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Romit Nandan Sahai
Explainer: Supreme Court’s Guidelines on Grant of Bail after Chargesheet is Filed
09 Oct 2021
Yesterday a two judge division bench of the Supreme Court, after previously hinting its intent to lay down guidelines on the issue of granting of bail, finally issued the same. This is a positive…
Ravi Kaushal
Nearly 40,000 Teachers Absent from Schools, Deputed on COVID Duties in Delhi, Claims Petition
06 Oct 2021
The petition moved through leading RTE activist, and Senior Advocate Ashok Agarwal held that over 70% of the 57,000 teachers (39,900) in the Directorate of Education (DoE) are not available in…
Ronak Chhabra
Madras HC Issues Notice to Centre Over OFB Corporatisation
17 Sep 2021
AIDEF writes to Centre informing it that the decision to corporatise OFB stands “challenged” in the court.
The Leaflet
CBI Takes over Probe in Gangster Ankit Gujjar Death in Tihar Jail
12 Sep 2021
This follows a direction from the Delhi High Court that on September 7 transferred the probe to the CBI.
PTI
Delhi HC Says Tihar Inmate Died due to Custodial Violence, Transfers Probe to CBI
08 Sep 2021
If the allegations raised by the deceased’s family regarding the extortion of money in the prison were correct, ‘it is a very serious offence’ requiring in-depth investigation, the court said.
The Leaflet
453 High Court Judge Posts Vacant; 4 HCs Have No Regular Chief Justice: Centre Informs Parliament
23 Jul 2021
The Central Government Thursday informed Parliament that there were a total of 453 vacancies of judges in 25 high courts across the country.
The Leaflet
CM’s Assurance Enforceable Promise, says Delhi HC; Directs GNCTD to Take Decision to Implement Kejriwal’s Assurance on Rent Payment For Poor Tenants
23 Jul 2021
The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi Government to take a decision within six weeks regarding the implementation of the assurance given by the Chief Minister in the March 2020 press…
Prof G Mohan Gopal
Need for Independent Review of Role of Courts in Fr. Stan’s Death
09 Jul 2021
Juxtaposing the repeated rejection of bail applications from Fr. Stan Swamy by the courts with the Delhi High Court’s judgments from last month granting bail to three jailed student activists…
The Leaflet
Delhi HC Lays Down Guidelines for Feeding Community Dogs; Says RWA, Govt Authorities duty Bound to Ensure Food, Water for Them
01 Jul 2021
Laying down guidelines for feeding stray dogs, the Delhi High Court has asserted that community dogs (stray/street dogs) have the right to food, and citizens have the right to feed them.
Seema Sharma
Unauthorised Constructions in Full Swing in Sukhna Catchment Area Violating SC and HC Orders
01 Jul 2021
New constructions are banned in this region since 2011 and those who have built any residential and commercial structures since then have been facing demolition.