Tibetan refugees to get Indian passports
Apr 18, 2017MEA accepted a Delhi high court ruling from last year that had asked for Tibetan refugees to be considered Indian citizens. The new policy change came into effect from March 2017 and is expected to benefit thousands of Tibetans living in India in forced exile.
Justice HL Dattu to be next Chief Justice of India
Sep 3, 2014Justice H L Dattu is set to become the next Chief Justice of India.
Nirbhaya case convicts unlikely to hang on Jan 22
Jan 16, 2020The government told a bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that the date fixed by the trial court for executing the convicts is now only “academic” as the rules further specify that 14 days’ time must be given to the condemned man to “make peace with God” once the President rejects mercy petition and all remedies under law are exhausted.
Are they cattle, HC said in 2012; but Asha Kiran horror goes on
Feb 7, 2017“There can't be any worse kind of human rights violation," an angry Delhi high court bench had lashed out at the Delhi government in 2012, moved by the deplorable conditions in which mentally challenged inmates lived at Asha Kiran Home. “Are they cattle? You keep them like animals," the bench had lamented.
Day after judge sought FIRs for hate speech, changed bench says situation not conducive
Feb 28, 2020A day after showing urgency to prosecute four BJP functionaries for their alleged hate speeches, a changed bench of Delhi HC on Thursday accepted the stand of Delhi Police that the situation at present was not “conducive” to register FIRs. Adjourning the matter for April 13, a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and C Hari Shankar allowed Centre to become a party.
Kanda to face charges of rape, unnatural sex
May 11, 2013In a serious setback to former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, a Delhi court on Friday slapped additional charges of rape (IPC 376) and unnatural sex (IPC 377) against him in the Geetika Sharma suicide case.
Jaitley accused Subramanium of exceeding brief
Jul 1, 2014Former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium was accused of exceeding his brief -- an allegation similar to the negative IB and CBI reports pertaining to his suitability for judgeship of the Supreme Court – by finance minister Arun Jaitley in September last year.
Courts issue non-bailable warrants, revoke passports
Apr 25, 2013A couple shifted to the US soon after their marriage in India in 2009. The husband went to pursue a professional degree.
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