Tag: Delhi High Court

  • India seeks death penalty for Kashmir separatist Yasin Malik

    India seeks death penalty for Kashmir separatist Yasin Malik

    India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved Delhi High Court, seeking the death penalty for Jammu Kashmir Liberation (JKL) Front chief Chief Yasin Malik.

    The hearing is due on Monday.

    Following the news, Yasin’s wife Mushaal, said in a tweet, “Modi wants to hang my husband but I’m afraid Modi’s actually hanging his entire political career down the drain. Don’t think this Will ever silence us”.

    Yasin was arrested in 2018, months before New Delhi cancelled the held state’s special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019.

    Last year, Malik pleaded guilty for funding the separatist movement. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment and is currently serving time in jail.

  • Delhi High Court dismisses Juhi Chawla’s petition on 5G, imposes a fine of 20 Lakhs

    Delhi High Court dismisses Juhi Chawla’s petition on 5G, imposes a fine of 20 Lakhs

    The Delhi High Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by actress Juhi Chawla against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in India on Friday (June 4).

    In its order, the Delhi High Court said that “it appears that the suit was for publicity”. It said that Juhi Chawla circulated the link of the hearing on social media, which created disruption thrice.

    “Delhi Police shall identify the persons and take action against those who created a disruption,” the court added.

    The court also directed the local Police to identify and take action against the person who disrupted proceedings of the Delhi high court during the hearing on the matter. The unidentified person on Wednesday did not stop singing songs from popular movies of the actress during the online hearing until he was muted and removed from the online hearing.

    The court didn’t approve of Juhi including her social media fans in the hearing process.