A PIL before the Delhi High Court alleges that DDA land allotted at a concessional rate for the Daman, Diu and Lakshadweep Bhawans in Chanakyapuri is being used as a commercial hotel; the Court allowed the petitioner to amend the plea.
“How can you enter the house of this man?” the Delhi High Court asked the police in the Nadeem Khan Delhi High Court hearing, observing that refusing permission for a protest is the police’s prerogative but that a person cannot be confined. The police said Khan was not detained, only stopped. Both positions are untested. […]
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea against the closure of Jantar Mantar for protests, a plea alleging that outsiders entered the protest site on October 10 and 11, and an NSUI plea seeking an SIT probe into alleged violence against protesters. The contentions are untested and the Court has […]
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The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench dismissed a writ petition challenging Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar’s election nomination, ruling that such matters must be resolved via an election petition. The court stated that grievances related to elections fall under the Representation of the People Act, not writ petitions, making the current petition invalid.
