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P&H HC Grants Emergency Parole To NDPS Convict To Perform Funeral Rites Of Father
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted emergency parole to a prisoner for the performance of his father's last rites in a case which was taken up through video conferencing. The petition, filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 3 of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988, sought for the release of the Petitioner...
Calcutta HC Switches To "Microsoft Teams" For Hearing Extremely Urgent Matters Via Video-Conferencing [Read Notification]
It may be noted that the Calcutta High Court has switched to "Microsoft Teams" for hearing extremely urgent matters via video-conferencing and accordingly, all the stakeholders have been advised to download the software/ Application in their laptops or mobile phones. Last month, the high court Registrar had issued a notification detailing the listing procedure for extremely urgent...
Allahabad HC Contributes 3.3 Crore To PM's Relief Fund; 10 Suites At HC Guest House To Be Used As Quarantine Centers [Read Press Release]
The Judges of the Allahabad High Court Officers/Officials of the Registry and other Officers/Officials of the subordinate courts have contributed a sum of Rs. 3,31,06,849/- towards the Prime Minister's Relief Fund, in view of the impending threat of COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the high court Judges both in Prayagraj and in Lucknow have been providing food packets to the...
No Public Interest In Allowing Wines Shops To Remain Open During Lockdown :Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said there was no public interest involved in allowing opening of wine shops, especially when a large population is deprived of elementary requirement of food, during the lockdown period of 21-days. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice B V Nagarathna heard through video conference the petition filed by Late G B Kulkarni...
NCLT Urges Litigants To File Joint Memo Of Written Submissions To Avoid Delay In Disposal [Read Notification]
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday urged all the litigants to file "Joint Memo" of written submissions, so as to avoid the lengthy process of filing replies and rejoinders and ensure rapid disposal. The NCLT had restricted its functioning to hear only urgent matters via video conferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It has now urged that in "surreal times" like these,...
Delhi HC Refuses To Accept Bail Plea Moved By Fortis Promoter Shivinder Singh Citing COVID-19 [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh, who had cited the possibility of catching COVID19 in prison as a reason to seek relief. While denying the relief, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that Shivinder Singh is allegedly involved in offence punishable with more than 7 years of sentence and in more than one...
Delhi HC Restores 'Status Quo Ante' With Respect To Loan Classified As NPA By Yes Bank Amid COVID-19 [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has held that YES Bank should not have classified a loan account as Non Performing Asset (NPA) when delay in payment of installments was caused due to the conditions brought about by the effects of COVID19."Prima facie, I am of the view that the classification of the account of the petitioner as an NPA on 31.03.2020 could not have been done by the respondent....
'Failure To Comply With Section 5-A OF Land Acquisition Act Vitiates Acquisition proceedings': Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
'Failure to comply with the provisions of section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act (hearing of objections of the owner/interested person) results in vitiation of the acquisition proceedings', reinforced the Bombay High Court on Friday. In the present case, the petitioner had sought to demonstrate that the work of extension of the road could be undertaken without acquiring his land as...
Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Risk Of COVID-19 Infection In Children Protection Homes [Read Notification]
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday will hear a suo moto case on measures to be taken to protect children lodged in Protection Homes from the Corona virus. A bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Soumen Sen will consider the matter titled "Contagion of Covid 19 virus in Children Protection Homes" through Video Conferencing tomorrow at 1.15 PM. A notification issued in...
J&K HC Live Streams Swearing In Ceremony Of Three Judges To HC
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today live streamed the swearing in ceremony of three judges to the high court. The Central government had appointed Justices Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and Puneet Gupta as Judges of the High Court last week. Their swearing in ceremony which was conducted today was streamed online, keeping in view the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of...