Politicians Have No Business To Hoard COVID Drugs; Medicines Be Surrendered To DGHS : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Monday took exception to politicians and legislators stocking COVID medicines and drugs."Politicians have no business to hoard medicines", the Court said.A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed that such medicines must be surrendered to Director General of Health Services for distributing the same to Government...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Establishment Of Covid Centre With ICU, Ventilators For Public Prosecutors

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking establishment of covid care centre having atleast 100 beds with ICU and Ventilator facility for public prosecutors and staff of Delhi Prosecution Department and their family members.Aa division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice in the plea filed by one Dishank Dhawan stating that...

COVID-19- Examine If 'Feluda Testing' Could Be Employed In Places Where People Congregate: Delhi High Court To Govt

The Delhi High Court last week directed the Government of Delhi to examine whether the Feluda testing could be employed in places where people congregate, as its lab is mobile and the results can be generated in about 1.5 hours. The Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a clutch of petitions concerning the covid 19 situation in the...

'RTPCR Report Not Mandatory In Emergency Cases': Telangana High Court On Reports Of Pregnant Woman Dying Due To Denial Of Hospital Admission

The Telangana High Court has reiterated that the Government Hospitals should not insist on RT-PCR reports of patients who are brought in an emergency situation. The remarks were made by a Division Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy in view of reports of a pregnant woman, who died in an ambulance in Hyderabad on Friday, after being denied admission...

Kerala Bar Council Urges High Court To Defer E-Filing Rules Implementation Till Lawyers Are Consulted

"patently arbitrary and hasty manner in which the e-filing rules was notified ... is blatantly whimsical, abrasive and prejudicial, affecting the interest of the entire lawyer community of more than 40,000 lawyers in Kerala."

Kerala High Court Bar Expresses Concerns About E-Filing Rules; KHCAA Resolves To Abstain From E-Filing

Following the Kerala High Court's decision to implement e-filing upon the Court's reopening on Monday, May 17, advocate organisations of the Kerala High Court have raised concerns about the processes set in place. In a letter, Kerala High Court Advocates' Association dated May 12, the Association President Advocate Thomas Abraham has recommended reverting to the email filing system...

"Mandatorily Install CCTV Cameras In ICU, ICCU":IA Filed In Suo Moto Covid Matter Before Gujarat High Court

A plea has been moved in the Gujarat High Court seeking directions on the State and hospital authorities to mandatorily Install CCTV cameras in ICU and ICCU of hospitals to ensure complete transparency between the hospital authorities and the patients.The intervention application filed by on Shalin Bipinbhai Doshi and moved by Advocate Dr. Avinash Poddar further seeks directions to...

Plea In P&H High Court Seeking Protection Of Frontline Health Care Workers & Ensuring Legal Immunity Against Civil/Criminal Prosecution

Stressing that there is a need to protect the medical practitioners from frivolous and unjust prosecution, a Public Interest Litigation petition has moved Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking legal immunity against Civil/Criminal Prosecution for Medical practitioner and final year medical students.The PIL has been moved by one Ambika Yadav through Advocate Vipul Sachdeva and it has...

Kerala High Court DB Sets Aside Single Bench Judgment Which Quashed Rules Regulating Other-State Lotteries

The Kerala High Court has set aside the judgment of a Single Judge Bench that quashed the rules brought by the Kerala government to regulate sale of other-state lotteries.The Judgment, pronounced today by a Division Bench of Justices SV Bhatti and Bechu Kurian Thomas, upheld the validity of the Rules."We are of the view that the except for rule 4(4) of the Amended Rules and to the...

COVID- Can Deadline For Opening FCRA Accounts By NGOs Getting Foreign Aid Be Extended?: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

The Delhi High Court last week asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider extending the deadline (April 1, 2021) for opening the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) account by NGOs who seek to receive foreign funds.The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh was hearing two Petitioners (who are NGOs operating out of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) who raised an issue related to the...

Rajasthan High Court Extends Limitation Period/ Interim Orders During Lockdown Period

In view of extension of lockdown in the State until the morning of May 24, the Rajasthan High Court has issued a Circular stating that all Courts in the state shall continue to function completely through virtual mode. The directions issued in this regard by the High Court on April 19 shall continue to apply during this period. The same may be read here. Further it...

YSR Congress Party MP Raghu Rama Krishna Raju Alleges Indiscriminate Beating By Police: AP High Court Constitutes Medical Board

Taking into account a Letter alleging indiscriminate beating of Kanumuri Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju, Member of Parliament, by CID police, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday (May 16) constituted a Medical Board to examine him.The Division Bench of Justice C. Praveen Kumar and Justice Lalitha Kanneganti of the High Court constituted a Medical Board headed by...