New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the city government’s stand on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has remained non-functional and inaccessible for a prolonged period, resulting in a continuing violation of the constitutional and statutory rights of women in the national capital. Observing that, in view of the statutory duties assigned to the DCW, the positions “cannot be kept vacant,” a Bench headed by Chi…
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Patiala House Court on Saturday granted custody parole to jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh to enable him to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma, who permitted Rashid, presently lodged in Tihar Jail in a terror funding case, to participate in the Budget Session of the Lok Sabha from January 28 onwards while remaining in custody.The court clarified that the question of who wi…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed a single-judge direction that required the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to institute a second level of human review for consumer complaints dismissed by its banking ombudsman. A division bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the interim order on an appeal filed by the RBI against a ruling delivered by Justice Prathiba M. Singh, which required such reviews to be conducted by legally trained professionals…