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[Fight Against COVID-19] Jharkhand HC Judges To Contribute Rs. 25,000 Each Towards PM CARES Fund [Read Notice]
Keeping in view the serious challenges on account of COVID-19 pandemic, the Judges of the Jharkhand High Court have decided to contribute a sum of Rs. 25,000/- each towards the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund' (PM CARES Fund). The same was intimated by way of a notice which states, "In view of the outbreak of the pandemic of COVID-19,...
Centre Defers Due Date For Renewal Of Health & Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies Till April 21 [Read Notification]
The Central government has deferred the due date for renewal of motor vehicle third party insurance and for health insurance, for those persons whose policies are due to expire during the lockdown period. Through a notification issued in this behalf on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance has extended the due date for policies expiring between March 25 and April 14, till April 21 for...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Coercive Action Proposed By YES Bank For Non Payment of Installments [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea challenging the email sent by YES Bank, wherein the bank has proposed to take coercive action against the Petitioner for non payment of loan installments. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has issued notice to YES Bank Limited through its advocate Mr Ashwani Chawla. The present plea is moved...
Minor Can Donate Organ In Exceptional Circumstances; No Complete Prohibition: Delhi HC [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has held that there is no complete embargo, under the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Act, 1994, on minors from donating organs."... there is no complete prohibition in a minor donating an organ or tissue prior to attaining majority. Donation is permissible but in exceptional circumstances and in accordance with the rules", the Court held. ...
[COVID19] Calcutta HC Directs Police To Return Mobile Phone/SIM Card Seized From A Doctor Who Criticised Govt. For Deficient Protective Gear Supply [Read Order]
"If an expression of opinion brings the government into disrepute, it cannot defend this allegation by intimidation of the person expressing the opinion by subjecting him to prolonged interrogation, threatening arrest seizing his mobile phone and SIM card and so on."
Madhya Pradesh HC Denies Termination Of 24 Weeks Old Foetus [Read Judgment]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition of a BA student, seeking termination of her 24 weeks old pregnancy. The Petitioner-woman had submitted that she wanted to terminate the foetus to get rid of a "bad incident" of her life, whereby her boyfriend, also the father of the expected child, broke up with her. It is pertinent to note that the limit...
Prosecution Must Prove Landowner Cultivated Prohibited Opium Plants ; Bombay HC Upholds Acquittal In NDPS Case [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court a couple of weeks ago upheld the acquittal of a 64-year-old man accused of cultivating opium-poppy plants at fields owned by him in village Bavdhan, Wail Taluka in Satara district. Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice VG Bisht held that merely because the field in question where opium poppy plants were found were owned by the accused, it did not mean...
Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Subordinate Judicial Authorities To Ensure Compliance Of Orders Granting Bail; Devise Mechanism For Providing Contact Details Of On Duty Magistrates During Lockdown [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed the subordinate judicial authorities to devise a reliable mechanism to update the contact details of all the On Duty Magistrates on the official website of the court, during the lockdown period, so that compliance of bail orders can be ensured. The direction has been made by Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill in a miscellaneous...
Kerala HC Gives Time Till 5.30 PM Today For Resolution On Karnataka's Road Blockade; Says It's A Matter Of Right To Life
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday afternoon granted time till 5.30 PM today for the amicable resolution of the dispute related to road blockade imposed by Karnataka on the National Highway to Kerala. The Court adjourned the hearing of the PIL seeking directions for removal of Karnataka's road blockade after it was told by the Central Government Counsel that the Union Ministry of Home...
Central Govt Standing Counsel Writes To Delhi HC, Seeks Suo Moto Cognisance Of Markaz Nizamuddin Incident
Central Government Standing Counsel Gaurang Kanth has written to the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, calling the holding of religious congregation at Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid at Nizamuddin West, Delhi, a blatant disregard of the notification issued by the government. As per the reports that have been coming in, the aforesaid religious congregation was attended by more...
COVID-19: Bombay HC Directs State To Ensure Basic Amenities For Labourers/ Migrants [Read Order]
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has asked the state authorities to take immediate steps to ensure that all migrant workers are provided with basic amenities, during the impending challenge posed by the COVID-19 outbreak. Taking stock of the "unfathomable hardships" that are being caused to labourers due to national lockdown and consequent arrest of their means to daily...
Centre Notifies Act Providing Domicile Reservation For Govt Jobs Up To Level 4 In Jammu & Kashmir [Read Order]
In the midst of the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Home Affairs has promulgated the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020, which comes into force with immediate effect. Issued by the Department of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, the Order stems from Section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act,...