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The High Court of Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; IAST: dillī uchcha nyāyālaya) is the high court in Delhi, India. It was established on 31 October 1966, through the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. [1] Below it are 11 Subordinate Courts that oversee smaller judicial districts.
After initially opposing the judgment, the Attorney General G. E. Vahanvati decided not to file any appeal against the Delhi High Court's verdict, stating, "insofar as [Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code] criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private [before it was struck down by the High Court] was imposed upon Indian society due ...
[37] [38] In June 2015, the Delhi High Court refused to set aside Meena's appointment but asked him to act in "accordance with law". [39] Consequently, the Delhi government reduced Meena's mandate, asking him to look after training and cases undergoing trial. Yadav was asked to handle—among other things—investigations and functioning of the ...
(Single-judge bench judgement dated 16 September 2016) The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Others v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services and Others (High Court of Delhi 2016-12-09), Text, archived from the original on 2019-05-30. (Division bench judgement dated 9 December 2016, on appeal)
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1114 of which 840 judges are permanent and remaining 274 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 7 January 2024, 361 of the seats, about 32.3% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
The State of Delhi submitted that for these reasons the judgement of the High Court was valid. The Supreme Court felt that the arguments of the State of Delhi and the Delhi High Court judgement had lost sight of an essential feature of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, contained in Section 7 of the same Act.
This judgement thus overruled Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation (2013): [19] Upheld and reinstated the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalising Anal sex: This judgement thus overruled Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2009): [20] Decriminalization of homosexual acts involving consenting adults throughout India. Deepika ...
The Delhi High Court in its 7 December 2015 judgment noted "criminal intent." [41] On 12 February 2016 the Supreme Court granted exemption to all the five accused in the case from personal appearances while refusing to quash proceedings against them. [42] [43] Later on 12 July 2016 the Delhi High Court set aside the trial court judgement ...