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Topic: Delhi HC

Ball now in Centre’s court. How ‘bureaucratic buck-passing’ left Pakistani Hindu refugees in limbo

On 2 Feb, SC asked Centre to explore accommodation options that could be provided to Pakistani Hindu refugees living in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila

Bitter pill for big pharma: Why Delhi HC upheld Centre’s ban on type 2 diabetes combination drug

Division bench of Delhi HC overturned 2019 order by single-judge bench, restoring ban on manufacture, sale, and distribution of triple-drug combinations for type 2 diabetes.

‘Want your name in Guinness?’ HC raps serial petitioner flagging ‘encroachments’ near mosques

Advocate Umesh Chandra Sharma also represents activist Preet Sirohi who had approached HC against 'encroachments' near Faiz-e-Illahi Mosque in Turkman Gate area.

CBI moves SC against Delhi HC’s suspension of BJP ex-MLA Sengar’s life sentence in rape case

A Special CBI court in December 2019 handed Kuldeep Sengar a life sentence and a fine of Rs 25 lakh for the rape of a minor from his constituency.

HC seeks DGCA, govt response on pilot body’s contempt plea citing ‘wilful’ defiance of flight duty norms

Indian Pilots Guild alleged DGCA granted FDTL timeline extensions, approved airline-specific proposals that went against court orders. It filed contempt plea against DGCA chief. 

HC quashes ‘discriminatory’ action against CRPF man with mental illness, restores full service benefits

Chhattar Singh was dismissed from service on two grounds: ‘absent from service’ and ‘insubordination’. The court has called his punishment ‘discriminatory, unfair’.

‘Fruit of a poisoned tree’: Why Delhi HC ruled profits from illegal betting are ‘proceeds of crime’

Profits from illegal cricket betting constitute ‘proceeds of crime’ even when betting itself not listed as offence under PMLA, court dismisses pleas linked to Rs 2,400 crore racket.

Mahua Moitra’s challenge to Lokpal nod for CBI charge sheet: The cash-for-query case & arguments so far

Delhi High Court reserved its order Friday on Trinamool MP's plea. Moitra challenged the Lokpal order on grounds such as violation of principles of natural justice & irreparable harm.

Red Fort blast echoes 2011 Delhi HC bombing—’white-collar’ terror cell, doctors & Jaish footprint

An explosion in a car on 10 November killed 13 people and injured several others near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi. Investigators have now found parallels with the 2011 Delhi HC bombing.

Drawing line on govt role in fee regulation, how HC settled key question in Delhi School Education Act

Delhi HC dismissed appeals challenging a previous ruling that Directorate of Education was not empowered to exercise unrestricted control over fees charged by unaided pvt schools.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.