NEW DELHI: There has been no forward movement on the names reiterated by SC collegium headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud for appointment as HC judges as he demits office as the chief justice of India on Nov 10.The collegium had in Jan 2023 reiterated the names of advocates Saurabh Kirpal for elevation as a…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has directed a TV news channel to take down a YouTube video of a debate in which BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma used derogatory words against Congress‘s Shama Mohamed.HC said in its recent order that freedom of speech and expression under the Constitution was “subject to reasonable restrictions in interest of public…
Delhi HC said Friday that the manner in which online encyclopaedia Wikipedia operates by allowing users to edit pages hosted by it is “dangerous”. The court was particularly concerned about open access editing feature, where users can add or delete information about a particular person or entity featured on a Wikipedia page. It was hearing…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has asked social media platforms to furnish their standard operating protocols (SOP) and timelines for dealing with requests for information from law-enforcement agencies. Dealing with a habeas corpus plea filed by the parents of a 19-year-old student allegedly missing since Jan, a bench of Justices Pratibha M Singh and Amit…
NEW DELHI: Social media giant X (formerly Twitter) has told Delhi high court that the Centre’s decision to block the account of Hindutva Watch (@HindutvaWatchIn) was “unjustified and disproportionate”. Xwas replying to a petition by Raqib Hameed, a J&K journalist who has challenged the January 2024 blocking as the tracker’s founder. The HC will hear…
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: After hearing for a whole day, Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in the corruption case of the Delhi excise policy scam. Kejriwal told the court that he was not a flight risk, not a hardened criminal or…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday issued notices to Baba Ramdev and Patanjali‘s Divya Pharmacy following a petition alleging that their herbal tooth powder, Divya Dant Manjan, contains non-vegetarian ingredients despite being labeled and branded as vegetarian. The petition, filed by advocate Yatin Sharma, points out that the product’s packaging features a green…
NEW DELHI: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has moved the Delhi high court on Wednesday seeking to quash the FIR and charges framed against him in a sexual harassment case filed by six female wrestlers. Singh’s petition challenges the FIR, the chargesheet, and the trial court’s…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC Tuesday directed Centre to clarify if sodomy and non-consensual unnatural sex remain offences under BNS, which came into force on July 1, 2024, replacing IPC.“Where is that provision? There is no provision at all. It is not there. There has to be something. The question is if an offence is not…
NEW DELHI: The Land and Development Office (L&DO) has decided not to proceed with the eviction at the Khyber Pass area in Delhi, which includes the residence of Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker‘s shooting coach Samaresh Jung along with 200 other residents.Jung had filed a petition against the eviction in the Delhi high court, and the…
