As UP Govt Withdraws Dilution Of Labour Laws, Allahabad HC Disposes PIL As 'Infructuous' [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday disposed of a PIL challenging the UP Government's order for relaxation of certain labour regulations concerning working hours, rest periods and overtime laws in the state, as infructuous. The petition was disposed of after the Government informed the Court that the impugned notification dated May 8, 2020 had been withdrawn. "It is submitted...

Allahabad HC Directs UP Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustees Committee To Take Loan If It Doesn't Have Enough Funds To Support Lawyers [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Trustees Committee, constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1974, to take a loan in case it does not have sufficient funds to assist financially weak lawyers, during the lockdown period. "Under Section 5 the Trustees Committee may use its powers in the present times to borrow funds and, therefore, under...

Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Plight In Death Of Migrant Birds Near Sambhar Lake; Orders Postmortem Of Carcasses

Taking suo moto cognizance of the plight in death of migratory birds around the Sambhar lake, the Rajasthan High Court on Monday ordered the State Government to remove carcasses of birds lying there an conduct a post-mortem to identify the reason behind their deaths. "The appropriate department is directed to remove carcasses of birds lying in Sambhar Lake. We further direct...

Centre Transfers Bombay HC Judge Justice A.M. Badar To Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the transfer of Justice Ananta Manohar Badar, presently a Judge of the Bombay High Court, as a Judge of the Kerala High Court. The same is pursuant to the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation dated April 27, 2020. Justice Badar enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1985, after obtaining his degree in law from University College of Law,...

New SOP For Shramik Trains : Now Railways To Directly Run Trains In Consultation With MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued on Tuesday fresh guidelines for the operation of Shramik special trains for stranded persons.As per the new Standard Operating Procedure, Ministry of Railways will directly run trains for stranded persons, in consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs, changing the earlier procedure whereby trains were run on mutual request basis between States.States/UTs...

Plea Moved In Delhi HC Seeking Concession On College Fees, Restricting Universities From Charging Outstanding Amounts [Read Petition]

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to be given to the Central Government to ask Universities to provide concession on fee chargeable for next semester. Moved by Justice for Rights Foundation, the petition also wants the educational institutions to be restricted from asking for a lump sum amount or payment of outstanding fees. The...

Telangana HC Slams Unsavoury Remarks By TAFRC Chairman Against Judges; Refrains From Contempt But Recuses From Hearing [Read Order]

"It would be difficult to any Judge to adjudicate any case, if every unsuccessful party in such case, after the verdict is pronounced, imputes motives to the Judge who decided it." A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Monday came down heavily upon a retired Judge of the Hyderabad High Court, presently the Chairman of the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory...

Delhi HC Directs SDMC To Deploy CRPF/Delhi Police Personnel To Man The Barricades Put Outside Nizamuddin West Colony [Read Order]

In a writ petition moved by the Residents Welfare Association, the Delhi High Court has directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to depute CRPF or Delhi Police personnel to man the barricades/pickets installed outside Nizamuddin West colony. The Single Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar has further directed that the same should be done, in accordance with the lockdown...

Advocates Living in NCR Will Be Provided Online Passes to Move In and Out of Delhi: Haryana Govt Informs Delhi HC in Plea Moved by DHCBA [Read Order]

In a plea seeking inter-state movement of lawyers living in NCR region, the Haryana Government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has included Advocates as a category to whom weekly movement passes would be issued to move in and out of Delhi. Haryana Government further informed the Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar that online passes would...

If The Bidder is Not Technically Qualified, Tender Process Might Not Even Look Into The Financial Bid: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has held that the tender process can't be recalled just because the highest bidder was not given the tender. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar noted that if the bidder was not found to be technically qualified, his financial bid could not have been looked into at all. The order has come in a writ...

COVID-19 : Patna HC Cancels Annual Vacations

In view of exceptional circumstance of the COVID-19 situation, the Patna High Court has deferred the annual vacation of the court, which was scheduled from May 24 to June 21.Click here to read the notification issued by the Patna HC Registrar General...

[COVID19] Lawyers Financial Assistance: "Release Funds At The Earliest", Manipur HC Tells State Bar Council

The Manipur High Court directed the Bar Council of Manipur to release a sum of Rs. 2,08,932 for purposes of extending financial assistance to advocates in need in view of the lockdown situation.A division bench of Justices Lanusungkum Jamir & KH. Nobin Singh was hearing a PIL filed by the All Manipur Bar Association and two Advocates seeking financial assistance by the State Government,...