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Stop 'Intimate Terrorism': Plea In Delhi HC Against Increase In Domestic Violence And Child Abuse Cases During Lockdown
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Delhi High Court seeks immediate steps to ameliorate the deplorable conditions being faced by victims of domestic violence and child abuse who are stranded with their abusers amid the nationwide lockdown.The petition urges the Court to take cognizance of the issue and devise methods to address the same in light of data that shows an increase in cases...
Civil Society Members Including Former Judges Condemn FIR Against Wire And Siddharth Varadarajan By UP Police [Read Statement]
Over 3500 academicians, jurists, artists and writers have expressed their shock at the action of the UP Police under CM Yogi Adityanath in filing criminal charges against The Wire and Siddharth Varadarajan, one of its founding Editors. The statement issued condemns the "attack on media freedom, especially during COVID-19 crisis" as it endangers not just the aspect of free speech,...
Gauhati HC Issues Procedure For Filing & Hearing Of Urgent Cases Via Video Conferencing [Read Notification]
In view of extension of the lockdown, the Gauhati High Court has decided to hear only urgent matters through video conferencing via Vidyo app until May 3. The cases will be heard by the Judges at the principal seat at Guahati in rooms equipped with VC facilities. In this regard the High Court has intimated that only those Advocates who have internet connection with bandwidth of not...
Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Newsreport Regarding Death Of A Leopard Due To Alleged Negligence Of Forest Dept Officials [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court's bench at Aurangabad on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a news report published by the Lokmat News Network on April 15 itself pertaining to the alleged callousness, negligence and lack of sensitivity by the employees of the Forest Department while capturing a leopard at village Thergaon in Aurangabad district, resultantly causing the leopard's death.Justice RV...
Plea Moved In Delhi HC For Migrant Workers Left Without Food And Shelter Amid Lockdown
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court highlighting the plight of the persons who have been rendered homeless in the Kashmiri Gate area, and seeking solutions for the same. Filed by Sunil Kumar Aledia, the plea highlights various areas of Delhi which are concentrated areas of homeless workers. The Petitioner has submitted that due to the joblessness created by nationwide...
Aviation Ministry Directs Airlines To Give Full Refund For Cancellation Of Flight Tickets Booked During Lockdown
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed the airlines to give full refund to the customers seeking cancellation of the flight tickets booked - both domestic and international - during the lockdown period.The advisory said the following :Full refund without cancellation charges for cancellation of a ticket booked during the first lockdown period (March 25 to April 14) for travel during the...
COVID 19- Punjab And Haryana HC Grants 3 Months' Interim Bail To NDPS Case Accused To Look After Newborn [Read Order]
On account of the COVID outbreak, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted three months' interim bail to a woman prisoner, arrested under the NDPS Act, to look after her new-born child delivered while in custody. The High Court noted that even the charges against her stand framed in December 2019 and till date, no prosecution witness has been examined, which shows that in...
'Zoom' Video Conferencing App Not A Safe Platform : MHA Advisory
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory stating that 'Zoom' app for videoconferencing is not a 'safe platform'.The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord), under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has issued an advisory on secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform by private individuals. This advisory states that the platform is not for use by Government officers/officials for...
Madras HC Seeks Govt Response On Plea Against Communalization Of COVID-19
The Madras High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Centre and Tamil Nadu Government in petition filed to stop the communalization of COVID-19 spread in the wake of Tablighi Jamaath incident.Filed by the State General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India (SPDI), Umar Farook, the petition claims that the incident involving 2000 'Tablighi Jamaat' members at 'Markaz...
Bombay HC To Conduct Hearings Via Zoom In Urgent Matters Until May 5 [Read Notice]
Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court BP Dharmadhikari has nominated several judges at the Principal bench, Nagpur bench and Aurangabad bench to conduct hearings through video conferencing with the Zoom App until May 5.Justice GS Patel was the first judge at the High Court to conduct hearing through the said application and live stream the proceedings.Hearings will take place on five...
All Interim Orders Of Bombay HC And Subordinate Courts To Continue Till June 15 [Read Order]
With the extension of nationwide lockdown till May 3 in order to combat the coronavirus, the Bombay High Court has now extended all interim orders passed by it or courts subordinate to it till June 15.The coram of Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari, Justice AA Sayed, Justice SS Shinde and Justice KK Tated passed the order on Wednesday.The bar was represented by Advocate General AA Kumbhakoni,...