The court’s decision came on appeals by the BSP and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against the Rajasthan High Court which had asked the Assembly Speaker to decide on their disqualification within three months.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India to release the Standard Operating Procedure for the conduct of the All India Bar Examination through physical mode which is scheduled on January 24.
A Single Bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge gave this decision on January 2 on a petition filed by Anjali Guru. In this petition, the decision of the Returning Officer on 31 December 2020 was challenged. The returning officer had canceled the petitioner's form for Gram Panchayat Election in Jalgaon district.
The bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said it would hear on Monday all the pleas challenging the new farm laws as also the ones raising issues related to the ongoing farmers protest.
The suo motu cognizance pertaining to interim orders and limitation expiring during the period of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic was taken by the High Court.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition against Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on the misuse of government machinery during the Punjab Assembly elections of 2002.
Advocate Vikrant Yadav, appearing as Amicus Curiae in the jail petition, is seeking the transfer of petitioner from Navi Mumbai to Tihar Jail. He said the extradition of the petitioner must be terminated and for this, he has applied to the registry for certain documents.
The Delhi High Court has on Wednesday allowed an intervention application filed by scientists, Delhi Science Forum, and Society for Knowledge Commons in the Sci-Hub and LibGen copyright infringement suit filed by international publication giants.
An impleadment application has been filed to add Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind as joined party in the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018.