Top bureaucrats depose before Nanavaty panel
August 30th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Two senior government bureaucrats in their testimony before the Nanavaty-Mehta judicial inquiry commission probing the 2002 Godhra train carnage and the subsequent communal riots that ... Read more...
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Gujarat panchayat polls announced
September 16th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) Gujarat will be virtually in election mode for over a month in October in view of polls to nearly all the local self-government bodies in the state.
Elections ... Read more...
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Speak The Unspeakable and Do The Unthinkable
May 18th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
Shobha Shukla, CNSThe age old issue dealing with the problems of people with alternate sexuality was discussed threadbare, on the occasion of International Day against Homophobia, on 17th May, in the precincts ... Read more...
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‘We need a national advisor to PM on disability’
March 18th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) In order to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, there is a need for a national advisor on the subject to the prime minister, former chief ... Read more...
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Denied apex court job, Shah gets online petition for CIC
February 13th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) An online petition to have the outgoing Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah as India's Chief Information Commissioner has been ... Read more...
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Rehabilitate slum dwellers, rules court
February 11th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Stressing that everyone has right to live a decent life, the Delhi High Court Thursday asked the government and the civic agencies to rehabilitate jhuggi (slum) dwellers ... Read more...
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‘Every judgement should have human touch’
February 11th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Every judgement should have a "human touch", outgoing Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah said Thursday.
"The human element should be there in every justice ... Read more...
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I am hurt at not being elevated: Outgoing Chief Justice
February 11th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) With a heavy voice and tears in his eyes, Ajit Prakash Shah, outgoing Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Thursday finally broke his silence ... Read more...
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Court raps Delhi government on lack of night shelters
February 10th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the state government for the plight of homeless people in the city.
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High court to examine if retired judge can work privately
February 10th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday agreed to examine the issue whether a retired judge of the Supreme Court and the high court can be debarred from taking ... Read more...
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Cycle rickshaws need of the hour, ban arbitrary: Court
February 10th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday termed the ban on cycle rickshaws on the city's arterial roads "arbitrary" and stressed that non-motorised vehicles were the need of the ... Read more...
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Court issues notice to MCD over ‘ghost’ employees
February 10th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the state government over an alleged scam relating to ghost employees in ... Read more...
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Paternity suit: N.D. Tiwari gets more time to reply
February 9th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday gave a week's time to veteran politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth ... Read more...
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No confessions, no photos of accused, court tells media
February 8th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Police should avoid giving their opinion on the guilt of the accused, the Delhi High Court said Monday, while suggesting amendments to the new guidelines for crime ... Read more...
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Wrap up anti- Sikh riot cases in six months: High court (Lead)
February 8th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday appointed special prosecutors for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases and asked the trial court to wrap them up in six months.
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Wives are richer than Delhi High Court judges
February 5th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The judges of the Delhi High Court have invested more in their wives' names, thus making their spouses richer.
Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah has a co-owned flat ... Read more...
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Mutual funds, shares favourite investment for judges
February 5th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The assets the Delhi High Court judges declared Friday reveal that all of them have made a lot of investments in mutual funds and shares rather than ... Read more...
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Delhi chief justice has lesser savings than wife
February 5th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Judges of the Delhi High Court Friday declared their assets, following in the footsteps of their Supreme Court counterparts. Information of their assets has been posted on ... Read more...
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Court tells MCD to compensate families of drowned kids
February 4th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay compensation of Rs.750,000 each to the families of the two boys who drowned ... Read more...
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Court pulls up Delhi Police for protecting its officers
February 4th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Police for not taking steps against their own guilty officers and instead trying to protect them.
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Check noise pollution near airport, court tells DGCA
February 3rd, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take steps to check noise pollution near the airport that is affecting people ... Read more...
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Police frame guidelines for crime reporting by media
February 3rd, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Cautioning the media and police over wrong reporting, the Delhi High Court Wednesday sounded a note of warning that "yellow journalism is on the rise".
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Notice to government over labour law violation at Games sites
January 27th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and other civic agencies for violating labour laws at the construction sites for the forthcoming Commonwealth ... Read more...
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Court issues notice to ASI over sad state of Jantar Mantar
January 27th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) over the ruinous condition ... Read more...
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Delhi government asked to expedite 1984 riot cases (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Delhi government for the appointment of special public prosecutors to expedite ... Read more...
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Government considering issuing driving licences to deaf
January 24th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Around 50 million people in India with impaired hearing may soon be permitted to drive. The central government is considering issuing driving licences to the hearing impaired ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court approves new parole guidelines
January 21st, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday gave its nod to the amended parole guidelines submitted by the Delhi government and asked it to implement them right away.
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Centre submits new parole guidelines to high court
January 20th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Those who are a threat to national security, involved in sedition or convicted for rape-cum-murder will not be granted parole, according to the new guidelines which the ... Read more...
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Court seeks government response on Hockey India’s functioning
January 20th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response from the government and various sports bodies, including Hockey India and the Indian Olympic Association, on a public suit seeking ... Read more...
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Court pulls up civil aviation body for flouting order
January 20th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for misleading the court and flouting its earlier order barring the use of ... Read more...
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Don’t beautify at cost of poor, court tells Delhi
January 19th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday slammed the state government for "spending blindly" on the beautification drive with an eye to the Commonwealth Games in October this year, ... Read more...
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DPS offers to withdraw expulsion notice to Salman Khurshid
January 19th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Delhi Public School (DPS) Society Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was withdrawing the expulsion notice issued to Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, for ... Read more...
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Court dismisses plea over missing soldier
January 14th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed the plea of the son of a missing Indian soldier suspected to be in a Pakistani jail for 44 years after ... Read more...
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Full apex court to decide on RTI appeal
January 13th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Chief Justice Of India K.G. Balakrishnan Wednesday said the decision to appeal against the Delhi High Court's verdict, bringing his office within the ambit of the Right ... Read more...
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Chief Justice of India in RTI ambit, activists hail ruling (Roundup)
January 12th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court in a far-reaching ruling Tuesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the ambit of the ... Read more...
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