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Hindu Sena National President files PIL in #DelhiHighCourt seeking removal of alleged “objectionable scenes” in #Adipurush film relating to “Ravana, Lord Ram, Mata Sita and Hanuman.”

Scenes are contrary to depictions of religious characters as found in Ramayana, the plea states. Image
The Hindus have a particular view of the image of Lord Ram, Sita, & Hanuman and any change / tampering of their divine image by the film producers, directors and actors would be a violation of their fundamental rights, plea argues.

#Adipirush #DelhiHighCourt
The plea states that the scenes show the religious characters in a bad taste and are an absolute insult to Hindu civilization, Hindu religious figures, idols, etc.

#Adipurush #DelhiHighCourt
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#DelhiHighCourt judges, Justice Jasmeet Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan, are still holding court at 10 PM to hear urgent cases during summer vacations.

This is the second time the two judges have held court till late night this week. On Monday, they heard cases past 9:30 PM. Image
While sitting in the division bench, the two judges heard a total of 32 cases.

Justice Singh has 76 cases listed before him in the single bench, whereas Justice Mahajan has 62 cases before him.

#DelhiHighCourt #SummerVacations #Law #Lawyers #Judiciary
Justice Jasmeet Singh has risen at 10:20 PM.

Justice Mahajan is still holding court.

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Delhi High Court judges, Justice Jasmeet Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan, are still holding court today to hear cases listed before them during the summer vacations.

Both the judges sat in division bench first and are presently sitting in the single bench.

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Both the judges heard a total of 20 cases together in the division bench.

The judges have more than 40 cases listed before them in the single bench.

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Justice Vikas Mahajan has risen. He held the court till 9:25 PM and heard around 35 cases in the single bench.

The judge agreed to hear tomorrow some urgent matters which could not be hear today.

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Women Can’t Be Forced To Choose Between Right To Education And Reproductive Autonomy: Delhi High Court @nupur_0111 #DelhiHC livelaw.in/high-court/del…
“The Constitution as adopted on 26th of November, 1949 served as a pledge that the citizens of India made to themselves. A pledge to disassociate ourselves from the parochial notions of society that prevented the ushering of equality,” #DelhiHighCourt #MaternityLeave
Court: It was without any form of equivocation that the people asserted their right to be treated equally. Irrespective of gender, race, religion or caste, citizens were to claim their opportunities.

#DelhiHighCourt #WomenRights #Pregnancy #MaternityLeave #Education
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Government’s decision to dispense with Rs. 2000 currency notes not towards demonetisation: #DelhiHighCourt

“It cannot be said that the decision of the Government is perverse or arbitrary or it encourages black money, money laundering, profiteering or it abets corruption,” court… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made the observations while dismissing PIL by @AshwiniUpadhyay challenging notifications of RBI and SBI that permit exchange of Rs. 2000 currency notes without requirement of any ID proof.
“In order to ensure that there is a smooth transition of Rs.2000 denomination banknotes, which continue to be a legal tender till September, 2023 i.e. for four months, banks have provided facilities for conversion of these banknotes to other denomination banknotes,”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Delhi High Court is hearing NIA's plea seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.

SGI Tushar Mehta appears for NIA.

#NIA #YasinMalik #DelhiHighCourt Image
Matter before Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh.

SGI Tushar Mehta is reading the order passed by the trial court sentencing Yasin Malik in the terror funding case.

#NIA #YasinMalik #DelhiHighCourt
Mehta: If this is not rarest of rare where somebody is continuously by armed rebellion and killing army people and advocating for succession....there can never be a rarest of rare case.

#NIA #YasinMalik #DelhiHighCourt
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#BREAKING

Delhi High Court to pronounce on Monday judgment in the PIL moved by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging notifications of RBI and SBI that permit exchange of Rs. 2000 currency notes without requirement of any identity proof.

#2000RupeesNote #DelhiHighCourt Image
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad will pronounce the judgment at 10:30 AM.

Order was reserved in the PIL on May 23.

#DelhiHighCourt #2000RupeesNote
@AshwiniUpadhyay has also prayed that RBI and SBI be directed ensure that the Rs. 2000 currency notes are deposited in respective bank accounts only, so that the no one can deposit money in other accounts and people having black money could be identified easily.
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[Exchange of ₹2000 notes] RBI tells Delhi HC that this is a currency management excercise. The central bank reiterates that this is not demonetisation.
#DelhiHighCourt #RBI #2000Note Image
Senior Advocate Parag Tripathi made the submission as the Court was dealing with a PIL challenging the RBI notification.
The petitioner has said that RBI does not have the power to discontinue banknotes and such an order has to come from the Central government.
The Court has adjourned the case to Monday and asked the counsel to submit short notes of their submission.
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#DelhiHighCourt adjourns to Monday hearing in the PIL challenging Reserve Bank of India's recent decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes from circulation.

#RBI’s counsel said that the court has already reserved judgment in a similar PIL challenging the decision.

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Senior Advocate Parag Tripathi appearing for RBI said that the RBI’s recent decision is not demonetisation and is only an exercise of currency management. He suggested that the matter be heard on a later date as judgment has already been reserved in similar PIL.

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On the other hand, it is the petitioner’s case that RBI has no independent power under RBI Act to take such decision. The PIL has been filed by advocate Rajneesh Bhaskar Gupta.

#DelhiHighCourt #2000RupeesNote
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#BREAKING: #DelhiHighCourt dismisses pleas moved by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Wadra, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and other charitable trusts challenging the IT authorities' decision to transfer their tax assessments to the central circle.
#IncomeTax #RahulGandhitwitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
While dismissing the petition a division bench comprising Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma observed that transfer was in accordance with law.
The bench also clarified that it did not examine the matter on merits.
#IncomeTax #RahulGandhi #SoniaGandhitwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The bench said that the parties are free to raise their contentions before the appropriate statutory authority and that the transfer of their assessment to the Central Circle was for a coordinated investigation.

The court also upheld the orders passed by the IT authorities.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Delhi High Court dismisses pleas moved by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Wadra, Aam Aadmi Party and other charitable trusts challenging the IT authorities' decision to transfer their tax assessments to the central circle.

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A division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma dismissed the petitions and observed that transfer was in accordance with law.

However, the court clarified that it did not examine the matter on merits.

#DelhiHighCourt #IncomeTax #RahulGandhi #SoniaGandhi
“The parties are free to raise their contentions before the appropriate statutory authority,” the bench added.

#DelhiHighCourt #IncomeTax #AamAadmiParty #RahulGandhi #SoniaGandhi #PriyankaGandhi
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#Breaking Delhi HC upholds Income Tax authorities’ decision transferring tax assessments of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party from faceless assessment to its Central circle.
#DelhiHighCourt @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi #SoniaGandhi @AamAadmiParty Image
A Division Bench of Justices Manmohan and Dinesh Kumar Sharma has dismissed the petitions filed by Gandhis, AAP and five non-profits associated with the Gandhi family.
There is no fundamental or vested legal right to be assessed by the faceless assessment, the Court said.

It added that the assessment has been transferred in accordance with law and for better coordination.
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Arnab Goswami tenders his unconditional apology before the Delhi High Court in a 2016 contempt case moved by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri.

#DelhiHighCourt #Apology #ArnabGoswami Image
Goswami was with Times Now when the case was filed in 2016.

“I hereby tender my apology to this Hon'ble Court and request that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to accept the apology and close the proceedings against the deponent,” reads his affidavit dated April 28.
The response further adds that he is a law abiding and a respectable citizen of the country, hold all courts in high esteem and have the highest respect for the Delhi High Court.

#DelhiHighCourt #ArnabGoswami #Apology
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Delhi High Court to shortly conduct Awareness Workshop on Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and will launch Cyber Awareness Interactive Videos.

#SupremeCourt judge, Justice PS Narasimha, Commissioner of #DelhiPolice and judges of the #DelhiHighCourt will be present. Image
Event commences. The dignitaries are lighting the lamp.

In frame: Supreme Court judge, Justice Narasimha and Delhi High Court judges, Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Justices Siddharth Mridul and Mukta Gupta.

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Delhi High Court judge, Justice Mukta Gupta now delivering the welcome address.

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A PIL has been filed in the Delhi HC against RBI's notification withdrawing ₹2000 banknotes from circulation.

It argues that the RBI has no independent powers under the RBI Act to discontinue banknotes.
#DelhiHighCourt #2000notes #RBI Image
The petition has been filed by an advocate named Rajnessh Bhaskar Gupta.

He argues that the power to discontinue bank notes is only with the Central government and there is nothing to show that the government has passed any such order.
Just yesterday (Tuesday), the Delhi HC had reserved its verdict on a similar plea filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay.

He had challenged the RBI notification in so far as it allowed exchange of notes without furnishing any identity proof.
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#BREAKING - A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the #DelhiHighCourt challenging the RBI's decision to withdraw Rs 2000 banknotes from circulation. The #PIL argues that #RBI has no independent power under Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Image
Denomination of Rs.2000 printed in 2016 and later on is in very good condition with strong safety measures and need not required to be withdrawn from the circulation under Clean Note Policy or otherwise, the PIL argues.
Thousand Crores have been spent from the public exchequer as a printing cost for printing good quality with better safety denomination ... which will be wasted, if such banknotes are withdrawn from the circulation measures unnecessary without any valid scientific reasons: PIL
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Author Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72 ) to appear before the #DelhiHighCourt to tender his unconditional apology in the suo-motu criminal contempt case initiated against him in connection with relief provided by Justice S. Muralidhar to UAPA-accused Gautam Navlakha.

Notably… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Anand Ranganathan is present in the court. Advocate J Sai Deepak appears for @ARanganathan72.
Court: Has he expressed his remorse? Is there an affidavit?

@jsaideepak: We'll file an affidavit.
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Author Anand Ranganathan to appear before the Delhi High Court in a contempt case related to remarks made against Justice S. Muralidhar on #Twitter in 2018.

Vivek Agnihotri has already been discharged as contemner after his “unconditional apology.”

#DelhiHighCourt #Contempt Image
A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh will shortly hear a suo motu criminal contempt case initiated by the court in the matter.

#DelhiHighCourt #Contempt #Twitter
The tweets in question were made against Justice Muralidhar, former judge of the High Court and present Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, in respect of his order quashing the order of house arrest and transit remand of activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case.
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Delhi HC to hear today a suo motu criminal contempt petition against scientist Anand Ranganathan.

Ranganathan is appearing in person before the court.

#DelhiHighCourt #ContemptofCourt @ARanganathan72 Image
The contempt petition was initiated against Ranganathan and others for their tweets on former Delhi HC judge and current Chief Justice of Orissa HC, Justice S Muralidhar for granting bail to activitst Gautam Navlakha.
Apart from Ranganathan, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri as well as RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy were made party to the case. However, all of them have been discharged after they tendered unconditional apology.
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#DelhiHighCourt to hear a plea by Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and @AamAadmiParty Leader Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) against Trial Court's order denying him bail in ED case related to #DelhiLiquorPolicyScam case.
#AAP #ED #liquorgate #ExcisePolicyCase #LiquorScamtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On April 28, Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi dismissed Sisodia's bail plea.
Read more: lawbeat.in/top-stories/br…
Notably on May 4, the #DelhiHighCourt issued notice to the ED in the case.
#ManishSisodia #ExcisePolicy

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lawbeat.in/news-updates/e…
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#DelhiHighCourt hearing a plea by TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mondal in the money laundering case registered by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with the multi- crore Cattle Smuggling Case.
#CattleSmuggling #AnubrataMondal #SukanyaMondal Image
Counsel appearing for Sukanya Mondal submits that it's a quashing petition, seeking the quashing of the ED complaint as well as consequential proceedings.
#DelhiHighCourt #CattleSmuggling #sukanyamondal
Counsel: On the basis of My Lord! primarily on one ground. My case is squarely covered under one Judgment of the #SupremeCourt, in Vijay MadanLal Mohan lal Choudhary which says, that if the accused is not involved for the predicate offence..cannot be involved in the scheduled… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#BREAKING

Delhi High Court upholds order of the Union Government dismissing Gujarat IPS Officer Satish Chandra Verma, who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case, one month before his retirement.

#SatishChandraVerma #Dismissal #DelhiHighCourt Image
“We find no merit in the writ petition. The same is accordingly dismissed….In view of the same, other writ petitions are rendered infructuous. The same are accordingly dismissed,” a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said.
Though initially Verma had challenged the departmental enquiry against him, however, he moved an application before the High Court last year to amend his petition to challenge the dismissal order which was passed during the pendency of the matter.

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Delhi High Court quashes decision of Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi to hold re-election for six members of the standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

#DelhiHighCourt #ShellyOberoi #MCD #Elections Image
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav pronounced the order on the petitions moved by BJP councillors Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Shikha Roy challenging the notice issued by Mayor on February 24.

#DelhiHighCourt #MCD #DelhiMayor
While allowing the pleas, Justice Kaurav ordered that the results of the elections which were held on February 24 be declared forthwith. The court also said that Oberoi acted in excess of her powers.
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#Breaking Delhi HC issues summons to BBC on a defamation suit claiming that its two part documentary on PM Modi cast a slur on the reputation of India and its judiciary as well as Prime Minister Modi.

#DelhiHighCourt #BBC #BBCDocumentary @BBCWorld twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
The defamation suit has been filed by a Gujarat based non-profit organisation named Justice on trila.

Senior Advocate Harish Salve appeared for the organisation and said that the documentary has defamed India and the whole system including judiciary.
Justice Sachin Datta issued summons on the suit and listed the case for further consideration in September.
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