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Provide Free Of Cost Ration, Food and Medicines To Transgenders : Telangana HC To State Govt [Read Order]
The Telangana High Court has directed the state government to provide food, ration and medicines to the transgender community free of cost and without insisting on a ration card. A division bench of Justice Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy gave the direction on April 27, while hearing a petition filed by Vyjayanti Mogli. The court said "The...
Justice Vijaysen Reddy Sworn In As Judge of Telangana HC
Justice Vijaysen Reddy was sworn-in as a judge of Telangana High Court on Saturday.The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification regarding his appointment on Friday.With this appointment, the strength of the High Court judges reaches 14 as against the sanctioned strength of 24.Vijaysen Reddy was born in Hyderabad on August 22, 1970. His father, late Justice B Subhashan Reddy, was...
P&H HC Launches Project For Preparation Of Face Masks In Jail
Following the footsteps of other jails in the country during the ongoing lockdown due to COVID 19, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently launched a project under which the jail inmates of Patiala Central jail would prepare face masks for the needy persons. Justice Rajan Gupta, Administrative judge of Sessions Division, Patiala who is also Chairman of jail committee has launched...
Delhi HC Issues Notices On Plea Against Extension Of Training Period Of Final Year Postdoctoral Medical Students Due To Lockdown; Denies Interim Relief [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court recently issued notices to the Central Government and the National Board of Examination in a plea against extension of training period of Post Doctoral Medical Students purportedly due to the nationwide lockdown. While hearing the case via video-conferencing, the bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar refused to grant any ad interim relief to the Petitioner-students...
Plea Moved in HC Seeking Action Against Delhi Minorities Commission Chairman For Allegedly Making Threatening Remarks Against Hindus [Read Petition]
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking action against the Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission, Zafar-ul Islam Khan, for allegedly making inflammatory and threatening statements against the Hindu community. Moved through Advocate Siddharth Acharya, the petition cites a Facebook post put up by Zafar-ul Islam Khan on April 28 which allegedly referred to...
National Lockdown: NLU-D Launches E-Library For Providing "Uninterrupted Access" To Legal Information Resources To The Legal Fraternity [Read Press Note]
The National Law University, Delhi has launched an E-Library for providing "uninterrupted access" to legal information resources to its students and the legal industry amid the nationwide lockdown. The Justice TPS Chawla Library established at NLU-D offers information services to its students and faculty members with the help of ICT techniques. This has enabled the access of subscription based databases through Digital Access Portal to its students and faculty members from outside...
'Govt Duty Bound To Act Fairly In Matters Of Appointment Of Govt Law Officers': Allahabad HC Quashes Order Disengaging District Govt Counsels [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed several Government Orders disengaging the District Government Counsels in the State. Separate orders were passed in each of the seven writ petitions, unvaryingly observing that the impugned Government Orders were bad in law for "total non-application of mind". "We have examined the records and after being satisfied that the record...
Lodging Of Petitioners In Quarantine Centre To Avoid Spread Of Covid-19 Impact Is Not Illegal Confinement: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has elucidated that a person kept in quarantine by the authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be said to be in "illegal confinement/ detention". The bench of Justice Lalit Batra thus dismissed a Habeas Corpus petition filed for release of two residents of Assam and Bihar respectively, who had been quarantined by the authorities in Haryana,...
Centre Appoints 3 Advocates As Additional Judges Of Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]
The Central Government has notified the appointment of three Advocates as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. They are: Boppudi Krishna MohanKanchireddy Suresh ReddyKanneganti Lalithakumari alias Lalitha They will assume their respective offices in the above order of seniority. The SC Collegium had recommended their elevation as such vide...
Centre Appoints Advocate BV Reddy As Judge Of Telangana HC [Read Notification]
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Bollampally Vijaysen Reddy as a Judge of the Telangana High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended to elevate him vide resolution dated April 20. Read...
Centre Appoints Advocate Aniruddha Roy As Additional Judge Of Calcutta HC [Read Notification]
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Aniruddha Roy as an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court, for a period of two years. The Supreme Court Collegium had reiterated its recommendation to elevate him as a judge in January this year. Earlier, the Collegium had recommended his name vide resolution dated October 24, 2018. However, the Centre did not...