New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday cleared the way for the trial court to pass its final order on framing of charges in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots after dismissing a plea filed by activist Devangana Kalita seeking access to certain video recordings and WhatsApp chats relied upon by the prosecution. A single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna vacated an interim order passed in September 2024, which had restrained the …
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New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a woman accused of smuggling over 10 kg of ganja through the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport while allegedly posing as an officer of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), noting that the recovery involved an intermediate quantity of contraband and that she is HIV-positive and immunocompromised.Allowing the bail plea, a single-judge Bench of Justice Prateek Jalan observed that the stringent conditions under Section 37 …
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A Class 12 student who appeared for the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Improvement Examination from Saudi Arabia has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for the declaration of his result, alleging that it continues to remain withheld, despite a special assessment scheme framed for students affected by examination cancellations in West Asian countries.The writ petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, contended …
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday deferred the pronouncement of its verdict in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.The Karkardooma Court, which was expected to deliver its verdict on Thursday, has deferred the pronouncement to June 11 in the case involving former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Tahir Hussain and 10 other accused.The case relates to the killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, whose b…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of as infructuous the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) plea challenging a Delhi High Court order that had allowed wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games 2026 selection trials.A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar closed the proceedings after noting that the selection trials, which formed the subject matter of the dispute, were already over.The apex court clarified that the closure of the case sh…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) A Delhi court is set to pronounce on Thursday its verdict in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Karkardooma Court will deliver its judgment in the case involving former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and 10 other accused. The case relates to the killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, whose body was recovered from a drain in the Khajuri Khas area on February 26, 2020, am…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Observing that delays in registering FIRs can undermine investigations into the unnatural deaths of young married women, the Delhi High Court has urged courts to accord greater urgency to such matters, particularly where allegations of dowry-related harassment are raised and police fail to register a case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while rejecting anticipatory bail pleas filed by a husband and his parents in a case relating…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted an ex parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Telugu actor Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, directing the removal of pornographic, defamatory and AI-generated content exploiting his name and persona, while restraining unauthorised sale of merchandise bearing his image and likeness.A single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim order in a commercial suit filed by the actor against multiple websites, intermediaries, online platform…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has moved the Delhi High Court by filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the implementation of the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) newly introduced On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluation of Class 12 board examination answer sheets. The OSM system is a digital evaluation method where physical exam papers are scanned, digitally masked to hide students’ identities, and evaluated by teachers o…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Tuesday administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court. Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, took oath as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their appointments on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.Acting on the Collegium’s recommendations made in its meetings held on May 22 and May 27, the Centre o…