Municipal Corporation Constituted For Providing Basic Public Goods Cannot Shirk Off Responsibility By Citing Financial Constraints: Delhi High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Municipal Corporation Constituted For Providing Basic Public Goods Cannot Shirk Off Responsibility By Citing Financial Constraints: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has observed that a Municipal Corporation constituted for the purpose of providing basic public goods amenities cannot shirk off its responsibility by citing financial constraints.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made the observation while pulling up the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after a 80 year. The Delhi High Court has observed that a Municipal Corporation constituted for the purpose of providing basic public goods amenities cannot shirk off its responsibility by citing financial constraints. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made the observation while pulling up the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after a 80 year old lady's house had gone down below the road level due to re constructions, thereby causing damage to the property. It accordingly observed: "A Municipal Corporation constituted for the precise purpose of providing basic amenities to the citizens cannot shirk off responsibility on the ground that the society was once unauthorised.

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Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 1 to 2024 LiveLaw 400 A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the suggestion that there should be prior censorship of any publication on Rohingyas on Facebook is an example of “a treatment that is worse than the disease.” The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an …

Can't Approve MCD Not Paying Wages, Retiral Benefits To Its Employees; If They Default They Must Suffer Interest: Delhi High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Can't Approve MCD Not Paying Wages, Retiral Benefits To Its Employees; If They Default They Must Suffer Interest: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently said that it can never be an approver to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi not paying wages or retiral benefits to its employees. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain that in case the civic body defaults in paying, it must “suffer interest”, emphasising that “there is no …

Advocates' Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building: Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi HC Ruling
1 year, 1 month ago

Advocates' Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building: Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi HC Ruling

Live Law  

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court judgment, holding that an advocate's office run from a residential building is not subject to property tax under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act as a "business building. The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court judgment, holding that an advocate's office run from a residential building …

High Court Directs Delhi Govt, MCD To Strictly Comply With Recent Supreme Court Ruling On Manual Scavenging
1 year, 4 months ago

High Court Directs Delhi Govt, MCD To Strictly Comply With Recent Supreme Court Ruling On Manual Scavenging

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and other civic authorities in the national capital to strictly comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling which called for a complete eradication of the practice of manual scavenging.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the authorities to comply …

Ensure No Illegal Dumping Of Plastic, Electrical And Medical Garbage, Take Action Against Defaulting Units: Delhi High Court To MCD
1 year, 7 months ago

Ensure No Illegal Dumping Of Plastic, Electrical And Medical Garbage, Take Action Against Defaulting Units: Delhi High Court To MCD

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to ensure that there is no illegal dumping of electrical, plastic and medical garbage in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula also directed the civic body to take appropriate action against all the defaulting units under the Delhi Municipal …

Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Issue Practice Directions For Arraying Workman As First Respondent In Pleas Challenging Labour Court Orders
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Issue Practice Directions For Arraying Workman As First Respondent In Pleas Challenging Labour Court Orders

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed its Registry to ensure that the petitioners array the workman as first respondent in the petitions assailing the order or award passed by labour courts or any other statutory authority, where the workman is a contesting respondent so that he or she is easily able to locate the writ petition in the cause list.The …

High Court Refuses To Stay Upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation Elections
2 years, 4 months ago

High Court Refuses To Stay Upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation Elections

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections, which are scheduled to be held on December 4. The court made the observation while issuing notice in three pleas filed by National Youth Party, an individual namely Sanjay Gupta and a resident welfare association challenging the delimitation of wards of the civic body. "The …

Central government fixes total number of seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi | KNOW DETAILS
2 years, 6 months ago

Central government fixes total number of seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi | KNOW DETAILS

India TV News  

Highlights The central govt has fixed total number of seats in MCD at 250 from existing figure of 272 This was stated in a Delhi Gazette notification issued on Saturday The reunified MCD had formally come into existence on May 22, 2022 Municipal Corporation of Delhi news : The central government has fixed the total number of seats in the …

Delhi L-G asks MCD to make its services IT-enabled by July 31
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi L-G asks MCD to make its services IT-enabled by July 31

India Today  

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has issued instructions to the MCD to make all its services that require public interface to be IT-enabled and make it online by July 31. Reviewing the IT initiatives being undertaken by the MCD in a meeting on June 24, Lt Governor Saxena emphasised that all citizen-centric services like registration of birth and death, property …

From Sunday, Delhi to have one municipal corporation
2 years, 10 months ago

From Sunday, Delhi to have one municipal corporation

The Hindu  

Delhi’s three municipal corporations — North, South and East — will be merged into a single entity on May 22. While AAP said the BJP was “scared of holding municipal elections”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the Delhi government, stating that it had meted out “stepmotherly” treatment to the civic bodies. The term of the North Delhi …

Delhi's three civic bodies to be merged into a single municipal corporation on 22 May: Centre
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi's three civic bodies to be merged into a single municipal corporation on 22 May: Centre

Firstpost  

Through the MCD act, the Centre proposed to appoint a Special officer who will essentially discharge the functions of the elected wing of councilors in the interim till the first meeting of the new corporation is held New Delhi: Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 to unify all the three municipal corporations of Delhi– North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal …

Rename Municipal Corporation of Delhi bill as Kejriwal-phobia bill: AAP MP Sanjay Singh
2 years, 11 months ago

Rename Municipal Corporation of Delhi bill as Kejriwal-phobia bill: AAP MP Sanjay Singh

India TV News  

Highlights AAP MP Sanjay Singh asked the Centre to rename the MCD bill as "Kejriwal-phobia" bill He stated that Centre wants to stop Arvind Kejriwal's AAP from coming to power YSR Congress, AIADMK, Tamil Maanila Congress supported the bill. AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Tuesday asked the Centre to rename the bill to reunify the city's three municipal …

Bill to unify 3 municipal corporations of Delhi 'unconstitutional, illegal': Congress
2 years, 11 months ago

Bill to unify 3 municipal corporations of Delhi 'unconstitutional, illegal': Congress

India TV News  

Highlights Congress said the bill to unify the three municipal corporations of Delhi is "unconstitutional" Lok Sabha had passed the bill on March 30, 2022 He said the bill will definitely be challenged by Congress Congress on Tuesday said the bill to unify the three municipal corporations of Delhi is "unconstitutional and illegal" and would be challenged in a court …

Delhi Govt Meting Out 'Step-Motherly' Treatment to Municipal Corporations: Amit Shah
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Govt Meting Out 'Step-Motherly' Treatment to Municipal Corporations: Amit Shah

News 18  

The Delhi government is meting out "step-motherly" treatment to municipal corporations in the national capital due to which they are struggling with inadequate resources for carrying out their responsibilities, Home Minister Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Being the country's capital, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Parliament, Prime Minister's Office, central secretariats, among other important offices, are in Delhi and carrying …

Party Claiming Private Right In Civil Suit Entitled To File Writ Petition Requiring Municipal Corporation To Discharge Its Duty: Delhi High Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Party Claiming Private Right In Civil Suit Entitled To File Writ Petition Requiring Municipal Corporation To Discharge Its Duty: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has adjudicated an issue as to whether a petitioner who has filed a civil suit claiming certain private rights is disentitled to file a writ petition seeking a direction to the Municipal Corporation to carry out its duty. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has observed that the power exercised by a High Court under Article 226 of the …

Bill to merge Delhi's three civic bodies to be introduced in Lok Sabha today
2 years, 11 months ago

Bill to merge Delhi's three civic bodies to be introduced in Lok Sabha today

India TV News  

Bill to merge Delhi's three civic bodies to be introduced in Lok Sabha today Earlier, State Election Commissioner SK Srivastava informed that Centre has deferred the announcement of polling dates for MCD election after central govt raised a few issues that are yet to be legally examined by Election Commission. Highlights Cabinet gave its nod to present a bill for …

Delhi's merged municipal body to not have more than 250 seats: Bill
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi's merged municipal body to not have more than 250 seats: Bill

Firstpost  

At present the three corporations in Delhi – North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations – have a total of 272 seats New Delhi: The number of seats in the merged municipal corporation of Delhi will not exceed 250, and a special officer may be appointed to oversee its function till the first meeting of the body is held under …

3 Delhi civic bodies to be merged into one; Centre's Bill in parliament next week
2 years, 11 months ago

3 Delhi civic bodies to be merged into one; Centre's Bill in parliament next week

India Today  

The Bill that proposes to merge Delhi’s three municipal corporations into one has been greenlit by the Centre, sources told India Today TV. The three existing civic bodies - the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation - will become one once the Bill is passed in the parliament and gets the …

All you need to know about Delhi Municipal Corporation
3 years ago

All you need to know about Delhi Municipal Corporation

India Today  

The State Election Commission notified that elections for the three municipal corporations in Delhi will be held in April. But through an Act of Parliament in November 1971, the Transport Institute in Delhi was separated from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and a Road Transport Corporation was formed. MCD MEMBERS AND RESERVATION OF MAYOR POST One-fifth of the members of …

Civic services in Delhi to halt due to financial crunch in Delhi-India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Civic services in Delhi to halt due to financial crunch in Delhi-India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: The deadlock between Delhi government and the three municipal corporations of the capital has threatened a financial crisis. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has refused to give grants or even loans to the municipal corporations which prompt the three mayors of Delhi to write to the Union finance ministry seeking urgent help. The Kejriwal government since taking charge …

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