National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma, on Wednesday, taking cognizance of the acid attack on a 17-year-old girl has written to the Commissioner of Police (CP) Delhi to intervene in the matter and to ensure FIR and arrest of the accused at the earliest, as per a press note.

The court gave the accused a benefit of doubt and directed to set free the accused forthwith if not required in any other case.

New Delhi Feb 28 PTI The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed with costs of Rs 25000 a public interest litigation PIL seeking to cancel employment of an employee in the Army on the ground of giving false information at the time of appointmentA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said it was not at all a public interest litigation and instead of a blackmailing kind of litigationThe court dismissed the petition on various grounds including that the petitioner has not made as a party the person whose employment was sought to be cancelled by him and that there was an unexplained delay in filing of the petitionThe petitioners counsel alleged that the details supplied by the concerned person who was appointed as a junior commissioned officer in 2015 were incorrect so his employment be cancelledThe bench however said We see no reason to entertain this petition much less a PIL The court said the so-called PIL is a pure service matter as it seeks termination of services and is not tenable in lawAs a cumulative effect of the reasons given and judicial pronouncements the petition is dismissed with costs of Rs 25000 The costs shall be deposited with the Delhi State Legal Services Authority within four weeks the bench said PTI SKV SKV RKS RKS

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday expunged remarks made by its judge against actress Juhi Chawla that she had filed the lawsuit challenging setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country on account of health hazards for gaining publicity A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh also reduced the costs imposed on Chawla from Rs 20 Lakh to Rs 2 lakh saying that she did not take up the 5G issue in a frivolous and casual manner The division bench allowed Chawlas appeal and set aside the single judges June 4 2021 order by which Chawla and two others suit was dismissed with the observations that it was defective abuse of process of law and filed for gaining publicity The actress who was present in the virtual hearing volunteered to work with the Delhi State Legal Services Authority DSLSA and feature in the programmes for empowering the marginalised section of the society PTI SKV SA

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday listed the matter for February 3, a plea moved by Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) seeking payment of cost from Actress turned Environmentalist Juhi Chawla and others. The cost was imposed on them by Justice JR Midha (now retired) while dismissing a petition connected with the rollout of 5G technology.

New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has embarked upon a pilot project to improve access to justice to the prisoners in sixteen jails of Delhi through a legal aid system by fostering a sense of public service amongst the law students.