The Delhi high court yesterday called the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) the “Delhi Destruct Authority” while saying that the land-owning agency and other departments are not concerned about Delhi. “You all are not concerned about Delhi. All of you should be renamed. DDA should be renamed Delhi D...

The Delhi high court today termed “inappropriate” the central government’s decision to prevent Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from leaving India because she would project a negative image of the country at the international level. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that there can be differences of opinio...

The Delhi high court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the government to keep cases of live-in relationships out of the purview of rape under the Indian Penal Code. The PIL also sought direction with regard to the issue of police arresting a person only on the basis of an al...

The central government Wednesday told the Delhi high court that the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) foreign funds were investigated and nothing was found in violation of the law. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw also asked the ministry of home affairs to submit its revised o...

Cricket fans across the country will continue to view the World Cup matches involving India on public broadcaster Doordarshan’s national channel as the Supreme Court Tuesday extended its interim order for telecast of the matches on the channel. The court also asked Prasar Bharati to respond to Star ...

The Delhi high court yesterday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on the deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners, including women and the mentally challenged, in jails here. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw asked for responses to filed by March 5...

The Delhi High Court today sentenced Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav to 30 years in prison for the murder of Nitish Katara, a friend of Vikas Yadav’s sister. But a special bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR. Midha rejected police and Nitish Katara’s mother Neelam Katara’s plea to aw...

The central government told the Delhi high court Friday that Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai has been “involved in anti-national activities” and that was why she was offloaded Jan 11 at the airport here. Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the court that Pillai was offloaded on the basis ...

Taking note of a report that said Delhi was the most polluted city in the world, the Delhi high court Wednesday said if nobody was looking into the issue, it will start giving directions and fix responsibility on the authorities. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva aske...

The Supreme Court Tuesday declined BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea for an early hearing of the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and others, challenging their summoning by a trial court in alleged irregularities in acquisition of now defunct National Herald daily, and asked him to approach...

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to the centre and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on a plea filed by Greenpeace staff member Priya Pillai, challenging her having been prevented from flying out of Delhi airport on 11 January. The Indian Express had reported last week that the Intelligence B...

As effigies burn, lawyers rail against Bedi, with ex-BJP and RSS members also complaining about not having been given BJP tickets in this election because of Bedi’s bias.

The Delhi high court today asked the city government whether websites of app-based taxis can be blocked, while hearing a PIL that alleged that despite their being banned these taxi services are still operating. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw asked city government st...

The Delhi high court today asked the central government to unblock around Rs. 1.87 crore of the environmental NGO Greenpeace India that had been frozen. Greenpeace was represented by advocates Sanjay Parikh, Mamta Saxena and Prachi Arya. The funds were blocked by the Reserve Bank of India following ...

Delhi high court Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has banned advocate Deepak Khosla from filing matters or appearing in a number of Delhi courts by himself without another counsel.

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to two district court judges over a plea seeking directions for installing air conditioners in the two court complexes. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought a response from the district judges of the Tis Hazari ...

The Supreme Court has published revised rules regarding its selection of judicial clerks, for the first time allowing non-national law school students from applying. The new rules, published on the Supreme Court’s website today, state that applicants can come from any law college accredited by the B...

Khaitan & Co, instructing senior advocate Rajiv Nayar, has been representing US-based cab booking app Uber, which today withdrew its plea filed in the Delhi high court against the ban imposed on it by the Delhi government. Khaitan Bangalore partner Ganesh Prasad, Delhi partners Ajay Bhargava an...

How can a first generation litigator survive? Advocate Dushyant Arora gives some handy tips.

The Delhi high court Tuesday dismissed former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti’s plea seeking to quash an NHRC order against him related to his controversial midnight campaign against an alleged drug and prostitution racket in the capital. Justice VK Shali directed Bharti to approach the court once...