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Karnataka HC Directs State To Extend Relief To Transgenders [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to extend relief under the 'Mythri scheme' for transgenders immediately on receiving applications from all eligible members of the community. . A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice B V Nagarathna gave the direction after it was infomed that "1657 persons of transgender community are getting monthly pension...
Karnataka HC Judges, Officials And Staff Contribute To Covid-19 Relief Fund [Read Press Note]
Judges of the Karnataka High Court, judicial officers and staff working in High court and judicial officers and staff members working in all other courts of the state have contributed over Rs 5,940,112, towards the Covid-19 relief fund. In a press note issued by the Registrar General Rajendra Badamikar states that Chief Justice and other Judges contributed 8,25,000 through cheque...
[Covid19] Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Circular Directing To Issue Average Consumption Electricity Bills In April, Imposes Cost Of Rs 50,000 On Petitioners [Read Order]
Observing that it was an 'abuse of process of law', the Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed challenging a government circular, directing electricity supply companies to issue average consumption bills for the month of April. The court imposed a cost of s 50,000 on the petitioners, which has to be paid within two weeks to the Chief Minister Relief Fund,...
COVID19:"Extend Lockdown & Suspend Summer Vacations" Senior Advocate Dinesh Goswami In Letter To CJI
Senior Advocate Dinesh Kumar Goswami has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, highlighting the dire need for extending the nationwide lockdown to April 30, 2020, in view of the incessant increase in Coronavirus infections PAN India.The letter states, inter alia, that the rate at which the cases of infections have increased in India, especially since March 30, 2020, it...
Consider Starting Rapid Antibody Test For COVID-19 Within 10 Days; Bombay HC Tells Union Health Ministry [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court's bench at Nagpur while conducting a hearing via video conference on Wednesday asked the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to consider starting rapid antibody-based test for COVID-19 considering the results of the said test are obtained in 30 minutes only.Justice AS Chandurkar was hearing a writ petition tagged along with public interest litigation seeking...
Ensure Basic Necessities Are Provided To Stranded Migrants Workers: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to ensure that basic necessities like food, drinking water, medicines, healthcare, and hygienic toilet facilities are provided to migrant workers who have been left stranded for weeks in face of the current lockdown due to the pandemic of COVID-19. Justice AA Sayed heard the PILs filed by Sarva Hara Jan Andolan and Ghar Bachao...
Bombay HC Allows Pune Man To Travel To Assam By Road To Attend Father's Final Rites [Read Order]
In the midst of the ongoing lockdown due to the pandemic of Covid-19, the Bombay High Court via video conferencing on Tuesday permitted one Binny Dholani, a Pune resident to travel by road to Assam to attend the final rites of his father who died of a heart attack on April 5.Justice A K Menon directed Dholani to specify to the concerned authorities while seeking permission for such travel,...
Delhi HC Agrees With High Powered Committee, Allows Release of Under Trial Prisoners On Bail Upon Furnishing A Personal Bond [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has agreed with the decision of the High Powered Committee to do away with sureties and release the under trial prisoners (UTPs) on bail upon furnishing a personal bond. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has noted that: '...in view of the unprecedented prevailing circumstances and the matter of decongesting the prisons...
Undertake Intensive Search Operations To Locate The Persons Who Have Returned From Tablighi Jamaat: Chhattisgarh HC Tells State [Read Order]
The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the state government to undertake "intensive search operations" to locate the persons who have returned from the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi's Nizamuddin, as they may be potential carriers of the COVID-19 infection. While hearing a batch of petitions relating to various issues viz. the COVID-19 pandemic, the court noted that a total of...
Stringent Action Will Be Taken Against Violation Of E-Filing Procedure, Cautions Gujarat HC [Read Order]
Taking strong exception to non-compliance with the E-filing procedure notified by it last month, the Gujarat High Court has cautioned that "stringent action" will be taken against those who do not follow the procedure "scrupulously". The direction was made by Justice Bela M. Trivedi who, while hearing an admiralty suit, noted that the Respondent concerned had filed Affidavit in-reply to...
After A Successful First Attempt, Bombay HC's Justice GS Patel To Make All Hearings Until Apr 14 Publicly Accessible Via Zoom [Read Notice]
Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court will now be hearing all listed cases before him until April 14 via the Zoom app after a first successful attempt on Thursday. Justice Patel heard a total of nine different cases today that were notified yesterday and managed to finish the hearing within two hours. Although there were certain audio issues initially as the hearing was openly...
Calcutta HC: Calcutta HC Issues Directions To Protect Children Lodged In Protection Homes From COVID-19 [Read Order]
"A time has come when we have to make compassion go viral in the months ahead, so that together we wither the storm and emerge stronger. The children need our compassion, attention and support." The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a host of directions to protect children lodged in Protection Homes from the deadly Corona virus. A bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon...