New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take strict action against passengers violating mask norms in the airports.

New Delhi Apr 25 PTIThe Delhi High Court on Monday said that police booths are a public requirement and a necessity and refused to examine a plea alleging encroachment upon pavement by such establishments which obstruct pedestrians This is a public requirement They need a booth it is a requirement and a necessity You cant say as a principle that there cant be a police booth Where will they hang it On a tree or what said a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi while hearing the petition by the Jan Seva Welfare Society The bench also comprising Justice Navin Chawla asked the petitioner to raise a grievance before the authorities in case there is a specific instance of a police booth obstructing any passage If your grievance is that any particular booth is causing difficulty you may raise it stated the court It added that the authorities shall consider any grievance raised by the petitioner within four weeks and if the same is found to be justified they would take appropriate remedies Delhi police counsel informed the court that the issue of regulating the establishment of the police boothskiosks has already been considered by the court pursuant to which an order was also issued by the authorities The court was also informed that an earlier petition by the petitioner seeking similar relief was unconditionally withdrawn by him and the same issues cannot be raised again In that petition the petitioner had prayed for a direction for the removal of illegally constructed police booths PTI ADS RKS RKS

New Delhi Apr 24 PTI A vendor has no right to occupy the place of vending and keep his articles there round the clock and they should leave with all belongings after vending hours are over the Delhi High Court has saidA bench of acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi dealing with an application by a set of street vendors from the Okhla Industrial Area seeking to be made parties to the proceedings concerning the removal of encroachment there said a certificate of vending only entitles the street vendor to vend in terms of the conditions on which the licence is granted and they can therefore use the allotted site only during the hours provided for in the vending licenceThe vendor has no right to occupy the place of vending round the clock and to keep hisher articles at the place of vending continuously He could only come to the vending site allotted to him during the hours of vending which is permitted under the terms of the licence and he should leave the place at the end of such hours with all his belongings and goods the bench also comprising Justice Navin Chawla saidIn the application the applicants claimed that on account of the courts order passed last month in which it directed the removal of encroachments they would be uprooted from their place of vending and hence sought a direction to restrain the actionThe court opined that the application was without any merit and dismissed it while observing that it has only directed the removal of encroachment in the area and the vendors claimed to be in possession of certificates of vending issued by the authoritiesThis application has been moved by a set of street vendors who claim that they have been issued certificates of vending by the corporation Vide our order dated 24032022 we have only directed removal of encroachments in the area A certificate of vending only entitles the street vendor to vend in terms of the conditions on which the licence is granted the court statedOn March 24 the court had directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC and other authorities concerned to take action to remove unauthorised construction and encroachment on public land in the Okhla Industrial AreaThe order was passed on a PIL initiated on its own by the court over the issue of illegal construction and encroachment on public land in the areaThe PIL committee of the high court had recommended that a July 7 2017 letter by an individual be treated as a PIL in which he had complained against illegal construction and encroachment on public land in the industrial areaIt was alleged in the letter that the illegal construction was not removed by the authorities despite judicial orders and that the local people of the area were facing issues due to illegal grabbing of public land and roads PTI ADS IJT

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday said that while it cannot force the women living in a Rohini ashram under shocking conditions to live with their parents no institution has the licence to conduct its affairs in a manner that violates the fundamental rights of the inmates A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi which was hearing pleas concerning the state of affairs at Adhyatmik Vidhyalaya founded by self-styled spiritual guru Virender Dev Dixit said that it was inclined to direct the Delhi government to take over the institutions management and asked the government counsel to seek instructions The bench also comprising Justice Navin Chawla observed that the ashram was run by a baba who has been charge-sheeted by the CBI for the offence of rape and is now absconding The bench recollected an earlier report on the matter which revealed a shocking state of affairs at the institution and claimed that the women inmates were living in jail-like conditions without any doors on toilet cubicles The court also asked the counsel for CBI to file a status report on the state of the investigation in the matter There is very thorough indoctrination How can we accept that any sane person would live in these conditions Can we shut our eyes to it Who is funding it Who is managing This is shocking that this is going on in the capital We dont want that in the garb of spirituality the inhumane situation continues observed that court The court stated that it is not proposing that the ashram should be shut down but that it has to run in a manner which is consistent with the inmates rights to privacy and bodily integrity and it falls on the State to ensure that infraction of individuals fundamental rights is prevented and remedied We cant force anybody to live with their parents but they cant insist that the institute be run in a covert way We are not saying shut the institution but there has to be a supervising eye the court said We are not for a moment suggesting that the respondent institution and its inmates should not profess their spiritual and religious beliefs so long as they do not contravene any law or constitutional provision it stated The counsel for the institution vehemently opposed the takeover by the Delhi government and submitted that their rights were protected under the Constitution No minority institution gets a licence by being such an institution to conduct its affairs so as to violate the fundamental rights of the individuals particularly right to life and personal liberty Even if GNCTD were to take over and appoint an administrator the freedom of the inmates to exercise their religious and spiritual rights would not be infracted stated the court The lawyer also stated that there has never been a single complaint from the inmates concerning the commission of any sexual misconduct Earlier this week the court had asked the ashram to show cause as to why it should not be taken over by the Delhi government and said that it was difficult to accept that the inmates were living there of their free will In December 2017 on a petition by NGO Foundation for Social Empowerment the high court had asked the CBI to trace the founder of the ashram Virender Dev Dixit after raising doubts over the ashrams claims that women inmates there were not illegally confined Earlier the court had directed the CBI to probe the alleged illegal confinement of girls and women in the ashram where it was claimed they were kept in animal-like conditions behind metal doors in a fortress surrounded by barbed wire The petitioner NGO had claimed that several minors and women were allegedly being illegally confined at the spiritual university and were not allowed to meet their parents Taking note the high court had immediately set up a committee comprising lawyers and Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal to inspect the premises of the institute The committee comprising lawyers Ajay Verma and Nandita Rao then gave a report detailing the horrible living conditions of the over 100 girls and women who were housed in animal-like conditions with no privacy even for bathing The matter would be heard next on April 25PTI ADS RKS RKS

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Pleas against the anti-encroachment drive by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in violence-hit Jahangirpuri were not taken up for hearing on Wednesday by the Delhi High Court following an order of status quo passed by the Supreme Court concerning the demolitionA bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi had agreed to list pleas against the drive for hearing during the day and asked the lawyers who mentioned the cause for urgent listing and relief in the morning to file their petitions and said I am not saying anything on stopping the demolition but that they authorities should be ready with instructions Later in the day the bench also comprising Justice Navin Chawla was informed by one of the lawyers that the Supreme Court has ordered the maintenance of the status quo on the site and agreed to hear a petition challenging the action of the civic bodies allegedly aimed against the accused of the communal offencesThe pleas including a PIL thereafter did not come up for hearing before the high courtWhen the matter was mentioned in the morning Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told the court that the Supreme Court is already seized of the issue as certain parties were going to mention the issue there The Acting Chief Justice then said that the petitions would be heard during the day once they were filed and observed that there was nothing new and the drive was already in contemplation They have acquired force now You file it the petitions Justice Sanghi said and asked the authorities to be ready with instructionsThe high court further said that if the structures were part of a notified juggi slum cluster there was a process of rehabilitation otherwise there is no protection available The lawyer appearing for one of the aggrieved parties urged the high court to protect the dwellers till 2 pm In the aftermath of the violence some residents are not in the area and some are in custody she added The area had witnessed violent clashes including stone-pelting arson and firing between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on Saturday PTI ADS RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday was informed that the Supreme Court has ordered a status quo in the demolition drive in the Jahangirpuri area.

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Centre Government to make appropriate appointments in various benches of the Settlement Commission as required under the Central Excise Act.

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi District Court Judges to send a report in regard to advance updation of leave taken by the Judicial Officers.

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to file its response in two weeks' time in an application seeking live streaming of proceedings on petitions concerning the recognition of same-sex marriages under the special, Hindu and foreign marriage laws.

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday took note of the dilapidated state of a road in front of two government and a municipal corporation school in Madanpur Khadar area in the national capital and said the condition is such that it can hardly be described as a roadA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also asked the authorities to ensure that the road is free from garbage and an action taken report be filed in this regardThe court issued notice to the Delhi government South Delhi Municipal Corporation Delhi Development Authority and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board and listed the matter for further hearing on April 18During the hearing the counsel for SDMC submitted that the corporation has cleared the garbage in last few days from the roadHowever as there was a dispute whether it is the responsibility of Delhi government or SDMC or DUSIB to maintain the road in question the bench directed the authorities to file a response in this regard within 10 daysIn case any of the authorities accept its responsibility to clear the garbage on the road in question we direct it to file an action taken report on removal of garbage the bench said adding you have to maintain garbage free areaAfter perusing the photographs placed on record by petitioner NGO Social Jurist the high court said the condition of the road is such that it can hardly be described as a roadThe NGO in its plea through advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumr Utkarsh alleged inaction on the part of authorities to repair or construct the 1 km long road which is in a dilapidated condition in front of Delhi Government School of Excellence Delhi Government Co-ed School and SDMC Primary School in Madanpur Khadar area due to which thousands of students are facing a lot of problems in commuting or reaching to schoolsThe connectivity to these schools is worst since many years as neither public transport nor own conveyance can reach here It is also submitted that entire 1 km road to schools is very rough and is even not suitable for walking The road is totally uneven muddy and due to dust the uniform of students and teachers also become dirty even before reaching school the petition saidIt said the students complain that the condition of the road is so bad that they often fall down while walking to their school and during rains it become almost impossible to walk to the school on the roadIt further said that Delhi Government School of Excellence was surrounded by open drain and garbage is lying around schools gate no 2 and even a big size transformer has been installed in the middle of the way to gate no 1 of the school which may prove dangerous for students PTI SKV SA