The Delhi High Court dismissed a public interest litigation seeking an inquiry into conflicting claims regarding a police lathi-charge against Cockroach Janta Party protesters.
Reader brief
Through the Reader lens: The Delhi High Court has instructed the Indian government to seek the vacation of an earlier interim order that required the release of 20 lakh rupees from the frozen accounts of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. The government had previously challenged the interim order on appeal after the organization's Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration was cancelled due to alleged financial irregularities. The court has granted the government one week to file a fresh application to address the issue. The legal dispute follows the Ministry of Home Affairs' decision to bar the organization from receiving foreign funding.
What to watch next
- Submission of the Centre's application to vacate the interim order.
- Court hearing scheduled for or following September 30, 2026.
What was said3
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DK Upadhyaya
2 quotes“Everything which will catch your imagination by reading newspaper becomes a PIL. High-sounding words like accountability, transparency are not to be used in vacuum...”
“All sorts of matters are filed. Everything that catches your imagination after reading the newspaper, you will file a petition? These high sounding words, accountability, transparency are not to be used in a vacuum like this. What is your petition? Delhi police issued a statement, that statement is being contradicted by the media, and you are asking us to get an inquiry conducted into it. Is there a duty on the Delhi police to decide your representation?”
In the article
…Tejas Karia held that the jurisdiction of a public interest litigation (PIL) is not intended to adjudicate disputes arising from conflicting versions of events and the petition did not involve any public interest. “ All sorts of matters are filed. Everything that catches your imagination after reading the newspaper, you will file a petition? These high sounding words, accountability, transparency are not to be used in a vacuum like this. What is your petition? Delhi police issued a statement, that statement is being contradicted by the media, and you are asking us to get an inquiry conducted into it. Is there a duty on the Delhi police to decide your representation? ” the bench said. The court was hearing a petition filed by Naresh, who claimed to be associated with the media community. He alleged a discrepancy between a statement posted by Delhi police on social media denying the…
Delhi High Court
1 quote“result of “criminal conduct””
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…New Delhi: The Sept 6 building collapse in Satya Niketan that claimed seven lives, including those of students, was not an “ordinary mishap” but a result of “criminal conduct” , Delhi high court said Wednesday. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said these students came from small towns to the capital with “a lot of hopes and dreams” of building a life, but these…
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Sources4
- [1]Hindustan TimesneutralDelhi HC declines Centre’s appeal over ₹20 lakh release to CHRI, seeks fresh plea
- [2]The Times of India — Delhicritical‘Result of criminal conduct’: HC laments ‘tragic’ loss of lives in building collapse
- [3]The Times of India — DelhineutralNEET protest: HC dismisses plea seeking inquiry into lathi-charge
- [4]Hindustan TimesneutralDelhi HC dismisses PIL seeking probe into CJP protest lathi-charge claims