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Topic: Delhi HC

Delhi HC allows Antrix plea, sets aside arbitration award in favour of Devas

While passing the judgment, the court held that the Impugned award dated 14 September, 2015, suffers from patent illegalities and is in conflict with the Public Policy of India.

In relief to Indian Olympic Association, Supreme Court stops CoA from taking over

The order comes after Solicitor General Mehta appealed to the court saying the order could have negative repercussions on the nation. SC's will next hear the IOA's appeal on 22 August.

Jailed for 26 years, Delhi blast convict awaits SC hearing on appeal for 9 years & counting

Naushad was arrested in July 1996 in connection with blast that killed 13 people and wounded 28  others. In 2012, Delhi HC acquitted him of murder but held him guilty of conspiracy. 

Illegal bar case: Delhi HC issues summons to Congress leaders on Smriti Irani’s defamation charge

The court ordered Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'Souza to remove tweets, posts, videos from social media regarding allegations made against Irani and her daughter

‘Fiefdoms of individuals’: Why this lawyer is waging court battle to hold sports bodies accountable

Last week, petition by Rahul Mehra led Delhi HC to order stop to financial assistance to sports bodies that don’t adhere to national code. He blames successive governments for opacity.

Which court should execute decree by foreign court? It took Indian judiciary 16 yrs to decide

The case, involving a German and an Indian firm, dragged on for years over a question of jurisdiction since 2006, when the England High Court ruled in Messer Griesheim’s favour

HC dismisses the plea by farmers’ society to restrain DDA from taking over land on Yamuna bank

The court said that since the members of the petitioner society are in unlawful occupation, the relief for compensation on the ground of DDA damaging the crop is not maintainable.

Delhi High Court to reduce Juhi Chawla’s penalty in 5G lawsuit to Rs 2 lakh

In June last year, a single-bench judge dismissed Chawla's suit against the 5G roll out in India as 'defective' and imposed a cost of Rs 20 lakh on her and 2 others.

Decision on Uniform Civil Code pending on Law Commission report, Modi govt tells Delhi HC

The response came as a 12-page affidavit submitted by the Union Law Ministry in response to a PIL filed in Delhi HC demanding a direction to the Centre to frame UCC.

Delhi HC grants bail to organiser of Jantar Mantar event where communal slogans were raised

Preet Singh, who was remanded to judicial custody on 10 August, is accused of inciting people to propagate hate against a particular religion at a rally in Delhi on 8 August.

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BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.