Jharkhand State Bar Council Earmarks Rs. 50 Lakh For Welfare of Advocates Amid Lockdown; BCI To Provide Rs. 45 Lakh [Read Order]

The State Bar Council of Jharkhand on Monday informed the High Court that it had earmarked a sum of Rs. 50 Lakh to meet out the exigencies during the period of COVID-19. The Division Bench of Of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad has accordingly directed the Advocate Welfare Fund Trustee Committee of the state to convene a meeting at the earliest and devise...

It Pays To Litigate But Those Who Litigate Must Also Pay; Bombay HC Dismisses BPCL's Second Appeal With Costs [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the second appeal filed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited with costs, in a suit regarding an open plot of 14,550 sq.ft. which was leased to the said Corporation 55 years ago for 20 years only. Justice DS Naidu held that BPCL's plea for further renewal has failed. Furthermore, in a sharp rebuke to BPCL's insistence on continued litigation in...

Orissa HC Cancels Summer Vacation [Read Notification]

The Full Court of the Orissa High Court has resolved to suspend the ensuing Summer Vacation 2020 of the High Court as well as the Subordinate courts, if the Lockdown is not extended beyond 3rd May, 2020."In the Full Court, after due consultation with the Advocate General, the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of the Orissa High Court Bar Association, it is resolved to suspend...

No Summer Vacation This Year For HC And District/Trial Court's In Karnataka [Read Notification]

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notification stating that there shall be no Summer Vacation to High Court and all other District and Trial Courts in the State during the year 2020. The notification reads that "In view of the Resolution and decision taken by the Full Court of Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka on April, 13, 2020, there shall be no Summer Vacation." As per the High...

Madras HC Issues Notice To Centre On PIL For GST Exemption For Masks And Sanitisers Amidst COVID outbreak

The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Union government on a PIL seeking removal of the 18 per cent GST on sanitisers and 5 per cent GST on masks in these difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic. The division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar posted the matter for further hearing to May 18. The petitioner, S. Stalinraja, an advocate, has averred that...

Delhi HC Temporarily Restrains 6 PSU Banks From Taking Coercive Action Against Company For Defaults Under TReDS

The Delhi High Court on Monday temporarily injuncted 6 PSU banks from taking any coercive action against Eastman Auto & Power Limited vis-à-vis default(s) arising out of and/or in relation to Reverse Factoring payment obligations under Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS).While granting ad-interim relief to the Petitioner, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank,...

Schools Are Justified In Charging Tuition Fee For Conducting Online Classes: Delhi HC Holds While Refusing To Intervene In DoE's April 17 Order [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea seeking a direction to the Directorate of Education asking it to prohibit schools from charging even the tuition fee during lockdown period. Relying upon the order of this court in the previous case of Rajat Vats v. GNCTD, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar noted that the charging of tuition fee is justified...

Justice Dipankar Dutta Sworn-In As Chief Justice Of Bombay High Court

Justice Dipankar Dutta was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday at 5 pm by Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the Governor of Maharashtra in the presence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Raj Bhavan. Following the new normal, which is social distancing, the oath taking ceremony took place in the presence of very few guests like the Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and few High...

MHA Is Framing Standard Operating Procedures To Repatriate Mortal Remains Of Citizens From Abroad: Centre Informs Delhi HC [Read Order]

Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that the Ministry of Home Affairs, along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is in process of forming Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bringing back mortal remains of citizens who have died abroad. The submission was made before the Single Bench of Justice Sajeev Sachdeva, who will now take up this matter on...

[COVID-19] Plea In Madras HC For Bringing Back Tamil Nadu Residents Stranded In Other States [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Madras High Court seeking transit of the residents of Tamil Nadu who are presently stranded in different parts of the Country due to "sudden announcement" of the nationwide lockdown. The petition has been filed by ASA Umar Farook stating that around 600 residents of Tamil Nadu are stuck in Delhi. However, no facilities have been arranged by either...

More Than 2000 Members Of Trans Community Write To Central Government For A Special Package During Lockdown

More than 2000 members of the Transgender Community across India have appealed to the Home, Finance and Social Justice Ministry for a Special Package to ensure that the lockdown imposed in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic does not seriously impact the livelihood, food security and health of transgender people across the country. The letter emphasizes the importance of physical distancing as...

Letter Petition To Allahabad HC By Member Of Parliament Enunciates Ban On "Azaan" In Ghazipur District, U.P.

Afzal Ansari, Member of Parliament, Ghazipur District UP has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court highlighting the prohibitory order banning "Azaan" or "call for prayer" by the District Magistrate. He adds that everyone has been diligently following the Coronavirus induced lockdown in the entire country and prayers and gathering in Mosques or any other religious...