Jul 18, 2020 08:35 AM IST Google said that disclosing names and identity of the designated officers would defeat the purpose of appointing them as they would be "distracted and encumbered" by pubic dealing which in turn would "diminish" their ability to timely and effectively respond to urgent government requests.
Jul 16, 2020 06:45 PM IST The daughter-in-law had left her matrimonial home on May 10 to visit her mother and a mere six days later on May 16, the mother-in-law filed an application seeking a direction to her daughter-in-law to remain at her mother's house, till lifting of the lockdown restrictions and to observe home quarantine.
Jul 14, 2020 02:17 PM IST A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad was informed by the varsity that the students left out of online exams will be given an opportunity to appear in physical examinations, to be held sometime in September.
Jun 30, 2020 06:55 PM IST The ministry's application, which is likely to come up for hearing on July 2, also sought court's consent to revoke the suspension of recognition of three NSFs and renew their annual recognition provisionally.
Jun 26, 2020 09:02 PM IST In its February 5 order, the high court had rebuked the Housing Ministry for permitting many government accommodation units to be illegally occupied by retired officials and ex-MPs and had directed the Centre to get them vacated within two weeks and to initiate proceedings to recover dues from such occupants.
Jun 24, 2020 09:25 PM IST The plea alleges that there is a casual approach on the part of Delhi government, particularly its Chief Secretary, while dealing with issues of health of homeless persons with mental illness.
Jun 23, 2020 02:32 PM IST This was Safoora's fourth attempt for a bail plea, the last three being heard in a lower court. She was arrested on April 10.
Jun 20, 2020 07:32 PM IST The RBI's submissions came in response to a PIL alleging that Google Pay was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from RBI.
Jun 19, 2020 09:00 PM IST The Delhi government counsel submitted that due to an extraordinary rise in the number of persons infected with COVID-19, desperate measures have been taken for enhancing the caring facilities to such patients.
Jun 19, 2020 03:00 PM IST A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said it was not issuing notice in the matter for now and was adjourning it to July 9.
Jun 17, 2020 06:00 PM IST The high court said a waiver of rent cannot be granted by the court as payment of rent is based on a contract between tenant and landlord and it ought to be kept in mind that even the landlords can be financially dependent on the rent.
Jun 13, 2020 02:45 PM IST Advocate Rohit Aggarwal, representing the hospital, said they are seeking quashing of the FIR lodged on June 5 at Rajinder Nagar police station under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC and the proceedings initiated thereafter.
Jun 12, 2020 07:37 PM IST The petitioner – a law student -- had sought re-imposition of the lockdown in view of the galloping rate at which coronavirus cases are increasing in the country.
Jun 10, 2020 09:24 PM IST Justice Vibhu Bakhru said they would be allowed to interact with their lawyers via video conferencing only twice a week for 30 minutes each as is permitted for all other inmates.
Jun 10, 2020 08:43 PM IST Justice Jayant Nath dismissed a petition filed by various MBBS doctors, who are going to sit for the PG entrance exam, seeking to postpone the examination to July or August as number of COVID-19 positive cases have crossed 2.5 lakhs and it would not be appropriate to hold the test at this crucial point.
Jun 10, 2020 04:55 PM IST Justice Navin Chawla, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented PMO, that he will file a response explaining why this petition should not be entertained.
Jun 06, 2020 04:15 PM IST In an administrative order issued on May 29, the high court had said it will only hear urgent matters via videoconferencing till June 14 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order also applies to all district courts in the city.
Jun 02, 2020 01:42 PM IST A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Ministry of Communication, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and major mobile service providers, including Airtel, Reliance Jio, MTNL, BSNL and Vodafone seeking their stand on the plea before the next date of hearing on June 24.
May 29, 2020 07:55 PM IST A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said upon receipt of any representation from any individual or group of depositors in this regard, "a decision shall be taken by the concerned respondent authority within a period of four weeks".
May 29, 2020 05:55 PM IST Justice Mukta Gupta, in two separate interim orders, said RIL and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd have made out a prima facie case in their favour and in case no ad-interim injunction is granted they would suffer an irreparable loss and balance of convenience also lies in their favour.
May 29, 2020 01:32 PM IST The Delhi government had earlier filed its response to the petitions, saying that trade or consumption of liquor is not a fundamental right of a citizen and the State has the authority to regulate its sale and levying 70 percent 'special corona fees' on MRP of all alcohol brands is a price for grant of such privilege to public.
May 29, 2020 01:12 PM IST The Delhi government told the court that 28 such bodies were cremated on Thursday and the last rites of the remaining 35 will be performed by Saturday.
May 22, 2020 08:24 PM IST Laying down the parameters, Justice Singh said where there are agreements between a landlord and tenant which contain a 'force majeure' clause, providing for some sort of waiver or suspension of rent, only then the tenant could claim the same.
May 22, 2020 11:46 AM IST The Administrative and General Supervision Committee of the High Court, headed by Chief Justice D N Patel, decided that restrictions would be in place till May 31 and that urgent matters would continue to be heard by video conferencing.
May 19, 2020 06:55 PM IST "Whenever the website is accessed, it permanently shows the message 'server under heavy load! Please check after some time'. Moreover, most poor people cannot apply online as most do not have smart phones and there are no cyber cafes functioning during the lockdown," the petition said.
