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The Delhi High Court has temporarily amended the process of the service of notices, summons and daaks. This is done due to the increasing number of cases of COVID-19 in Delhi. Through the June 3, 2020 order, Chief Justice...
Amid Covid-19 lockdown, Punjab and Haryana High Court approved restrictions on religious places. Meanwhile, the bench comprising of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Ajay Tewari dismissed the petition challenging these restrictions. The bench noticed that the imposition of restrictions on...
A petition filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks the formation of a committee; that would address the rising 'communalism' within the State's police force. Deepak Bundela, a practicing advocate of the High Court filed this plea. He...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo moto (on their own) action against a Court Clerk; for slandering Judicial Officers on Youtube. The clerk, Harmeet Singh, posted at the Sessions Court in Mansa, firstly, created a YouTube...
The Supreme Court, on 8th June, agreed to hear an appeal regarding the death of a third year law student from NLU Jodhpur in August, 2017. Explicitly, the petitioner, mother of the demised, has requested the court to transfer...
Advocates Shobha Gupta, Rajesh Sachdeva, and Anubhav Singh filed a PIL before the Delhi High Court seeking forensic audit of private hospitals; including Fortis Group, Apollo Group, Max Hospital, BLK Hospital, and Manipal Hospital indulging in criminal offenses of...
The students of National Law University, Jodhpur filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Meghalaya High Court; against the government orders. Explicitly, the Petition challenged the compulsory imposition of the 'Corontine App' and the 'Stay Safe Meghalaya App' by...
The Bombay High Court, in a criminal revision, directed a husband to pay maintenance to his wife; even when she has a source of income from running a business.
Facts of the Case
The couple got married in November 1997. As...
Senior Advocate Arvind Datar was invited to a webiner conducted by Madras Tax Bar. He shared his experiences and lessons from forty years of his professional journey. The journey of the Senior Advocate was a roller coaster ride i.e....
The Kerela High Court has restrained certain schools from levying additional fees for conducting virtual classes amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Citing provisions from the Indian Constitution, specifically Right to Education, the Court held it to be sacrosanct to the...
The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre in a petition about the number of passengers evacuated by Air India from foreign countries, under the Vande Bharat Mission; those who tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in India, and...
On June 2, 2020, District Judge of the Rohini District Court complex tested positive for COVID-19. Previously, on May 31, 2020, District Judge R P Pandey's wife was found to be COVID-19 positive. The judge last visited the courts...
The Karnataka High Court heard the bail pleas of two accused persons. The court observed the role of a communal divide in the issue. Allegedly, the accused sold noxious watermelons with the intention to endanger public health. This allegations...
The Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition concerning the release of members of Tablighi Jamaat issued directions to the state governments. Advocate Shaan Anwar filed the petition. The states have to ensure that the persons tested negative for...
Sophy Thomas, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur, received her appointment as Registrar General in the Kerala High Court. She became the first woman to achieve the post.
As per the Court's notification dated 25th May, Thomas will hand over...
The Orissa High Court observed that Tik Tok Mobile application is to be properly regulated. The bench comprised of Justice SK Panigrahi. The bench opined that "the application demonstrates a degrading culture and encourage pornography besides causing pedophiles and...
A single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh of the High Court of Delhi issued a notice to the Delhi Government. Explicitly, the petition seeks to extend the benefits of the CM Advocates Welfare Fund Scheme to all...
Recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside an order against a woman charged for human trafficking under Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The order read as follows:
“Admittedly, accused/petitioner is a lady and she cannot be...
The Gujarat High Court directed the State Government to keep a close watch over the designated private hospitals. This is to ensure that these institutions do not exploit COVID-19 patients. Private medical institutions are expected to 'rise on occasion'...
The Gujarat High Court while taking suo moto cognizance has impleaded the Indian Council of Medical Research. The ICMR has to explain the rationale behind the COVID-19 testing policy. The Bench comprised of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice...
A judicial Member of the NCLT approached the Delhi High Court with a petition seeking a status quo on a transfer order. If effectuated, the Petitioner, Rajasekhar VK, would be transferred from the Mumbai Bench to the Kolkata Bench....
Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh passed an order in the Delhi High Court. Earlier, Delhi High Court vacated an order restraining Vedanta Ltd from invoking eight bank guarantees extended by Halliburton Offshore Services in connection with...
Karnataka High Court directs the state government to submit the report concerning the transportation of more than six lakh people. They are yet to reach their respective states; they are registered on the Seva Sindhu portal. The Division Bench...
On May 28, the Supreme Court of Singapore dismissed the appeal of former promoters of Ranbaxy - Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh; against the judgment of the High Court of Singapore. The Supreme Court refused to set aside Rs...
Just 7 days after a special bench passed a caustic order addressing the COVID-19 situation in Gujarat; the High Court bench has abruptly changed its composition. This has not only happened on the last working day of the week...
A Public Interest Litigation filed by Baglekar Akash Kumar seeks actions against police officers accused of causing hurt. The police officers purportedly forced five persons to move the barricades at the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border; for a continuous period of 12...
The Kerala High Court heard the writ petition filed before it; concerning the detention of two Nigerian nationals. In effect, the court directed the authorities of Viyyur Central Prison in the state to provide separate cells and A-Class facilities...
The Madras High Court has declared that J. Deepak and J. Deepa, nephew and niece of J Jayalalithaa, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister as her class II legal heirs. They are entitled to inherit all properties left behind by...
A former judge of the Labor Court filed a PIL in the Apex Court today. He sought directions to change the name of the 'High Court of Bombay' to that of 'High Court of Maharashtra'. V P Patil had...
Hon'ble Supreme Court heard the case of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindra Choubey. The Court by a majority of 2:1 observed that disciplinary inquiry against an employee can continue even after his retirement. Moreover, if the...