New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday 'dismissed as withdrawn' the plea of several Delhi University students challenging the university's February 11 notice that sought direction for offline examination for the even semester to be held in May 2022.
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Several Delhi University students moved to the Delhi High Court challenging the University's February 11 notice that directed for offline examination for the even semester to be held in May 2022.
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): An appeal has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the single judge order in the matter related to 6-plus years age criteria for admission in schools run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) for the academic year 2022-23.
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Central Government on Friday said that there is a need for uniformity in age criteria and it is an integral part of the new education policy, in an argument in Delhi High Court challenging the plea against Kendriya Vidyalaya admission age criteria for Class I for 2022-23.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): In view of the upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation polls, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi State Election commission to clarify on how many M2 models of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are VVPAT compatible and also to clarify the number of such machines.
New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The Central Information Commission has directed Hockey India to comply with its order to disclose the purpose behind funds transferred by it to foreign accounts and its cash withdrawals after the Delhi High Court rejected the sports bodys plea to stay it In a compliance notice the commission said On perusal of case records it has been intimated by the appellant that you had challenged the CIC order before theDelhi High Court vide a WP C but theDelhi High Court has declined to stay CIC orders compliance In view of above you are hereby directed to look into the matter to ensure the compliance of the commissions order Action taken in the matter be endorsed to the commission within 21 days from the receipt of this letter it said Activist Subhas Agrawal had filed a 20-point RTI application in October 2019 seeking details about the functioning of Hockey India including signatories and their designations on bank accounts fund transfers made to foreign accounts and cash withdrawals made from its accounts and their purpose Hockey India refused information on these points on the grounds of it being exempted from disclosure under Section 81dcommercial confidence clause of the RTI Act After the Central Information Commission CIC directed disclosure of the information Hockey India challenged it before the Delhi High Court and sought a stay on it Justice Rekha Palli observed that Hockey India which is a National Sports Federation NSF and a public authority cannot shy away from disclosing such information even when the salaries of judges are also known to everyone Prima facie I really dont see what is wrong with the CIC order You are a public authority you cant shy away from disclosing salaries of employees no matter how high or low it is When our salaries are known to everybody then what is the problem in salaries of your employees the judge said You are a public authority which is getting so much of aid benefits and funds Justice Palli said adding that she was not inclined to stay the CIC order at this stage The central government also supported the December 13 last year order of the CIC saying it was in consonance with the National Sports Code and government guidelines Hockey India has been granted recognition by the central government youth affairs and sports ministry as a NSF The commission had also directed the NSF to give information pertaining to monthly rents paid by it at each of the addresses since the date of occupation and information relating to monetary transactions like cash withdrawals and fund transfer to bank accounts in foreign countries In her order Information Commissioner Amita Pandove had directed Hockey India to provide designations of the signatories on bank accounts only She also directed the federation to only provide purpose of fund transfer to bank accounts in foreign countries and cash withdrawals by Hockey India PTI ABS ANB ANB
New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday sought response of the Election Commission of India ECI and Delhi State Election Commission on a plea by Aam Aadmi Party seeking to conduct the upcoming MCD polls with Electronic Voting Machines EVMs which are compatible with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail VVPAT and not without themJustice Rekha Palli issued notices to the two election bodies and asked them to file detailed affidavits making it clear whether M-2 EVMs are compatible with VVPAT or notThe court listed the matter for further hearing on April 7Senior advocate Maninder Singh representing the ECI said the petition was not maintainable and they have already provided over 60000 M-2 EVMs to the state as per demandHe said each state election commission SEC is aware that they have to make their own infrastructure but Delhi has not done anythingHowever advocate Sumeet Pushkarna appearing for Delhi State EC said Delhis case is different from other states and Delhi has to only conduct municipal polls which is why they take EVMs from ECISenior advocate Rahul Mehra representing petitioner AAP said the MCD elections are round the corner and the state EC has not developed its own infrastructure despite there being a Supreme Court order in this regardThe high court was hearing the petition by AAP through MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj seeking direction to Delhi SEC to conduct the upcoming MCD polls with Electronic Voting Machines EVMs which are compatible with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail VVPAT and not without themIt had earlier asked the ECI to inform whether VVPAT system can be used only with M-3 EVMs and if they can be made available to Delhi SEC for conducting the municipal electionsThe counsel for State EC had submitted that VVPAT is used only in General elections and Legislative Assembly polls and as a matter of policy the EC is using M-2 EVMs Pan India for municipal pollsWhile M-2 EVM stands for 2nd generation Electronic Voting Machines M-3 is 3rd generation Electronic Voting MachinesThe petitioner party in the plea filed through advocate Rakesh Kumar Sinha said the EVMs without VVPAT machines make it almost impossible to ascertain the accuracy of the machines and rule out any tampering The use of the old M-2 EVMs without VVPAT are in contravention of the express directions issued by the Supreme Court in Subramanian Swamy vs Election Commission of India 2013 which emphatically recognised that the incorporation and implementation of a system of paper trail in EVMs is an indispensable requirement of a free and fair elections the plea said It alleged that the decision of the SEC to hold the MCD Elections 2022 with M-2 EVMs without VVPAT is manifestly wrong and amounts to a colourable exercise of power This raises genuine apprehension about the sanctity of the entire electoral process it said adding that this decision has been conveyed in the reply to the partys March 2 2022 representation made to the authorities to use the EVMs compatible with the VVPATs As such the respondent no 1 State EC has apparently violated the constitutional guarantee of elections being free fair and impartial it alleged PTI SKV SA
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant any interim relief to Hockey India against Central Information Commission (CIC) order dated December 13, 2021, relating to disclosing certain information.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has allowed a female to undergo medical termination of 28 weeks pregnancy after taking note of medical opinion which clearly suggests that the foetus is suffering from a rare chromosomal disorder.
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