“It is well settled that appointing a junior to make him senior to his seniors is clear casualty to Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India."
The court said that the practice of filing the writ petitions on the similar matter pending before any other bench of the concerned court will bring the multifariousness of the writ petitions.
The intermediary notably is expected to initiate two-faced actions in as much as to firstly remove and not publish any content, regarding which it has been notified by the government and secondly, are expected to disable the access to such content within 36 hours.
The Delhi High Court will today hear a writ petition, seeking direction to expedite registration and vaccination of advocates below the age group of 45 years.
A divisional bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh had earlier directed WhatsApp and the Central government to file its affidavits in the matter.
The plea, filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar, is likely to come up for hearing before a division bench of the high court presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh on Friday.
The Delhi High Court has sought response from the Centre over a petition challenging the new Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021.
A single-judge High Court bench presided over by Justice Anu Malhotra transferred the matter to the division bench headed by Chief Justice D.N. Patel after noting that the matter is in "public interest".