Important matters heard by the Delhi High Court on Thursday, January 19

Important matters heard by the Delhi High Court on Thursday, January 19: * HC granted interim bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, serving 10 years' imprisonment for the death of the Unnao rape victim's father in custody, to attend his daughter's wedding.

* HC dismissed a plea by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan against the decision of the city police to declare him a ''bad character''.

* HC asked the Centre to take a decision on extending certain benefits available to para-sports people to deaf athletes as well while observing the two have to be treated equally and cannot be discriminated against each other.

* Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has informed the HC that it has requested the Centre and the city government for over Rs 3,500 crore each as interest-free subordinate debt for repayment of the unpaid arbitral award passed in favour of Reliance Infrastructure-owned Delhi Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL).

* HC sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to a plea by four members of terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) challenging life imprisonment awarded to them in a case of recruiting and training youths for terror activities.

* An opinion given by the Solicitor General to the government cannot be exempted from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act and the law officer cannot be treated as a private lawyer rendering service to a client, the HC was told.

* The city government told the HC, which is hearing a plea relating to preparedness of earthquake, that out of over 10,000 buildings, more than 6,000 have been asked to show structural safety certificates and 144 unsafe buildings have been demolished here.

* HC dismissed a plea by banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) challenging the Centre's decision to declare it a ''terrorist organisation'' under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

* The presence of a minor victim in court during arguments in a sexual assault case has an adverse impact on her psyche and she should not be traumatised repeatedly by reliving the incident, the HC has said while issuing a set of guidelines to reduce the trauma of the survivors of such crimes.

* Education is an important right ''encompassed under right to life'' and a child cannot be made to suffer by barring him from attending school or taking examinations in the middle of an academic session on the ground of non-payment of fees, the HC has said.

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