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Allahabad HCBA Write To Chief Justice Seeking Clarifications On E-Filing Notice; Urge For Leniency Until Advocates Adopt To Digitalization [Read Letter]
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has sought certain clarifications with regard to the E-filing procedure notified by the Registry last week. In a letter addressed to Chief Justice Govind Mathur, the HCBA has sought clarity as to what matters constitute "urgent matters" and whether all bail/ anticipatory bail applications would alone be treated as urgent for...
Bombay HC Orders Exclusion Of Lockdown Duration From 90-Days Period For NPA Declaration [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has passed an interim order that the lockdown period must be excluded from computing the 90 day period for declaring a loan account as Non-Performing Asset(NPA).The loan account was already on default on March 1, 2020, the date from which the moratorium advised by the Reserve Bank of India as part of COVID-19 relief package is applicable.The petitioner in the case...
Whether Offence Punishable With Imprisonment Which 'May Extend To Three Years' Cognizable or Non-Cognisable?- Rajasthan HC Refers To Larger Bench [Read Order]
The Rajasthan High Court is set to consider the question of law, "What would be the nature of an offence (whether cognisable or non-cognisable) for which imprisonment 'may extend to three years' is provided and no stipulation is made in the statute regarding it being cognisable/non-cognisable?" A Single Judge of Court last week required the matter to be placed before a Larger Bench...
Union Home Ministry Writes To State Govts For Compliance Of SC Directions On Migrant Workers
The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to all States/Union Territories for compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court with regard to the welfare of migrant labourers who have been housed at relief shelters/camps across the country in wake of the national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The direction from the MHA comes a day before the pleas filed by activists Harsh...
Patiala House Court Issues Further Guidelines On Hearing Urgent Matters Through Video Conferencing [Read Order]
Patiala House Court has decided to conduct hearings on urgent matters through video conferencing. The decision has been taken in pursuance of the order of the Supreme Court in a suo moto matter, dated 06/04/20, which had directed for initiating video conferencing in district courts. The Computer Branch of the Patiala House Court has been directed by the District and...
Karnataka Govt. Informs HC About The Steps Taken To Ensure Welfare of Animals in Zoos [Read Submission]
The State Government on Thursday tendered its written submission to the Karnataka High Court in which it enumerated steps being taken to ensure welfare of animals in Zoos and that of captive elephants owned by the Government as well as private persons, including temples and Mutt. Zoos have been included in the list of essential services by the Ministry of Home Affairs. There are...
Allahabad HC Notifies Benches For Hearing Urgent Cases Between April 15-17; Issues Post-Lockdown Protocol To Be Followed AT All Courts/ Tribunals [Read Notifications]
The Allahabad has constituted 2 Division Benches and 12 Single Benches, including 3 e-Courts, to hear extremely urgent cases between April 15 and April 17, 2020, i.e. when the nationwide lockdown is expected to be relaxed. The benches have been constituted with prior approval of the Chief Justice, keeping in view the huge number of filings taking place every day. The list of benches...
Delhi HC Denies Bail To Accused Who Wanted To Support His Family As Father Is Quarantined Due To COVID19 [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has denied interim bail to a person who wanted to take care of his family in Bijnor as his father has been quarantined due to COVID19 and can't support the family. While denying the bail, the Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait reasoned that the Petitioner's father has already completed 7 days in quarantine and he is left with only 7 more days for the quarantine...
Lockdown: Order For Release Of Seized Vehicles On Undertaking Is Applicable Only To Senior Citizens & Handicapped Persons, Clarifies Orissa HC [Read Order]
In the context of an order passed by it for relaxing the ban on two wheeler vehicles amid the lockdown, the bench of Acting Chief Justice S. Panda and Justice Biswanath Rath of the Orissa High Court has clarified that its direction for release of seized vehicles by obtaining undertaking from motorcycle users thrice is applicable to Senior Citizens and Handicapped persons only. On...
Senior Adv. Vivek Tankha Writes To President About 'One Man Govt Without Cabinet' In MP Amid COVID19; Seeks Presidential Rule
Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha has written a letter to the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind regarding the "unconstitutional" governance of Madhya Pradesh without a Cabinet at a time when the pandemic is leading to constant daily deaths in the State. Mr. Tankha highlights the fact that a one-man government is functioning in Madhya Pradesh, without a Cabinet and...
Corporate Contributions Towards CM Relief Funds/ State Relief Funds For COVID-19 Do Not Qualify As CSR Expenditure, Clarifies MCA [Read FAQs]
The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Friday clarified that contributions made to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund or State Relief Fund for COVID-19 do not qualify as admissible CSR expenditure under the Companies Act, as they do not find mention in Schedule VII of the Act. "spending CSR funds for COVID-19 related activities shall qualify as CSR expenditure. It is...
Rajasthan HC Allows Termination Of Sex-Worker's Pregnancy, Deeming Her Akin To Victim Of Rape [Read Judgment]
Treating her mental agony to be equal to that of a victim of rape, the Rajasthan High Court on Friday allowed the plea of a forced sex-worker to abort her foetus. Moreover, the Single Judge said, "If the child in womb is allowed to be born, his/her mental agony will be no less. He/she will always be reminded of petitioner's past and the fact that his/her paternity is not known, will continue...