Amid protests against a proposed oil refinery in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, state industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said the current site for the mega project was suggested by then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, while the Opposition urged the government to stop soil survey work and be sensitive in handling the situation arising out of the agitation.
The AAP government in Delhi and the LG have been involved in a public spat over his powers vis a vis an elected government.
The other two accused in National Herald case are Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, but they had not moved the high court against summoning of the documents and balance sheet.
It also issued notice to chairman of Sudarshan News, Suresh Chavhanke, Odisha Television Limited, Pittie Media LLP, Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited which is the owner of The Organiser, Voice of the Nation'.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation over the alleged molestation of a boy by the Dalai Lama, as claimed to have been shown in a video clip that went viral last year, saying the religious leader was "being playful" and has already apologised for the incident.
The court sought the Centre's response within four weeks and posted the matter for further hearing on July 10 on the petition filed by Pan-IIM Alumni Association. The association contended that the government had misinterpreted the Supreme Court judgment, which while upholding the OBC reservation policy, had said that it would not be applicable to the higher educational institutions.
Justice Sanjeev Narula issued notice on a petition by Sharmishtha Atreja against the imposition of the fine and asked the varsity to file its response within four weeks.
The court was hearing a PIL by Gantavya Gulati, a lawyer who was appearing in person, seeking to address the "exigent legal lacuna" resulting from the enactment of the BNS which has also led to the repeal of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued directions from the Enforcement Directorate custody to ensure that medicines and tests are available to people at all government hospitals and Mohalla Clinics, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday.
Advocates representing the media houses told the court that the mistake of disclosing the name and showing photograph of the victim was due to their ignorance of the law.
It said the high court, while finding fault with the reasoning adopted by the magistrate for issuing the summons, went ahead and decided the matter on merit and held that no case for defamation was made out.
Najeeb went missing from JNU's Mahi-Mandvi hostel on October 15 allegedly after an on-campus scuffle between him and some members of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The ABVP has denied involvement in his disappearance.
Notifications announcing the appointments of Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice KM Joseph, Madras HC Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Orissa HC Chief Justice Vineet Saran to the Supreme Court were issued on Saturday.
As per the prosecution, Sharma along with five accused had conspired to eliminate Shivani as he wanted to end the relationship.
The quashing of the election of a winning candidate in a poll would not automatically result in declaring the person who got the second highest number of votes as elected, the Delhi high court ruled on Tuesday.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti made the observation while disposing of Jain's plea against the high court's decision of adjourning the hearing of his bail application for six weeks.
The petitioner alleged that the author's Indian representatives had misled the media and the newspapers had wrongly reported about the proceedings of an earlier case.
Justice Sachin Datta said the plea was misconceived and devoid of merits and the ECI can take an independent view on the complaint of the petitioner in accordance with law.
The high court was hearing a plea moved by Swamy seeking to lead evidence before the trial court in the National Herald case, in which the Gandhis and others are accused.
Tears rolled down the face of Rohit Shekhar's mother after the Delhi High Court declared veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari to be the biological father of Shekhar on Tuesday. The six-year legal battle ended when Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also injuncted Tiwari from denying in public that Shekhar is not his natural born son.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday warned social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be "blocked" like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages.
Sacked IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi withdrew from the Delhi High Court his plea seeking expeditious hearing before the Ministry of External Affairs against revocation of his passport, saying an order has already been passed by the appellate authority.
In the wake of complaints of inadequate compensation to High Court blast victims, Delhi government on Tuesday set up a 'special cell' to address grievances of the affected people and facilitate their rehabilitation.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday questioned Azhar Ali of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in connection with the Delhi high court blast case at Kotbalwal high security jail in Jammu.
The Delhi high court on Monday granted bail to Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh, who was arrested in connection with his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, on medical grounds.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday declared that three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hailing from Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir were wanted in the Delhi high court blast case and announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for any information on each of them that could lead to their arrest.
Making some headway in its probe in the Delhi high court blast case, National Investigation Agency has recovered three mobile phones from Jammu and Kishtwar residence of a Kashmiri medical student who is the main suspect in the case.
Has the National Investigating Agency got their man? The premier agency set up to probe incidents of terrorism in India has picked up a youth by the name Waseem Akram Malik, 25, while he was on his way to Dhaka.
Signalling the return of demolition squads in the capital, the Delhi high court on Friday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to start demolishing illegal fourth and fifth floors of properties, which had not been offered amnesty under any law.
The court said the Delhi government was "interested in appropriation of power".
The high court asked the defendants to file their reply within two weeks of service of notice and listed the matter for August 22 before the joint registrar.
In a relief to pharma majors, the Delhi high court today held as "illegal and unsustainable" the Centre's decision to put a ceiling on the price of condoms, including the luxury variety.
The Delhi high court on Friday said the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shall not be given effect to till it hears the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s plea challenging the relief granted in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.
Failing to get any reprieve from the Delhi high court, the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will move the Supreme Court soon against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and maintained the excise policy case was the 'biggest political conspiracy of the country' to finish the party.
While pronouncing the order, the high court said there was no illegally or infirmity in the trial court's order by which the bail pleas were dismissed.
Holding that Naik's foundation's plea challenging the Centre's decision has "no merit", the court said the order of the government was "not arbitrary and illegal".
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan refused to comment on the merits of the issue, saying the same fell outside the scope of judicial interference.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday rebuked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for 'casting aspersions' on the judicial process with his claim about an approver in the money laundering case against him making donations to the Bharatiya Janata Party through electoral bonds, saying the law relating to approvers was over 100 years old and not enacted to falsely implicate the Aam Aadmi Party leader.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings on all petitions relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam, pending before the Delhi high Court, on a Central Bureau of Investigation plea.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy 'scam', saying the matter raises important issues that cannot be 'summarily' decided without seeking the agency's stand.
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