PIL Seeking Cap On Price Of N-95 Masks : Bombay HC Asks Union Of India To Respond

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union of India to inform whether a decision has been taken regarding capping the prices of N-95 masks that are being sold across the country in light of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde was hearing a PIL filed by journalist Sucheta Dalal and activist Anjali Damania...

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Release Of Foreign Nationals Related To Markaz Event Who Are Kept In Quarantine Despite Testing COVID-19 Negative [Read Petition]

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the Department of Revenue, Delhi Government, to hand over 567 foreign nationals related to the Nizamuddin Markaz event to Delhi Police. These foreign nationals, as per the Petitioner, are currently held in the institutional quarantine for over a month. As per the order dated 09/05/20, Delhi Government...

'Migrants Exhibiting Anxiety To Reach Railway Station; Not Maintaining Social Distancing' : Madras HC Directs State To File Status Report On SOP [Read Order]

"In arterial roads, the migrant workers are exhibiting their anxiety to reach the Railway Station and they are also not maintaining the social / physical distancing and they do not possess sufficient protective masks also and therefore, the immediate concern of the State Government is to accommodate them in shelter homes / identified places", observed the Madras High Court on...

All Benches Of Delhi HC Will Now Sit On All Working Days, Will Take Up Urgent Matters Of All Kinds

Delhi High Court has decided to function with all of its Division and Single Benches sitting on all working days.As this decision would come into effect from May 22, all the Benches will take up urgent matters of all kinds through video conferencing during the suspended functioning of the court. Till now, urgent matters were taken up by 2 Division Benches and 10 Single Benches. Roster...

Delhi HC Directs Superintendent Of Rohini Prison To Look Into The Complaint of Alleged Violence Committed By Certain Jail Officials [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Superintendent of Rohini Central Prison to look into the complaint filed by an undertrial prisoner (UTP) alleging violence committed by certain jail officials and other inmates. The Single Bench of Justice Rekha Palli has also asked the concerned Superintendent to provide necessary protection and medical treatment to the complaining...

Centre Appoints K Haripal As Additional Judge of Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Karunakaran Nair Haripal, Judicial Officer, as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court. The same was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium vide a resolution dated May 13. K Haripal is currently working as Registrar of Kerala High Court. His appointment as an Additional Judge will take effect from the date he assumes...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Ensure Registration Of Construction Workers And Granting Ex Gratia Payments To Those Whose Registrations May Have Lapsed [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government as well as Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board to ensure that ex gratia payments are also made to construction workers whose registration might have lapsed, but are subsequently renewed after due verification. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar further directed the...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Which Claims That Due To Non Functioning Of NIA Courts, Continued Detention of Person Accused Under UAPA Is Illegal [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking release of an accused who, despite being granted bail for other charges, continues to be in custody for a charge under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act due to the non functioning of the NIA Special Courts. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar has issued notice to both the Central...

COVID-19: Uttarakhand HC Directs Rapid Anti-Body Tests At Border Points For Surveillance Of Returning Persons [Read Order]

Noting that mere thermal screening and general clinical examination being performed at state borders on repatriating persons is not sufficient, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed that rapid anti-body test be carried out at the borders for surveillance purposes alone, on an experimental basis. The Court has expressed its concern that "presently the efforts which are being made...

JNU Violence : Delhi Court Refuses Urgent Hearing On Plea For FIR; Says Only Urgent Matters To Be Taken Up Due To COVID-19

A Delhi court has refused to grant early hearing on a plea seeking registration of FIR in a matter related to an attack on students and teachers on the JNU campus on January 5, saying only urgent matters were to be taken up during the present condition posed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The court was hearing a plea filed by Sucharita Sen, who suffered head injuries during the attack by...

Delhi HC Directs Centre and Delhi Govt To Ensure That Health Facilities Are Proportionally Increased As Per The Requirements of the Patients

Delhi High Court has directed both the Centre and the Delhi Government to keep a tab on the number of cases of COVID-19 that, as they have spiked in Delhi in the past 48 hours so that facilities both at Hospitals and pathological laboratories are proportionately increased, as per the requirement of the patients. The said direction is given by the Division Bench of Justice Hima...

Delhi HC Awards ₹75 Lacs In Compensation To Person Who Met With An Accident Due To Chained Barricades Put Up By Delhi Police [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has awarded ₹75 lakh in compensation to a person who has been rendered to vegetative state due to the accident caused by the chained barricades put up by Delhi Police. While granting compensation to the 26 year old victim, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla observed that although the barricades are placed for valid reasons of security, it did cast a duty on...