Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar today moved his bail application in a Delhi sessions court, alleging that Delhi Police did not comply with the requisite legal formalities before arresting him. Seeking bail, Tomar told the court that he has been falsely implicated in the case. “The que...

A court here on Tuesday sent Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar into four-day police custody following his arrest in an alleged fake degree case. Delhi Police had sought five-day police custody of Tomar after he was presented before the court. Metropolitan Magistrate Navjeet Budhiraja allowed D...

The Delhi high court today issued notices to the central and Delhi governments and AIIMS on a plea of a man who has sought directions to the hospital to provide his brother, a blood cancer patient, free and continuous treatment, after the court in April had ordered the Delhi government to pay for tr...

The Delhi high court today refused to stay the union home ministry’s May 21 notification holding that the Delhi Lt. Governor has discretionary powers for appointments and transfers to key bureaucratic posts in the capital. NDTV reported that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had proposed in court an “i...

In a small advantage to the central government, the Supreme Court today described as “tentative” the Delhi high court’s observation that its May 21 order giving Delhi’s Lt. Governor the final say in posting and transfers of bureaucrats was “suspect”, even as it issued notice to the city government o...

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the central government’s plea challenging the Delhi high court verdict (click to read judgment) which described as “suspect” the May 21 central notification on the Delhi government powers. The notification barred the Delhi government from proceeding against cent...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed NGO Greenpeace India to operate two of its domestic accounts, which were frozen by the central government last month, to accept fresh domestic contribution. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also allowed Greenpeace to liquidate the fixed deposits and utilise the funds ...

The Delhi high court on Monday asked the censor board to issue a certificate for public screening to documentary film “Textures of Loss” which is based on the violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to issue a certificate of scree...

Justice JS Khehar of the Supreme Court today inaugurated a mediation centre at the Patiala House district courts here. Justice Khehar, in his inaugural address, highlighted the benefits of mediation and the success it has achieved in India in reducing the huge pendency of cases. He expressed the hop...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked TERI director general RK Pachauri to file his response on a plea by a woman research analyst who has accused him of sexual harassment to cancel the bail granted to him. Justice SP Garg granted Pachauri four weeks time to respond and posted the matter for July ...

A petition seeking quashing of the Delhi government’s decision to file defamation cases against media organisations for publishing or broadcasting defamatory news about Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was filed in the Delhi high court on Wednesday. The public interest litigation, filed by advocate ML...

The Delhi high court Bar Association on Wednesday called off its strike protesting the clearance of bill by the Rajya Sabha to increase pecuniary jurisdiction of the high court as parliament adjourned before it could be passed by the Lok Sabha.

The Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) has called for an extension of its strike against the Rajya Sabha passing the bill to increase lower courts’ pecuniary jurisdiction, asking for “complete abstention from work” on 12 and 13 May.

The Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) today called for a two-day strike against the Rajya Sabha deciding to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts yesterday, after the district court bar had been on a back-to-back strike of nearly two weeks.

The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Delhi high court, a move that some of the capital’s lawyers welcomed. Pecuniary jurisdiction refers to the jurisdiction of a court over a suit based on the amount or value of its subject matter. The Delhi high court wi...

HSA Advocates replaced AZB & Partners in advising infrastructure company Lanco Infratech on India’s largest acquisition in the thermal power space in 2014 - the Rs 6,300 crores ($1bn) sale of Udupi Power Corporation to the Adani group which was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. HSA partners Navin...

The Delhi subordinate judiciary recruited at 17.5 per cent of its actual requirement this year, dipping lower than its last recorded recruitment rate, after only 2 per cent of the candidates who appeared for its final examination passed it.

The Delhi high court has designated six new senior counsel today, according to two authoritative sources.

The Delhi lower judicial service (DJS) exam is once again on a schedule delayed by several months after the release date for of final result in its June 2014 round remains uncertain.

The Delhi high court has directed the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines to pay over Rs.52 lakh to a female ex-pilot, on her plea seeking outstanding salary for a period of 21 months. Justice Jayant Nath ordered the grounded carrier to pay Rs.52,61,450 with nine percent interest to the pilot. Taking no...