Delhi HC Restores 'Status Quo Ante' With Respect To Loan Classified As NPA By Yes Bank Amid COVID-19 [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has held that YES Bank should not have classified a loan account as Non Performing Asset (NPA) when delay in payment of installments was caused due to the conditions brought about by the effects of COVID19."Prima facie, I am of the view that the classification of the account of the petitioner as an NPA on 31.03.2020 could not have been done by the respondent....

'Failure To Comply With Section 5-A OF Land Acquisition Act Vitiates Acquisition proceedings': Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

'Failure to comply with the provisions of section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act (hearing of objections of the owner/interested person) results in vitiation of the acquisition proceedings', reinforced the Bombay High Court on Friday. In the present case, the petitioner had sought to demonstrate that the work of extension of the road could be undertaken without acquiring his land as...

Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Risk Of COVID-19 Infection In Children Protection Homes [Read Notification]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday will hear a suo moto case on measures to be taken to protect children lodged in Protection Homes from the Corona virus. A bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Soumen Sen will consider the matter titled "Contagion of Covid 19 virus in Children Protection Homes" through Video Conferencing tomorrow at 1.15 PM. A notification issued in...

J&K HC Live Streams Swearing In Ceremony Of Three Judges To HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today live streamed the swearing in ceremony of three judges to the high court. The Central government had appointed Justices Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and Puneet Gupta as Judges of the High Court last week. Their swearing in ceremony which was conducted today was streamed online, keeping in view the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of...

Augusta Westland: Delhi HC Denies Interim Bail To Christian Michel; Calls His Argument Of Catching COVID19 'Unfounded'

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to Christan Michel, who is charged with money laundering in the Augusta Westland case. While denying his plea for interim bail, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that Michel's apprehension of catching COVID19 virus due to the overcrowding of prison and his vulnerable age is unfounded. The court noted: ...

SC Collegium Proposes To Make 4 Additional Judges Of Calcutta HC Permanent; Term Of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay As Additional Judge Extended

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of four Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court to be appointed as Permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: 1.Justice Madhumati Mitra2.Justice Biswajit Basu3.Justice Amrita Sinha4.Justice Jay Sengupta Justice Mitra was appointed as judges of the high court in October 2018. The remaining three Justices were...

COVID19: Telangana HC Seeks Govt's Response On Steps Taken To Ensure PPEs To Frontline Medics & Supply Of Essentials To Public [Read Order]

The Telengana High Court on Monday directed the State government to submit an interim report with regard to the alleged inadequacies highlighted by the petitioner in terms of of tackling the Coronavirus pandemic in the state.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan & Justice Abhishek Reddy sought response of the State Government regarding availibility of...

Karnataka HC To Hear PIL Seeking Opening Of Wine Shops During Lockdown Period

The Karnataka High Court will hear on Tuesday a public interest litigation filed seeking opening of wine shops atleast for few hours each day, during the lock down period. The petition is filed by Late G B Kulkarni Memorial Legal Trust, through its President Dr Vinod G Kulkarni. The plea states during the lock down certain class of people are deprived of consuming alcohol in any form...

SC Collegium Proposes To Make Three Additional Judges Of Chhattisgarh HC Permanent; Term Of Justice Vimla Singh As Additional Judge Extended [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday recommended the names of three Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court to be appointed as Permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Parth Prateem SahuJustice Gautam ChourdiyaJustice Rajani Dubey They were appointed as judges of the high court in June, 2018. The Collegium has also proposed to extend the term of...

[Karnataka] 606 UTP's Granted Interim Bail And 230 Convicts Released On Parole, High Powered Committee [Read Minutes]

In a high powered committee meeting held on April 3, Chaired by Justice Aravind Kumar, High Court of Karnataka & Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, for effective implementation of directions issued by Supreme Court, to decongest prisons, it was informed that interim bail was granted to 606, under trial prisoners (UTPs) across the state till April 2 and total...

Kerala HC Constitutes Special Bench To Hear Bail Applications Through Video Conferencing

The High Court of Kerala has constituted a Special Bench to hear Bail Applications. The Bench has started hearing bail applications from Monday through video conferencing.Yesterday, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan heard the petitions. 21 Bail applications are listed before the judge for his consideration today.The proceedings have been Live-streamed through Zoom App.Kerala HC has constituted...

Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu Urged To Create A Corpus Of Rs 2 Crores To Help Advocates Facing Hardship During Lockdown

A group of lawyers of Madras High Court appealed to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu to create a corpus of Rupees 2 Crores to help those advocates who are facing financial hardship due to the lockdown.Stating that sporadic incidents of individual donations by senior lawyers and judges cannot replace a "collective and concerted efforts" by bodies such as Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, Madras High...