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Apr 25

Delhi High Court directs counsels representing Delhi University, Delhi Police, Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) President Aryaan Maan and other contesting candidates who allegedly violated court orders, Lyngdoh Committee recommendations and guidelines framed for conducting DUSU Elections, to be present before court on next date of hearing.

The matter was listed before Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia.

Court - Where is the university counsel? Where are the students?

Counsel appearing on behalf of Central Government Standing Counsel (CGSC) representing Union of India and Delhi Police stated that his senior is not available.

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Apr 24

[Case of rape of a four year old girl in Ghaziabad]

Sr Adv N Hariharan: They have dragged father and wants to record Sextion 164 croc statement. If investigation is complete then why to record it now. You say chargesheet is filed and now this. Police man can be seen dragging the father. The father is right here. He was asked not to change the statement. If trial is there then he will be summoned. He was dragged by police..these two hospitals have filed affidavits saying the child was alive..where is the need for coercion.

Hariharan: As far as this situation is concerned. The investigation officers etc are behaving very differently. Not a single person examined in the hospital. Why is it that they are shielding the hospital. This requires a probe

Hariharan: no medical attention was given to the child. They had the facilities.

CJI: records indicate as alleged by the father of the child is duly noticed in our earlier order. Petitioner grievance has been that their needs to be fair probe and that there is negligence on part of local police and two private hospitals.

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Apr 24

KERALA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Plea before Kerala High Court alleges nearly 6000 government employees deputed for election duty did not receive their ballot papers in time to vote.

They also allege that they have not received the allowances payable to them for election duty.

The petitioners are members of the Jojnt Council of State Service Organisation of govt employees.

Despite specific directions to pay
₹6000 per BLO for the SIR of electoral rolls, members of the petitioner association claim to have received only ₹2000 for months of work.

"The members of the 1st petitioner association undertook several months of work as part of the SIR of electoral roles as Booth Level Officers, going door to door in unfavourable weather conditions. While the Chief Electoral Officer has commended the BLOs for their work,
the commensurate incentives have not been paid", the petitioners contend.

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Apr 24

Supreme Court to hear the West Bengal SIR case today. With phase 1 of the polling over, the court is likely to witness mentions concerning non inclusion of voters, incidents of violence, and the functioning of appellate tribunals
#SupremeCourt @MamataOfficial #WestBengalLegislativeAssemblyelection2026 #SIR @abhishekaitc @ECISVEEP @BJP4Bengal

NIA submits it's first report in the suo motu case concerning attack on west bengal SIR judicial officers

ASG SAV Raju: Give us time for chargesheet. They are neck deep in investigation

CJI: we are granting.

Sr Adv Kalyan Banerjee: Only 136 appeals have been disposed off out of 27 lakhs filed. This is very very sad.

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Apr 23

#Breaking
Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for objectionable posts about Newslaundry’ Manisha Pande and other journalists.

@Iyervval @MnshaP @newslaundry

The court says that Iyer-Mitta made sexually coloured remarks against Pande and other journalists and the same are prima facie intended to insult Pande and she has been named in the tweet as well.

“Therefore, on perusal of
the application and the material placed on record by the
complainant, this Court is of the view that the content of the
tweets posted by the accused on “X” platform discloses
commission of cognizable offences under section 75(3) and 79 of
BNS,” the court says.

“This Court is of the view that police investigation is necessary as the offence has been committed in cyber space on platform "X". Therefore, police investigation is necessary to verify the user account on platform "X" from which the said tweets were published. Further police investigation is also necessary to trace and recover the computer source/electronic device from which the said tweets were published. This Court is also of the view that the Action Taken Report which was filed by PSI Ombir in the present case is not satisfactory as the above stated tweets were not considered in the report,” the court adds.

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Apr 23

Delhi High Court seeks response of YouTuber Shamita Yadav on the contempt petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia over defamatory content on social media concerning his appearance on a TV news show.

Bhatia appeared in person to argue his case - it is imperative to note that attacking the dignity of person using obscene and sexually suggestive language under free speech cannot be permissible under any circumstances.

Bhatia - She is repeatedly using the terms “nanga” and “bhajpille”. She is aware that there is a case filed agasint her also. She starts by saying, defamation case on me? She uses obnoxious words, she being a lady. She is an officer of the court as well. She also has to maintain dignity.

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