NEW DELHI —Important cases heard in Delhi High Court on Thursday, July 11:
- HC listed for hearing on September 9 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging the summonses issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
- HC judge Amit Sharma recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
- HC directed the vice-chairperson of the DDA to remove all encroachments and illegal constructions on the Yamuna river bank, the river bed as well as on drains flowing into the river.
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the new law that replaced the CrPC, heralds a transformative era in criminal justice and promotes a system which is transparent, accountable and fundamentally aligned with the principles of fairness and justice, the HC has observed.
- HC upheld food safety regulator FSSAI’s decision to enhance the size of statutory warnings against injury to health on pan masala packages to 50 per cent of the front of the label from the earlier 3 mm.
- HC directed Delhi Police to ensure that inquiry starts immediately after a case of a missing child is reported and there is no waiting period of 24 hours. PTI SKV ADS RHL
