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 […]

Why start vaccination centres with pomp if 2nd jab of COVAXIN not available, HC asks Delhi govt

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said if the Delhi government could not ensure that people get both the doses of COVAXIN within the stipulated time, then it should not have started so many vaccination centres with “much pomp and splendour”. Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on whether […]

HC refuses to entertain plea to direct govt to take steps for controlling COVID-19 second wave

The Delhi High Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to direct the AAP government to take immediate measures for controlling and minimising the impact of another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said the government has been doing everything to control the impact of the […]

AAP govt tells HC: Protests, public gatherings prohibited in Delhi due to surge in Covid-19

The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has prohibited public gatherings, including for festival celebrations and protests, in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases The submission was made before Justice Prathiba M Singh during the hearing of the pleas by AAP MLAs Raghav Chadha and […]

HC seeks govt’s response on inadequate compensation for kids’ death under assistance scheme for riot victims

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought response of Delhi government on a plea by parents of two children, who lost their lives during the communal violence in north east Delhi last year, challenging an assistance scheme to help the riot victims as it provides inadequate compensation for the death of minors Parents of the two […]

Delhi riots: Court grants bail to accused

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to a man in a northeast Delhi riots case, saying he was arrested 55 days after the incident, though he was already in jail in another riots case It was alleged that the man made a disclosure statement about his involvement in the incident while he was in […]

AAP WINS BACK MLAs

As Kejriwal gets back his MLAs, ‘office of profit’ remains a contentious issue, not just in Delhi, but in other states as well In a major embarrassment to the Election Commission of India (EC), the Delhi High Court declared the disqualification of 20 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ‘bad in law’ and a violation […]