The Bar Council of India (BCI) would submit its report on the possible re-accreditation of Delhi University in the first week of January 2015, the BCI secretary told the Delhi high court today in a writ petition challenging the disaffiliation of Delhi University’s law schools , reported the Economic...

Former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti yesterday moved the Delhi high court against the NHRC decision asking the city government to pay Rs 25,000 each to the Ugandan women “victims of racial prejudice and unlawful acts” whose homes the AAP leader had allegedly barged into during a controversial mi...

Protesting lawyers of the six district courts in the national capital Monday called off their indefinite strike after assurances from Law Minister DV. Sadananda Gowda that the amendment bill for enhancing the district courts’ pecuniary jurisdiction would be tabled in parliament in the current sessio...

Proceedings in six district courts here were paralysed yesterday as the indefinite strike by city lawyers entered its third day, and the Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) held a hunger strike opposing the cause by the district court lawyers. The district court lawyers are protesting against t...

SpicyIP reported that the Delhi high court yesterday banned the import of mobile phones by Chinese company Xiaomi, for infringing Ericsson’s patents, after Xiaomi did not respond to six communications from Ericsson. Justice GP Mittal directed the customs authorities to ban the import of the phones a...

While a case of cheating and violating lawful orders was yesterday lodged against global cab company Uber after one of its drivers was arrested for raping a woman, a plea was filed in the Delhi high court alleging that the company was doing business in the country without accountability to Indian la...

Judicial work in the Delhi courts was paralysed due to indefinite strike of city lawyers protesting the delay in tabling amended bill regarding enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts. The co-ordination committee of bar associations of all the district courts in Delhi said that desp...

A total of 62,641 cases were disposed of and settlement amount of Rs 65 crore awarded by various Delhi courts on the Second National Lok Adalat Saturday. “As many as 201 benches took up all kind of cases i.e. civil cases, criminal compoundable cases, Negotiable Instrument Act cases, electricity case...

The Delhi high court Thursday asked the registrar of the Supreme Court to maintain a compilation of pending cases, which have been heard and on which orders have been reserved. In a significant verdict aimed towards greater transparency in the judiciary, Justice Vibhu Bhakru said: “Indisputably, the...

While recently returning home from work in west Delhi’s Mayapuri area around 10 p.m., a woman was chased by three youths who, apart from passing derogatory and lewd remarks, advanced and caught hold of her hands. After the woman resisted and shouted that she was a police officer, the three youths - ...

The Delhi High Court’s pecuniary jurisdiction’ enhancement to Rs 2 crore, from the current Rs 20 lakh, crossed another small hurdle today as the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill 2014 was passed by the Rajya Sabha’s standing committee, reported PTI and others. The standing committee on law and perso...

The Delhi high court Friday quashed the Lt governor’s guidelines last year on nursery admissions in the national capital, saying it was a “violation of the fundamental rights of the school management”. The judgment was welcomed by various schools. [ Download PDF ] Justice Manmohan quashed the guidel...

Hours after former Delhi University vice chancellor Deepak Pental was sent to Tihar jail in a plagiarism case, the Delhi high court yesterday ordered his “immediate release”. Pental was sent to jail by a trial court, but Justice S Murlidhar ordered his release. Professor Pental was arrested on a pet...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought responses of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Delhi Bar Council (DBC) on a plea challenging the regulator’s order barring DU law graduates from being enrolled as advocates. Justice Manmohan issued notices to BCI, DBC, Delhi University (DU) and its Faculty of L...

The Delhi high court Tuesday asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) to respond on a plea challenging the refusal to grant certificate to the film “En Dino Muzaffarnagar”, on the grounds that the film has the potential of creating com...

Listen yaar, the Delhi high court said that women who’ve entered menopause can’t be raped, right?

The Delhi high court noted in its judgement acquitting an alleged rapist, that sexual intercourse between the accused and the victim, who was “beyond the age of menopause”, was “forceful [but] it was not forcible”. A bench comprising justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta ruled that the absence ...

A Delhi high court judge initiated contempt proceedings and ordered injunction against a legal news magazine over a story alleging links between his son and a late-opening night club.

The Delhi high court Thursday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea of OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan, arrested in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper deal. Justice VP Vaish sought response from the ED and asked it to file a ...

A Bangalore employee of Infosys has been arrested under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly having sex with another man, which was recorded by his arranged-marriage-wife of six months on a hidden camera, reported the Bangalore Mirror . The Supreme Court reinstated the colonial-era sec...