Important cases heard in Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 22

Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 22: * HC was informed by the Centre that nearly 120 writ petitions challenging one or more provisions of the Waqf Act are pending before various courts in the country.

* HC has reserved its order on the bail plea of jailed former AAP minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

* The Centre defended before the HC the policy barring married individuals from applying for Judge Advocate General (JAG), the legal officer in the army, and said considering the ''effects of marriage'', the bar is a ''reasonable restriction placed in public interest and the interest of national security''.

* HC asked the city government to place before the new group of ministers (GoM) its order relating to payment of Rs 1 crore compensation to the family of a police constable who died due to COVID-19 while performing his duty.

* HC asked the Centre to inform it about the induction of women in various disciplines of Indian army.

* HC has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a man for raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman, saying the evidence unerringly points towards the crime committed by him and a juvenile.

* HC upheld the life imprisonment awarded to six persons for shooting a man dead in 2010 following a previous enmity.

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