Telangana HC Suspends Functioning Of Courts Till June 30

In the light of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, the Telangana High Court has issued a circular to extend the suspension of work of subordinate courts, tribunals etc in the State till June 30, until further orders.The cases which are listed up to June 30 will be adjourned automatically en bloc to a working day after one month, which will be uploaded in the District Court website as well as...

Delhi HC And Subordinate Courts To Continue Restrictive Functioning Till June 30 [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided to continue with the current mode of restricted functioning in light of the extension of the nationwide lockdown. As per the decision taken by the Administrative and Supervision Committee of the Delhi High Court, the restrictive functioning of the courts subordinate to the High Court will also be extended till June 30. It has also been ordered that all...

Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL For Excavation Of And Preservation Of Buddhist 'Remains' Allegedly Unearthed From Ram Janmabhoomi Campus [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to preserve the "remains" whatever found at the site of proposed "Ram Janm Bhoomi Mandir Campus" Ayodhya during the leveling of the said site. On the basis of a news item published in the daily 'Hindustan' on 21st May, 2020, it was submitted before the Division Bench that the petitioners came to know that during...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Increase The Number of Beds And Ventilators For COVID Patients [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to increase the number of the beds and ventilators for COVID19 patients so that all COVID patients in need can get these facilities. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan further directed the Delhi Government to look into the suggestions given by Delhi Medical Association in their press...

Manipur HC Pulls Up Lady Cop For Her 'Contemptuous' FB Post Against Judiciary; Issues Notice To 20 FB Account Holders [Read Order]

The Manipur High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against a woman cop who allegedly posted derogatory, defamatory and contemptuous remark in her face book account against Judiciary. Thounaojam Brinda, an officer of Manipur Police Service, had made some comments in the social media platform after a NDPS Case accused was granted bail by the Court of Narcotic Drugs and...

Hubli Sedition Case : Three Kashmiri Students Released On Default Bail After 100 Days Of Custody [Read Order]

A Judicial Magistrate First Class, in Hubli, recently granted default bail to three Kashmiri students who were arrested in a sedition case over allegedly posting pro-pakistan videos on social media. The accused Basit Aashiq Sofi, (22), Talib Majeed, (20) and Amir Mohi Uddin Wani, (20), have walked out of prison after being behind bars for over 100 days. The magistrate court...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Franklin Templeton's Decision To Wind Up 6 Debt Funds

The Delhi HC has issued notice to the Trustee and Asset Management Company of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund and also to SEBI on a writ petition challenging the Winding Up notice issued by the Mutual Fund to close its 6 debt fundsThe petition filed by Amruta Garg also challenges a consequent notice issued for E-voting. Challenge has also been made to SEBI's Mutual Fund Regulations. Petitioner...

Allahabad HC Seeks UP Assembly's Reply In Plea Seeking Disposal Of Pending Disqualification Proceeding [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by Congress Leader for the state of Uttar Pradesh, Deepak Singh, seeking forthwith disposal of disqualification proceedings pending against former Congress MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh, who switched to BJP in 2018. The bench comprised by Justices Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dinesh Kumar Singh has asked the...

Bar Council Of Delhi Opposes Centre's Proposal To Decriminalize Dishonour Of Cheques Under Sec 138 NI Act, Other Economic Offences

The Bar Council of Delhi has opposed the Central Government's decision to decriminalize minor economic offences, stating that the same will cause rampant "institutional damage". In a letter address to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Setharaman, Co-chairman of the Council, Sanjay Rathi, has said that the proposal to decriminalize 39 provisions contained in 19 different Acts...

Delhi HC Directs Payment Of Doctors' Salaries After Taking Suo Moto Cognizance On Media Reports

After taking suo moto cognizance of the matter, the Delhi High Court has directed the North DMC to disburse salaries of resident doctors of Kasturba Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital which have been pending since March 2020. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has set it the following schedule for the payment of salaries: 'so far as...

Bombay HC Advises Citizens To Stay Indoors, Quotes Nehru's "Tryst With Destiny" Speech, Asks State To Consider Increasing Public Healthcare Budget [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday passed several directions while hearing a batch of PILs and petition raising various issues regarding the state of public health care amidst the pandemic of Covid-19 in the State of Maharashtra. Court asked the State to consider increasing budgetary allocation for public healthcare and advised citizens to 'serve' or perform 'seva' to others by...

'Prison Service Cannot Be Equated With Normal Service': Calcutta HC Holds Prisoners To Not Be Governed By Minimum Wages Act [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that prisoners in the state of West Bengal are not to be governed by the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and the rates fixed under such provisions by the appropriate government as minimum wages. "Prison service cannot exactly be equated with normal service, outside incarceration. There are certain distinctly discerning features in the...