[ad_1] Delhi high court has ordered social media platforms to take all steps to block a sexually explicit video circulating for the past few days of a person stated to be a judge of the district judiciary.Acting on the complaint of one of the affected people shown in the video,...
18 years on, HC frees lifer, says he committed murder as juvenile, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Eighteen years after a man was convicted of murder and awarded life imprisonment, the Delhi high court has now found he was a juvenile at the time of committing the offence and set aside his life imprisonment. However, it held him guilty of the crime.The court noted the accused...
Delhi Hc Puts Bar On Announcement Of Results, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] After the Punjab and Haryana high court took cognisance of the gender discrimination in the Army Dental Corps (ADC) recruitment, where 90% vacancies were reserved for men, the Delhi high court has now ordered the authorities concerned not to declare the result of the ongoing selection process.A division bench...
Delhi HC refuses anticipatory bail to man accused of having physical relations on pretext of marriage, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Delhi High Court dismissed anticipatory bail (Pre-arrest Bail) application filed by a person accused of entering into physical relation with the prosecutrix on false pretext of marriage, observing that the accused never showed any intention to marry her and kept the complainant under misconception of fact.Justice Yogesh Khanna...
HC give “last indulgence” to ASI to remove encroachment at Tughlaqabad Fort, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Delhi High Court Thursday granted six weeks as the "last indulgence" to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to remove encroachments in and around the Tughlaqabad Fort. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made it clear that non-compliance with its order will...
Delhi High Court seeks ED’s stand on Preeti Chandra’s bail plea in money-laundering case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Delhi High Court sought the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) stand on Wednesday on a bail plea moved by Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife, Preeti Chandra, in a money-laundering case. Justice Jasmeet Singh issued a notice to the federal investigating agency and asked it to file its status report. The...
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[ad_1] Entitlement to post-retirement benefits is based on the terms of the services and it is open for the Central government to fix a cut-off date for the purposes of changing the conditions relating to payment of pension to its employees, the Delhi High Court said on Monday. The observations...
Delhi HC notice to civic body on vacancies, school infrastructure, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday sought the stand of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on a plea seeking directions on filling vacancies and improving infrastructure in schools run by the corporation.The petition sought to fill teachers’ vacancies in municipal schools and to install CCTV cameras and...
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[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court pointed out on Monday that despite an undertaking given by police, there are unmanned barricades in the city and cited an incident where a judge faced problems while attending to a medical emergency in his family. A bench of justices Mukta Gupta and...
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[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has observed that the intention of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is to protect children minor from sexual exploitation and that it was never meant to criminalise consensual romantic relationships between young adults."In my opinion the intention of POCSO...