Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, March 5: * HC ordered that children belonging to families with an annual income up to Rs 2.5 lakh can seek admission in Delhi schools under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota, modifying an earlier order passed by a single judge bench of the court. * HC has dismissed a petition challenging the allotment of the free symbols by the Election Commission to unrecognised political parties on a first come, first served basis.
* HC reserved its verdict on bail pleas by Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia president Shifa-ur-Rehman and student activist Gulfisha Fatima in the case concerning the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
* HC has dismissed petitions by Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique, a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, seeking certain information in relation to the officers involved in the investigation and granting sanction to prosecute him.
* HC asked the Centre and the University Grants Commission to place their stand on a plea claiming that a student can only be enroled in Academics Bank of Credits through an account on the DigiLocker app which cannot be created without a valid Aadhaar card. PTI SKV ADS DIV DIV
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