NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday expressed displeasure that its orders were not being implemented, criticizing the lack of respect for the law by the concerned authorities.The high court was hearing a PIL seeking formation of a high-level committee to investigate the death of UPSC aspirants in Old Rajender Nagar area. A petitioner’s…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has directed authorities to remove all encroachments on drains in the Rajinder Nagar area by Friday. This order follows the recent deaths at a coaching center in the area.Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar submitted a general inquiry report to minister Atishi on Tuesday, following the tragic deaths of three…
NEW DELHI: CBI on Monday submitted a comprehensive 200-page chargesheet against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others after completing its probe into the alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. The development took place 712 days after the agency had registered an FIR in the case and commenced its…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has directed Google and X Corp (formerly Twitter) to remove posts or content that claim Anjali Birla, daughter of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, allegedly cleared the UPSC exams on her first attempt due to her father’s influence. The court has given them 24 hours to comply with the…
New Delhi: Delhi HC has ordered the removal of posts by Congress politicians Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera that allege that senior journalist Rajat Sharma used abusive language on air during a show on election results day.The single judge bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna granted an ex parte ad interim injunction order…
NEW DELHI: Noting that terrorism must be dealt with sternly, Delhi HC has rejected the plea of a terror convict seeking merging of two sentences in two different cases.The petitioner pleaded that since he had voluntarily pleaded guilty in both cases, HC should allow his seven-year sentence in a UAPA case for conspiring to establish…
NEW DELHI: The Neet-UG 2024 results controversy has intensified with the high courts at Calcutta and Delhi, and the Supreme Court taking up petitions challenging the conduct and outcome of the test.Calcutta HC has demanded a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) regarding alleged irregularities in the examination process on Friday. A division bench…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC has ordered the release of NewsClick HRD head Amit Chakravarty, who had in Jan turned approver in the UAPA case lodged against the news portal over allegations that it had received foreign donations to spread pro-China propaganda.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma ordered Chakravarty’s release from custody on Monday, taking into account…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday took a dim view of Meta’s complaints redressal mechanism and said its functioning was “far worse than a govt department.”It was hearing a plea by a media house against blocking of its Instagram page by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, for alleged copyright violations.“Please…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed a plea that sought direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly seeking votes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by invoking religious sentiments during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.The plea, which raised concerns about the Prime Minister…
