Delhi HC Has Issued Notice In Plea Seeking Protection Of Senior Citizens During COVID19 Pandemic

Delhi High Court has issued notice in plea seeking special protection of senior citizens during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to both the Centre as well as the Delhi Government. Filed by Mr Gaurav Gambhir, the petition wants the court to issue directions to the Central Government,...

Ensure Maximum Benefit For Poor; Don't Wait For Court Directions: Rajasthan HC Tells Food Corporation Of India

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to the National Disaster Management Authority and the Food Corporation of India in a petition seeking distribution of food grains to the needy and poor under the National Food Security Act, 2013. A bench comprised by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Satish Kumar Sharma has asked the Respondents to file their replies in the...

Calcutta HC Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till September 30 [Read Order]

In a case registered suo moto, a Full Bench of the Calcutta High Court has extended the subsistence of all the interim orders passed by it and the courts subordinate to it till September 30, 2020, provided they were subsisting on March 16. The order is passed in the backdrop of "non-availability of access to Courts", due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and is also applicable...

Delhi HC Asks Advocate Welfare Fund Trust and Bar Council of Delhi to Prepare A Report On Providing Assistance To Advocates Suffering Due To COVID19

The Delhi High Court has asked the Advocates Welfare Fund Trust and Bar Council of Delhi to submit a report stating a roadmap on how to address the financial hardship faced by advocates due to COVID19. While highlighting that the writ of mandamus cannot be issued to a Trust for doing charity, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan requested both...

Plea In NGT For Cancellation Of License Of Reliance Owned Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project, For Dumping Fly Ash In Rihand Reservoir [Read Petition]

Supreme Court Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey has moved the NGT seeking cancellation of license of Reliance owned Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project, for deliberately throwing industrial garbage in the Rihand Reservoir, the only source of drinking water for people living in MP's Singrauli and UP's Sonebhadra districts. The Petitioner had earlier approached the Tribunal seeking implementation...

Notary Who Acts Contrary To Procedure Under Notaries Act Can't Claim Immunity From Prosecution: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has recently held that protection from prosecution under Section 13 of the Notaries Act, 1952 shall not be available to a notary that does not comply with the statutory procedure laid down under the Act. Section 13 of the Act stipulates that "no court shall take cognizance of any offence committed by a notary in the exercise or purported exercise of his...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging The Ban On Exports Of PPE Kits And Disposable Masks [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the restrictions imposed by the Central Government on the export of PPE kits and face masks. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has issued notices to the Ministry of Commerce, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of External Affairs and to the Delhi Government. Filed by an MSME named...

PIL Filed By An Unregistered Body Is Not Maintainable: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has held that a Public Interest Litigation filed by an unregistered body is not maintainable.The bench of the Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly dismissed a PIL filed by "Prathyasa Mental Health Counselling forum". The forum had challenged a notification issued by the Transport Department, Government of Kerala relaxing the lock-down restrictions...

Clerks Serve A Crucial Role; Indispensable To Smooth Functioning of Entire Institution: Delhi HC

In a plea seeking financial aid for clerks working for the Bar, the Delhi High Court has observed that the members of the Delhi High Court Bar Clerks Association serve a crucial role and are so intrinsically linked to the work discharged by the Bar that they are indispensable to the smooth functioning of this entire institution.While considering the suggestion of constituting a fund to help...

Considering Covid-19 Situation & Age Of Two Accused, Bombay HC Grants Transit Bail In A Case Rgistered At Haryana [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted transit anticipatory bail to three accused in a First Information Report registered at Rewari, Haryana on allegations of cheating and committing breach of trust after considering the age of two of the accused and the situation around the Covid-19 pandemic due to which they cannot travel to Haryana immediately. Justice SK Shinde was hearing...

Karnataka HC Issues Notice On Law Students' Plea To Do Away With Moot Courts, Internships Amid COVID19

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the Bar Council of India and other respondents on the plea filed by two law students, seeking directions to dispense the mandatory regulations for all final year students of Five Year Law Course, to engage themselves in moot courts, internships, pre-trial preparation etx, for the academic year 2019-20. A division bench of Chief Justice...

Court Staff Arrested For Allegedly Raping Woman Within Delhi Court Premises

The Delhi police arrested on Tuesday a Court staff for allegedly raping a woman within the premises of Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi, reported the New Indian Express.The accused has been arrested and identified as Rajendra Singh, a resident of Kalyanpuri area."The complainant has alleged that Singh raped her in Court no. 308," a senior police official said.On June 22, a PCR call informed the...