received any proposals from Delhi govt to fill prosecutors' posts: UPSC

The UPSC told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday it has not received any fresh proposal from the city government for filling up posts of prosecutors in courts here and a statement made by the state about it was incorrect and inappropriate. The UPSC's statement was made in an affidavit in response to the Delhi government's submission before the court on January 17 that a fresh requisition has been sent to the Union Public Service Commission for filling up 108 vacant posts of public prosecutors. The high court is hearing a batch of petitions, including a suo motu case (a matter initiated on its own), concerning issues related to recruitment, appointment and working of public prosecutors in the city. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Delhi government authorities to expedite the process of filling the vacant posts of prosecutors and listed the matter for further hearing on March 15. The bench also asked the Delhi government to file a .

HC asks Delhi govt on below minimum wage job postings on its website

Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the city government to inform its stand on a PIL alleging that job postings on its website were being advertised below the fixed minimum wage. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) sought to direct the Delhi government to stop allowing any individual, company, organisation or establishment from advertising vacancies below the fixed minimum wages on the official portal of the Government of NCT of Delhi or any other place. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the counsel for the Delhi government to take instructions from the authorities on the issue and listed the matter for further hearing on May 23. Petitioner Mohd Imran Ahmad claimed in his plea that he was seeking protection of the fundamental rights of workers or labourers, enforcement of labour laws and termination of bonded labour in Delhi. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, the Delhi government's standing counsel, said private jobs were advertised during the

Delhi HC seeks Centre stand on Oxfam plea on non-renewal of FCRA license

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's stand on a petition by NGO Oxfam India against non-renewal of its licence under the law pertaining to foreign contributions. Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice on the organisation's petition and asked the central government to respond to the plea as well as an application seeking interim relief of stay in four weeks. "In the reply, the reason for non-renewal shall be elaborated," the judge said. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma said that the government will file its reply and it will have "sensitive information". The senior law officer said while the organisation has received funds from UNICEF, it has does perform "child welfare" work. Senior advocate Ramesh Singh, appearing for the petitioner, said that functioning of the organisation has been hampered and it ought to be permitted to use a sum of Rs 21 crore received by it when the registration was still valid. He also said the funds from UNICEF were received for .