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Augusta Westland: Delhi HC Denies Interim Bail To Christian Michel; Calls His Argument Of Catching COVID19 'Unfounded'
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to Christan Michel, who is charged with money laundering in the Augusta Westland case. While denying his plea for interim bail, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that Michel's apprehension of catching COVID19 virus due to the overcrowding of prison and his vulnerable age is unfounded. The court noted: ...
SC Collegium Proposes To Make 4 Additional Judges Of Calcutta HC Permanent; Term Of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay As Additional Judge Extended
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of four Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court to be appointed as Permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: 1.Justice Madhumati Mitra2.Justice Biswajit Basu3.Justice Amrita Sinha4.Justice Jay Sengupta Justice Mitra was appointed as judges of the high court in October 2018. The remaining three Justices were...
COVID19: Telangana HC Seeks Govt's Response On Steps Taken To Ensure PPEs To Frontline Medics & Supply Of Essentials To Public [Read Order]
The Telengana High Court on Monday directed the State government to submit an interim report with regard to the alleged inadequacies highlighted by the petitioner in terms of of tackling the Coronavirus pandemic in the state.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan & Justice Abhishek Reddy sought response of the State Government regarding availibility of...
Karnataka HC To Hear PIL Seeking Opening Of Wine Shops During Lockdown Period
The Karnataka High Court will hear on Tuesday a public interest litigation filed seeking opening of wine shops atleast for few hours each day, during the lock down period. The petition is filed by Late G B Kulkarni Memorial Legal Trust, through its President Dr Vinod G Kulkarni. The plea states during the lock down certain class of people are deprived of consuming alcohol in any form...
SC Collegium Proposes To Make Three Additional Judges Of Chhattisgarh HC Permanent; Term Of Justice Vimla Singh As Additional Judge Extended [Read Resolution]
The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday recommended the names of three Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court to be appointed as Permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Parth Prateem SahuJustice Gautam ChourdiyaJustice Rajani Dubey They were appointed as judges of the high court in June, 2018. The Collegium has also proposed to extend the term of...
[Karnataka] 606 UTP's Granted Interim Bail And 230 Convicts Released On Parole, High Powered Committee [Read Minutes]
In a high powered committee meeting held on April 3, Chaired by Justice Aravind Kumar, High Court of Karnataka & Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, for effective implementation of directions issued by Supreme Court, to decongest prisons, it was informed that interim bail was granted to 606, under trial prisoners (UTPs) across the state till April 2 and total...
Kerala HC Constitutes Special Bench To Hear Bail Applications Through Video Conferencing
The High Court of Kerala has constituted a Special Bench to hear Bail Applications. The Bench has started hearing bail applications from Monday through video conferencing.Yesterday, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan heard the petitions. 21 Bail applications are listed before the judge for his consideration today.The proceedings have been Live-streamed through Zoom App.Kerala HC has constituted...
Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu Urged To Create A Corpus Of Rs 2 Crores To Help Advocates Facing Hardship During Lockdown
A group of lawyers of Madras High Court appealed to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu to create a corpus of Rupees 2 Crores to help those advocates who are facing financial hardship due to the lockdown.Stating that sporadic incidents of individual donations by senior lawyers and judges cannot replace a "collective and concerted efforts" by bodies such as Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, Madras High...
'Open To Suggestions For Better Implementation': CBDT Chairman At ITAT's All India Video Conference On Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme [Read Press Release]
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) on Monday conducted an All India Video Conference on the Central government's latest framework for reducing direct tax litigation- The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020. The Act, notified by the government last month, provides a mechanism for resolution of disputes related to income tax and corporation tax, pending before any appellate...
SCBA President Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Contributes One Crore To COVID Relief Funds
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave has contributed Rs. 1 Crore towards relief measures in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donating Rs. 50 lakh each to the PM CARES Fund and to the Delhi CM Relief Fund, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President is the latest from the legal fraternity to make generous financial contributions towards relief measures.The Judiciary was seen leading the way with...
Plea Moved In Delhi HC Highlighting Plight of Indians Who Lost Jobs in USA Due To Economic Slowdown Caused By COVID19
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court highlighting the plight of Indians working in the United States of America who have lost their jobs due to the economic slowdown caused by COVID19 pandemic. Highlighting the said issue, the plea seeks court's direction to the government to evacuate Petitioner's daughter, as well as other Indians who have been stranded in the USA....
Choice To Rear Pets Traceable To Fundamental Right To Privacy Under Article 21 : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
While allowing a person to travel to purchase pet food for his three cats amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the High Court of Kerala observed that choice to rear pets was traceable to fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.This significant observation was made by Justice Shaji P Chaly, in his separate but concurring judgment in the case filed by on N Prakash...