COVID Death Compensation : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns About Fake Medical Certificates

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed serious concerns at fake medical certificates being issued by doctors to enable undeserving people to claim the ex-gratia compensation for COVID-deaths.Observing that it might order an independent probe into the issue, a bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice BV Nagarathna adjourned to next Monday the case in which it is overseeing the disbursal...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 53 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 60Nominal Index: Shivanand S/O Karabasappa Gurannavar v. Basavva @ Laxmi W/O Shivanand Gurannavar 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 53 M/S SAPL-GCC JV v. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 54 Dhondiba Anna Jadhav v. The State Of Karnataka 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 55 Padmanabha v. State of Karnataka 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 56 Michael Graham Prince...

Expected From Parents To Pay Necessary Fees Or Some Installments To Pvt Schools Which Have Settled Fee Structure After Apex Court's Decision, Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur observed that it was expected from the parents to pay necessary fees or at least some installments, if their children are enrolled in private schools which have settled fee structure after Apex Court's decision. In this matter, petitioners are students of respondent No.1-Cambridge Court High School, which have allegedly deprived the petitioners to...

Supreme Court Grants 2 Weeks Time To UPSC To Respond To Civil Service Aspirants' Plea For Extra Chance In Mains Exam

The Supreme Court on Monday granted two weeks time to the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) to respond to a petition by three civil services aspirants, who missed out the papers of the Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) Civil Services Main Examination due to COVID-19 seeking additional attempt to appear in the exam.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar while deferring...

'Unwholesome': Kerala High Court Deletes Bail Condition Imposed On Migrant Labourers To Produce Sureties From State

The Kerala High Court last week deleted the condition imposed by a Judicial Magistrate of producing sureties from Kerala on the bail granted to a group of migrant labourers.In a plea moved by the workers, Justice K. Haripal observed that it was unwholesome to insist them to produce sureties from the State itself while deleting the condition that sureties must belong to the State of Kerala.A...

BJP's Plea Seeking Deployment Of Central Forces In WB Municipal Elections: Calcutta HC Adjourns Hearing To March 11 On State Gov's Request

The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the plea moved by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking the deployment of central forces during the recently held elections to the 108 municipalities of the State on the ground that large scale violence had taken place during the elections to the four municipal corporations – Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Asansol and Chandernagore which...

"Considering Issue On Administrative Side": Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking To Adopt 'Virtual Hearings' As A Norm

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation, seeking to adopt virtual court hearings as a norm across all the Courts in the national capital.The petitioner, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, stated that virtual court hearings are extremely convenient and time saving, hence, the Court should consider adopting it as a norm in all district courts as well as the...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022

Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 59- 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 70Nominal IndexSwadhin Kumar Sarkar v. Chandana Sarkar and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 59Dipak Singha v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 60Nasrin Khatun v. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 61Ashok Kumar Sureka v. Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Durgapur Range, Government of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 62Zia...

Supreme Court To Hear MediaOne Channel's Plea Challenging Centre's Telecast Ban On March 10

Update : The hearing date was subsequently advanced to March 10 after a second mention by Senior Adv Dushyant Dave (The first report mentioned the hearing date as March 11)The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Thursday (March 10) the special leave petition filed by Malayalam news channel MediaOne against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the Centre's decision to not...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022

Nominal IndexAkhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) v. The State Of Rajasthan and Ors.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 81 Chitranshi Goyal v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 82 Prakash Chand Saini v. State Of Rajasthan; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 83 Bhagwati Singh (Since Deceased) S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh v. Raja Laxman Singh S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh and...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi From Kolkata

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by Former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench which had transferred his petition filed before the Kolkata Bench to the Principal Bench at New Delhi.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while pronouncing the...

Section 377 IPC Attracted Even When Penetration With Sexual Intent Happens On Any Part Of Body Other Than Vagina: P&H High Court

In a significant observation and widening the scope of Section 377 of IPC (Unnatural offences), the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that this offence is attracted even in a situation where the penetration happens to be on any other part of the body of a victim (other than Vagina) with sexual intent.The Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj further observed that Section 377 is to be...