'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...

Bombay HC Grants Bail To Nine Citizens Of Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan Accused Of Violating Visa Conditions By Indulging In "Tabligh Activities" [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to nine citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan accused of violating their visa condition by indulging in "Tabligh Activities" in Gadhchiroli district of Maharashtra. Justice Manish Pitale of the Nagpur bench was hearing a bail application filed by Batyrov Shukratbek and others who were arrested on April 29 after an FIR was registered...

Safoora Zargar's Detention Against International Law Standards : American Bar Association Appeals For Her Immediate Release

The pre-trial detention of Safoora Zargar does not appear to meet the standards of international law, including treaties to which India is a state-party, said the Center for Human Rights, American Bar Association."International law, including treaties to which India is a State party, only permit pre-trial detention under narrow circumstances which do not appear to have been met in Ms....

All India People Front Moves Allahabad HC Against Govt Order Restricting Treatment of Non-Covid Patients to "Emergency Cases Only"

The All India People Front has moved the Allahabad High Court against a Government notification restricting all the Government Hospitals, Private Hospitals and the Nursing Homes in the State from opening the OPD and treating the non-COVID patients. On March 31, 2020, the State Government had issued a notification whereby inter alia, the Government Hospitals, Private Hospitals and...

Madras HC Directs Govt To File Counter In DMK's Plea Seeking Permission To Land International Flights Carrying Stranded Indians In The State [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Friday issued notices to the Union of India and the state Government in a PIL filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), seeking necessary permissions/clearance for landing of international aircrafts, carrying Indians stranded abroad, at the Chennai International Airport. The bench comprised by Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R. Suresh Kumar has asked...

Limitation Period To Apply For Probate Starts From The Date Which Dispute Arises Or When It Becomes Necessary To Apply: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

"The right to apply accrues not from the date of death of the testator but from which the dispute arises or when it becomes necessary to apply for grant of probate. "

[COVID-19] Plea In Calcutta HC Challenges Reopening Of Religious Places ; Says 'Non Essential Activities Must Be Discouraged'

Questioning the rationale of the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing the reopening of religious places of worship with effect from June 8, a Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court.Filed by lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal, the petition stated that decision is "unnecessary, arbitrary and against the maintenance of public order and health"The petitioner states that...

'Treat It As A Representation': Delhi HC Tells Delhi Govt In Plea Seeking Proper Segregation Of COVID and Non-COVID Patients In Private Hospitals

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to treat as representation a plea seeking adequate segregation of COVID and non-COVID patients before taking over private hospitals for COVID facilities. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan gave liberty to the Petitioner to move the present plea as a representation before the Delhi Government...

'Parotas' Are Not Ready To Eat Food Items Unlike 'Roti': AAR Karnataka Orders Levy Of 18% GST On Parotas [Read Order]

Differentiating between "roti" and "parota", the Authority for Advance Ruling, Karnataka has held that the latter does not qualify as "completely cooked food" and therefore, GST at the rate of 18% is leviable on the same. The bench comprised by Dr. Ravi Prasad MP (Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes) and Mashhood ur Rehman Farooqui (Joint Commissioner of Central Tax)...

Delhi HC Rejects Plea Seeking Court To Prevent Private Hospitals From Charging Exorbitant Fee For COVID19 Treatment

Delhi High Court has refused to issue directions in a plea seeking court's intervention in preventing private hospitals from charging exorbitant fee for COVID19 treatment. While disposing of the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that the court cannot pass any direction on this matter at this stage. Filed by Advocate...

Bombay HC Reserves Verdict On Arnab Goswami's Plea Seeking Quashing Of Two FIRs Against Him, Likely To Be Pronounced On June 19

The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its verdict in Arnab Goswami's application for quashing of two FIRs filed against him on allegations of inciting religious groups through his shows on Republic TV and Republic Bharat about the Palghar Mob lynching incident and the incident of migrants gathering outside of Bandra Station during lockdown. Division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan...

Aargoya Setu Installation Not Mandatory For Travel By Air, Rail : Centre Tells Karnataka HC

The Central Government on Friday clarified to the Karnataka High Court that it is not mandatory for a person wishing to travel by Air or Rail to install the Aarogya Setu application on mobile phone and that its use was voluntary. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice E S Indiresh was informed by Additional Solicitor General (AGS) M B Nargund that :"A person can travel by...