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No Gloves & Two Drops Of Sanitizer; Petition Highlights Plight Of Workers Of Navi Mumbai Civic Body, Bombay HC Seeks Reply [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) the total number of face masks, hand gloves, hand sanitizers procured and the cost paid for procuring each of these items. Court has also asked the civic body to disclose how often these masks, gloves etc are replenished. Justice SJ Kathawalla was hearing a writ petition filed by Samaj...
"Inhuman & Callous"; Bombay HC Directs Payment Of Wages To Gardeners As CIDCO Makes Them Work During Lockdown Without Pay & Protective Gear [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sharply rebuked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra for making gardeners working for them for several years, work during the lockdown without pay and without protective gear despite an award by the Industrial Tribunal against them in 2018 effectively making gardeners permanent employees. Justice SJ Kathawalla heard the...
[Default Bail] Madras HC Constitutes DB To Settle Conflicting Views On Applicability Of SC Order Extending Limitation On Section 167(2) CrPC
The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice AP Sahi has constituted a division bench for answering a reference as to whether the Supreme Court's order dated March 23 In Re: Cognizance For Extension Of Limitation, for extension of limitation during the lockdown period, is applicable to police investigation under Section 167(2) of the CrPC for default bail. The reference has...
Allahabad HC Lucknow Bench Enables Persons Desirous Of Opposing Any Application To Join VC Proceedings [Read Notice]
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has intimated that all person desirous of opposing any application before the High Court may send a request for the same on prescribed emails. The email has to be sent latest by 8pm a day prior to the date of hearing, pursuant to which, video link for the concerned proceedings will be provided to them. The notice issued to this...
Ex SCBA President Writes To CJI Urging SC To Not Conduct Single Judge Hearings In Bail Matters
Senior Advocate and former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Rupinder Singh Suri has written to the 5 Senior most judges of the Supreme Court urging the Apex Court against carrying out its decision of a Single Judge Bench from hearing bail matters. Since the Supreme Court is the Highest Court of Justice, and the final frontier after which no appeal is possible, Suri in...
'Several Sections Of Society Affected By COVID-19': Karnataka HC Observes On 'Gig Workers' Plea For Protection
While saying that the Court cannot direct the State to make a law or the protection of 'gig workers', the High Court of Karnataka said that they may submit a representation before the government for protection. "Several sections of the society have been adversely affected by COVID-19. If the category of gig workers have no protection, it is for them to make appropriate representation to...
Condition To Deposit Amount In PM CARES Fund For Granting Bail Is Improper: Madhya Pradesh HC Concurs With Kerala HC [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday set aside the bail condition imposed by a local court that the petitioners should deposit an amount of Rs 25,000/- each, towards the PM CARES Fund. Two Bhopal residents Fahad Ahmed and Hafiz M Haseen had moved the High Court seeking quashing of this bail condition, on the strength of recent order passed by the Kerala High Court in...
Application For Anticipatory Bail Is Maintainable Even After An Accused Is Declared "Absconder": Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]
"No bar can exist against a person seeking anticipatory bail." The Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday observed that declaration of an accused as an "absconder" under Section 82 of CrPC does not preclude him from filing an application for seeking anticipatory bail. The state government had contested the maintainability of the anticipatory bail application...
Raj HC Inquires From Government About Provision For Return Of 19 Lakh Migrants Stranded In Other States [Read Order]
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday inquired from the state government about the provisions for the return of over 19 lakh migrant workers presently stranded in Gujarat and some south-Indian states. The Division Bench of the Principal Bench at Jodhpur granted the Rajasthan government a day's time to respond, upon the request of the Additional Advocate General. The matter will now be heard...
Stone Pelting On Cops Stopping Religious Procession During Lockdown: Bombay HC Directs Priest To Deposit 10K To CM's Relief Fund, Grants Bail [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted ad-interim bail to a 65-year-old man who performed pooja at a religious ceremony held in Solapur, Maharashtra in presence of villagers gathered to attend the ceremony in violation of the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Court asked him to deposit Rs.10,000 to the Chief Minister's relief fund. Justice Sadhna Jadhav was hearing...
CJAR Urges Supreme Court To Hold Centre More Accountable, Change Process Of Listing Of 'Urgent' Cases, Live Stream Proceedings
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has written to the Supreme Court of India raising concerns about the functioning of the Supreme Court during the current lockdown and changes that need to be made in various aspects of its functioning. Calling the apex court's response to issue of rights of migrant labour, curbs on 4G internet in Kashmir or in important...
SC Collegium Recommends Elevation of Kerala HC Registrar K Haripal as Judge of HC [Read Statement ]
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Shri K. Haripal, Judicial Officer, as Judge of the Kerala High Court.K Haripal is currently working as Registrar of Kerala High CourtRead The Statement...