Mumbai: In a relief for Bina Modi, the widow of industrialist KK Modi, a division bench of the Delhi High Court has clarified that the court has jurisdiction to decide on her plea to challenge her son Lalit Modi’s move to initiate arbitration proceedings in Singapore over the family’s assets. In March, a single-judge bench … Read more
The Delhi High Court on Friday said the Centre ought to have earmarked one airport in north India for import of fresh flowers instead of designating only the Chennai airport for importing flowers for the entire country. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said it was only “a question … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that every institution and organisation must declare zero tolerance for gender insensitivity and the law on sexual harassment at workplace must be complied with in letter and spirit as women are a valuable human resource and they are entitled to a congenial and dignified environment to … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Nurses Union of Delhi AIIMS called off their strike on Tuesday night after an around two-hour meeting with the hospital administration, even as the Delhi High Court restrained it from continuing its agitation. On Monday, around 5,000 nurses of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here went on a strike … Read more
NEW DELHI: With feuding leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) consenting for a settlement, the Delhi High Court Friday closed a suit filed by advocate Ashok Arora challenging the decision of the SCBA to suspend him from the post of secretary, observing that when the bar gets divided, it also weakens the bench … Read more
New Delhi: Sharad Yadav might come back to the Janata Dal (United) fold before the Bihar assembly elections, people close to the former JD(U) national president said. Several senior party leaders including chief minister Nitish Kumar have called and spoken to Yadav in the last few days, paving the way for his return, they said. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former RSS idealogue K N Govindacharya has told the Delhi High Court that the presence of groups like ‘bois locker room’ indicate Facebook‘s “failure in tackling fake news, hate speech and illegal criminal content” on its social media platform. The submission by Govindacharya has been made in his reply to Facebook’s claims in … Read more
NEW DELHI: The police on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it had entered the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university to restore order which was disrupted by incidents of arson and destruction of public property during the student protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in December last. The submission was made before a … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the CBI on an appeal filed by Brajesh Thakur challenging his conviction and jail term in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice to the CBI on the appeal seeking to set aside the trial … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the Delhi High Court ought not to have dealt with activist Gautam Navlakha’s case and instead the Bombay High Court or the top court should have been approached, while setting aside a Delhi HC order seeking all the records of his sudden transfer to Mumbai in … Read more