Public Authorities To Encourage Online RTI Applications In 'Life & Liberty' Matters : CIC

The Central Information Commission has decided a complaint registered under Section 18 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (as amended from time to time and as in force) in the year 2018 against the Central Public Information Officer, University of Delhi vide its order dated 23.04.2020 . The complaint which registered on 14.08.2018 was initially listed for 30.03.2020 however due to...

Denial Of Access To Food To Poor Aggravates Lockdown Distress: Delhi HC Passes Directions For PDS Shops[Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that 'denial of access to food' due to improper distribution of food grains among the poor and marginalized has "further aggravated" the hardship caused due to the ongoing lockdown. "The distress caused to the residents of the city, by the ongoing lockdown imposed in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, has been further aggravated...

NGT To Continue Hearing Via Video Conferencing Post Lockdown; Issues Instructions [Read Office Order]

The National Green Tribunal has intimated that until the threat of COVID-19 pandemic subsides, judicial work at the Tribunal will be conducted only by Video Conferencing, without physical presence/appearance of parties or their counsel, even after expiry of the lockdown period. Entry to the NGT complex will be restricted only to its staff. In an Office Order issued by the NGT that...

HC Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19, Indore Bench Of Madhya Pradesh HC Closed Down Till May 3 [Read Notification]

The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday was declared closed till May 3 after one employee of its Registry was tested positive for COVID1-19. In a statement, the High Court said the hearing of cases through Video Conferencing for the period of lockdown up to 03/05/2020 will remain suspended, only at Indore Bench. "As per the information received, there are more...

Two Persons Accused Of Attacking Arnab Goswami Get Bail

Two persons accused of attacking journalist Arnab Goswami's car while he was on his way home last week were granted bail by a court in Mumbai on Monday.The two motorcycle-borne men allegedly tried to break the glass window of the car in the early hours of Thursday on on Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, when Goswami was returning from a studio located in Bombay Dyeing Complex in Lower Parel area, NM...

Average Time Spent On Reading Newspapers Has Increased; Bombay HC Seeks Logical Explanation For Blanket Ban On Door-To-Door Delivery [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court's bench at Aurangabad on Monday sought a logical explanation from the state government on its decision to impose a blanket ban on door-to-door delivery of newspapers and magazines, even though print media is exempted from the ongoing nationwide lockdown.Justice Prasanna B Varale heard the case after taking suo-motu cognizance of news reports regarding notification signed...

Delhi HC Asks Police To Submit Report In Plea Claiming Police Brutality For Not Wearing Masks While Roaming Outside [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to submit a status report in a plea claiming police brutality for not wearing masks while roaming around in streets. The Single Bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna has directed the Delhi Police to submit the status report before May 05. In the present criminal writ petition, the Petitioners claimed that on 20.04.2020, during the...

Delhi HC Seeks Netflix's Response On Plea To Stop Airing Web Series 'Hasmukh' Which Allegedly Maligning Reputation Of Lawyers [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of media streaming platform Netflix and producers of web-series 'Hasmukh' on a plea seeking to stop its airing on the ground that it allegedly maligns image and reputation of lawyers. The High Court also reserved its order on the plea seeking interim stay on the airing of the web series.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked Netflix and the...

Bhima Koregaon : NIA Court Extends Anand Teltumbde's Judicial Custody Till May 8

A Special court in Mumbai on Saturday rejected the bail application filed by academician and scholar Anand Teltumbde and remanded him to judicial custody till May 8. The 70-year-old Teltumbde is accused of having Maoist links and inciting the caste based violence which took place on January 1, 2018, in relation to the Bhima Koregaon incident. Judge DE Kothalikar of Special NIA Court...

When Can A Court Issue Non-Bailable Warrant Of Arrest, Process For Declaring A Person As Proclaimed Offender & Order of Attachment Under CrPC: Jharkhand HC Clarifies [Read Judgment]

The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that non-bailable warrant of arrest and processes and order of attachment under the CrPC cannot be issued in a mechanical manner, and the court has to record its satisfaction with regard to the pre-requisites before passing such an order. "Non-recording of subjective satisfaction in the order will make the order bad and a non-speaking one....

Karnataka HC Starts Helpline To Assist In E-Filing And Video Conferencing [Read Notice]

The Karnataka High Court has started helpline numbers to assist Advocates and Party in Person/Litigant Public, for providing information about e-filing and use of Video Conferencing in Courts. As per the public notice issued by the order of the Chief Justice of High Court, Abhay Oka states that "As directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in suo motu Writ Civil NO 5/2020...

'Matter Of Govt Policy': Madras HC Dismisses Plea For Reduction In Salary Of Government Servants [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last week refused to order a reduction in salaries of Government employees during the lockdown period, while holding that the same is a matter of government policy. A division bench comprising of Justice M. Sathyanarayanan and Justice M.Nirmal Kumar was hearing a PIL filed by K. Amsa Kannan, 12th Ward Union Councilor of Thiruvannamali Panchayat...