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Justice CT Ravikumar : A Bench Clerk's Son Who Rose To Become A Supreme Court Judge
Justice CT Ravikumar, who has been elevated to the Supreme Court from the Kerala High Court, comes from humble origins.In a farewell reference organized by the Kerala High Court, Justice Ravikumar remembered his father who was a bench clerk at a Judicial First Class Magistrate Court. He became tearful while talking about his late parents. "Blessings from their heavenly abode takes me to...
Concerns Of Common Man To Be Rightly Attended To: Consumer Court While Directing Expeditious Indemnification For Failed Sterilization Surgery
A Consumer Court in Kerala allowed a petition for compensation, filed by a woman who underwent a failed sterilization surgery. It directed the ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company to pay the insurance premium.While directing indemnification within one month, the Court observed as follows:"The concern of a common man is to be rightly attended to maintain a proper system in the...
'A Judge Has To Go Out Of The Way To See That Justice Is Done At Any Cost' :Chief Justice Oka Bids Farewell To Karnataka High Court
Justice Abhay Oka, while concluding his farewell speech, mentioned that it's a historic occasion for the Karnataka Judiciary that two judges of the court will be sworn in at a time as Supreme Court Judges.
'Little Sensitivity Shown By Delhi Govt In Providing Infrastructure For Virtual Hearings At District Courts': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has expressed its displeasure at the manner in which the Delhi Government has been dealing with the issue of providing infrastructure for virtual hearings in district courts and other quasi judicial bodies in the national capital.A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said:"There seems to be little sensitivity shown by the GNCTD in the matter of...
President Appoints Acting Chief Justices For Gujarat, Telangana, Sikkim, Karnataka High Courts
Exercising his powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed the Acting Chief Justice for the High Courts of Telangana, Gujarat, Sikkim & Karnataka.These appointments have been made keeping in mind that the present Chief Justice of these four High Courts would be relinquishing the charge consequent to their appointment as Judges of the Supreme...
Magistrate May Permit Officer Below Rank Of Inspector To Assist IO In Investigation Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a special judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act is empowered to permit an officer below the rank of Inspector to assist the Investigating Officer in investigation.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri added that the steps taken by such an officer have to be performed under direct supervision of the Investigation Officer, who remains in control of the...
Restraint On 'Coercive Action' For GDCR Non-Compliance On Buildings With No BU: Supreme Court Directs Gujarat Govt. To Hold The Notification In Abeyance
The Supreme Court on Friday directed to be kept in abeyance the July 8 notification issued by the Gujarat government restraining coercive action against the buildings having no BU permission till three months from December 31, 2021, which is the last date of applicability of the Gujarat Epidemic Diseases COVID-19 Regulation, 2020.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah noted...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response On Lawyer's Plea Claiming Non-Issuance Of 'Fully Vaccinated' Certificate Despite Receiving Both Doses
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a lawyer's petition, claiming that despite being fully vaccinated, he has not been issued a proper certificate in that regard. Rather, the official Cowin portal reflects him to be a 'partially vaccinated' person.Justice Rekha Palli has issued notice to the Health Ministry and has posted the matter for hearing on September 27, 2021.Advocate...
84 Days' Gap May Be Contributing To Spike In Covid-19 Cases: Petitioner Seeking Early Administration Of Second Vaccine Dose Tells Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court today continued hearing a plea seeking early administration of the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine to the citizenry. "The state is witnessing 30,000 cases every day despite 70% of the State population being vaccinated with the first dose. This implies that it is high time to start administering the second dose of the vaccine," the Petitioner argued before Justice PB...
Its The Way Out, The Way Forward: Young Lawyers Approach Delhi High Court Seeking Resumption of Hybrid Hearings
A petition has been put before the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and His Companion Judges requesting it to end Virtual Hearings and resume Hybrid Hearings before the High Court as well as its Subordinate Courts.The petition by a group of young advocates represented by Advocates Satya Ranjan Swain and Shoumendu Mukherji states that Hybrid hearings should be made the new normal &...
NEET-MDS Counseling 2021 Put On Hold As MCC Wants To Seek Clarification From Supreme Court On EWS Quota
The Medical Counselling Committee has temporarily put on hold the NEET-MDS 2021 counselling to seek a clarification from the Supreme Court regarding the impact of a recent Madras High Court judgment regarding the quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).The dates for the much delayed NEET-MDS counselling was announced by the MCC recently as starting from August 20 and concluding on...