The Delhi high court today dismissed app-based cab service provider Ola’s plea against a single judge’s order asking the Delhi government to “strictly enforce” the ban imposed by it on January 1. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed the plea filed by Ola cabs ...

In Indian National Congress vs UOI, which came up before the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Bench today, the counsel for the Association for Democratic Reforms, Prashant Bhushan, alleged that both the Congress and the UOI suffer from conflict of interests in the case, in the face of a clear finding by the Delhi high court that both the Congress and the BJP had received crores as funding from foreign sources, and that there is not even an iota of doubt that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 was violated by both.

The 2014 Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) exam’s controversial results were not stayed, but may be probed after the Supreme Court’s order in a writ today. The DJS will hold its interviews for selection of judges in Delhi on Thursday, as per schedule.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday slammed app-based cab service Ola for not complying with the ban imposed on it and asked the city government to “strictly enforce” the injunction. Justice Manmohan, while refusing interim relief to Ola to vacate the stay, issued notice to the central and Delhi gover...

Because the union government has ordered enquiry into allegations of foul play in the Delhi lower judicial services exam (DJS) 2014, two Delhi high court judges whose relatives cleared the DJS 2014 should not be assigned cases in which the union of India is a party, or these judges should be transfe...

One day after members of the Delhi High Court Bar Association received text messages that its president Rajiv Khosla had been suspended for alleged “anti–bar activity”, members were left confused when they received messages today that the DHCBA secretary Abhijat was suspended.

The AAP-run Delhi government on Tuesday decided to scrap Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor system introduced by Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government in the city, after the Delhi high court had declined to ban it in 2012 . “The decision to scrap BRT was taken in a meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Mini...

In a setback to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected his plea challenging criminal proceedings for wilfully disobeying an Enforcement Directorate summons seeking his presence relating to a $200,000 payment to a British company for displaying the Kingfisher logo during 1996...

Candidates for the controversial 2014 Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) exam have painstakingly cross-referenced a list of offspring and others close to Delhi high court judges against the 15 who passed the DJS exams, received a surprising RTI response, and established that 64 judges who had passed or topped judicial services exams in other states, failed in last year’s DJS exam outright.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday set aside the state government’s order rejecting an application of the US-based Uber taxi service for a licence to ply in the national capital, with Uber represented by senior counsel Rajiv Nayar and long-time litigation adviser Khaitan & Co. Justice Manmohan a...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that there was no need for the father’s consent in giving guardianship of a child to an unwed mother as it held that the views of “uninvolved father” are not essential if the child is solely raised by the mother. “The views of an uninvolved father are not essential,...

The Delhi high court today put on hold until 17 August the arrest of St Stephen’s chemistry teacher accused of molesting a doctoral student. Justice Indermeet Kaur asked Delhi Police not to arrest Satish Kumar, an assistant professor in the chemistry department, after he filed an anticipatory bail p...

Companies supplying gas are now free to fix their own tariff with the Supreme Court on Wednesday turning down a plea by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) seeking power to regulate prices of intra-city supplies. An apex court bench, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, dismissed a PNGR...

In a landmark judgement, the US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that gay people can marry nationwide and states cannot ban same-sex marriage - an issue that divides America and India.

Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has written a letter to the Delhi high court chief justice on 18 June after having received allegations of “corruption, favouritism and nepotism” in the long-controversial Delhi Judicial Services (DJS) exam, reported the Indian Express ’ Utkarsh Anand. As reported by ...

Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has written a letter to the Delhi high court chief justice on 18 June after having received allegations of “corruption, favouritism and nepotism” in the long-controversial Delhi Judicial Services (DJS) exam, reported the Indian Express ’ Utkarsh Anand. As reported by ...

Disputing the government position, an association of apex court lawyers on Friday told the Supreme Court that parliament could not have passed the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act in August 2014 as it had no foundation in the constitution to stand on. “The passage of NJAC Act, 2014, was ...

Delhi high court Justice Gian Parkash Mittal, who was appointed as an additional judge in the high court in 2010, has resigned according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB).

While refusing to offer an interim relief to the US-based Uber taxi service to ply on the city’s roads, the Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice to Delhi government and police while hearing a plea of the taxi company challenging the r...

: Environment rights NGO Greenpeace India could be in for more trouble as an ex-staffer has gone public with allegations of rape and sexual harassment by her colleagues. The organisation’s inaction against the perpetrators has spurred more female ex-employees to come out with similar accusations. No...