A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a petition by the NGO Environics Trust challenging the cancellation of its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The HC asked the Centre to file … Read more
The petitioner submitted that the Reserve Bank of India cannot withdraw from circulation or discontinue banknotes and only the Central Government is vested with such powers. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cannot withdraw from circulation or discontinue banknotes and only the Central Government is vested with such powers, the … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on May 26 dismissed petitions by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra against the Income Tax Department’s decision to transfer their assessments to the Central Circle instead of an ordinary assessment in a matter related … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a woman from service noting that employees guilty of submitting forged documents to their employer have to be dealt with strictly and no sympathy or compassion can be shown to … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court recently prohibited the unauthorised recording, sharing or dissemination of live streamed proceedings or archival data of proceedings. The Court notified the rules for live streaming and recording of court proceedings and said, “To imbue greater transparency, … Read more
The Supreme Court has stayed the Delhi High Court order ordering registration of FIR against BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain in a rape case lodged by a woman in 2018. The top court has sought responses from stakeholders including from the Delhi government and will hear the matter in the third week of September. The high … Read more
The Delhi High Court Monday said a citizen cannot be detained, arrested, or prevented from leaving the country under Look Out Circular (LOC) unless suspected to be involved in the commission or facing investigation or trial for cognizable offences under the law. It said an originating agency can only seek intimation of arrival and/or departure … Read more
The Delhi High Court Thursday declined to grant an early hearing of a PIL alleging inaction by Constitutional functionaries in not holding election to the post of Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said it will hear the matter on the date already fixed … Read more
Last year, Delhi recorded 1,072 dengue cases. (AP) Dengue cases in Delhi skyrocketed to 7,128 — over 5,000 in November alone — so far this year. This is the city’s highest caseload since the big chikungunya and dengue outbreak in 2015. Over 1,800 of these dengue cases were recorded over the past one week, according … Read more
Oyo Hotels & Homes, which is preparing to file a draft prospectus for a $1-$1.2 billion initial public offering (IPO),has a legal hurdle ahead that is being posed by once rival Zostel (Zo Rooms) over a botched acquisition deal, which is due to come up for a court hearing on Wednesday. Hospitality startup Zo — … Read more