HC Strived In 2013 To Make Delhi A Safer Place For Women


Moreover, as the CAG, he will be conducting audits of defence deals cleared during his tenures, it added.

The court has now reserved verdict on the PIL, which was vehemently opposed by the Centre.

Issues relating to AAP, whose electoral success took almost all political pundits by surprise, also kept the court busy, which asked the Centre to inquire into its fundings and heard the city government's plea against its anti- establishment advertisements on auto-rickshaws.

Finish mobile maker Nokia, which, as per the Income Tax department, owes it Rs 21,153 crore as total tax liability (existing and anticipated), including penalty during a seven-year period from 2006-2013, moved the Delhi High Court with its plea for lifting of stay on sale of the assets.

Paving the way for Nokia's sale to Microsoft under its $7.2 billion global deal with the U.S. giant, the high court ordered defreezing of its assets with conditions including that Nokia Finland shall be jointly liable to pay tax demand raised under the I-T Act.

The high court also reserved its verdict on U.S. drug major Merck Sharp and Dohme's (MSD) appeal against a single judge bench order refusing to restrain Indian firm Glenmark from manufacturing and selling anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met.

The controversy around AirAsia deal, in the form of a PIL, reached the high court after the apex court asked BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to do so.

The court has sought responses from the Civil Aviation Ministry and DGCA on the plea which has sought a direction against grant of further approvals on the ground that the deal was contrary to the applicable FDI policy and DGCA guidelines.

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Source: PTI