Karnataka HC Issues Notice To State On Plea Challenging The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020'

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government and directed the petitioner to implead the Union of India in a petition, challenging the Ordinance passed by the Karnataka Government called 'The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020', to protect all officials engaged in COVID-19 duty, from physical harm. A divison bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...

NCLT Notifies Transfer Of 3 Members With Immediate Effect [Read Notification]

The National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday notified the transfer of three of its Members with immediate effect. The following are the members who have been transferred: 1. HP Chaturvedi, Member (Judicial) - NCLT Ahmedabad to NCLT Mumbai 2. MB Gosavi, Member (Judicial) - NCLT Kolkata to NCLT Ahmedabad 3. Rajasekhar VK, Member (Judicial) - NCLT Mumbai to NCLT Kolkata The...

SC Refuses To Entertain Birla Family Petition Challenging Appointment Of Harsh Vardhan Lodha As Director

While dismissing pleas challenging the re-instatement of Harsh Vardhan Lodha as Director of the MP Birla Group, the top court on Monday directed the matter to High Court of Calcutta for final determination."The learned Single Judge shall decide upon the issue of jurisdiction, together with the applications for interim relief and render a final determination thereof. The learned...

14 Days Quarantine Period Not Mandatory In Each Case, It Is Meant To Serve A General Guideline: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has noted that the period of 14 days, as stipulated in the Home Quarantine Guidelines of March 14 and the COVID19 Regulations of 2020, are not mandatory, but is intended to serve a general guideline. In order to balance the principles of personal liberty and public health, the Single Bench of Justice Hari Shankar further observed that if any person, who does...

Allahabad HC Allows Imprisoned LLB Student To Get Laptop From Outside To Appear For University Online Examination [Read Order]

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday, 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. The student had been lodged in jail being an accused in FIR under Sections 302 and 427 of IPC. He had approached the High Court seeking permission to appear in the...

Kerala HC Seeks Statement From Centre On Data Privacy Safeguards Of 'Aarogya Setu' App

The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday sought a statement from the Central Government on the data privacy safeguards of the 'Aarogya Setu', the contact tracing app developed by the National Informatics Centre amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Court asked whether the Central Government can guarantee that the information collected by the Aarogya Setu app would not be misused.A bench comprising...

Bombay HC Exempts Judges Of Subordinate Courts From Wearing Black Coat/Gown & Lawyers From Wearing Black Coat [Read Circular]

As summer approaches, the Bombay High Court has decided to exempt all the judges of subordinate courts in Maharashtra, Goa, UTs of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu from wearing both the black coat and gown, whereas lawyers appearing before them have been exempt from wearing black coats. It is clarified that the judges may wear either the coat or the gown while occupying the...

Delhi HC Suspends The May 04 Order of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Which Had Directed For Filing of Documents and Fees By May 18 [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has suspended the operation of the May 04 order of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, which had directed litigants and advocates to complete various acts/proceedings, filing of any reply/document, payment of fees, etcetera in the matter of any intellectual property applications/actions by 18.05.2020. The Single Bench of Justice...

Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation for OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government and Jawaharlal Nehru University to file affidavits in a petition challenging the provision of 27% reservations to the persons belonging to OBC category in post graduation courses in Central educational institutions, specifically in JNU. While giving 2 weeks time to the Respondents to file affidavits-in-reply, the Single Bench...

Karnataka HC Allows Physical Filing Of New Cases On Experimental Basis From Wednesday [Read Notice]

The Karnataka High Court had decided on an experimental basis to allow physical filing of new cases on 13th, 14th and 15th of May 2020 from 11.00 a.m. onwards. The Notice issued reads "The Advocates/parties-in-person/Advocates' clerks who wish to file the matters on the aforesaid dates will have to apply for seeking appointment of the date and time for physical filing of the matters....

Calcutta HC To Hear Plea For Regulation Of Fees Structure Of Unaided Private Schools In The State, Tomorrow [Read Petition]

"It is not the right time to make business by the private schools which are basically in the nature of a Charitable Institution, and since they are under the administrative control of the State Government, the State need to act promptly, addressing the mass grievance." The Calcutta High Court will hear a petition tomorrow, seeking directions to the Department of Education, Government...

Plea To Stop Burial Of Covid-19 Victims In Bandra Cemeteries; Bombay HC Seeks Municipal Corporation's Reply [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to file its reply in a writ petition filed by Mumbai resident Pradeep Gandhy challenging the permission given by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to use three cemeteries in Bandra for burial of victims of Covid-19. In an order dated May 4, Supreme Court has directed the High Court to decide Gandhy's...