Publicise WhatsApp Details Of Shopkeepers & 24hr Helpline Meant For Citizens In Need; Bombay HC Suggests Civic Body [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday made some important suggestions to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to facilitate easier access of the citizens during this ongoing phase four of nationwide lockdown enforced to contain the Coronavirus. Division bench of Justice PB Varale and Justice S Kulkarni at Aurangabad was hearing a writ petition filed by Muzaffaruddin Khan, a...

Madras HC Requires Oil Corporations To Ensure Availability Of Safety Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers To LPG Cylinder Delivery Boys [Read Order]

Observing that a proper and effective mechanism has been put in place for the safety of LPG Cylinder delivery boys, the Madras High Court recently required that the managements of Oil Corporations shall also cause periodical inspections and surprise inspections to ensure compliance with the provision of safety gears such as masks, sanitisers etc., and shall also follow it up properly at...

"PIL May Have been Filed With Ulterior Motives"; Bombay HC Directs Petitioners To Deposit Rs.1 Cr As A Precondition For Hearing [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the 'Abhinav Bharat Congress' and its founder Pankaj Phadnis to deposit Rs. 1 crore with the registry as a precondition for hearing the public interest litigation filed by them seeking directions to State and Municipal Corporation to take control of the management of two hospitals under the Wadia hospital trust in Mumbai during the current pandemic...

Contributions By Corporates To PM CARES Fund To Be Considered As CSR Activity: Centre Amends Schedule VII Of Companies Act [Read Notification]

Contributions made by companies to PM CARES will be considered as Corporate Social Responsibility funds under the Companies Act 2013. The Government has issued a notification amending Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 for this purpose. The notification shall be deemed to have come into force on 28th March, 2020. Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, mandates all companies, having...

NLSIU Alumni Network Raises Funds To Lease Chartered Air Asia Flight From Mumbai To Ranchi To Airlift Stranded Migrant Workers

In a first, the alumni network of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore has leased an Air Asia aircraft to airlift 180 migrant workers stranded in Maharashtra's Mumbai. This is the first time that a group of private individuals has raised funds to lease a chartered plane and rescue distressed migrants and workers. The flight destined to Jharkhand's Ranchi is scheduled...

NCLT Bengaluru To Conduct "E-Filing Training Programme" Today For Advocates & Other Stakeholders [Read Notification]

In an appreciable move, the Bengaluru Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal has decided to conduct an online training programme to make Advocates and other stake holders in the Tribunal familiar with its e-filing software. As the e-filing system is running successfully in some of the NCLT's benches, the principal Bench of NCLT at Delhi has decided to extend this benefit to all...

Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority Assists Walking Migrants At 100% Grievance Resolution Rate [Read Report]

The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority has been working round the clock to ensure that basic living amenities such as clean drinking, dry food articles, medical facilities, etc. are made available to the walking migrants. To this end, the SLSA in coordination with the DLSAs and TLSCs has launched a Help Line No. 15100 and has set up 'Legal Aid Camps' with a help desk...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Release Of Foreign Nationals Related To Tablighi Jamaat Event [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking the release of foreign nationals related to the Markaz event from the institutional quarantine centre as they have tested negative for the COVID19 virus. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar has directed the Petitioners to put on record the particulars of the facilities identified by...

Madras HC Recalls Order Allowing MACTs To Record Compromise Settlements Without Physical Appearances [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Tuesday withdrew its earlier order allowing the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals in the Tamil Nadu to entertain compromise applications, without the need for any transfer petitions; to record compromise settlements themselves based on digital consent of parties. The bench had in the said order on May 11 authorised the Claims Tribunals to examine and entertain...

Kerala HC Grants Relief To Cardiac Patient Who Complained Of Denial Of Treatment To Non-COVID Patients In Govt Hospital

The High Court of Kerala has directed the State authorities to take up the request for medical review of a cardiac patient at the earliest, after he moved the Court complaining that Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha was denying treatment to non-COVID patients.A bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman passed the interim order in a writ petition filed by one Radhakrishnan (58), who said that the...

Karnataka HC Issues SOP To Be Followed By District Judiciary From June 1 [Read Procedure]

Only 20 Hearing Matter To Be Taken Up Each Day For Two Weeks, Advocates Representing Parties Allowed Inside Court Hall, Parties In Person Allowed To Appear Only Through Video Conference.Judges To Wear Mask While On Dias The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued the Standard Operating Procedure to be followed from June 1 when the Disrict Judiciary resumes limited functioning....

"Courts Should Not Engage Itself In Social Mores Or Introduce Personal Ideas On Morality In A Protection Petition": Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

In a recent order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court remarked that a court hearing a Protection Petition filed by runaway couples need not preach on morality or human behavior. A bench of Justice Rajiv Narayan Raina made it clear that in such cases, the court should not present its personal views regarding morality, and must ensure that the couple's rights under Article...