'No Wifi At Home': Bail Hearing At Delhi HC Gets Adjourned As Lawyer Couldn't Come To The Court Due To Sealing of Delhi-Haryana Border [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has adjourned hearing in a bail matter as the applicant's counsel could not come to the court due to the sealing of Delhi-Haryana border. The counsel for the accused informed the court over a telephonic representation that he had to come to the court premises to avail the video conferencing facility as he does not have functional WiFi at home. However,...

SCAORA Writes To CJI Seeking Permission For Movement Of Advocates Residing In NCR Region To Delhi

Joseph Aristotle S., Secretary of the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) has addressed a letter to CJI SA Bobde urging him to issue directions to allow the movement of Advocates from Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and other NCR areas to their offices located within Delhi. The letter points out that even though from May 4 onwards offices in Delhi have...

Pending Cases "Ripe For Hearing" Will Also Be Taken up During the Vacation Period: Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The Kerala High Court has released a broad schedule for sitting of vacation benches that will hear urgent cases and other cases that are the stage of disposal, via Video Conferencing. Last month, the High Court had announced that it will sit through the midsummer vacation, 2020 to hear urgent cases via video conferencing. In a notification by the Registrar General on Monday,...

MP State Judicial Academy To Conduct Training Program Of Civil Judges Through Online Lectures; Scheme Notified [Read Press Note]

In view of the Lockdown and the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy has decided to conduct the training programme of 155 newly appointed Civil Judges (Entry Level), through online video lectures. The first phase of training for these officers was scheduled from March 24 onwards. However, the same was delayed due to the outbreak of Corona...

Allow Advocates Living In NCR To Move Freely In And Out of Delhi: DHCBA Requests Delhi HC [Read Letter]

Delhi High Court Bar Association has requested Delhi High Court to direct Delhi Police to allow lawyers living in NCR region (Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad) to freely move in and out of Delhi. While addressing a letter to the Delhi High Court, DHCBA President Mohit Mathur has said that the lawyers should be allowed free movement in and out of Delhi upon producing...

'Bois Locker Room' : Delhi Commission For Women Takes Suo Moto Notice; Writes To Instagram, Delhi Police

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday took suo moto cognizance of reports about "Bois Locker Room', an Instagram chat group where objectionable comments were made about minor girls.The DCW has issued notice to social media platform Instagram and Delhi Police after leaked screenshots of lurid discussions from the group surfaced recently.DCW took suo motu cognizance of chats among...

PIL Seeks Distribution Of Seized Sanitizers, Masks & PPE Kits Meant For Black Market Sale; Bombay HC Asks State To File Reply [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the State government to file a reply in a public interest litigation filed by ex-MLC Mohan Joshi seeking distribution of sanitizers, face masks and PPE kits that were meant for the black market but were seized by the police, amongst doctors, medical staff, police officials and other 'Corona Warriors' like sweepers, cleaners etc. Justice BP...

No Blacklisting Without Prior Hearing : Kerala HC Quashes Decision To Exclude JV Of Contractor Accused Of 'Palarivattom Flyover Scam'

The High Court of Kerala has reiterated the principle that the blacklisting of a contractor cannot be done without affording an opportunity of prior hearing.Based on this premise, a bench of Justice P B Suresh Kumar quashed the decision of Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) to exclude the joint venture of M/s RDS Project Ltd and Cherian Varkey Constructions from the bid for the execution of...

Madhya Pradesh HC Expands Scope Of Matters To Be Heard By Subordinate Courts; High Power Committee Extends Bail Period Of Prisoners By 45 Days [Read Circulars]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a circular stating that in addition to hearing of extremely urgent matters, the Subordinate Courts in the state will also take up cases that are at the stage of disposal and/ or do not require oral evidence. The courts in the state of Madhya Pradesh resorted to restrictive functioning on March 25, 2020. Thereby, it was decided that "No...

Reports Of COVID19 Testing Must Be Made Available Within 48 Hours Or Earlier: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government to ensure that the accredited labs in Delhi, which are testing samples for COVID19 infection, should be giving reports within a period of 24/48 hours. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has further directed the Delhi Government to ensure that its website is continually updated to...

HC Benches At Allahabad & Lucknow To Conduct Hearings "In Shifts" From May 8 [Read Notice]

As the country has officially entered the third phase of the Corona virus Lockdown, the Allahabad High Court has decided to open its Benches at Allahabad and Lucknow "in shifts". As per a notice issued by the Registrar General of the High Court, the High Court benches will open from May 8, 2020 "in two different shifts having different sessions for criminal as well as...

Delhi Court Denies Bail To COVID Patient Arrested For Escaping Quarantine And Beating Police Officials

A Delhi Court has rejected the bail application of a symptomatic patient of COVID19 virus, who was arrested for trying to escape the quarantine centre, creating ruckus, and beating up police officials.While rejecting the bail, the Duty Magistrate Rishabh Kapoor at Tis Hazari Court noted that:'The material on record prima facie show that the accused has indulged in serious offences of...