Tag: Delhi High Court

Wangchuk and others have been on a foot march from Leh to Delhi to demand sixth Schedule for Ladakh, which was carved out of the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir as a Union Territory in 2019.

The social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) has told Delhi High Court that the Centre’s decision to block Hindutva Watch’s account was “unjustified and disproportionate”, expressed willingness to restore this account

The court came down heavily on the Delhi Police and said that the investigation does not inspire confidence as it has done “too-little” and “too-late”; it further remarked that “custodians of the law…seemed to have been driven by bigoted mindsets”

The Saket Court Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also asked Patkar to pay 10 lakhs in damages to VK Saxena as the court held that the publications against VK Saxena were issued with intent to damage his public reputation

The bench also critiqued trial court’s conduct and said that nothing could have disentitled the accused from seeking relief under Section 436-A of CrPC

Justice Amit Mahajan said it was beyond the Court's comprehension as to why jail superintendents were taking one to two weeks for accepting the bail bonds and releasing prisoners

Serving as an under trial prisoner since 2020 and not convicted so far, Sharjeel Imam, taken into custody after the anti-CAA movements when activists associated with the movement were being arrested, has completed more than half of the maximum sentence that the cases against him suggest

In a habeas corpus plea moved against restriction of movement of an alleged foreigner, the bench noted that foreign national cannot claim that he has right to reside and settle in India in terms of Article 19 (1) (e)

Notably, the Court had refused to grant permission to hold a similar public meeting at the Ramlila Ground on October 29

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant permission to an organization to hold a public meeting (All India Muslim Mahapanchayat) at the Ramlila Ground on October 29.