The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear Delhi Government’s plea seeking the release of Delhi Jal Board funds on April 1. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi for Delhi Government mentioned the plea seeking urgency on the matter before a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. Senior Advocate apprised the court that the […]
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LG Vinai Kumar accuses Delhi Govt of ‘lying’ on suspension of solar policy
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has accused the Kejriwal government of ‘lying’, refuting claims of the Aam Adami Party (AAP) that he has put on hold the implementation of the Delhi Government’s solar policy announced in January, according to sources in LG House. They accused the Kejriwal government of habitual lying, asserting that its office has not halted the solar […]
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HC notice to Centre, Delhi Govt on plea challenging Manual Scavengers Act’s several sections
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi government on a petition challenging several sections of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013. The plea also sought a direction to rehabilitate the sewer cleaners and provide them with all the benefits received by manual scavengers under the act. The bench of Justice Manmohan and […]
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SC slams Delhi govt over not releasing funds for Regional Rapid Transport System
The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Delhi government for a breach of undertaking given to it to provide funds for the Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) project and directed it to transfer the funds meant for advertising to the project. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia however […]
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt, others on PIL seeking CAG Audit of all unaided private schools
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Government of NCT Delhi, Directorate of Education, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought direction for the immediate audit of all unaided private schools. The plea further seeks directions in the nature of mandamus directing no enhancement of fees till […]
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Delhi govt vs Centre ordinance row: Kejriwal meets Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, seeks support
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal, along with leaders of his party including Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, met Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren at his official residence in Ranchi on Friday, to seek support against the Centre’s Ordinance on control over administrative services in Delhi. Yesterday, after meeting Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin in a […]
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Centre moves SC seeking review of verdict which held Delhi govt has control over “service”
A day after the Ministry of Law and Justice passed an ordinance, creating an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, the Centre on Saturday appealed Supreme Court to review its May 11 order, authorising legislative and executive power over services to the elected government of […]
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Delhi govt ought to have control of services subject to exclusions on public order, police, land: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of the Delhi government over control on services in the national capital and held it must have control over bureaucrats. However, the court said the legislative power over services excludes public order, police and land. The verdict is being seen as a […]
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt over stopping food to shelter home in Nizamuddin area
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of a media report on the plight of inmates of a Delhi Government Shelter Home in the Nizamuddin area. Reportedly, the shelter homes have been starving for food as the supply of the same by the government has been stopped. The Commission has observed […]
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LG office, Delhi govt spar over alleged subsidy to DISCOMS
Having been caught red handed in the act of benefiting and providing undue financial favours to private DISCOMS, in the name of poor people, the AAP government and its functionaries are making baseless, false and misleading statements, an LG office source alleged on Saturday. The source further said that the […]
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Delhi govt to introduce 6 compulsory skill subjects at secondary level in all govt schools
The Delhi government has decided to introduce six compulsory skill subjects at the secondary level in all the government schools from Session 2023-24. As per an order by the Delhi government’s Directorate of Education, these subjects will be taught as vocational subjects. According to the order, skill subjects like retail, […]
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Vacant posts of public prosecutors: HC pulls up Delhi Govt, seeks fresh status report
The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Government over the delay in filling up vacant posts of public prosecutors in Districts Court. While pulling up the Government, Court made clear that “if the Status Report is not filed and proper explanation is not given as to why the […]
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Delhi govt asks AAP to deposit Rs 163.62 cr within 10 days
The Delhi government has served a notice on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) giving it a total of 10 days to deposit Rs 164 crore for its political advertisements published allegedly in the form of government advertisements in the year 2016-17.The Delhi government’s Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) on Wednesday issued the recovery notice, […]
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Delhi govt school teachers to be deployed at IGI Airport on Covid duty from Dec 31
As Delhi schools are set to close for winter vacations, all teachers working in government schools will be deployed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport to perform Covid-19 duty. As per the official announcement by Delhi Government, the teachers will be deployed from December 31, 2022, until January 15, 2023, to ensure COVID-appropriate behaviour […]
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HC directs Delhi govt to fill pending vacancies in jails in 6 months
The Delhi High Court has directed the Government of NCT Delhi to ensure that the appointments are made positively within a period of six months in relation to pending vacancies of Medical Officers, Paramedical Staff, Welfare Officers, Counsellors, Teachers for Education, Yoga Teachers etc in the jails. The Bench of […]