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Gender Neutrality Fair Justice Delivery System’s Hallmark: Delhi High Court

January 23, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gender neutrality is the hallmark of a fair justice delivery system and crimes involving serious bodily injuries must be firmly dealt with, irrespective of the perpetrator being a man or a woman, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of a…

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Justice Devendra Upadhyaya Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Delhi High Court

January 21, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was officially sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court today, with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi administering the oath of office at a ceremony held at Raj Niwas in Civil Lines, Delhi. The event, which took place at Raj Niwas was attended by Delhi…

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Mindset That Women Endure Suffering Exploited By Perpetrators: High Court

January 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman “endures” sufferings in her matrimonial home emboldens the perpetrators. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma therefore refused bail to a man accused of killing his wife in an inebriated…

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Denied Bail, Ex-IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Approaches Supreme Court

January 14, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Former IAS Trainee officer Puja Khedkar, who made headlines last year over claims that she lied about disabilities, changed her surname and forged a backward class certificate to clear the civil services exam, has approached the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order denying her anticipatory bail. In strong comments while turning…

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AAP Minister On BJP MPs’ Ayushman Bharat Petition

January 14, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has told the Delhi High Court that it did not implement the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Yojana for medical insurance because the capital’s residents enjoy “superior” benefits under the Delhi government’s schemes. Implementing the Centre’s scheme would downgrade the health schemes currently in force in Delhi, the capital’s…

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High Court Slams Delhi Government Over Auditor’s Report

January 13, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Delhi High court pulled up the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government over a delay in placing before the Assembly Speaker a report by the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) on the ongoing liquor scam, which resulted in the arrests of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia. “The way…

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Delhi High Court Gets 2 New Judges, Total Strength Rises To 37

January 8, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Justices Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar have been sworn in as judges of the Delhi High Court. Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath to them today. With this, the Delhi High Court now has a total strength of 37 judges. The names of the two judges were…

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“Medical Negligence Not Established By Mere Dissatisfaction”: Delhi High Court

December 31, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently rejected a man’s plea seeking action against doctors over his wife’s death and said medical negligence was not merely established by dissatisfaction towards an expected standard of care. Justice Sanjeev Narula, in his December 20 verdict, said doctors should not be constrained either by the expectations or timelines…

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Delhi High Court Refuses To Cancel Case Against Delhi University Professor For “Shiva Linga” Post

December 20, 2024 admin

It stated that the petitioner should be “more conscious” as his statements carry weight. (File) New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a DU professor for his alleged objectionable social media post on the presence of a ‘shiva linga’ in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh dismissed…

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