Messaging service platform WhatsApp this week submitted before the Delhi High Court that if it is made or compelled to break encryption of messages, then the platform will stop functioning. The submissions came while the division bench led by the Acting Chief Justice was hearing the petitions moved by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging newly amended…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC listed for hearing on Friday a PIL that seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi from contesting elections for allegedly violating MCC during his campaign speech in UP’s Pilibhit on April 9.The petition, filed by advocate Anand S Jondhale last week, accuses Modi of seeking votes in the name of “god and…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday pass its order on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to excise policy ‘scam’. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma will pass the order on Tuesday at 2.30pm.Besides his arrest, Kejriwal has also challenged his subsequent…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has asked its judges to prioritise hearing of all criminal cases, appeals and revisions concerning MPs and MLAs so that the cases can be decided expeditiously and effectively.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order while dealing with a suo motu PIL…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC stayed Friday a trial court’s order directing police to provide a copy of the Parliament breach FIR to one of the suspects, Neelam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice to Neelam and sought her response to Delhi police‘s plea challenging the trial court’s Thursday order. “Execution of the order stayed…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has set aside Union Bank of India‘s decision declaring PP Jewellers (Export) as a ‘wilful defaulter‘, accepting the city-based jewellery exporter’s argument that the bank’s review committee made the decision without hearing the company. The High Court in its recent order granted time to the company to put forth…
