Allahabad HC Stays Single Judge Order Halting Selection Process Of 69,000 Assistant Basic Teachers In UP [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the interim order passed by a single-Judge of the High Court, staying the recruitment process of 69,000 Assistant Basic Teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The order has been passed by a division bench comprising of Justice PK Jaiswal and DK Singh, in a special appeal preferred by the Examination Regulatory Authority, Allahabad. The bench has...

Following HC Rap, Karnataka Govt Withdraws Notification Increasing Working Hours Under Factories Act

The Karnataka Government on Friday told that High Court of Karnataka that it has withdrawn the notification dated May 22, by which the provisions of the Factories Act 1948 governing the working hours of workers were suspended.Notably, the move comes after the HC told the Government on June 9 that it will stay the notification, if the government itself is not withdrawing the same before the...

Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Relaxations Prescribed Under MHA's 'Unlock 1.0' With Cost [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL which had challenged the June 30 order of the Ministry of Home Affairs wherein considerable relaxations from lockdown were operationalised under 'Unlock 1.0'. While disposing off the petition, the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad imposed costs running into ₹20,000. The same shall be deposited to the Delhi High Court...

[Buses For Ferrying Migrants] Allahabad HC Seeks Reply On Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By Priyanka Gandhi's Personal Secretary [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday asked the UP Government to file its reply in the anticipatory bail application filed by Sandeep Singh, personal secretary of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a FIR lodged against him allegedly for forging a list of 1,000 buses that the Congress Party arranged for the UP Government, to bring back migrant workers. The matter was listed before Justice Rajesh...

Madras HC Issues Notice On Plea For Distribution Of Rs. 10,000 As "Monthly Cash Support" To Economically Backward, Labourers / Workers [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL seeking monthly cash assistance for economically backward sections of the society in the state of Tamil Nadu. The Bench comprised by Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R. Suresh Kumar has asked the state Government to file its reply on the matter and has posted the matter for hearing in July. The petition filed by a...

Former Judge Of Bombay HC And Human Right Activist Justice Hosbet Suresh Passes Away

Former Judge of the Bombay High Court and human rights activist, Justice Hosbet Suresh passed away on Thursday, at 91. Justice Suresh began his law practice from the Bombay City Civil Court in 1953. Between 1960 and 1965 he was a part-time professor of Law at the Government Law College, Bombay. He was appointed as a judge of the Bombay City Court in 1968 and was promoted to...

Delhi HC To Hear Contempt Petition Against Delhi Govt & LNJP Hospital For Mishandling Of Covid Affected Dead Bodies

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a contempt petition filed against the Chief Secretary and the Principal Health Secretary of the Delhi Government for flouting the directions issued by the High Court in a suo moto case registered against manhandling of Covid affected patients/ dead bodies. The contempt petition filed by Advocate Avadh Kaushik also states that the...

Amulya Leona Granted Default Bail By Magistrate As Police Fails To File Chargesheet Within Mandated Time

She has been under custody since February 20.

Chhattisgarh HC Restrains Police From Taking Coercive Action Against BJP's Sambit Patra In Firs Over Tweets Against Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi [Read Order]

Granting interim relief to BJP's national spokesperson Sambit Patra, the Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday directed the state Police to not take any "coercive action" against Patra for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups. Patra had moved the High Court, seeking quashing of the two FIRs registered against him for the alleged offences of defamation,...

Delhi HC Directs All The Private Hospitals That Are Called Upon To Reserve 20% Beds For COVID Patients To Also Conduct Tests Of Those Seeking Admission For Non-COVID Procedures [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed all the private hospitals in Delhi that have been called upon to reserve 20% beds for admitting COVID-19 patients, are equipped with labs to conduct the COVID-19 test and have the sanction of the ICMR to do so, should proceed to conduct tests on symptomatic/asymptomatic persons, who seek admission in the hospital for undergoing surgeries/procedures of...

Delhi HC Constitutes Committee of Doctors To Inspect The Feasibility of Converting Certain Hotels Into COVID Facilities [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee of Doctors to inspect the feasibility of certain hotels to be used as extended COVID hospitals by the Delhi Government. To check whether using these hotels as COVID facilities would have any adverse effect on the staff working therein, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has asked the said committee to look into the matter and submit a...

'Transporting Migrant Workers Fast Is In The Interest Of State": Telangana HC Prescribes Ear-Marking Of 2-3 Bogies In Each Train For Migrants, And Provide More Shramik Trains [Read Order]

"It will be in the interest of State, to transport the migrant workers as soon as possible out of the State", observed the Telangana High Court on Wednesday."For, while the migrant workers are within the borders of our State, it is the duty of the State to look after their personal, and physical needs, which undoubtedly imposes a great financial burden on the State exchequer", the...