While quashing an FIR registered against a man under the Arms Act, 1959, the Delhi High Court has asked him to pay costs of Rs. 50,000 to be deposited with Delhi Police Welfare Fund and three district.
On December 22, The Indian Express had reported on the government going into damage control mode after being rapped by the Supreme Court over what the latter had termed a “serious dearth of judicial infrastructure” in the capital.
A total of 30 projects which includes significant work such as the construction of a new block and the redevelopment of another in the High Court premises, among others, have been completed till 2023.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma District Courts stated it was not necessary to supply entire footage of riots to Kalita since further investigation was on in other cases.
A trial judge, who has been critical of "callous and farcical" probe of Delhi police in some 2020 riots cases and had once observed that failure to conduct a proper investigation will torment "sentinels of democracy," was transferred to another court