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The petition had also sought appropriate punishment for marital rape. (Photo: Twitter)

Delhi: HC dismisses plea for making marital rape a ground for divorce

High Court observed that it cannot give a direction to the government to legislate and make laws.

09 Jul 2019 10:23 PM

Justice Suresh Kait said no interim relief can be granted to Goyal at this stage and added that he may deposit Rs 18,000 crore guarantee if he wants to travel to a foreign country now. (Photo: File)

Delhi HC seeks govt's response on Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal's plea against LOC

The government counsel said Goyal must join the investigation and sought time to file response to his petition.

09 Jul 2019 1:02 PM

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

SC stays proceedings before Delhi HC in aviation scam

Corporate lobbyist Deepak and his son Aditya are alleged beneficiary of the scam in which former aviation minister Praful Patel too was quizzed.

09 Jul 2019 7:02 AM

The Delhi high court said the case was filled with ‘inconsistencies and improbabilities. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi HC frees man serving 30-year term for rape

The high court said that the man shall be released from jail forthwith unless his incarceration is required in any other case.

08 Jul 2019 2:50 AM

The high court said the man shall be released from the jail forthwith unless his incarceration is required in any other case. (Photo: File)

Delhi: HC acquits man serving 30-year jail-term in gang-rape case

The high court, in its judgment, said there were several questions which remained unanswered.

07 Jul 2019 1:18 PM

Fight over parking two-wheeler Chawri Bazaar area on Sunday took a communal turn when a temple was vandalised by mob leading to tension in the area. (Representational image)

Court dismisses plea to constitute SIT temple vandalisation case in Chawri Bazaar

Advocate Alakh Alok Shrivastava, a petitioner, had prayed to constitute an SIT to identify the people who desecrated the place of worship.

05 Jul 2019 4:38 PM

The court also said that victims of dog bite have to stand in long queues at government hospitals including Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Safdarjung hospitals where the anti-rabies injection is administered. (Photo: File)

HC notice to AAP govt over report on anti-rabies vaccine shortage

The court posted the matter to September 19.

02 Jul 2019 9:22 PM

The petition further claimed that the Commercial Pilots Association is pursuing ‘personal vendetta’ and is ‘being vindictive’ against him by ‘putting undue pressure on the police to arrest and humiliate’ him. (Photo: Facebook | Screengrab | @arvind.kathpalia)

Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to Air India pilot

Pilot had moved bail plea in the case pertaining to January, 2017 when he had refused to undergo mandatory pre-flight breath analyser test.

01 Jul 2019 3:35 PM

Disposing of the petition, a bench of Justices D N Patel and C Harishankar observed it was up to the police to a take a view on the issue. (Photo: File)

Delhi HC disposes plea seeking direction to equip policemen with body cameras

The petition was filed after Delhi Police personnel thrashed a Sikh auto driver and his minor son in North Delhi.

01 Jul 2019 1:29 PM

He is also accused of tampering with evidence, criminal conspiracy and intimidating a doctor working with the airline in January 2017. (Photo: File)

Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to suspended Air India pilot

Kathpalia was removed as the director of operations of Air India last November after failing to clear pre-flight alcohol test.

01 Jul 2019 11:42 AM

Petitioner advocate and social activist Amit Sahni sought a direction to the Delhi government to constitute a State Mental Health Authority and District Mental Health Review Boards and to enforce the provisions of the Act with immediate effect. (Photo: File)

PIL filed in Delhi High Court for enforcement of mental health care law

The plea said the object of the Act is to provide mental health care and services for persons with mental illness.

30 Jun 2019 7:59 PM

The petition, filed by advocates Manmohan Singh Narula and Susmita Kumari on Friday, contends that denying the second largest party the leadership in the parliament sets the wrong precedence and dilutes the democracy. (Photo: Representational Image)

Petition in Delhi HC seeks direction for appointment of Leader of Opposition in LS

On June 18, senior Congress leader and West Bengal MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was named by the Congress as its leader in the Lok Sabha.

22 Jun 2019 4:52 PM

The bench also called for an independent report within a week regarding the incident from an officer of the rank of joint commissioner of police and listed the matter for further hearing on July 2. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi HC raps police for assault on auto driver, minor son

On Sunday evening, several video clips of a brawl between Sarabjeet Singh, the auto driver, and policemen went viral on social media.

20 Jun 2019 1:50 AM

Elderly widows chat while waiting for lunch at Mahila Ashram, a shelter home for widows in Vrindavan some 150 km south-east of New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Women who lose their husbands: Do they also give up the right to live?

Now, much water has flowed after the passage of the widow remarriage act piloted by Vidyasagar in colonial India.

18 Jun 2019 2:34 AM

The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man by a trial court in a rape case. (Photo: File)

‘Highly unreliable, untrustworthy’ testimony: Delhi HC sets man free of rape charges

The woman had called him 529 times between the date of alleged rape and the filing of the complaint.

08 Jun 2019 9:26 AM

Bharat poster number 3. (Photo: Twitter)

Bharat: Delhi HC dismisses petition seeking stay on release of Salman starrer

The court didn't find any merit in the arguments of the petitioner and dismissed the plea.

03 Jun 2019 7:46 PM

Delhi HC grants CBI 4 months to finish probe on Asthana

The CBI had sought more time to complete its probe in the case so as to conduct the probe in a free, fair and transparent manner.

01 Jun 2019 1:41 AM

Justice Mukta Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of time to complete its investigation in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad. (Photo: File)

Delhi HC grants 4 more months time to CBI to complete probe in Asthana bribery case

On January 11, the court had granted 10 weeks to the probe agency to complete its investigation.

31 May 2019 11:52 AM

Ahead of release, PIL in Delhi HC seeks title change of Salman Khan's 'Bharat'

The movie, which also stars Katrina Kaif, is slated for a release on June 5.

31 May 2019 8:24 AM

‘Role of officials in passport to Ansal being probed’

The court had directed the police to lodge an FIR in connection with Ansal getting a favourable verification report in 2013.

29 May 2019 2:36 AM

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