New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court recently dismissed the bail plea of Ajay Kumar, the authorized signatory of Amrapali Silicon City Pvt. Ltd. in a case of alleged fraud of more than Rs. 6 crores.

New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to a man accused in a case related to Joint Entrance Exam (Mains) paper leak in 2021. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against several persons.

New Delhi Feb 27 PTI He has straddled both worlds of Judiciary and Executive After a nearly two-and-a-half-year stint as Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta returns to the judicial domain as a judge of the Delhi High Court He is likely to take oath as a judge on Monday Mehendiratta a Delhi Judicial Service officer has achieved a rare distinction of sorts in his donning the twin hats He was the first district judge to have been appointed as the Union Law Secretary His return to the realm of the judiciary also sets another record -- Mehendiratta is the first Union Law Secretary to have been appointed as the judge of a high court Mehendiratta took his first steps in the legal world as an advocate in 1987 when he worked under Justice Valmiki J Mehta while he was a practicing advocate and later onwithPandit R K Sharma Naseem Saheb at Delhi High Court and district courts Born and brought up in Delhi Mendirattacompleted his schooling at Salwan Public School After graduation from Delhi University he completed his LLB from Campus Law Centre Delhi University in 1987 As a member of the Delhi Judicial Service he workedin different specialised jurisdictions relating to DDA land acquisition cases electricity NDPS CBI MACT and family courts during a large part of his career The posting as the first joint secretary Law Justice and Legislative Affairs in the Delhi governmentfrom the judicial services helped him to get actively involved in drafting and formulation of laws as well as in the process of formulation of Report for Bifurcation of judicial districts in Delhi The exposure to specialised jurisdictions and large administrative issues provided a platform to him tolater on join the Delhi government as Principal Secretary Law Justice and Legislative Affairs He also looked after the charge of the Delhi Dispute Resolution Society DDRS as the working chairperson and also conducted mediation proceedings being a trained mediator In October 2019 when Mendiratta was appointed as the Union Law Secretary he was the District and Sessions Judge North-East District Karkardooma Courts Usually the posts of secretary legal affairs also called the law secretary and secretary legislative department are held by Indian Legal Service officers But as the government was looking for talent outside the Indian Legal Service to fill up the post of the law secretary it had advertised for interested persons to apply At least 60 people including government officers district judges advocates and legal experts had applied for the post PTI NAB SKU RT RT RT

New Delhi Feb 25 PTI In a first a union law secretary has been appointed as a judge of a high courtAccording to the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has been elevated as a judge of the Delhi High CourtMendiratta was appointed as judge based on his seniority as a judicial officer sources in the government saidHis name was recently recommended by the Supreme Court collegiumMendiratta was a judicial officer in Delhi when he was made the law secretary in October 2019Even that was a first when a serving district and sessions judge was made the union law secretaryHe was appointed as law secretary on a contractual basis till March 30 2023 till his attaining the age of 60 years the order had saidBesides Mendiratta three other judicial officers -- Neena Bansal Krishna Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Sudhir Kumar Jain -- have also been elevated as judges of the Delhi High CourtThe Department of Justice tweeted about the fresh appointments on Friday PTI NAB DV DV