Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Kejriwal said the matter of concern should be the number of deaths and not cases as he claimed that the coronavirus death rate in the national capital is the lowest in the world.
Patiala: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to transfer investigations into the enforcement case information report (ECIR) registered to look .
A government official said the sudden stoppage of granting tree felling permission could cause a rise in illegal felling: “If people take law in their own hands, it will be very difficult to tackle it.”
There has been an increase of 45 per cent in the number of containment zones in the national capital in the last 10 days, while home isolation cases of COVID-19 also jumped by over 50 per cent to reach 16,576 during the period, according to official data.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru also directed the trial court that if a bail plea is filed, it should consider and dispose it of expeditiously, preferably within two weeks from the filing.
A court in Delhi on Wednesday stayed an order directing Delhi Police to unlock the residential portion of the Nizamuddin Markaz, which was locked after a case was registered against several people attending a religious congregation in violation of COVID-19 guidelines in March.
Fifteen people have been named by the police in a vast chargesheet filed over the Delhi riots that raged through the capital city in February this year, leaving more than 50 people dead and property worth crores damaged.
The idea of opening a separate bench of the top court outside Delhi has not found favour with the Supreme Court of India, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.
Ravi Shankar Prasad said representations were received from time to time from various quarters for establishment of Supreme Court benches in various parts of the country.
Delhi Metro's Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor being built as part of the Phase-4 project has been christened as ''Silver Line'' by the DMRC, officials said on Wednesday.
The police’s submission was made during the bail plea of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student Asif Iqbal Tanha, arrested in the case. Justice Vibhu Bakhru said considering that the charge sheet will be filed in the case on or before September 17, the court does not consider it apposite to entertain the present petition.
The national capital has recorded 77 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung Observatory has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 90.5 mm this month.
