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Reporting for Bar&Bench from Delhi High Court Mail: prashant @barandbench .com

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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by husband seeking production of his wife. Police informs there was a marital dispute and husband tore off his wife's clothes in a mall. Justice Siddharth Mridul: Oh! That was an expression expression of love, was it?
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#Breaking After one of the judges tested positive for Covid, Uttarakhand High Court to function only in virtual mode from Monday.
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2 years
Nehru, French revolution, Kaifi Azmi and Irfan Habib invoked in Delhi High Court today #DelhiHighCourt #UmarKhalid
@barandbench
Bar and Bench
2 years
The Beatles, Nehru, Robespierre and Kaifi Azmi invoked in Delhi High Court during hearing of Umar Khalid bail plea report by @prashantjha996 #DelhiHighCourt #UmarKhalid #UAPA #Sedition
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2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a PIL seeking declaration that @PMCaresFund is a state. ASG: My lords there are more important matters before you which involve Rs 1.5 lakh crore, priority should be given to those. Sr Adv Shyam Divan: I believe PM Cares fund involves more than that.
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3 years
Hundreds of samples from one house, sample collectors are data entry operators in Rajasthan. How over a lakh tests were forged during Kumbh @IshitaMishraTOI
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2 years
Man approaches #DelhiHighCourt challenging fine imposed upon him by his society for putting 50 flower pots outside his house. Chief Justice: 50 pots? Itne pots koi rakhta h kya? Kitchen aur sofa bhi bahar hi rakh lo na...
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Lawyer asks for a short date. Justice Anup J Bhambhani: Short date is like world peace, we all want it. Jusitice Siddharth Mridul: You can ask for world peace as long as it is a beauty pageant. #DelhiHighCourt
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Prashant Jha
3 years
@Siddharthrege09 @LiveLawIndia Apparently chief justice's farewell is more important than ensuring oxygen supplies to hospitals. This is our dear Supreme Court for you..
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Prashant Jha
5 years
32 villages in Uttarkashi cut off, without power; Auli road blocked since past 2 wks via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
2 years
Delhi High Court hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by ant aunt (maasi) seeking presence of her niece. Woman: I want to take her to Bihar. J Mridul (in lighter vein): We can tell you this, nobody goes to Bihar to their solve problems. #DelhiHighCourt #CourtRoomExhange
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2 years
Judge asks an advocate for his chamber number. Lawyer: K 286 sir. Judge: K for Ku Klux Klan? Lawyer: No sir, K for Kanpur. Judge: (Laughs), Okay. #DelhiHighCourt #CourtRoomExchange
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Prashant Jha
3 years
Suppose there is rule about locking your door. The logic that the learned single judge has used is that because there is a chance that a thief may enter your house through the window or the roof therefore that rule to lock the door is arbitrary: SG Tushar Mehta before #DelhiHC
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Prashant Jha
6 years
CAG report slams civic bodies of Doon, Haridwar for not following rules via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt #CourtRoomExchange Counsel appears virtually with patchy network but artificial ocean and palm trees in background. J Najmi Waziri: Madam aapki aawaz nhi aa rahi hai, lagta hai kaafi dur baithi hain aap. Aap Adalat m kya kar rahi hain? Enjoy yourself.
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2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a case related to dishonourment of cheque. ACJ Vipin Sanghi: What is this? Neither you nor the defendants live in Delhi. Tomorrow you will deposit it in Timbuktu, will it give Timbuktu court jurisdiction? #CourtRoomExchange
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Clad in white kurta, Doon residents offer namaz, celebrate Eid via @timesofindia
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2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband. Bench notes that while wife is present in court, husband is appearing virtually. J Mridul: She is here you are there. You are keeping your wife waiting. Not a very gentlemanly thing to do.
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2 years
#Courtroomexchange #DelhiHighCourt hearing an Odisha based TV channel's plea against denial of security clearance. UOI Counsel: Sir, we have placed our report in a sealed cover. J Yashwant Varma: These are not sealed covers, they are called "envelops of prejudice".
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Prashant Jha
5 years
#Kashmiris along with the Khalsa workers who were distributing food packets to Kashmiri students living in #Dehradun were heckled by some locals near ISBT. The students alleged that some locals even said that they were carrying guns in the food packets. @TOIWestUP
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a batch of PILs against keeping chickens in battery cages. Counsel informs that he will taken an hour to complete arguments. J Siddharth Mridul: Lawyers always say they will take an hour but go on for the entire day. This is Indian 'Stretchable' Time.
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing petitions related to Indiabulls. Kapil Sibal says despite Bombay HC stay, ED has been calling its employees. J Mridul: Who is the employee? IO: There is one by the name of Rajiv Gandhi. J Mridul: Ohh! No wonder Mr Sibal is feeling so touchy.
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing a habeas corpus petition. J Siddharth Mridul express displeasure over Delhi Police not filing a fresh status report. IO: Sorry sir, I was not well. J Mridul: Poora system hi bimaar ho gya hai, kya karein?
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Prashant Jha
3 years
"Indiranagar ka Gunda hu main" 🤣🤣
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Prashant Jha
2 years
Imam will perhaps be the first in a long line of people to seek bail for alleged offence under a colonial-era provision. #DelhiHighCourt #Sedition #SharjeelImam
@barandbench
Bar and Bench
2 years
Sharjeel Imam files plea before Delhi High Court for bail after Supreme Court order on sedition report by @prashantjha996 #delhihighcourt #SharjeelImam
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5 years
65 ACC cadets join Indian Military Academy via @timesofindia
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Prashant Jha
3 years
@salman7khurshid house in Nainital’s Ramgarh. Police say 15-20 people were involved in the incident. #salmankhurshidbook
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt hearing NSCN (IM) member's case for release from jail. Lawyer asks if he is audible, his voice echoes. Justice Siddharth Mridul: Yes yes Mr advocate. You are as loud and clear as Moses heading down Mount Sinai with tablets of the covenant in his hands.
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt #CourtroomExchange Counsel asks court to list his matter after vacation, on a particular date and at the top of the board. J Yashwant: Oh! You have given us three options, we will go with the first one. Order: List in July.
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3 years
Frustrated ambulance driver in Haldwani dancing at a wedding. @IshitaMishraTOI
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Prashant Jha
6 years
14 days to go, residents question preparations for investors’ summit via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
5 years
In the eco-sensitive zone of #Dehradun 538 trees felled the first four months of 2019, 290 of these were declared dangerous for humans.
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Landslides due to downpour block major roads and highways in U’khand via @timesofindia
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Prashant Jha
3 years
Lawyer seeks early hearing for anticipatory bail of an Army official accused of rape. #DelhiHC CJ says FIR was registered on September 7 and you have come before us now. "It means you were absoconding... No urgency". @barandbench
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Prashant Jha
6 years
Gang rape in boarding school: Students may get to appear in CBSE board exams despite school losing affiliation via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
1 year
Tuesday's order says Public Prosecutor has opposed grant of bail.
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Bar and Bench
1 year
PP says his submission is that the accused should be dealt with as per the law laid down by the SC guidelines. Judge: Are you opposing or not? Judge records: The PP says he is neither opposing nor supporting and that it should be dealt with as per the law, rules and guidelines
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Prashant Jha
2 years
The High Court was hearing a PIL seeking removal of objectionable content on @AtheistRepublic Judges asked if #DonaldTrump 's account can be suspended then why no action is being taken against this handle.
@barandbench
Bar and Bench
2 years
Why no action against accounts posting objectionable content about Hindu gods and goddesses: Delhi High Court to Twitter report by @prashantjha996 #DelhiHighCourt #Twitter @Twitter Read story:
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Prashant Jha
5 years
After playing host to Ranji Trophy and Under-19 girls tournament, Uttarakhand is likely to host matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as one-day Ranji Trophy. The tournament is scheduled to start from 24th September.
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Prashant Jha
2 years
Justice Mridul: We have all heard of "The butler did it", here it seems as if the "wife did it". #CourtRoomExchange
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2 years
Lawyer asks for his name to be reflected correctly in the order. CJ DN Patel: Yes yes sir. Somebody might have said what is in the name but everything is in the name. Passport p galti kar k dekho na. Wo Shakespeare waala vakya (sentence) hume nahi chahiye hume. #DelhiHighCourt
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Prashant Jha
6 years
Demolition drive likely to start next weekk, will ensure city is encroachment-free, says mayor via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
1 year
Justice Najmi Waziri's very important judgement just a day before his retirement
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1 year
[Exercise of patent rights] Patents Act prevails over Competition Act; CCI cannot probe: Delhi High Court report by @prashantjha996
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2 years
Activist Ajay Gautam says there was international funding behind the CAA/NRC protests and the protesters were using "Palestine model". Justice Mridul: I was not aware there is a Palestine model of protest. I hope Delhi Police is aware of such model. #DelhiRiots #DelhiHighCourt
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Prashant Jha
6 years
Yrs after construction, Clock Tower complex still lie vacant via @TOICitiesNews
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2 years
During arguments, Sr Adv Shyam Divan referred to a scandal in 1980s when Maha CM AR Antulay formed a bunch of trusts coerced businessmen to donate to those in exchange for allocation of cement and other essential commodities. One of the trusts was named after Indira Gandhi.
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Bar and Bench
2 years
Delhi High Court expresses displeasure at 'one-page response' filed by PM Cares Fund in plea to declare it as 'State' report by @prashantjha996 #DelhiHighCourt #PMCaresFund
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Prashant Jha
3 years
"It's the sound of law that counts,"says #Uttarakhand HC chief justice as AG complains that the bench is not visible.
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Times Internet India's No. 1 news destination on Lok Sabha election results day: Comscore report via @timesofindia
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Prashant Jha
3 years
#UttarakhandHC to hear PIL highlighting that hundreds of families displaced due to Tehri Hydroelectric project are yet to be rehabilitated. The PIL also alleges that despite years after the project was operationalised, it is yet to function at its peak capacity. #TehriDam
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5 years
19 lakh left out, final Assam NRC elicits anger & sense of betrayal via @timesofindia
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5 years
One dead in Chamoli, #Uttarakhand following a #cloudburst . Another incident reported from Almora.
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Prashant Jha
3 years
@VishnuNDTV All roads to Nainital are blocked sir. Administration is saying it will be able to open Nainital-Haldwani road by evening
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#UttarakhandHC to start physical hearing from August 2nd
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3 years
Coincidence?🤫
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Prashant Jha
2 years
Kyunki kyon nhi😅
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Bar and Bench
2 years
[Qutub Minar case] Man moves Delhi court claiming all land between Ganga and Yamuna from Agra to Gurugram report by @prashantjha996 #QutubMinar
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2 years
Even Justice (Retd) Madan Lokur (who was part of this collegium) had said that the details of the meeting should be made public.
@barandbench
Bar and Bench
2 years
[BREAKING] Delhi High Court reserves verdict in plea seeking details of December 2018 Collegium meeting report by @prashantjha996 #SupremeCourt #Collegium #DelhiHighCourt
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Prashant Jha
3 years
Bench: Arrey Sinha Sahab aaj kya kha ke aae hain? Lawyer: Sir, chewda-dahi. Kaafi thand lag rahi hai. #CourtRoomExchange #DelhiHighCourt #MakarSakranti
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5 years
Who wrote the aarti of the revered shrine of Badrinath. The puzzling question has deepened after the Uttarakhand government's recent announcement. My colleague @IshitaMishraTOI reports:
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Prashant Jha
6 years
Days after CAG audit, loopholes in DMC functioning remain via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Satakshi Tiwari from Uttarkashi with 98% tops the class XII while Ananta Saklani from Dehraudn tops the class X exams with a 99%.
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Prashant Jha
2 years
Court asks the girl connected from SHO's office for her age but she can't hear. Bench: Lagta hai hamari umar beet jaaegi umar puchhte puchhte. Justice Siddharth Mridul umr-e-daraz maang ke laae thi char din; do aarzu me kat gae, do intezar me #DelhiHighCourrt #CourtRoomExchange
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Prashant Jha
4 years
In @TOIDelhi today.
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Prashant Jha
3 years
@rishipahwa01 @VishnuNDTV Hi Rishi. It seems unlikely that the Bhowali road will become operational today. You need to get in touch with local police or revenue officials to get help if the ration is running out. You can contact Bhowali SHO on these numbers: 9411112990, 05942-220023
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Two students washed away as rains pound Dehradun via @timesofindia
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5 years
Mohammed Shami's US visa gets rejected initially, approved after BCCI letter: Source via @TOISports
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Prashant Jha
2 years
#DelhiHighCourt dealing with a petition challenging denial of information under RTI related to Supreme Court proximity card. Bench: Either you withdraw or there will be a return gift from us to you. Petition withdrawn. #CourtRoomExchange
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Prashant Jha
5 years
In this Chakrata village, residents say no to animal sacrifice after 300 years of slaughters via @timesofindia
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Prashant Jha
5 years
Rishikesh-Badrinath hiways which was blocked due to #landslide was cleared on Saturday morning. #Uttarakhand
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Prashant Jha
3 years
HC starts hearing #TehriDam matter
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Prashant Jha
6 years
Post demolition drive, many Prem Nagar residents forced to sleep in open via @TOICitiesNews
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Prashant Jha
5 years
43% people of hill state are migrants, 70% moved from rural to urban areas via @timesofindia
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