The Delhi High Court has sought the response of both the Union of India and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) over a petition seeking appropriate government residential accommodations for district court judges of the national capital.
The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora on May 2 directed the respondents to file their replies in four weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on July 16.
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Can Arvind Kejriwal continue to act as chief minister while sitting in jail? He has not even applied for a bail at an appropriate court, but is only challenging the grounds of his arrest. What is the legal process involved?
At one time, he was a phenomenon— a yoga teacher-turned-entrepreneur who built a massive empire on his Patanjali Ayurvedic drugs and potions and was feted by the rich and powerful. Now, the legal cases and strictures are piling up faster than he created his spiritual business
Student protests about the Palestine-Israel conflict may interrupt numerous college and university graduations that usually symbolize spring in America. The Gaza conflict has taken centrestage, with Columbia University in New York being the hub of protests. Fifty six years ago, also in a national election year, the focus of discontent was American involvement in the Vietnam War
In the rough and tumble of politics, defections mar democracy and cast a shadow on the constitutional morality of politicians, and often end up in courts. Can political will be mustered to stem the malaise?
The Supreme Court Registrar recently refused to receive the application filed by the Centre seeking clarification of the 2012 judgment in the 2G Spectrum case. The central government sought a clarification that the verdict does not bar the allocation of spectrum through means other than public auction in certain situations.
Mentioning that the application was in effect seeking a review of the 2012 verdict in the guise of seeking clarification, the Registrar dismissed it by terming it misconc...