The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to explain why adequate steps are not taken to publicise the maternity benefits available to the public.
Justice S. Muralidhar said: ‘You (government) should take adequate steps to ensure that maternity benefits and other schemes started for women and child should be publicised so that (a) large [...]
Following in the footsteps of their counterparts in the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court judges said Tuesday that they too would declare their assets and make available all the information on the website.
‘We too will declare our assets by next week,’ a bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justices S. Muralidhar and Vikramjit [...]
The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of judges assets should be revealed under that.
A bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justices S. Muralidhar and Vikramjeet Sen said: [...]
The Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to Indian Airlines for sacking an air hostess for being overweight.
Indian Airlines had last year terminated the services of Sangita Garb along with 10 other air hostesses, citing they were medically unfit.
Justice S.N. Aggarwal asked the airline to file their reply by Jan 22.
Garb, who served the [...]
The Delhi High Court Monday asked a Delhi school to implement the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission and pay its teachers accordingly.
Justice Kailash Gambhir asked the Rukmani Devi Public School to pay all the arrears, with effect from January 1996, to a group of teachers who have approached the court after the school denied [...]
The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi Police to keep a check on the increasing number of accused who abscond while on bail.
A division bench, comprising Justices A.K. Sikri and Ajit Bharihoke, said while hearing a case in which an accused had jumped bail: ‘Many accused are either not apprehended or they abscond during [...]
The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari after admitting the appeal of Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be the biological son of the veteran politician.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to Tiwari to file his response against Rohit by [...]
What should a person do who doesn’t know what dyslexia is? Watch Aamir Khan’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’. This is what the Delhi High Court advised a petitioner who described dyslexia, a learning disorder, as a mental disorder.
Perceiving that the petitioner did not have a clear understanding of dyslexia, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit [...]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted five-hour custodial parole to Vishal Yadav, who is serving life sentence for killing Nitish Katara, to attend his sister’s engagement Dec 26.
A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Anil Kumar after considering Yadav’s plea directed Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police to escort him [...]
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday directed the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) and insurance companies to settle accident claims within 120 days of the incident.
Justice J.R. Midha also asked Delhi Police to inform the tribunal about accidents within 48 hours.
Atul Nanda, counsel for the central government, submitted that all 17 [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday pulled up the home ministry for shifting blame to their counsel while failing to respond to the court’s queries.
A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ajit Bharioke said: ‘We strongly deprecate the ministry’s attempt to shift the blame on the counsel who has [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Taking serious view of the fact that Sanskriti School in the capital was following discriminatory policies, the Delhi High Court asked the well known school to explain its criteria for admission.
Senior Advocate Arvind Nigam, who was appointed amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case, submitted his report that [...]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday declared the strike of agitating employees of Batra Hospital illegal and restrained them from holding any demonstration within 100 metres radius of the institution.
The court directed the station house officer (SHO) of police station concerned to ensure the compliance of the order.
Around 100 staff nurses [...]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) There were no bulky files on the table, only a sleek wide LCD screen and a touch-screen handbook for the judge as the Delhi High Court Tuesday launched its first paperless court to bring about speedy justice.
In its first eco-friendly initiative, the e-court was started on an experimental basis in [...]
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) It’s a capital cost all right! Delhi High Court has asked Microsoft Corporation to shell out Rs.800,000 ($16,000) for choosing to fight four copyright violation cases in the Indian capital even though they originated in other cities.
The order came after the court found that the alleged violations occurred in Bangalore, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday extended protection to a 19-year-old girl and her 47-year-old husband, who had got married against the wishes of their families, but asked them to approach the appropriate court for further relief.
Justice Kailash Gambhir extended protection to the couple by a week and asked them to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday suggested that the police constitute a special cell for maintaining records of fake driving licences so that rising cases of accidents can be curbed.
Justice J.R. Midha also directed insurance companies to forward to police cases of fake driving licences they come across so that the [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Justice Mukul Mudgal was Saturday sworn in as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here.
He was administered the oath of office by Punjab Governor Gen. (retd) S.F. Rodrigues at the Punjab Raj Bhawan here.
Mudgal was the senior-most judge in the Delhi High Court before being elevated as [...]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday gave protection to a 19-year-old girl and her much older husband who had married against the wishes of their families.
The court was hearing the petition filed by Rachna (name changed) seeking protection from her family members after she married Ramdhan, 47.
‘I have married Ramdhan of [...]
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Police to give those accused of involvement in the Batla House shoot-out, a copy of the first information report (FIR), as sought by them under the Right to Information Act.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Police have not been able to give any specific [...]
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday pulled up the principal of St Stephen’s College, Rev Valson Thampu, for abusing his power over the appointment of governing body member, Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi.
A division bench comprising of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait said: ‘Principal is abusing his power. He can [...]
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Sister Sephy, an accused in the murder of a nun in Kerala, Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking compensation from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly tarnishing her image by leaking the result of a virginity test conducted on her.
The body of Sister Abhaya, a resident of [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will Thursday decide whether Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi can participate in the governing body meeting of St. Stephen’s College here to be held on that day.
Earlier Wednesday, a single-judge bench of the high court restrained Quraishi, a principal’s appointee in the college’s governing body, from participating [...]
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday refused to grant bail to a woman charged with killing her newborn girl child soon after giving birth in the capital’s Lady Hardinge Hospital September 2006.
According to the prosecution, Gudia took the step as she did not want a girl child and feared the reaction [...]
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday refused to grant bail to a Canada-based NRI businessman who is accused of forcing his newly-wed wife to commit suicide barely four months after their marriage.
Justice V.K. Jain refused to grant bail to Pawan Das, who left his wife Richa in India right after the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): A group of visually challenged people gathered under the banner of the National Federation of Blind (NFB) to stage a protest demonstration here today, demanding implementation of three percent reservation in state jobs.
The Delhi High Court had issued [...]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday asked Delhi Police to provide security to the mother and her family of a boy who was allegedly beaten up by policemen after he helped a victim of a roadside brawl.
Sonu’s mother had approached the court accusing police officials of threatening her to withdraw the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked a deputy commissioner of police to investigate a case in which a man was allegedly beaten up by policemen after he helped a victim of a roadside brawl.
Sonu, a metal merchant from Faridabad, was allegedly thrashed by the police personnel July 30 after he [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday ordered an inquiry against Delhi Police officials for shoddy investigation of a rape case due to which the accused could not be arrested for over a year.
Justice Kailash Gambhir, while asking Delhi Police commissioner to hold an inquiry against the erring police officials, said: ‘The [...]
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Police for shoddy investigation in a case in which a man was allegedly beaten up by policemen after he helped a victim of a roadside brawl.
Sonu, a metal merchant from Faridabad, was allegedly beaten up by police a few months ago [...]
