Tag: Delhi High Court

Delhi HC allows medical termination of pregnancy at 22 weeks

New Delhi, Sep 25: The Delhi High Court has allowed a woman to medically terminate her 22-week pregnancy as a certain congenital anomaly was detected in the foetus, saying psychological harm is likely to be caused to her when the child is born. Justice Rekha Palli considered that the […]

Delhi HC to hear plea against Ramdev for remarks against allopathy

New Delhi, Jul 25:  The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a plea by seven doctors’ associations against Yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation by his statements against allopathy amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The matter will be heard by Justice C Hari Shankar who had […]

Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Delhi High Court on Monday said accepting the new privacy policy of social messaging app WhatsApp was a “voluntary” thing and one can choose not to use or join that platform if one did not agree with its terms and conditions. “It is a […]

LOC ought to be used only when person evading probe: HC

New Delhi, Jun 11: A look out circular (LOC)should to be used only when a person is evading investigation as it seriously affects the fundamental rights of a citizen who is restrained from travelling, the Delhi High Court has said. The ruling by the high court came while allowing […]

Four new Delhi High Court judges take oath, total strength at 40

New Delhi ; Four new Delhi High Court judges, including a woman judge, were sworn in on Monday, taking the working strength of the court to 40 — still way short of the approved number. Justices Talwant Singh, Rajnish Bhatnagar, Asha Menon and Brijesh Sethi were administered the oath […]

HC dismisses plea to restrain Kejriwal, AAP from making full statehood promise for Delhi

New Delhi, May 8:  The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from making “false” electoral promise of full statehood for Delhi in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The plea came up before a bench of […]

HC asks Delhi govt, authorities to work on plan to relocate illegal dairies, rescue cattle

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government and other local authorities to sit together and come out with a plan to relocate illegal dairies and rescue the cattle housed there, from various parts of the city to an appropriate area in the national capital. […]

HC orders CBI to maintain status quo on proceedings against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana

New Delhi, Oct 23:  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to maintain status quo on the criminal proceedings initiated against its special director Rakesh Asthana, who has challenged the FIR lodged against him on bribery allegations. The high court clarified that there was no stay on […]

Four new judges take oath in Delhi High Court

New Delhi, Oct 22 : Four new Delhi High Court judges, including a woman, were sworn in Monday, taking the working strength of the court to 38. The four judges–Justices Jyoti Singh, Prateek Jalan, Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Sanjeev Narula–were administered oath by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajendra […]

No insurance cover to persons suffering from congenital anomalies: HC seeks IRDAI explanation

New Delhi, Oct 19:  The Delhi High Court has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to “explain the reasonableness” of not granting insurance cover to people suffering from congenital anomalies. “What is the objection to giving insurance cover to them (people suffering from congenital anomalies),” a bench […]

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