Asha Menon

Concerned about the pesticide levels in fruits and vegetables being consumed by city residents, the Delhi high court on Wednesday set up a panel to purchase these eatables at random and subject them to lab testing.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a senior Army officer's plea challenging the Indian Army's recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram. A bench of justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and asha menon, while pronouncing the order, said, "Sorry we are dismissing. Thank you."

A family court here has granted divorce to actor Revathi alias asha menon and her husband Suresh Chandra Menon.

The Delhi high court on Friday took cognisance of the violation of Covid-19 protocols in various markets in the national capital and observed that such breaches will only hasten the third wave which cannot be permitted at all. The high court asked the Centre and Delhi government to take strict measures, sensitise shopkeepers and hold meetings with markets and vendors associations in this regard.

A 59-year-old former professor of Anna University was found dead at her house in Thiruvanmiyur on Wednesday morning.

Laws are gender-neutral and the government should try and interpret them in a beneficial way, Delhi high court remarked on Wednesday, while hearing separate petitions by two same-sex couples unable to get legal recognition to their union. Hearing both petitions, the bench pointed out that in the Indian context, the concept of marriage emanates from the customary laws.

The State Election Commission on Wednesday faced the ire of a Delhi court for not filing reply on an AAP leader’s plea challenging the election of a BJP candidate from a south Delhi ward in recent MCD polls, saying a “time table” needs to be followed in these matters.

After an excruciating 45-hour wait, asha menon was told on Thursday that her husband, Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, was safe. The message was given to her former CPI legislator Manish Kunjam who had flown in to hand over medicines for the collector to his Maoist captors.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday took a senior Indian Army officer to task for challenging a recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms. The HC said he must either abide by the mandate of a disciplined force or put in his papers and declined to grant any interim relief to Lt Col P K Choudhary.