HC tells jail authority to decide plea on lack of facilities for visiting lawyers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

HC tells jail authority to decide plea on lack of facilities for visiting lawyers

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Director General to decide a representation on the purported lack of facilities for lawyers visiting their clients in jails. ‘Expedite process’ The court disposed of the plea over the issue and directed the jail authority to decide the representation expeditiously, preferably within four weeks. The petition was filed by Shyam Sunder Aggarwal, who sought directions to the authorities concerned for providing various facilities to lawyers visiting undertrials and convicts on the Tihar jail premises. ‘Lacks basic amenities’ He said that there are no arrangements for basic civic amenities such as clean drinking water and toilets in all the 16 jails in the Tihar complex, and claimed that no parking facility has been provided for advocates despite several acres of land lying vacant.

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Delhi HC seeks NIA stand after separatist leader seeks call facility in Tihar jail
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC seeks NIA stand after separatist leader seeks call facility in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Tihar jail authorities and the National Investigation Agency to respond to a plea by separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan against the withdrawal of call and “e-mulaqat” facilities from him in Tihar. Advocate Tara Narula, appearing for Mr. Khan, argued that telephone facilities were “arbitrarily” withdrawn from November 2023 under the pretext that …

HC seeks Tihar Jail reply as Sunjay Singh claims denial of meeting with Kejriwal
6 months, 3 weeks ago

HC seeks Tihar Jail reply as Sunjay Singh claims denial of meeting with Kejriwal

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Tihar Jail authorities to respond to a plea by Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh claiming that he was not being allowed to meet Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in prison. Mr. Singh said the jail authorities denied him a physical meeting with the Chief Minister, who is lodged in Tihar …

Delhi HC Permits Arvind Kejriwal Two Additional Meetings With Lawyers, Says 'Special Situations Call For Special Remedies'
8 months ago

Delhi HC Permits Arvind Kejriwal Two Additional Meetings With Lawyers, Says 'Special Situations Call For Special Remedies'

Live Law  

Observing that special situations call for special remedies, the Delhi High Court has allowed the plea moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody in the alleged liquor policy scam, for granting two additional meetings with his lawyers through virtual conferencing in a week. “…it is held that in recognition of fundamental right of fair trial and …

Tihar jail opposes Kejriwal’s request for add’l meetings with lawyers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tihar jail opposes Kejriwal’s request for add’l meetings with lawyers

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal in CBI custody. The Tihar jail superintendent opposed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea in the Delhi high court seeking additional meetings with his lawyers to discuss and plan strategies with regard to multiple litigations pending against him, saying that the Aam Aadmi Party supremo cannot be granted “special treatment”. Kejriwal had approached the high court against …

Delhi HC seeks Tihar reply to Kejriwal plea for additional meetings with lawyers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC seeks Tihar reply to Kejriwal plea for additional meetings with lawyers

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Enforcement Directorate and Tihar Jail authorities seeking their response to a plea filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seeking permission for additional meetings with his legal team. Kejriwal has challenged a July 1 trial court order rejecting his application for directions to the prison authorities to grant him …

Delhi HC to hear on July 8 Kejriwal's plea for additional meetings with lawyers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC to hear on July 8 Kejriwal's plea for additional meetings with lawyers

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in the Delhi excise scam cases, seeking additional meetings with his lawyers on July 8. Mr. Kejriwal has challenged a trial court’s July 1 order rejecting his application for directions to the prison authorities for granting two additional meetings in a week with his …

Delhi Court Requests Prosecution, Lawyers To Prioritize Riots Cases To Avoid Delay In Hearings
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Court Requests Prosecution, Lawyers To Prioritize Riots Cases To Avoid Delay In Hearings

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday requested Special Public Prosecutors and lawyers to prioritize hearing of cases relating to the North East Delhi riots, in order to avoid delay in hearings.The oral remarks came from Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat while the Court was set to hear Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in a riots case. A Delhi Court on Monday requested …

Supreme Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Authorities For Conniving With Unitech Case Accused
3 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Authorities For Conniving With Unitech Case Accused

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting in connivance with the Chandra brothers in engaging in illegal activities by flouting the jail manual, dissipating proceedings, derailing investigation etc., in the Unitech money laundering case. "In this backdrop, the court specifically recalled the facilities that had been made available to the accused Sanjay Chandra and …

Unfortunate That Clients Suffer When Bar Members Abstain From Judicial Work Creating Backlog Of Cases: Allahabad High Court
4 years, 4 months ago

Unfortunate That Clients Suffer When Bar Members Abstain From Judicial Work Creating Backlog Of Cases: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

"It is unfortunate that clients are suffering for cases which can easily be disposed of but for the reasons that the Members of Bar have been abstaining from judicial work creating a backlog of cases", the Allahabad High Court observed on Monday. Perusing the same, the Court said, "From the perusal of the same, it indicates that for various reasons, …

Accused Cannot Be Kept In Custody Only On A 'Hunch' That He Will Impede Trial Or To Send A Message To Society : Delhi HC
4 years, 8 months ago

Accused Cannot Be Kept In Custody Only On A 'Hunch' That He Will Impede Trial Or To Send A Message To Society : Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has stated that the personal liberty of an accused person cannot be curtailed by denying him bail merely on the basis of the investigation agency's "hunch" that he will interfere with administration of justice. If anything, the only message that goes-out to the society by keeping an accused in prison before finding him guilty, is that …

'In Violation of Prison Rules, Jail Officials Privy To Legal Interviews With Counsel': Pinjra Tod Member Natasha Narwal Tells Delhi HC
4 years, 9 months ago

'In Violation of Prison Rules, Jail Officials Privy To Legal Interviews With Counsel': Pinjra Tod Member Natasha Narwal Tells Delhi HC

Live Law  

Pinjra Tod member Natasha Narwal who is facing charges under UAPA for FIRs registered against her concerning the Delhi riots, told the Delhi High Court on Monday that contrary to prison rules, jail officials are being made privy to her privileged communication with her counsel. The matter pertains to a writ petition moved by Pinjra Tod member Natasha Narwal seeking …

Plea Seeking Direction To Tihar To Allow Prisoners To Have Meetings With Legal Counsels Through VC: Delhi HC Directs Govt To Submit Status Report
4 years, 9 months ago

Plea Seeking Direction To Tihar To Allow Prisoners To Have Meetings With Legal Counsels Through VC: Delhi HC Directs Govt To Submit Status Report

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to submit a detailed status report in a plea seeking a direction to be issued to Tihar Central Prison to allow prisoners to have meetings with their legal counsels through video-conferencing. Filed by Advocate Sarthak Maggon and Mr Ajit P Singh, the petitions seek a direction to be issued to the Jail …

Prisons Are For Punishing Convicts, Not For Detaining Undertrials In Order To 'Send Message To Society': Delhi HC Holds While Granting Bail To Delhi Riots Accused
4 years, 9 months ago

Prisons Are For Punishing Convicts, Not For Detaining Undertrials In Order To 'Send Message To Society': Delhi HC Holds While Granting Bail To Delhi Riots Accused

Live Law  

While granting bail to a person accused of burning a shop during Delhi riots, the Delhi High Court held that 'sending a message to society' can't be basis for denying bail, if the court is otherwise convinced that no purpose in aid of investigation and prosecution will be served by keeping the accused in judicial custody. Arguments Made By State …

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Moved by Bar Council of Delhi Seeking Movement of Lawyers In and Out Of Delhi [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Moved by Bar Council of Delhi Seeking Movement of Lawyers In and Out Of Delhi [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking court's direction to allow lawyers residing in NCR to move in and out of Delhi to attend courts and offices. Moved through BCD Chairman KC Mittal, the petition seeks to challenge the decision of the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh of sealing …

'No Wifi At Home': Bail Hearing At Delhi HC Gets Adjourned As Lawyer Couldn't Come To The Court Due To Sealing of Delhi-Haryana Border [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

'No Wifi At Home': Bail Hearing At Delhi HC Gets Adjourned As Lawyer Couldn't Come To The Court Due To Sealing of Delhi-Haryana Border [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has adjourned hearing in a bail matter as the applicant's counsel could not come to the court due to the sealing of Delhi-Haryana border. However, the said counsel stated, that he was unable to come to the court because he was not permitted to enter Delhi due to the sealing of Delhi-Haryana border. Yesterday, Delhi High Court …

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Of 11 Persons Who Were Deprived of Filing Nominations For Delhi Elections
5 years, 2 months ago

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Of 11 Persons Who Were Deprived of Filing Nominations For Delhi Elections

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea moved by 11 persons who were deprived of filing their nomination papers, for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections, by the Returning Officer. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has noted that as per section 100 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, such petitions can't be moved before the High Court …

Nirbhaya Case: Sessions Judge Directs Tihar Authorities To Submit Detailed Report On Steps Taken Post Filing Of Mukesh's Mercy Plea
5 years, 2 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Sessions Judge Directs Tihar Authorities To Submit Detailed Report On Steps Taken Post Filing Of Mukesh's Mercy Plea

Live Law  

Sessions Judge Satish Arora at Patiala House Court on Thursday asked Tihar Administration to file a report mentioning the steps taken by them, after the filing of mercy plea by one of the convicts. I'm furtherance of her plea, she cited the judgment of the Supreme Court in Shatrughan Chauhan v. Union of India, as well as Rules 840 and …

Delhi HC Issues Directions To Government In HRLN's PIL Seeking Prison Reforms
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Directions To Government In HRLN's PIL Seeking Prison Reforms

Live Law  

Delhi High Court issued directions to the Delhi Government while disposing off a series of writ petitions filed by Human Rights Law Network which pertained to the cause of prison reforms in Delhi. In several petitions which were clubbed together for final hearing, HRLN's counsel had argued the following: Availability of primary healthcare centres, medical examination team, trained medical officers …

Examine Recommendations To Make Tihar Jail Disabled Friendly: Delhi HC To State [Read Order]
6 years, 10 months ago

Examine Recommendations To Make Tihar Jail Disabled Friendly: Delhi HC To State [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to examine deficiencies and make Tihar Jail more accessible for persons with disabilities visiting the jails or being lodged there as inmates.During the hearing, the Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar was informed that a disability audit for Tihar Jail was undertaken by Mr. Nipun …

Examine Recommendations To Make Tihar Jail Disabled Friendly: Delhi HC To State [Read Order]
6 years, 10 months ago

Examine Recommendations To Make Tihar Jail Disabled Friendly: Delhi HC To State [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to examine deficiencies and make Tihar Jail more accessible for persons with disabilities visiting the jails or being lodged there as inmates.During the hearing, the Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar was informed that a disability audit for Tihar Jail was undertaken by Mr. Nipun …

Ensure That No Charge Sheet Is Filed Without Written Consent And Approval Of The Prosecution Branch: Delhi HC To Police [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

Ensure That No Charge Sheet Is Filed Without Written Consent And Approval Of The Prosecution Branch: Delhi HC To Police [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Delhi Police to ensure that no charge-sheet is filed in any case without the written consent and approval of the Prosecution Branch.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar ordered, “Appropriate directions in this regard shall be passed by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi and communicated to all. …

Ensure That No Charge Sheet Is Filed Without Written Consent And Approval Of The Prosecution Branch: Delhi HC To Police [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

Ensure That No Charge Sheet Is Filed Without Written Consent And Approval Of The Prosecution Branch: Delhi HC To Police [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Delhi Police to ensure that no charge-sheet is filed in any case without the written consent and approval of the Prosecution Branch.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar ordered, “Appropriate directions in this regard shall be passed by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi and communicated to all. …

Delhi HC Directs Tihar Jail To Ensure Reformation Through Education, Meditation, Counselling Etc. To Convict [Read Judgment]
7 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Directs Tihar Jail To Ensure Reformation Through Education, Meditation, Counselling Etc. To Convict [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The High Court of Delhi on Tuesday reduced the sentence awarded to a murder convict, and issued a set of guidelines for his reformation and rehabilitation.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra suggested several activities such as meditational therapy, educational opportunity, post release rehabilitation programme and adequate counselling, to ensure. The High Court of Delhi …

Take immediate steps for release of over 152 women under-trials in Tihar Jail: Delhi HC directs State Legal Services Authority
9 years, 7 months ago

Take immediate steps for release of over 152 women under-trials in Tihar Jail: Delhi HC directs State Legal Services Authority

Live Law  

A Delhi High Court Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath has reportedly urged the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to take steps for immediate release of over 152 woman under-trials languishing in Tihar Jail for more than six months.It directed panel lawyers of DSLSA to prepare appropriate applications for bail for all the 105 under-trial prisoners …

Delhi HC admits petition challenging arbitrary and non-transparent criteria adopted by it in the matter of promotion to posts of district and sessions judges
9 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC admits petition challenging arbitrary and non-transparent criteria adopted by it in the matter of promotion to posts of district and sessions judges

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has admitted a petition filed by a judicial officer challenging the non-transparent criteria adopted by the Delhi High Court for promotion to posts of district and sessions judges. The judicial officer was aggrieved by the Delhi High Court by-passing her and granting promotions to her juniors to the post of District & Sessions Judge. Additional district …

Advocate moves Delhi HC challenging Standing Order issued by DG (Prisons) related to inmate-lawyer meetings in Delhi jails
11 years ago

Advocate moves Delhi HC challenging Standing Order issued by DG (Prisons) related to inmate-lawyer meetings in Delhi jails

Live Law  

Nearly two weeks after Tihar Jail inmates went on a strike protesting against the rule propounding once-a-week meeting with their families, an advocate on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a standing order by which an undertrial inmate could meet his lawyer only once a week.A Bench of the Delhi High Court headed by Acting Chief Justice …

Bail pleas of 5 corporate honchos dismissed
13 years, 11 months ago

Bail pleas of 5 corporate honchos dismissed

The Hindu  

A special court here on Wednesday remanded in judicial custody and sent to the Tihar Central Jail five corporate bigwigs, named in the CBI charge sheet in the 2G spectrum case, after their regular bail applications were dismissed. The five who joined the former Union Telecom Minister, A. Raja, and five other accused in the jail are Unitech managing director …

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