Court News Updates

Delhi Government Additional Standing Counsel Anuj Aggarwal on Thursday sought time from the Delhi High Court to take instructions upon a plea by a woman who is a beneficiary under the Delhi Ladli Scheme, 2008, alleging non-payment of the amount accrued to her, under the said scheme, upon maturity in 2012.

The Delhi High Court has sought the response from the Centre on a petition filed by the adoptive father of a minor girl, seeking issuance of valid passport for her, with the name of her adoptive pare...

The Delhi High Court recently issued notice to the India International Convention and Exhibition Centre Ltd, as well as Larsen and Toubro Ltd, and directed them to take urgent steps to repair the road leading to New Era Public School in Dwarka, which was allegedly damaged by the development of the Exhibition-Cum-Convention Centre, carried out by the said parties.

The Supreme Court's Collegium headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana and also comprising of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, A M Khanwilkar, Dr DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao has recommended names of 13 advocates for elevation as the judges of the Allahabad High Court.

A single Bench of Delhi High Court passed this order to deny anticipatory bail to the owner of a hotel where a 16-year old minor girl was allegedly kept and raped for four days while hearing a Bail Application filed by Ajay Kumar.

The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhuliya and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak observed "A genuine and bonafide PIL must be encouraged by all Courts, but at the same time, a frivolous PIL, which is being filed for extraneous reasons, must be discouraged."

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its earlier recommendation for elevation of advocate Nagendra R. Naik and Senior Advocate, Dr. Aditya Sondhi, as Judges of Karnataka High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Advocate Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav for elevation as judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan has asked for listing before some other bench the petition filed in connection with the Ranjit Singh murder case allegedly involving Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Madras High Court division bench dismissed the PIL filed by H. Rajaram seeking the quashing of the appointment of two Tamil Nadu Additional Advocates General while observing that there is no merit in the petition and it may have been better if the petition had not been pressed.