Important cases heard in the Delhi High Court on Friday, March 3:
* HC refused to interfere with the decision of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to withdraw its notification declaring February 14 as ‘Cow Hug Day’.
* HC asked the passport authority to take a decision within three months on issuing a fresh travel document to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.
* HC rejected a public interest litigation challenging the appointment of Sujan R Chinoy as the Director General of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
* HC said denial of admission under EWS or Disadvantaged Group category by a school even after allotment by the authorities frustrates and undermines the noble objective of the law on right to education and violates the fundamental rights of children under the Constitution.
