The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses from a slew of politicians, a Bollywood actor and a former Judge, among others, as to whether they ought to be impleaded as party respondents to a petition seeking their impleadment in a hate speech case related to the Delhi riots of February, 2020.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the matter related to the legal tussle going on between the Delhi government led by AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
Delhi High Court issues notice on PIL seeking immediate appointment of paramedical staff and doctors in government hospitals… The petition claims that there is about 40 percent shortage of staff.
The Delhi High Court recently permitted the Delhi government to cut down supplies to fair price shops for those opting for doorstep delivery, noting that “an overwhelming majority” has opted for doorstep delivery. According to the petitioners Delhi government’s door-to-door ration scheme will create an opaque public distribution system that will put numerous beneficiaries at risk, especially migrant workers, covered under the National Food Security Act in Delhi.
The Supreme Court has said that it will constitute a bench after the Dussehra vacation to decide upon the legal dispute between the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party, and the Union Government relating to control of services.
The Delhi High Court adjourned till October 4 hearing a plea seeking ex-gratia amount to the family members of a Delhi Police Constable who lost his life to Covid-19 on May 5, 2020, while serving as a frontline warrior in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Delhi Police challenging the Delhi High Court order which allowed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's plea to provide statement of witnesses in the 2018 alleged assault of then-Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.
The task force interim report on Delhi further said that there was gross discrepancy in the actual oxygen use claimed and the calculation of consumption using bed capacity. It further said that the discrepancy in data was because of “a poor understanding of demand calculation”.
In several cases, the SC has observed that the governor or lieutenant governor cannot override the chief minister in parliamentary democracy but the Delhi lieutenant governor has now become the master of the chief minister who will have to plead before him for getting approval of his policies and decisions.