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Topic: Delhi High Court

3 yrs after being made legal guardian, Delhi man still struggling to bring adopted Nigerian child home

Mohd Wasi alleges his adopted son’s case is stuck as India’s adoption agency was dragging its feet even though laws give High Commission the power to issue visas or OCIs.

Supreme Court empowers pollution control boards to levy preventive damages for environmental harm

SC reaffirms 'polluter pays' principle while hearing plea against Delhi HC order which said pollution boards lack power to levy penalties or damages for environmental damages.

Artistic freedom vs fair trial: Udaipur Files court battle sparks debate over two constitutional rights

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday raised serious constitutional concerns over the Centre’s use of revisional powers under the Cinematograph Act, 1952, as...

Why a district judge’s name has been cleared for promotion to Delhi HC 7 months after retirement

It's very rare for SC collegium to recommend a retired district judge as a judge of high court. Vimal Kumar Yadav demitted office in January as district judge of Patiala House Court.

Judges must deliver reserved orders within 2-3 weeks of transfer, no rehearing allowed: Delhi HC

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said responsibility to pronounce a reserved order lies with the judge who heard it, even after transfer, & that handovers erode credibility & cause confusion.

Tablighi case over, but 5 years of stigma linger. ‘Did it happen because I’m Muslim?’

‘We kept asking what our crime was, but there was no answer,’ said Shafiquddin Malik, one of 70 men cleared after five years in the Tablighi Jamaat case by the Delhi High Court.

Why Delhi HC granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in ED, EOW cases

One is a case of alleged money laundering being probed by ED, and the other is of alleged unlawful foreign funding initiated by Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response as plea questions exclusion of visually impaired from vehicle GST relief

Currently, this benefit is only extended to persons with orthopaedic physical disabilities having a benchmark disability of 40 percent or more.

Delhi HC notice to ED on Aslam Wani plea to quash PMLA case after terror funding case acquittal

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the petition moved by Mohd. Aslam Wani. Wani has moved...

President approves appointments of 3 new judges for Delhi High Court

The HC now has 43 judges against a sanctioned strength of 60. The addition is expected to ease pressure on the court, which has long struggled a judge shortage & case backlog.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.