Madras HC Issues Notices On Plea For Medical Testing Of Lockdown Exemptees; Directs Police To Arrest Lockdown Violators [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued notices on a plea seeking directions for medical testing of all persons who are exempted from the lockdown and are performing services that involve public contact. The PIL filed by non for profit company India Awake for Transparency sought that the Union and state Health Ministries should work jointly to build a database of all such lock...

PC-PNDT Act : Health Ministry Suspends Certain Rules On Pre-Natal Testing Labs Till June 30 Citing COVID-19 Lockdown

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suspended certain rules under made under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994, citing difficulty in compliance due to the locdown announced in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.In a notification issued on April 4, the Ministry suspended the implementation of Rule 8, Rule 9(8) and Rule...

[COVID-19] Two Division Benches And Three Single Benches To Hear Urgent Matters Through Video Conferencing In Calcutta HC Till April 30 [Read Notification]

In view of the prevailing situation of the pandemic of COVID-19, the Calcutta High Court has decided to extend the period of suspension of regular court work until April 30, 2020. Through notification issued in this behalf on Wednesday, the Registrar General intimated that the order of suspension of regular works of the High Court and its Circuit Benches, and also in...

AP HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Letter Petition Against Govt Decision To Defer Payment Of Salaries, Pension Amid COVID-19

"This right to property cannot be taken away without the due process of law as per the provisions of Article 300A of the Constitution of India" states Shankar in his letter.

[COVID 19] Madras HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Distribution of Direct Cash benefits To Senior Citizens, Women And Farmers At Their Door Steps [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued notices on a PIL seeking distribution of all cash benefits under various Schemes of the State and Union Government to women account holders, farmers, old age and widow pensioners through the Business Correspondents of the Bank at the door steps of the beneficiaries, without breaking the lockdown.The petition was filed by the General Secretary of...

COVID-19: Jharkhand HC Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till April 30 [Read Order]

In view of the national lockdown imposed by the Central government and consequent restricted functioning of courts, the Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday extended the life of all interim orders, including provisional bail orders, passed by it or the courts subordinate to it, till April 30. The said order of extension is applicable to those orders that may have expired or would expire...

Income Tax Department To Release All Pending IT Refunds Up To Rs. 5 Lakhs Immediately; All GST & Custom Refunds Also To Be Released [Read Press Note]

The Central Government has decided to issue all the pending income-tax refunds up to Rs. 5 lakh immediately, with a view to provide immediate relief to the business entities and individuals amid the lockdown. The move will benefit around 14 lakh taxpayers. It has also been decided to issue all pending GST and Custom refunds which would provide benefit to around 1 lakh...

Do Not Label Any Community Or Area For Spread Of COVID-19 : Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory to address social stigma associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and therefore, curb the prejudices against people and communities, social isolation and stigma in wake of the public health emergency. It also comes down heavily on false news reports and advises the sharing of only authentic material available...

[Breaking]After Kerala HC, Now Bombay HC To Live Stream Court Hearings From Tomorrow On "Trial Basis" [Read Press Note]

The Bombay has decided to live stream court hearing on a "trial basis". For this, the bench of Justice GS Patel will make the hearing of listed matters on 9th April 2020, publicly accessible.It may be noted that presently, the High Court of Kerala is the only court in India which has successfully started live-streaming of court hearings through the Zoom App. The hearing in Justice Patel's...

Rajasthan HC Asks Child Welfare Committee To Compensate Girl For Illegally Confining Her Despite Her Having Attained The Age Of Majority [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday took stern view against confinement of a girl in the government children's home (balika grih) for one year, despite her attaining the age of majority and ordered the Chairperson of the concerned Child Welfare Committee to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000, in addition to showing cause as to why he should not be not be removed from the said position. In...

COVID-19 Hotspots In 15 Uttar Pradesh Districts To Be Sealed Till April 15

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to completely seal areas across 15 districts of the State where the threat of Corona Virus has been found to be dangerously excessive. Issued by UP's Chief Secretary, R.K. Tiwari, the decision was taken after a high level examination across the state identified these districts as hotspots for COVID-19. These...

Rajasthan HC Launches E-Filing Facility For Urgent Matters Amid Lockdown [Read Press Release]

In view of the nationwide lockdown, the Rajasthan High Court has introduced e-Filing facility for urgent matters. While earlier the litigants had to file petitions via email for urgent hearings, they may now avail the service of a specially developed and secured online E-filing module which enables online-electronic filing of petitions and legal papers from any place in...