New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed a government order prohibiting autorickshaws from displaying advertisements and posters.
A division bench of Justice PK Bhasin and Justice VP Vaish also issued notice to the transport department of Delhi and sought a response by July 8.
It blocked any coercive action against the auto-rickshaw drivers.
Appearing for the auto drivers, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan said the "government's action was discriminatory" and was targeted at AAP whose posters are displayed by hundreds of autorickshaws....
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01:46 AM, Jun 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said that admission to the under-graduate and post-graduate medical courses would be subject to the final outcome of the petitions challenging the Medical Council of India's decision requiring that candidates clear the National Eligibility Entrance Test. The apex court bench of Justice Gyan Sudha Misra and Justice Madan B Lokur said this on an application filed by NGO Sankalp, seeking direction that the private...
09:59 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The recent appointment of SK Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court by lawyer and anti-corruption activist Prashant Bhushan. Bhushan has filed a PIL in the apex court, adding to a similar PIL that had been filed on May 22 by another lawyer ML Sharma. Both the matters are to be heard in July. Sharma on May 23 was...
03:12 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday criticized the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General, accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of accusing of weakening constitutional institutions. "Government is slowly but continuously appointing persons who are weak and who don't have spine to watchdog bodies like CAG, CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), CIC (Central Information Commission), Election Commission which keep an...
04:29 AM, May 22, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicted the CBI and the government over the coal scam probe and asked for more autonomy to the CBI. ...
07:12 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Reacting promptly on the affidavit submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the Supreme Court in connection with the coal scam on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar "should resign right away". "The government has lost the moral ground to continue in power," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain, adding the affidavit has proved that all...
12:52 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Admi Party member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan has moved the Supreme Court seeking an investigation into the coal scam by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). In his plea to the Supreme Court, Bhushan has also asked the court to look into the allegations of governmental interference in the ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe. This comes at a time when lawyer ML Sharma has, in a...
02:39 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday announced a financial bonanza for those affected by the mining ban in the state on the anniversary of his government's first year in power. ...
02:48 AM, Mar 10, 2013
After taking back possession of a prime land allotted to yoga guru Baba Ramdev for alleged violations of statutory provisions, Himachal Pradesh has begun another probe into permission granted to lawyer Prashant Bhushan to purchase land in the state, a minister said on Friday. ...
05:58 AM, Mar 02, 2013
As the CBI team leaves for Italy, senior Lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan told CNN-IBN that the Indian government was deliberately avoiding investigations in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal and that India can ask Italy and UK for information under the UN treaty against organised transnational crimes. ...
06:44 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Prashant Bhushan said that President Pranab Mukherjee and the governors accused in the AgustaWestland deal face immunity but can definitely be questioned by the CBI. ...
12:07 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The upcoming Delhi Assembly elections will be a litmus test for the Aam Aadmi Party, before the new political outfit sets its eyes on the rest of the country, AAP founder-member Prashant Bhushan said on Sunday. ...
02:39 AM, Feb 11, 2013
AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia appeared before a court on Tuesday for hearing in the Coalgate scam protests case. "We will challenge this system of filing false chargesheets against political opponents and making them run around courts," said Bhushan. ...
01:10 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The new draft of Lokpal Bill cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday saw mixed reactions with those who led demonstrations for a strong Lokpal speaking in different languages. While former IPS officer Kiran Bedi came out in support of the new draft, Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan said the core of the legislation was still weak. ...
10:30 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The new draft of Lokpal Bill cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday saw mixed reactions with those who led demonstrations for a strong Lokpal speaking in different languages. While former IPS officer Kiran Bedi came out in support of the new draft, Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan said the core of the legislation was still weak. Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal also continued to oppose...
09:46 AM, Feb 01, 2013
The latest entrant in Indian politics, bureaucrat-turned-anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will be officially launched at Jantar Mantar at 12 noon on Monday, which is also observed as the Constitution Day as the the Constitution of India was adopted on this day 63 years ago, in 1949. ...
01:02 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Arvind Kejriwal's political alternative's name was revealed on Saturday and its going to be the Aam Aadmi Party. Aam Aadmi Party or AAP - finally, the party that was borne out of the anti-graft movement was named. One month and twenty two days after Arvind Kejriwal announced his plunge into politics, more than 300 people became members of the party. ...
07:34 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal will be meeting over 300 of his activist colleagues in the capital on Saturday in a bid to finalise the vision and constitution of his political party, which, he says, will be formally launched on Monday at the iconic protest venue, the Jantar Mantar. ...
11:25 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan on Friday questioned the "secretive manner" in which the government chose Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI director and claimed he was a "tainted person". They said the selection of Sinha only shows that "government even today in all circumstances wants to use the CBI for its political benefits". Kejriwal and Bhushan alleged that Sinha's moral integrity had been questioned and that...
05:11 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday flayed the government over what it called a "casual" attempt by it to auction the 2G spectrum. Chiding the government for not complying with its order and letting "lower ranking officials" file affidavits in the matter, the apex court refused to take on record the Centre's affidavit that had been filed by an under secretary-level officer. The court directed that the affidavit must...
03:02 PM, Nov 19, 2012
