Six Senior Lawyers Urge Chief Justice To Allow Regular Functioning of Bombay High Court [Read Letter]

Senior advocates of the Bombay High Court have written to the Chief Justice Dipankar Datta urging him to consider allowing regular functioning of the Court at full strength as restrictions like social distancing etc will continue even after the present lockdown is lifted. But it will become very difficult for the High Court to resume regular functioning after reopening due to numerous...

'Aghast By Mumbai University's Contemptuous Conduct' : Bombay HC Directs Payment Of Salary & Dues To 'Retired' Director Of Management College [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Mumbai University to pay salary dues to a professor cum director of a Management Institute run by the university for a second time as the University breached a previous order directing payment of salary dues to the 61-year-old who was appointed to the said post as per the prescribed procedure of the University, yet was retired from it on the...

Jharkhand HC Postpones Summer Vacation 2020; Relaxes Dress Code For Lawyers [Read Notification]

In modification of its previous order for cancellation of Summer Vacation 2020 that is scheduled between May 18, 2020 and June 6, 2020, the Jharkhand High Court has intimated that instead of being cancelled, the summer vacation shall stand postponed sine-die subject to any further decision taken by the Full Court. Further, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of Corona...

Plea In Andhra Pradesh HC For Waiver Of Fees And Cancellation Of Semester Examinations In DSNLU [Read Petition]

"It is the duty and the obligation of the University Administration to be empathetic towards the situations of every single student studying with them and see if the decisions taken by the University can meet up to the ground realities of our country today" A PIL has been filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking waiver of fees and cancellation of semester examinations...

Virtual Enrolment : Kerala HC Seeks Views Of Bar Council Of Kerala On Plea For Enrolment Ceremony Via Video Conferencing

The High Court of Kerala on Monday sought the response of Bar Council of Kerala on a writ petition seeking enrollment ceremony for new advocates to be held via video-conferencing amid the lockdown."Desperate times call for desperate measures", submitted Advocate S Sujin, appearing for the petitioner Hari Krishnan.The petitioner submitted that the enrollment has been postponed many times due...

Habitual Offenders Cannot Be Released On Temporary Bail; Bombay HC Rejects Former BJP Corporator's Plea [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected the bail application filed by Mahesh B Patil, a former BJP Corporator from Kalyan-Dombivali observing that habitual offenders like him do not deserve to be released on temporary bail as per the guidelines of the State High Power Committee. Justice Sadhna S Jadhav heard Patil's bail plea along with an intervention application filed by Kunal...

Karnataka HC Allows Physical Filing On Trial Basis In District Courts

The Karnataka High court has decided to on trial basis allow the physical filing of new cases in trial court across Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad, D.K.Mangaluru, Kolar, Kodagu-Madikeri, Gadag, Haveri, Mandya, Mysuru, Tumkuru, Udupi and Yadgiri Districts on 20th, 21st and 22nd of May 2020 from 11.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m. Apart from the physical filing of new...

SC Grants Temporary Bail To Prisoner Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 To Undergo Proper Treatment [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail for two months to an undertrial in Jaipur jail, who has tested positive for COVID-19, to undergo treatment. "The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is tested positive for COVID-19 and he is undergoing treatment for the same", recorded the bench of Justices Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and R. S. Reddy. "We desire to...

Courts In Rajasthan To Continue Restrictive Functioning Until Further Orders [Read Notification]

In view of subsistence of the nationwide lockdown, the Rajasthan High Court has decided to continue restrictive functioning, both in the High Court as well as in the Subordinate courts, until further orders. It is intimated that the Benches will function between 08:30 AM and 12:30 PM. with half an hour break from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Special Courts/Tribunals will also function between...

[Death Penalty] Sentencing Taken As A Formality; Trial Courts Need Training : Sr Adv Rebecca John

"Sentencing in trial courts is done in a super-fast manner based on an incorrect understanding of SC judgments"

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Immediate Repatriation of 56 Pregnant Nurses Stranded In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

The Delhi High Court has been moved in a petition for the repatriation of 56 pregnant healthcare workers who are stranded outside the country with highest priority "as all of them are in serious distress and need immediate medical and socio-psycho support". The Petitioner United Nurses Association (UNA) is one of the largest nurses associations with 3.8 lakhs Nurses as its members,...

High Courts Weekly Round Up [May 11- May 17]

Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Allows Imprisoned LLB Student To Get Laptop From Outside To Appear For University Online Examination [Tarun Singh v. State of UP & Ors.] A bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh allowed a law student to obtain a laptop from outside the jail precincts, to enable him to appear in the Online Quiz Examination conducted by his university. It...