The Delhi High Court has dismissed a bail plea moved by one Amir Javed booked under stringent sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA) for allegedly planning terror activities in the country. He was arrested on September 14, 2021, by the special cell of Delhi Police. The bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal on September […]
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on Ashok Swain’s plea over cancellation of OCI card
Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on the plea of Ashok Swain, who teaches at a university in Sweden, challenging the cancellation of his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. The High Court has listed the matter for November 9. Justice Subramonium Prasad told the central government […]
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West Bengal mining case: Delhi HC grants ten days interim bail to Gurupada Maji
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted ten days interim bail”>bail to Gurupada Maji. He is an accused in the West Bengal mining case. He had sought interim bail”>bail to perform the annual ‘Shraddha’ and rituals of his mother. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma granted interim bail”>bail to Maji after considering the grounds and submissions made by the […]
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Courts cannot be used as matrimonial facilitators for purpose of pressurizing accused to get married: Delhi HC
The Courts cannot be used as matrimonial facilitators for the purpose of pressurizing the accused to get married to the victim or be denied bail or by the accused for obtaining bail by asking the complainant to appear before the Court and state that he was ready to get married […]
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Vulture conservation and protection: Delhi HC asks Centre why drug Nimesulide hasn’t been banned
The Delhi High Court has asked Union of India to furnish the reasons as to why the drug ‘Nimesulide’ has not been banned, and deliberations undertaken in this regard while hearing a petition seeking to create an effective mechanism for safety testing of the drugs on wild scavenging birds before launching New […]
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Rs 200 cr PMLA case: Delhi HC grants bail to Pooja Singh, close aide of Leena Maria Paul
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Pooja Singh, said to be a close aide of jailed Leena Maria Paul, wife of conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case. The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma allowed her bail plea on a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 […]
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Asiya Andrabi moves to Delhi HC against refusal of examination of defence witness
Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi and two others moved an appeal in Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order refusing the examination of defence witness summoned in relation to a case registered under several sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and UA(P) Act. The bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul […]
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Plea in Delhi HC against illegal melting of animals’ skins in Motia Khan Masjid area
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court on Tuesday, seeking direction against the alleged illegal melting of skins of animals in the Motia Khan Masjid area of the national capital. The Plea alleged that persons of said area prepare the “Charbis” of the animals in huge […]
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Delhi HC issues notice to Newsclick editor-in-chief on plea seeking vacation of order granting ‘interim protection’
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to news portal NewsClick’s Editor in Chief Prabir Purkayastha on a plea filed by Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EoW), seeking direction to vacate its interim order asking the probe agency not to take any coercive action against the news site. The […]
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Plea in Delhi HC, challenging inclusion of CA, CS’ within ambit of reporting entities under PMLA
A plea was moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the notification which included Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries and Cost Accountants within the definition of “reporting entities” under the Prevention of money laundering Act (PMLA) and fastening of criminal liability on them in case of non-compliance of the legal provisions. […]
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Delhi HC admits appeal of former Coal Secy, Joint Secy challenging conviction
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday admitted the appeal moved by former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and former Joint Secretary, Coal, K S Kropha challenging the trial court order that convicted and sentenced them in a case relating to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh. The bench […]
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Delhi HC issues notice to ED on Vijay Nair’s default bail plea in Excise Policy case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a default bail petition moved by the Aam Aadmi Party’s former communication head, Vijay Nair, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Excise Policy case. Earlier, the High Court had denied him regular bail […]
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Vijay Nair moves Delhi HC with default bail plea in Excise Policy case
Aam Aadmi Party’s former communication head, Vijay Nair has on Monday moved a default bail petition in the Delhi High Court in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the now scrapped Excise Policy case. Earlier, the High Court had denied him regular bail in the matter. Nair […]
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Delhi HC issues notice to NIA on Shabir Ahmed Shah’s bail plea in terror funding case
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a plea by Kashmiri separatist leader, Shabir Ahmed Shah. He has sought bail in a terror funding case lodged by the NIA in 2017 against various separatist leaders of Jammu and Kashmir. The Division Bench, comprising justices Siddharth Mridul and Anish Dayal, […]
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Delhi HC asks ex-MCD Councillor Tahir Hussain to approach trial court for bail
Delhi High Court on Thursday asked ex-MCD Councillor Tahir Hussain to approach the trial court for bail in a Delhi riots case in view of the change in circumstances. The matter pertains to gunshot injury to one person during the Delhi riots on February 25, 2020. A case was registered […]