Second Covid Wave-Gauhati High Court Directs Authorities To Release Foreigner Detenues Who Have Completed Two Years Of Detention

The Gauhati High Court on Monday modified its last year order in the suo moto writ petition concerning covid situation in the State and directed the authorities to release the foreigner detenues who have completed their two years of detention on their personal bond of Rs. 5,000 and one surety instead of two sureties owing to the exceptional circumstances of second covid wave. A division...

COVID19- SCBA Announces General Assistance Scheme For Lawyers' Families In Case Of Untimely Death/ Critical Illness

The Supreme Court Bar Association has announced a 'General Assistance Scheme 2021' to support the bereaved and financially unstable families of such lawyers who pass away at an early age. The assistance will also be extended to such members who are financially constrained and undergo surgery or are treated for critical illness. Eligible members may send their application...

'This Is Infringement Of Right To Privacy': Chandigarh Lok Adalat Imposes Rs. 37,000/- Fine On BSNL For Not Stopping Promotional Messages In DND Service

A Permanent Lok Adalat Court in Chandigarh has directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to compensate one of its users on account of its failure to stop promotional messages being sent on his number, despite DND service. "It is a case of infringement of right to privacy of the applicant, who has categorically registered his mobile number as DND for the unsolicited commercial calls...

Delhi High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Journalist Varun Hiremath in Rape Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to Mumbai TV journalist Varun Hiremath, accused of raping a 22 year old woman in National Capital in connection with the FIR lodged in Chanakyapuri Police Station. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta has allowed the petition filed by Varun.The Court had granted interim protection from arrest to Hiremath last month on...

Bombay High Court Asks Lawyer To Make Test Call To Pune COVID Control Room To Check Bed Availability

After a test call was made to the COVID control room of Pune, the Bombay High Court was informed that there were no ventilator beds available in Pune.A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni was dealing with the Covid -19 situation in Pune, as it has earlier observed that the active cases in Pune are more than double of the active cases in Mumbai.Pune...

Corpses Floating In Ganga : Patna High Court Seeks Response Of Buxar, Kaimur District Commissioners On Disposal Of Bodies

The Patna High Court on Wednesday sought response of Commissioner of the Districts Buxar and Kaimur with regard to disposal of the dead bodies found flowing in the river Ganga in view of the second Covid wave.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar directed thus:"The affidavit of the Commissioner of the District Buxar and Kaimur with regard to disposal of...

How Politicians & Celebrities Distribute COVID Drugs When State Faces Shortage?Bombay High Court Asks

The Bombay High Court asked the State to respond to an interim application demonstrating how investigational drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizubam are being procured and distributed by politicians and celebrities while the State continues to complain about a shortage in official supply. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a PIL on Covid-19 management...

COVID19 : Karnataka High Court Extends Time For Rectification Of Office Objections

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday restored the proceedings in the public interest litigation initiated on its own to address various legal and technical issues that arose before the district and trial courts, from June 1 2020, when they started 'limited functioning', in the state. The court had by an order dated January 15, observing that "We hope that in the future this court...

Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Respond On Fixing MRP Of Covid-19 Equipments To Fight Black Marketing

Upon the submission of Mehra, a Division Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Vipin Sanghi of the Delhi High Court today directed Adv. Sanjeev Sagar who was leading submissions on the issue, to prepare a 1-page note on black marketing & hoarding of Covid-19 equipments.The court also directed him to circulate the same for it to be taken up by the Delhi government counsels with various...

"Problem Is In Delhi As Both Centre & State Think It Is Theirs": Delhi High Court On Covid-19 Management In Capital

Hearing a batch of pleas on various aspects of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital, the Delhi High Court which has been hearing the pleas for nearly 3 weeks now, today remarked, "The problem is in Delhi because both Centre and State think Delhi is theirs."To this, Sr. Adv. Rahul Mehra, responded stating that the Centre should not just think but also "act like Delhi...

Allahabad High Court Constitutes Committee To Enquire Treatment Given To Justice V. K. Srivastava Who Succumbed To COVID

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (May 11) constituted a Fact-finding committee to conduct an enquiry into the treatment administered to late Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava, who succumbed to the COVID-19 virus last month, and submit the report to the Court within two weeks.Earlier, on May 4, the Allahabad High Court had sought a response from the State health authorities about the...

Bihar Judicial Academy Organizes Online Condolence Meeting In Memory Of 5 Judicial Officers Who Succumbed To Covid-19

The Bihar Judicial Academy on Tuesday organized an online condolence meeting in the memory of the following five Judicial Officers that it lost to Covid-19 virus. 1) Late Durgesh Mani Tripathy, then Principle Judge, Family Court, Muzaffarpur. 2) Late Piyush Kumar Srivastava, then ADJ, Rohtas at Sasaram. 3) Late Amit Kumar Tiwary, then Sub Judge ACJM Patna. 4) Late Manish...