High Court orders DDA to remove encroachment on pond land allotted to Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to look into the allegations of encroachment on a pond land, claimed to illegally allotted to Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad

Interns plead for a fair deal

Facing the brunt of exploitation at the workplace, sometimes sexual, interns are seeking the help of labour laws to assert the rights guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution.   Sadiq* (name changed), a 4th year law student at Jamia Millia Islamia, after his 1st year was interning under a Supreme Court lawyer. All seemed […]

HC seeks DDA’s response on street vendors’ plea against Master Plan 2021

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a response from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea by the National Hawkers Federation challenging the Master Plan of 2021 A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the DDA on the petition which claims that the Delhi Master Plan […]

HC seeks I-T dept stand on Newslaundry’s plea concerning leakage of seized material

The Delhi High Court Friday sought Income Tax Department’s stand on a plea by online news portal Newslaundry and its co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri to restrain any leakage of the material seized during a survey operation held earlier this month. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Navin Chawla granted time to the department’s counsel to seek […]

HC asks Delhi govt, police to ensure Afghan protestors’ reduced, follow COVID-19 norms

The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government and the police to ensure that the number of Afghan nationals, protesting outside the UNHCR office here and seeking refugee status, is suitably reduced and they strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate protocol. Stating that the law is same for everybody, the high court questioned the authorities as […]

HC grants time to Centre, Delhi govt to reply to plea for CBI probe into Covid patients death at Jaipur Golden Hospital

The Delhi High Court Monday granted additional time of six weeks to the Centre and Delhi government to file replies on a plea seeking CBI probe into the death of 21 Covid-19 patients at Jaipur Golden Hospital here in April allegedly due to oxygen shortage The court, which was hearing the plea filed by the […]

Delhi HC dismisses plea to stop use of EVMs, imposes Rs 10k cost

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed, with Rs 10,000 costs, a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to stop the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) and revert to ballot papers in the forthcoming polls in the country A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said the petition by […]

Delhi HC takes cognisance of Covid norm violation in markets, says breach will hasten 3rd wave

The Delhi High Court Friday took cognisance of the violation of COVID-19 protocols in various markets in the national capital and observed that such breaches will only hasten the third wave which cannot be permitted at all. The high court asked the Centre and Delhi government to take strict measures, sensitise shopkeepers and hold meetings […]