Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, July 4: * HC sought the National Investigation Agency’s stand on a plea for interim bail by PFI leader OMA Salam, arrested under the anti-terror law UAPA filed against the banned organisation and its members.
* The reasons for rejection of recommendations for appointment of high court judges by the Supreme Court collegiums cannot be made public as it will be detrimental to the interests of people concerned and will stifle the appointment process, the HC has held.
* HC rejected petitions seeking supply of video recording of the election process in Fatehpur Sikri and Aligarh Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
* HC Judge Amit Sharma recused himself on Thursday from hearing a batch of bail pleas in a UAPA case linked to an alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 communal riots here, including that of student activist Sharjeel Imam.
* HC castigated the MCD commissioner over illegal and unauthorised constructions in the national capital and said courts were being used as “pawns” in the process.
* HC appreciated the Delhi government’s education department for completing the exercise of distributing textbooks to students in all government schools.
* Shaming a victim and her family must not be allowed as tools of legal strategy in cases of sexual offences against minors as it deters them from reporting such offences to the authorities, the HC has said.
* HC dismissed a petition by dressage athlete Shruti Vora challenging her non-selection for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. PTI SKV ADS MNK MNK
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