Jharkhand HC Cancels Summer Vacation 2020 [Read Notification]

Summer Vacation 2020 of the Jharkhand High Court, scheduled between May 18, 2020 and June 6, 2020 has been cancelled. A notification for the same was issued by the HC Registrar General today. On a related note, the National Green Tribunal and the High Courts of Bombay, Madras, Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Telangana have also cancelled the summer...

Chhattisgarh HC Cancels Summer Vacation for HC & Subordinate Courts [Read Order]

Following the footsteps of other courts in the country, the High Court of Chhattisgarh has cancelled the summer vacation of both the High Court as well as the courts subordinate, so as to compensate for the loss of court work due to the lockdown. An office order intimating the same was issued today by the Registrar General whereby it has been declared that the summer...

Ensure Migrants Who Enter Odisha Are Tested Negative For COVID-19 : Orissa HC Directs Authorities

The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to ensure that the migrants who come back from other states should be tested COVID-19 negative. A bench comprising Justices S Panda and K R Mohapatra passed the order while hearing a petition filed by one Narayan Chandra Jena. The bench in its order said "the state government should ensure that all migrants who are in queue...

Lockdown 3: Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till June 3 [Read Order]

In view of commencement of third phase of the national lockdown, a division bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma has further extended all interim orders passed by it and by the courts subordinate to it, that expired subsequent to March 19, till June 3. Further, orders of eviction, dispossession or demolition and orders of anticipatory bail expiring on...

'Mere Inaccuracies In Reporting Cannot Justify Initiation Of Prosecution': Madras HC Quashes Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against ET Journalist & Editor [Read Judgment]

"There is something called ethical imperative. It envisions that inherent powers go with implicit duties. Courts often nudge and remind the executive that possession of power is coupled with a duty to exercise the same. Judicial power can be no different. When freedom of press which is a fundamental right is at stake, higher judiciary is obliged to exercise not only its inherent power...

Any Order Of Arbitral Tribunal In Course Of Arbitration Cannot Be Challenged By Way Of Writ Petition : Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court in a judgment delivered last week again considered whether any order passed during pendency of arbitration proceedings under the Act­ of 1996 can be challenged by certiorari under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India or not. "Considering the policy, objects and the provisions of the Arbitration Act of 1996, an order passed during arbitration proceedings...

Karnataka HC Asks State To Consider Recommendations Made In Survey Report Prepared By NLSIU

The Karnataka High Court has asked the State government to consider the recommendations made in the survey report titled "Rapid Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Food and Nutrition Security in Rural Karnataka," prepared by Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University Bangalore. In the survey conducted by them a total 152 respondents...

Madras HC Allows TASMAC Liquor Shops To Sell Two Bottles Of Liquor Once In Three Days To Individuals [Read Order]

"To encourage digital payment and online booking of the purchase orders of the liquor, we further direct that those who book online and make online digital payments through banking channels are permitted to buy up to two bottles of one type of liquor in a day. The others who do not make online payments and do not book orders online, as they may not have such mobile phone facility at...

Plea Moved in Delhi HC Seeking Online Delivery of Liquor In Order To Curb Violation of Social Distancing Norms Outside Liquor Shops

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Delhi Government to control the huge crowds lining outside liquor shops and to maintain social distancing at such places. Moved by Advocates Simran Kohli and Abheehshek Bhagat, the petition proposes that the government can propose a policy where liquor can be delivered through tokens or is delivered through online...

Applicant Behaved Irresponsibly; Bombay HC Directs Man To Pay 10K To CM Relief Fund For Obstructing Health Workers Collecting Covid-19 Data [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a man accused of obstructing a team of health workers constituted for collecting data regarding the pandemic of Covid-19, observing that he acted in an 'irresponsible manner' and directed him to pay Rs.10,000 to Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Justice Bharati Dangre heard the bail application filed by 55-year-old Zafar Jamal Khan, who was...

Patna HC Condoles Deaths Of Justices Anand Prasad Sinha, Prakash Chandra Verma and Ajay Kumar Tripathi

The Patna High Court held a Full Court reference on May 5 via video conferencing to condole the demise of Justices Anand Prasad Sinha, Prakash Chandra Verma and Ajay Kumar Tripathi.The reference was presided over by Chief Justice Sanjay Karol. The judges joined the video conferencing from their respective residential offices.The business of the court was suspended for the rest of the day,...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Effective Implementation Of Facilities In Narela Quarantine Centre [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking effective implementation of healthcare and safety facilities in the DDA complex in Narela which has been converted into a quarantine facility by the Delhi Government. The said DDA complex in Narela has been designated as a quarantine facility for those who have been tested positive for COVID19 virus. The Division Bench of Justice...