A Bihar-based university from where Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar claimed to be enrolled as an advocate and obtained his LLB degree yesterday told the Delhi high court that the provisional certificate is not “genuine” and the document “does not exist in the university...

The Delhi high court on Friday asked the central government to produce an action plan to deal with polluted air in the national capital. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also asked the Delhi government, the Public Works Department, the Delhi Development Authority and...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government not to take “coercive action” against tobacco sellers and manufacturers. The court was hearing a bunch of pleas filed by tobacco manufacturers challenging the ban on sale of chewable tobacco in the national capital. Justice Rajiv Shakdher ...

Hot on the heels of the government getting ready to create special fast-track commercial divisions of all high courts , Delhi high court chief justice G Rohini has decided to redesignate four benches of the Delhi high court to exclusively handle commercial disputes, of which around 20,000 are curren...

The Delhi high court yesterday stayed until April 27 a decision of its single judge to bring the Attorney General of India’s (AGI) office under the RTI Act. The Times of India reported that “a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said that the single judge’s findings “require consi...

A Supreme Court bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and NV Ramana today stayed the 20 March Delhi high court order that restrained generic drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from manufacturing an anti-diabetes drug over which Merck allegedly held a patent, reported Mint . Senior counsel Abhishek Manu Si...

The Delhi high court today issued notice to Delhi Aam Aadmi Party’s law minister Jitender Singh Tomar after a new petition , this time by the BJP politician Tomar had defeated in elections, that Tomar had enrolled himself as an advocate on the basis of a “false and bogus” science degree, reported Ze...

and Abhijat Bal (r.)”)This week in Mint, Legally India dove into the complicated and fascinating politics of the Delhi bar.

The strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) over the alleged killing of an Allahabad lawyer by a police officer , has resulted in severe delays and thousands of adjourned cases, according to press reports. Judicial work in the Delhi high court and six district courts was hampered and a major...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to immediately revoke the ban on the telecast of controversial BBC documentary “India’s Daughter” on the December 16, 2012, gang rape. A division bench of Justice BD. Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva posted the two public interest litigations (PILs) for re...

The Delhi high court today held that the office of the Attorney General of India carries out public function and it comes within the ambit of the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Justice Vibhu Bakhru also said that the top law officer performed public functions and his appointment was governed by the...

Delhi University (DU) law students should not suffer in the ongoing tussle between the Bar Council of India (BCI) and DU’s law centres over campus infrastructure, said the Delhi high court yesterday.

The Rajya Sabha yesterday deferred passing the bill to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Delhi high court, with some members saying that the reform should be clubbed with pending legislation to create commercial divisions in high courts (the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill 2009), wi...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday “partly allowed” the plea of Uber cab rape accused Shiv Kumar Yadav to recall some of the prosecution witnesses for further cross-examination. Justice Sunita Gupta passed the order on Yadav’s plea challenging the trial court’s February 18 order denying him permissio...

Justice Amitava Roy was Friday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. With the elevation of Roy, who was chief justice of the Orissa High Court, the strength of the apex court has gone up to 29 against a sanctioned strength of 31 judges. Justice Roy will have a tenure of three years. Coming from ...

The executive committee of the Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) has formed a grievance committee to deal with complaints relating to corruption and misconduct in the judicial system. For this, a box has been kept at the DHCBA office to enable lawyers to drop their complaints. DHCBA president...

Cricket fans across the country will continue to be able to watch all India-centric matches of the ongoing World Cup - as also the semifinals and final — on public broadcaster Doordarshan, the Supreme Court said Friday. The Supreme Court stayed Delhi high court’s order restraining Doordarshan from c...

The Delhi high court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a plea by advocate Prashant Bhushan challenging the government’s refusal to reissue him a passport with full validity of 10 years as criminal cases are pending against him. Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought a response from the min...

The Delhi high court has lifted its order restraining publication of reports on the alleged harassment complaint joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Rajendra K Pachauri.