Calcutta HC Directs State To Hold Dialogue With Jute Industry To Ensure Payment Of Wages To Workmen At Earliest [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to ensure, at the earliest, to the best of their ability the payment of wages to the workmen of the jute industry. The Chief Justice-led bench was hearing a PIL where the anxiety of the petitioners was that the workmen in the jute industry are not receiving their wages. The bench required the State Government acting...

What Steps Taken By Railways To Convert Coaches Into Quarantine Centres?, Bombay HC Asks [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union of India to file an affidavit indicating steps taken by the Western and Central Railway to convert coaches into isolation/quarantine centres while hearing a PIL seeking directions for better control and management of Covid-19 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). A division bench of Chief Justice Dipanakar Datta and Justice MS Karnik...

Vizag Gas Leak: AP HC Permits South Korean Employees Of LG Polymers' Parent Company To Leave India

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday permitted seven South Korean employees of LG Chem Ltd., parent company of LG Polymers India Ltd - which was the source of leak of styrene gas near Vishakhapatnam - to leave India. The permission was granted by the same bench which is hearing the suo moto case registered against LG Polymers, while stating that the South Korean employees do not...

[Maritime Law] Allahabad HC Directs Container Corporation Of India To Decide Upon Levy Of Detention Charges By ICDs During Lockdown

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) to expeditiously decide the issue of levying detention charges/ ground rent by the Inland Container Depots (ICDs), for storage of cargo containers beyond the free period of fourteen days, during the lockdown period. A bench of Justices Sunita Agarwal and Saumitra Dayal Singh on Monday directed...

Delhi HC Stays NCLT Order Initiating Insolvency Proceedings Against An MSME Despite The March 24 Order Which Increased The Jurisdiction Of The Tribunal To 1 Crore [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has stayed an order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal wherein proceedings were initiated against a Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) under Section 9 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. While holding that there's a prima facie case in favour of the Petitioner, the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh relied upon the notification...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Adequate Facilities for Homeless Persons With Mental Illnesses To Deal With COVID19

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking adequate testing and other facilities for homeless persons who are suffering from various forms of mental illnesses. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to the Delhi Government, Union of India, and the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHAB). Filed by Mr Gaurav...

Andhra Pradesh HC Suspends Functioning Till June 28 Due To COVID-19 Outbreak

The High Court on Andhra Pradesh has suspended its functioning till June 28, due to outbreak of COVID-19.The work of Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Unit, Vijayawada,Krishna District, is also suspended till...

Telangana HC Asks State, Railways To Carry Out Immediate Transportation Of Stranded Migrant Workers Under Emergency Quota [Read Order]

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday ensured that migrant workers remaining stranded in the state are transported back by the Railways in the Emergency Quota immediately. As reported in the Times of India, the division bench heard the reasons put forth by South Central Railways counsel Pushpender Kaur, who pleaded inability to provide extra bogies and sufficient berths under emergency quota...

COVID-19 Testing Increased, Ambulances Ramped Up: Delhi Govt Informs Delhi HC

The Delhi Government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it has increased the testing capacity and the fleet of ambulances to deal with the rising number of COVID19 cases in the national capital. The information was given to the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in a suo moto matter concerning the preparedness of Delhi to deal with...

Centre Extends Due Date For Income Tax Returns Of 2019-20 FY Till Nov 30 [Read Notification]

In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliance requirements across sectors due to the outbreak of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), the Government brought the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 on 31st March, 2020 which, inter alia, extended various time limits. In order to provide further relief to...

'Bar On Certain Matters To Be Entertained As PIL Does Not Preclude Court From Doing So In Exercise Of Inherent Powers In Public Interest': Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court last week ruled that even if there is a bar on certain matters to be taken as PIL, there is always discretion available with the Court to do so in exercise of its inherent powers. Moreover, the Chief Justice-led bench has also stated that even persons who are debarred under High Court rules can be entertained to file public interest petitions where allegations...

[Covid-19] Director General Of Tamil Nadu Issues Fresh Guidelines For Arrest/Remand Of Accused [Read Circular]

Following the custodial death of a father-son duo allegedly due to police excesses in Thoothukudi district, the Director General of Tamil Nadu Police has issued fresh guidelines for arrest/remand of accused persons. The guidelines are also aimed at minimizing the spread of Covid-19 within the police department, in the backdrop of several instances whereby the arrestees tested and...