Lawyer Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Disclosure Of Information Regarding Procurement, Funding Of COVID-19 Vaccines

A lawyer has moved the Delhi High Court seeking disclosure of various information regarding procurement, funding and purchase of COVID-19 vaccines by the Central Government under the under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Lawyer and author of books on intellectual property rights Prashant Reddy T. has filed three petitions before the court. One of the pleas has been filed against an...

Delhi High Court Vacation Benches To Hear Urgent Cases During Winter Vacation From December 24 To January 3

Delhi High Court will hear only urgent matters during the winter vacations commencing from December 24 to January 3, 2023.As per a notification released today by Registrar General Ravinder Dudeja, the composition of the vacation benches is as follows:- Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Sharma: from December 24 to December 26- Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Saurabh Banerjee:...

Advocate GBS Dhillon Elected As President Of Punjab And Haryana High Court Bar Association

Advocate GBS Dhillon has won the election for the post of President of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association for the second time, as per results declared on Sunday.Dhillon won the election for the presidential post by a margin of 548 Votes, securing 1501 votes out of 3052 total votes which were cast, defeating his nearest contender Santokhwinder Singh Grewal, who secured 953 Votes....

Not Court's Duty To Monitor Public Urination, Spitting: Delhi High Court Junks PIL Seeking Prohibition On Affixing Of Photos Of Deities On Walls

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation moved by a lawyer against the practice of affixing sacred images of gods on walls as a measure to prevent public urination, spitting and throwing garbage.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that it is not the duty of a constitutional court to regulate and monitor...

'Contributed To Society In Most Unprecedented Times Of COVID-19': High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Clear Dues Of Ad Hoc Auxiliary Nurse Midwives

The High Court has directed the Delhi Government to pay salaries and other dues to the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), who were engaged for a short term last year for COVID vaccination centres in the national capital.Justice Jyoti Singh ordered that the payments shall be released by the Delhi Government within a period of six weeks."It needs no overemphasis that discharging the functions...

Madras High Court Judge Faces Misbehaviour By Vadapalani Murugan Temple Staff During Visit, Witnesses Financial Irregularities

Justice SM Subramaniam of the Madras High Court has registered a complaint with the Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment department take appropriate action against five temple staffs who were engaged in financial irregularities and subsequent misbehavior in Vadapalani Murugan Temple. Justice Subramaniam, who had visited the temple along with his wife and...

Bombay High Court Orders Status Quo On CM Eknath Shinde's 'Decision' To Give Land Acquired For Slum Dwellers To Private Persons

The Bombay High Court has questioned Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's alleged decision to direct the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) to give away over 4.5 acres of land meant for slum dwellers to 16 private individuals despite the matter being sub-judice. Shinde had reportedly taken the decision last year when he was the Urban Development Minister. A division bench at Nagpur of Justices...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: December 12 To December 18, 2022

Nominal Index: Parvathamma v. Munish Moudgil & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 510 M/s Pradhan Mercantile Pvt Ltd v. M/s Virgin Apparels & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 511 Tumakuru City Corporation v. Tumkuru Poura karmikara Sangha & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 512 V.M. Sanjeevaiah & others v. The Deputy Commissioner (Food) & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar)...

'Charasi Ganjedi' Tweet| MP High Court Rejects KRK's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Filed By Manoj Bajpayee

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the plea filed by Actor Kamal Rashid Khan ('KRK') seeking to quash the Criminal Defamation case filed by Actor Manoj Bajpayee over an alleged tweet of KRK calling Bajpayee a 'Charasi Ganjedi'Denying relief to Khan, the bench of Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh prima facie observed that addressing Bajpayee, who is an actor, as 'charasi ganjedi'...

High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Rule 9(2) Of Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-amended Rule 9(2) of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970."In view of the decision of the Supreme Court in Dheeraj Mor v. Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, we are unable to accept that Rule 9(2) of the Rules, as set out above, falls foul of Article 233 of the Constitution of India. On...

Lok Sabha Passes Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019

The Lok Sabha has passed the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 which is brought to fill the lacuna in laws against offence of piracy, primarily prevalent in the western coast of India.Currently, India does not have a separate domestic legislation on piracy and provisions of IPC pertaining to armed robbery are invoked to prosecute pirates apprehended by Indian Coast guards. As per the Statement...

Interim Bail On Medical Grounds Shouldn't Be An Option Only When Prisoner Is On Deathbed: Delhi High Court

Observing that a prisoner suffering from serious health ailments should be given an opportunity to undergo adequate medical treatment, the Delhi High Court has said that the discretion of granting interim bail on medical grounds may not be exercised only at a stage when the person is breathing last or is in the position that he may not survive.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said howsoever...