Supreme Court held that shorthand notebooks, is only a tentative draft of the Judgement, cannot be treated as information held by Public Authority. Supreme Court further held that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order, which did not favour an RTI applicant Tapan Choudhury’s plea, seeking copies of the shorthand note books in which
The Delhi High Court has agreed to telecom major Ericsson’s plea for composition of a “confidential club” in its current legal fight with Chinese handset makers company Xiaomi for reportedly violating its patents. A confidential club usually comprise of some lawyers who and key witnesses who are authorized to observe the documents in question. Shikha TiwariI am a law student
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has considered that Post Master General in Chandigarh and Lodhi Road in New Delhi liable for not delivering the application forms of two law graduates to the Delhi High Court Registrar in time, due to which the applicants lost the precious chance of participating in the Delhi Judicial Service Examination. The post offices have been directed to pay
The Delhi High Court has stayed the proceeding in advancement of the order of attachment of assets worth Rs. 23 crore belonging to businessman Mr. V. M. Radhakrishnan. The assets were attached in connection with the Malabar Cements corruption case. The Enforcement Directorate Officials (ED) had induced provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act, 2002 and had served notices on 11 properties
The Delhi High Court stated that mere silence cannot be taken as a proof of consensual relations in a case where the convict Munna repeatedly raped a minor girl for over six months. His appeal stated that the silence of the victim all along was a proof of her consent to the sexual relations. HC discarded the defense and
A petition challenging government’s decision in 2011 to keep the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) out of the purview of Right To Information Act has been filed in the Supreme Court. Petition was first filed in Delhi High Court but got transferred to Supreme Court after the center said that several petitions in this regard have been filed in different
The Delhi High Court has set aside the disciplinary action taken by Jawaharlal Nehru University against Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban and 12 other of its students, for allegedly raising Anti-National slogans during an event organised on the hanging of Afzal Guru on campus last year. They had also been charged for sedition. Shikha TiwariI am a law student who
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the central government in a petition filed against two notifications, disqualifying directors of private limited companies for non-filing of financial statements for three continuous financial years. Apart from the disqualification from the said companies, the directors would also be prohibited from being appointed as directors in any other company for a period of
The Delhi Court has stated that every suit seeking rent and mense profits related to any immovable property will be considered as a commercial dispute in commercial courts and Commercial Apallate Divison of High Courts, unlike earlier where such cases were not considered to be commercial disputes and were directed to the district courts. Shikha TiwariI am a
The Delhi High Court and Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) interceded and offered Job to five acid attack survivors and a transgender after all of them faced discrimination and failed to get employed. They were then hired by the High Court after their plight was brought to Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. Shikha TiwariI am a
