Ashish Bhargava

No Night Curfew In Delhi For Now, State Government Tells High Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Thursday December 3, 2020

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi has informed the High Court that no night curfew would be imposed in the national capital, or parts of it, for now.

Delhi Took No Effective Steps To Check Covid Spread: Centre To Top Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Friday November 27, 2020

The Delhi government took "no effective preventive steps" to check the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, forcing the Union government to step in, read the centre's affidavit to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court's Big Move On Stubble Burning, Declines Centre's Request

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday October 16, 2020

The Supreme Court today appointed retired judge Justice Madan B Lokur to monitor stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh amid rising pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas. "We are only concerned about the citizens of Delhi-NCR being able to breathe in fresh clean air," the top court said. The Supreme Court also declined to accep...

Krishna Janmabhoomi Plea Dismissed By UP Court Hours After Babri Verdict

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 30, 2020

After the Ayodhya Ram temple case, a petition asking for the removal of a mosque near Krishna Janmabhoomi or what is said to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura was dismissed by a court today.

Actor Rakul Preet Alleges Media Trial Linked To Drug Case, Goes To Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday September 18, 2020

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the centre's response on actor Rakul Preet Singh's petition to stop media reports linking her with the Rhea Chakraborty drugcase. The actor, in her petition, had claimedmedia reports were connecting her to the case despite Ms Chakraborty retracting from the statement in which she had allegedly named her.

Court Rejects Nirbhaya Convict's Plea Claiming He Suffers Mental Illness

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Swati Sharma | Saturday February 22, 2020

A Delhi court today dismissed a petition by Vinay Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking treatment for "mental illness".

"Why Should I Suffer": Nirbhaya's Mother After Jail Seeks New Hanging Date

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday January 16, 2020

A day after the Delhi government told the high court that the death sentence to four Nirbhaya case convicts cannot be executed on January 22 as scheduled because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the victim's mother, Asha Devi, said on Thursday why should she suffer for the "negligence" of Tihar Jail officials and the government.

In Supreme Court's J&K Order, Opening Lines From Charles Dickens Classic

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 10, 2020

Suspension of free movement, Internet and basic freedoms cannot be an arbitrary exercise of power, the Supreme Court said today, ordering the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the decision to end special status in August.

Setback For Cyrus Mistry As Top Court Puts On Hold NCLAT Order

Business | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Sandeep Singh (with inputs from agencies) | Friday January 10, 2020

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)'s order to reinstate Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata Sons. The development comes roughly a week after Tata Sons approached the Supreme Court challenging the restoration of Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the group by the company law tribunal in Decembe...

"Country Going Through Critical Times": Chief Justice On Citizenship Plea

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 9, 2020

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, on a petition to declare the citizenship law "constitutional", said today the "country is going through critical times" and such petitions "don't help". Refusing an urgent hearing, the Supreme Court said it would hear the petition only after violence stopped.

Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar Gets Life In Jail In Unnao Rape Case

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday December 20, 2019

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been sentenced to life in jail for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017.

Nirbhaya's Mother Breaks Down In Delhi Court: "What About Our Rights?"

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 18, 2019

Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother, cried at a Delhi court this evening after being told that a death warrant for the hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of her daughter

"Life Is Short, Why Death Penalty," Says Nirbhaya Convict In Petition

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 11, 2019

Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four men convicted in the gang-rape, torture and killing of a young girl in Delhi seven years ago, on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court to appeal against his death sentence.

Preserve Bodies, Give Autopsy Video Of Telangana Rape-Accused: High Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday December 7, 2019

The bodies of the four men accused of raping and murdering a 27-year-old veterinarian who were killed by the police in a pre-dawn firing on Friday, will be preserved till Monday, 8 pm, the Telangana High Court has ruled in an emergency hearing.

After 1,045-Page Ayodhya Verdict, Dinner For Top Court Judges At 5-Star

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday November 9, 2019

After delivering a landmark verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and his four constitution bench colleagues have planned a lavish dinner at Delhi's luxury Taj Mansingh hotel, sources say.