New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that no prejudice has been caused to any of the candidates who had participated in the earlier recruitment process.

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The famous UK Anthropologist and social scientist Filippo Osella was on the highest list on the black list and that's why he was deported, Centre informed the Delhi High Court Wednesday. The High Court has asked the Centre to file an affidavit.

New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Union of India has informed Delhi High Court that the provision for the upper age limit of 25 years for admission to the Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal husbandry Degree course has been excised.

New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday apprised Delhi HC that the Mughal mosque in the Qutub Minar complex is a protected monument.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Centre Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an individuals liberty and freedom of cannot be waylaid or jettisoned in the slipstream of social and technological advancement and the social media platforms must respect the fundamental rights of the citizens and conform to the Constitution of India In an affidavit filed in response to a petition by a Twitter user against the suspension of his account by the micro-blogging platform the central government said that social media platforms should not take down the account itself or completely suspend it in all cases The centre explained that a platform may give prior notice to the user and seek removal of specific information or content that violates the platform policies or the applicable Information Technology Intermediaries guidelines Rules and only in cases where the majority of the contentspoststweets in a user account are unlawful the platform may take the extreme step of taking down the whole information or suspending the whole account It said that complete de-platforming is against the spirit of Articles 14 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and if only some portion or content is unlawful the platform may take proportionate action of removing such alleged information alone and not completely suspend the user account The central government emphasised that a significant social media intermediary must be held accountable for subjugating and supplanting fundamental rights like the right to freedom of speech and expression else it would have dire consequences for any democratic nation The platforms must respect the fundamental rights of the citizens and should not take down the account itself or completely suspend the user account in all cases That the taking down the whole information or the user account should be a last resort and the platform may at all times endeavour to guard the users fundamental rights by following the principles of natural justice and afford reasonable time and opportunity to the user to explain his stand stated the affidavit filed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology MeitY through lawyer Manish Mohan SSMIs must be held accountable for subjugating and supplanting fundamental rights like the right to freedom of speech and expression otherwise the same would have dire consequences for any democratic nation It is humbly submitted that liberty and freedom of any individual cannot be waylaid or jettisoned in the slip stream of social and technological advancement it added Stating that it is the custodian of the users fundamental rights in the cyber space the Centre has said that a social media account can be suspended or de-platformed only in cases such as in the interest of sovereignty security and integrity of India friendly relations with foreign States or public order or pursuant to a court order or the content is grossly unlawful such as sexual abuse material etc In all other cases the user needs to be given a prior notice and a transparent process of natural justice including the right to approach the grievance officer of the platform and the suitable provision for appeals so as to ensure a transparent fair process that meets all the principles of natural justice Any complete deplatforming is against the spirit of Articles 14 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India that every citizen is entitled to the affidavit said In the considered view of the Answering Respondent if only some portion or few contents are unlawful then the platform may take proportionate action of removing such alleged information alone and not completely suspend the user account it added PTI ADS SA

New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of the surging COVID cases, the Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it has decided to further refine the scientific prioritisation and coverage of COVID-19 vaccination, including that for children aged 15-18 years and the precaution dose.

New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunization (NTAGI) and National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) are deliberating and considering scientific evidence related to the dosing schedule of COVID-19 vaccines as well as the need and justification of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Centre government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that nothing is happening to Delhi Waqf Board properties situated in or around Central Vista Redevelopment Project.

New Delhi Nov 26 PTI The Centre informed the Delhi High Court on Friday that it has translated the draft Environment Impact Assessment EIA notification in all the 22 vernacular languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution A bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel consequently directed that 60 days be given from the date of online publication of the translated versions of the draft for filing of objections by stakeholders The bench also comprising Justice Prateek Jalan was hearing the Centres review petition against the order directing the Environment Ministry to translate the draft EIA notification in all the 22 languages within 10 days of the order and publish the same of official websites The courts order had come on June 30 2020 on a PIL by environmental conservationist Vikrant Tongat petitioner seeking publication of the notification in all vernacular languages and also extension of deadline for receiving public comments on it Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told the court that in compliance of the order the draft notification has been translated Counsel for the petitioner informed the court that while the translation has taken place the documents were yet to be published online in order to facilitate to the process of filing of objections The procedural part is in the hands of some officer It will be uploaded the court observed as it stated that the main task of translation has already been completed However it added We expect from the Union of India and the agencies of Union of India that the order of the court shall be complied with in true spirit and letters The court also allowed the petitioners application seeking 60 days to file objections to the draft policy after the same is uploaded Now respondent Centre has already translated the notification in all languages as stated in the order dated June 302020 We therefore direct Union of India to grant 60 days from the date of uploading of documents for filing of objections by concerned stakeholders the court ordered In January the court had said that it could not understand why the Centre was vehemently resisting its order to translate the draft Environment Impact Assessment in all 22 languages in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution It had stated that the government would have to understand the objections in local languages to the draft EIA and therefore what was the harm in translating it in all the 22 languages In February the court had observed that its view that the draft EIA be translated in all 22 languages should not be taken so combatively by the central government People in remote areas are our citizens who need to be heard and may not understand the draft if published only in English and Hindi the court had said to the Environment Ministry which had initially raised objections in respect of translating the draft EIA in the vernacular languages The June 2020 order was initially challenged by the ministry in the Supreme Court which allowed the government to withdraw its appeal and instead file a review before the high court The apex court also put on hold the proceedings in the contempt plea filed by Tongad for non-compliance of the June 30 2020 direction Subsequently the ministry filed a plea seeking review of the June 30 order on the grounds that official documents are required to be published only in Hindi and English The petition by Tongad had claimed that the draft EIA 2020 completely supersedes and replaces the existing environmental norms along It stated that the new policy provided for post facto approval of projects and does away with public consultation in some cases This draft notification proposes significant changes to the existing regime including removing public consultation entirely in certain instances reducing the time for public consultation from 45 days to 40 days and allowing post facto approvals for projects it had said PTI ADS SA

New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Centre has told the Delhi High Court on Friday that the social networking platforms are required to follow due diligence as provided in section 79 of the Information Technology Act 2000 and the Rules notified therein. They have also to follow Article 19(2) of the Constitution and ensure that their platforms are not used to commit and provoke terrorism, extremism, violence and crime.