The Delhi high court has issued a notice to Delhi University on an advocate’s plea alleging arbitrary admission process in two courses. A bench of Justice Manmohan asked DU to file a reply to the advocate’s plea and listed the matter for hearing March 16, 2015. The court was hearing the plea of advo...

Pro bono legal assistance NGO iProbono won a Delhi high court appeal yesterday for a now six-year-old rape victim, with the high court slamming the magistrate and trial judge in her case for questioning her like an adult witness while recording her testimony.

The Delhi high court has directed former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala to surrender to Tihar Jail authorities here Saturday and discontinue his political rallies effective Friday. Justice Siddharth Mridul, in an order, also asked the jail authorities to take Chautala to the All India In...

The Delhi high court directed former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala to appear before it on Friday after the CBI moved the court charging him with violating the bail conditions. Justice Siddharth Mridul Thursday issued notice to Chautala, who is also the Indian National Lok Dal chief, for...

The Delhi high court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the exemption. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw asked the transport department to appr...

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Delhi Bar Council (DBC) on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to quash the BCI’s order last month that law graduates who passed out from the three centres of Delhi University’s Law Faculty this year cannot be ...

The Delhi high court Tuesday directed various internet and telecom service providers to block access to 72 websites hosting the yet-to-be released Hrithik Roshan starer “Bang Bang”. Justice Manmohan Singh said the court is totally against the piracy of copyrighted material, including movies, and “it...

Proceedings in six Delhi district courts were paralysed Monday following a strike by lawyers against the “delay in enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of trial courts despite a Delhi high court recommendation” in this regard. The co-ordination committee of all district court bar associations said ...

The Delhi high court Monday observed that married women in India are “safer on the street than in their matrimonial homes” as it upheld life imprisonment for a man convicted of killing his wife.A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Mukta Gupta upheld the trial court’s July 14 dec...

The Delhi high court Friday restrained the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) from using terms such as “MBA , BBA or management course” for the courses it offers.A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw directed the IIPM to prominently display on their websit...

The Delhi high court Friday asked Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to initiate the process to fill the post of lokayukta as it has been lying vacant since November last year.A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw said that the statutory provisions make it mandatory on the part of t...

A plea seeking directions to implement safety measures in zoological parks in the country to deal with in any untoward incidents and emergency situations was filed in the Delhi high court Thursday. The PIL came two days after a 20-year-old youth was mauled to death by a white tiger in Delhi zoo Tues...

The Delhi High Court Friday refused to interfere with the appointment of Justice HL Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), on a plea filed by an advocate and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) female officer against him for dismissing all her cases in the Supreme Court. A division benc...

The SDMC and the DDA Wednesday came under the scanner of the Delhi High Court after both submitted some “photoshopped” images of streets in Dwarka area that were practically wiped clean of all potholes. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul caught red-handed the counsel...

The Delhi High Court will Tuesday pronounce its order on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into licences granted to Haryana realty developers, including one to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw will pronounce the judgme...

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday said the government will soon come up with a law and allow running of e-rickshaws in Delhi. Addressing reporters here on the completion of his 100 days in the ministry, Gadkari said his ministry Monday brought a draft notification concerning ...

The Delhi High Court today, accepting the plea of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, quashed the Election Commission’s show cause notice asking him to explain why he should not be disqualified in a “paid news” case. Justice Suresh Kait set aside the poll panel’s July 13 show cause notic...

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi high court yesterday seeking a ban of the word “fanny” from promotional materials for, and songs, title and dialogue in the Bollywood film Finding Fanny , because of the “vulgar word ‘fanny’”, reported IANS . The petition filed by Nandini Tiw...

The Delhi high court yesterday designated seven lawyers to senior counsel, reported Bar & Bench . The new designates are, according to Bar & Bench : Vaish Associates managing partner Ajay Vohra, Sachin Dutta (Delhi University graduate), Vinay Garg (enrolled 1990) C Harishankar (indirect ta...

A Delhi high court bench of chief justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw rejected the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) appeal against a stay order in the same court by Justice Manmohan Singh, reported Mint . Justice Singh had stayed a CCI investigation into the Institute of Chartered...