Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, December 15:
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Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, December 15: * HC reserved its judgement on a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces.
* Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar told the HC that a money laundering probe initiated against him following a case of disproportionate assets cannot be sustained, and accused the Enforcement Directorate of taking action after waiting for two years because of the upcoming state assembly elections in May.
* HC reserved its order on an appeal by former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray challenging a single judge's decision dismissing his plea against an Election Commission's interim order freezing the Shiv Sena name and election symbol.
* Observing that the right to life includes the right to health, the HC has directed the insurance regulator to call a meeting of all insurance companies to design health insurance schemes for people with disabilities and introduce them preferably within two months.
* HC said it would pass an order on a public interest litigation (PIL) against the permission accorded to Sikhs to carry kirpans while travelling on civilian flights in India.
* HC sought to know the Centre’s stand on a plea seeking an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against several persons, including former DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan who are facing prosecution in a multi-crore bank loan scam case, for allegedly indulging in terror funding.
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