'Can Advocates' Clerks Be Considered As Belonging to Unskilled/Skilled Unorganised Labour Sector For Relief Amidst Lockdown?', Calcutta HC Asks Centre, State

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday inquired from the Union of India and the state of West Bengal if advocates' clerks can be considered to be belonging to the unskilled/skilled, unorganised labour sector, for the purpose of relief amidst the nationwide lockdown.Hearing the petition by the High Court Law Clerks Association, the Chief Justice-led bench took note of their grievance that on...

Delhi HC Asks Media Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha To Decide Whether Non Issuance of Annual Pass To Freelance Journalists Violate Their Right to Free Speech [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has asked the Media Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha to revisit its Rules and Guidelines for issuance of passes to see as to whether non issuance of annual passes to freelance journalists violate their Right to Freedom of Expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. While disposing of the petition, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla noted...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Ensure That Ration Is Immediately Provided to All Pending E-Coupon Holders [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that all the pending e-coupon holders are supplied ration through the ration distribution centre at Nigam School, Sultan Puri by tomorrow evening itself. In a PIL highlighting the fact that thousands of needy persons are not getting ration despite having e coupons, the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and...

Bombay HC Reserves Judgment In Plea Seeking Prohibition On Burial Of Covid-19 Victims In Bandra Cemeteries

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in a writ petition filed by a Mumbai resident challenging the permission granted by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to use three cemeteries in Bandra for burial of Covid-19 victims. Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde heard two other petitions along with the main petition filed by Bandra...

Allahabad HC Issues Instructions For Functioning Of District Courts During Lockdown

The Allahabad High Court has issued the modalities for functioning of District Courts in the state during the lockdown period from May 22, and thereafter. All the District Judges in the state have been instructed to act in consultation with the District Administration to determine the threat level and the status in respect of Zone of the District, on a daily basis. Further, they have...

22,000 Lawyers Applied For Financial Help, BCI Not Responding On Application Seeking Permission For Disbursing The Amount: WB Bar Council Tells HC

The Calcutta High Court was informed by the West Bengal Bar Council on Tuesday that amidst the lockdown, about 22000 applications for financial aid have been received from Advocates and the same are being processed.The Chief Justice-led bench was told that the State Bar Council needs to obtain permission from the Bar Council of India before starting disbursement of such financial aid...

Cardiac Patient Moves Kerala HC Alleging Denial Of Treatment To Non-COVID Patients In Govt Hospitals

Radhakrishnan R., a tailor by profession belonging to below poverty line category has moved the Kerala High Court alleging repeated denial of 'right to medical care' by the Government hospitals in the state, until the Corona crisis abates. The Petitioner, though Advocates SK Adhithyan and Keerthi S Jyothi, has submitted that he was diagnosed with three blockages in the heart and has...

Allow E-Filing For Ordinary Matters In District Courts: Secretary Of Bar Council of Delhi Writes To Delhi HC

Mr. Vishnu Sharma, the Secretary of the Bar Council of Delhi, has written to the Delhi High Court to allow e-filing for ordinary (non-urgent) matters in district courts of Delhi. Citing that the High Court has opened up a link for e-filing of non urgent matters, both fresh and pending, the letter claims that the said facility can also be extended for district courts. ...

Karnataka HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Monetary Relief To Archakas And Temple Servants During Lockdown [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation filed seeking directions to provide adequate monetary relief to the Archaks and Temple Servants serving in nearly 35,000, category 'C' Temples that are managed by the state. The petition filed by advocate Shreehari Kutsa and K S N Dixit an archak states that the Archakas...

SC Order For Extension Of Limitation Does Not Affect An Accused' Right To Default Bail Under Section 167(2) CrPC: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has held that the Supreme Court order dated March 23, 2020, whereby the period of limitation for filing cases was extended in view of the COVID-19 lockdown, does not affect the right of an accused to default bail under Section 167(2) of CrPC. The bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. has held that the provisions of the CrPC do not empower anyone to extend...

Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Adequate Mechanism For Imparting Online Education to Specially Abled Students

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking a direction to the Central Government to set up adequate and effective mechanism for providing educational and teaching material for the visually impaired and specially abled individuals. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohil and Justice Subramonium Prasad has issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and...

Monsanto Bt Cotton: Delhi HC Holds That CCI 's Jurisdiction To Hear Complaints Regarding Abuse of Dominance In Respect To Patent Rights Not Excluded [Read Judgment]

While highlighting that there's no conflict between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, the Delhi High Court has held that the jurisdiction of the CCI to entertain complaints regarding abuse of dominance in respect to patent rights could not be excluded. The Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru further noted that the exclusionary clause under section 3(5) of the Competition...